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Day Of The Week: July 8
July 8, 2025 is the 189th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Historical Events: July 8
- 1758 –French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1775 –The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1808 –Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
- 1822 –Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
- 1874 –The Mounties begin their March West.
- 1879 –Sailing ship USS Jeannette (1878) departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
- 1912 –Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the Portuguese First Republic in Chaves.
- 1937 –Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
- 1960 –Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
- 1970 –Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American Self-Determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination Act.
Who were born on July 8?
- 1830 –Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, German-born wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (d. 1911)
- 1878 –Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d. 1945)
- 1914 –Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (d. 1993)
- 1924 –Johnnie Johnson, American blues pianist (d. 2005)
- 1934 –Ed Lumley, Canadian corporate executive and politician
- 1961 –Andrew Fletcher, English vocalist and synth and bass player (Depeche Mode)
- 1966 –Ralf Altmeyer, German virologist
- 1977 –Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist
- 1983 –Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
- 1998 –Jaden Smith, American actor
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