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What happened in history on this day: July 8?
On July 8 in ...
- 1776 - Colonel John Nixon gives first public reading of Declaration of Independence.
- 1796 - US State Department issues first American passport.
- 1863 - Confederate forces surrender at Port Hudson, Louisiana.
- 1870 - US Congress authorizes registration of trademarks.
- 1870 - Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection.
- 1876 - White terrorists attack black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing five.
- 1889 - Wall Street Journal begins publishing.
- 1892 - American Psychological Association is organized, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1905 - Part of Angel Island, California, allocated for Immigration Detention Center.
- 1907 - Florenz Ziegfeld stages first 'Follies' on New York Theater roof.
- 1923 - US President Warren Harding becomes first sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla).
- 1932 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits a low point of 41.22, 90 percent of its pre-crash peak.
- 1933 - Public Works Administration becomes effective.
- 1944 - Bureau of Engraving and Printing releases last $10,000 Federal Reserve notes.
- 1947 - Demolition begins in New York City for United Nations headquarters in New York City.
- 1950 - US General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea.
- 1950 - Leroy Deans awarded first Order of Purple Heart in Korea.
- 1959 - Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand are first Americans killed in Vietnam War.
- 1960 - Storer Broadcasting Company purchases WINS radio in New York City for $10 million, the highest price paid for a radio station to that time.
- 1960 - CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage by the Soviet Union.
- 1963 - The US Treasury Department bans the purchase abroad and import of postage stamps of Cuba.
- 1968 - In Huff, North Dakota, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurs, first in the state recorded by instrument.
- 1969 - US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam.
- 1975 - US President Gerald Ford announces he will seek Republican nomination for president.
- 1975 - The US Mint releases 1776-1976 Bicentennial quarter dollars to circulation.
- 1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus.
- 1981 - California Governor Jerry Brown, faced with a Mediterranean fruit fly infestation, chooses to delay the aerial spraying of malathion, in favor of continuing ground-based eradication efforts.
- 1981 - US Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to US Supreme Court (99-0).
- 1986 - U.S. Steel changes its company name to USX Corporation.
- 1986 - NASA establishes Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance standards for space shuttle program.
- 1986 - In North Palm Springs, California, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1987 - Sun Microsystems introduces its first SPARC-based computer system, the Sun-4/260, with 10 MIPS performance.
- 1997 - Mayo Clinic researchers warn that the dieting drug "fen-phen" can cause severe heart and lung damage.
- 2007 - Boeing launches the new Boeing 787.
- 2021 - Scripps National Spelling Bee in Orlando, Florida, won by Zaila Avant-garde.
Births on July 8
- 1888 - Birth of John Sinnock; US Mint Chief Engraver.
- 1898 - Birth of Melville Ruick in Boise, Idaho, USA; actor (Barton - City Hospital).
- 1908 - Birth of Louis Jordan in Brinkley, Arkansas, USA; jazz alto saxophonist and singer (Tympany Five, "Caldonia", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie").
- 1913 - Birth of Walter Kerr in New York, USA; drama critic (Sad Clowns).
- 1914 - Birth of Billy Eckstine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("A Cottage For Sale", "Prisoner of Love", "My Foolish Heart", "I Apologize", "Tenderly", "A Fool in Love").
- 1915 - Birth of Charles Hard Townes in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; physicist, developed lasers.
- 1917 - Birth of Faye Emerson in Elizabeth, Louisiana, USA; hostess (Paris Cavalcade of Fashions (1948), The Faye Emerson Show (1950), Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951), Author Meets the Critics (1952), Faye and Skitch (1953)), panellist (I've Got a Secret, Masquerade Party), actress (The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse, Goodyear Television Playhouse).
- 1917 - Birth of Glenn Langan in Denver, Colorado, USA; actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie).
- 1918 - Birth of Craig Stevens AKA Gail Shikles Junior in Liberty, Missouri, USA; actor (Peter Gunn, Craig - Dallas (1978), Man of the World (1962)).
- 1920 - Birth of Dolph Sweet in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gimme a Break, Trials of O'Brien).
- 1928 - Birth of Carol Henry in Newark, New Jersey, USA; choreographer (Garry Moore Show).
- 1935 - Birth of Steve Lawrence in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer/actor ("Go Away Little Girl", "Lonely Guy").
- 1946 - Birth of Cynthia Gregory in Louisiana, USA; ballerina (New York Ballet Company).
- 1948 - Birth of Kim Darby in North Hollywood, California, USA; actress (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man).
- 1953 - Birth of Jonathan Segal in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Jonathan - Paper Chase).
- 1958 - Birth of Kevin Bacon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby, Mister Roberts, Guiding Light).
- 1960 - Birth of Valerie Pettiford in New York City, New York USA; actress (Sheila Price - One Life to Live).
- 1964 - Birth of Maryalice Demler in North Tonawanda, New York, USA; Miss New York-America (1991).
- 1971 - Birth of Wendy Benson in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Meredith - As the World Turns).
Deaths on July 8
- 1957 - Grace Goodhue Coolidge, US first lady, dies at age 78.
- 1959 - Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand are first Americans killed in Vietnam War.
- 1965 - Aviation pioneer and movie stunt pilot Paul Mantz dies in Yuma, Arizona, during the filming of The Flight Of The Phoenix. His plane hit a small sand dune, overturned and disintegrated.
- 1979 - Death of Robert B. Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917).
- 2016 - Death of William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (born 1917).
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