July 8

Today in history - July 8
July 8, 2003 Sudan Airways flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan, killing 116
July 8, 2001 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Rafter
July 8, 2001 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer beat Jiri Novak and David Rikl
July 8, 2001 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs beat Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama
July 8, 2000 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport
July 8, 2000 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde beat Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle
July 8, 1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
July 8, 1997 NATO invites Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic to join
July 8, 1995 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75)
July 8, 1995 1st CFL game between 2 U.S. teams, Las Vegas Posse vs. Sacramento Gold
July 8, 1994 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O. J. Simpson
July 8, 1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
July 8, 1994 Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
July 8, 1994 St. Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1 years
July 8, 1992 Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
July 8, 1992 Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria
July 8, 1991 Pittsburgh Pirate President Carl Barger becomes 1st President of Florida Marlins
July 8, 1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed
July 8, 1990 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
July 8, 1990 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
July 8, 1990 Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
July 8, 1990 Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
July 8, 1990 Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
July 8, 1990 Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
July 8, 1990 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels and then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
July 8, 1989 Carlos Saul Menum becomes President of Argentina
July 8, 1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
July 8, 1988 Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
July 8, 1988 Miami Arena opens
July 8, 1988 Rockers Jonathan "Chico" and Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
July 8, 1988 Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
July 8, 1987 Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
July 8, 1986 Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
July 8, 1986 NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain and Quality Assurance
July 8, 1986 Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
July 8, 1985 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)
July 8, 1985 Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red
July 8, 1984 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62)
July 8, 1984 Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
July 8, 1983 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
July 8, 1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 5 performances
July 8, 1982 Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
July 8, 1981 France performs nuclear test
July 8, 1981 PM Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France
July 8, 1981 Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
July 8, 1980 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
July 8, 1980 All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cin Reds)
July 8, 1979 Congo adopts constitution
July 8, 1979 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
July 8, 1979 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
July 8, 1979 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
July 8, 1978 92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63)
July 8, 1978 Alessandro Pertini elected President of Italy
July 8, 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
July 8, 1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
July 8, 1976 Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
July 8, 1975 Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany
July 8, 1975 President Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for president
July 8, 1975 Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated
July 8, 1974 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
July 8, 1974 Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
July 8, 1973 Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker
July 8, 1973 New York Mets are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant
July 8, 1972 English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
July 8, 1972 U.S. sells grain to U.S.S.R. for $750 million
July 8, 1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
July 8, 1970 San Francisco Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
July 8, 1969 Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco
July 8, 1969 U.S. troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
July 8, 1968 Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
July 8, 1967 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
July 8, 1967 Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
July 8, 1966 U.S. airline strike, until Aug 19th
July 8, 1965 Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
July 8, 1963 Reports of Charlie Finley's intention to move Kansas City A's to Oakland
July 8, 1963 U.S. bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
July 8, 1962 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
July 8, 1961 Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies
July 8, 1961 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
July 8, 1960 Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ
July 8, 1958 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
July 8, 1957 Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
July 8, 1957 CDC incorporates
July 8, 1957 Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders
July 8, 1956 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
July 8, 1956 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
July 8, 1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
July 8, 1954 Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala
July 8, 1953 U.S. stops aid to Persia
July 8, 1952 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
July 8, 1951 Yankee Joe DiMaggio and mgr Casey Stengel feud
July 8, 1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
July 8, 1950 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
July 8, 1950 Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea
July 8, 1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
July 8, 1949 Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for New York Giants
July 8, 1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
July 8, 1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
July 8, 1947 Demolition begins for United Nations HQ in New York City
July 8, 1946 "Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 8 performances
July 8, 1946 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
July 8, 1944 British troops march into Caen
July 8, 1944 Japanese kamakize attacks on U.S. lines at Saipan
July 8, 1943 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve
July 8, 1943 British air raid sinks U-232
July 8, 1943 NSB-leader A Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler
July 8, 1943 U.S. invasion fleet passes Bizerta, Tunisia
July 8, 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
July 8, 1941 All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star
July 8, 1939 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62)
July 8, 1938 Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
July 8, 1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
July 8, 1933 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63)
July 8, 1933 Public Works Administration becomes effective
July 8, 1932 Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
July 8, 1932 Herbert Sutcliffe scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire vs. Gloucs
July 8, 1928 Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
July 8, 1923 Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
July 8, 1923 Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
July 8, 1922 35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60)
July 8, 1919 President Wilson returns to New York City from Versailles Peace Conference
July 8, 1918 Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple
July 8, 1912 G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles vs. Cambridge
July 8, 1912 Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
July 8, 1911 Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
July 8, 1909 1st pro baseball game, minor league, played under lights
July 8, 1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st 'Follies' on New York Theater roof
July 8, 1905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center
July 8, 1902 John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles
July 8, 1900 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
July 8, 1898 Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
July 8, 1898 U.S. battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
July 8, 1897 Harbor Hospital formally opens
July 8, 1896 William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention
July 8, 1895 Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South-Africa
July 8, 1892 American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Massacgysetts
July 8, 1891 61 degrees F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore and Phila
July 8, 1891 Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
July 8, 1889 John L. Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
July 8, 1889 Wall Street Journal begins publishing
July 8, 1876 White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5
July 8, 1870 Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
July 8, 1870 Gov Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
July 8, 1862 Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret
July 8, 1861 CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in New Mexico territory
July 8, 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay
July 8, 1849 St. Paul's Place in the Bronx named
July 8, 1838 Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed
July 8, 1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
July 8, 1835 Liberty Bell cracks, again
July 8, 1833 Russia and Turkey sign defense treaty
July 8, 1816 Frost in Waltham, Massachusetts
July 8, 1805 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
July 8, 1800 Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
July 8, 1797 1st U.S. senator, William Blount of Tennessee, expelled by impeachment
July 8, 1796 U.S. State Department issues 1st American passport
July 8, 1792 France declares war on Prussia
July 8, 1778 George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
July 8, 1777 Vermont becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
July 8, 1776 Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila)
July 8, 1758 English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York
July 8, 1709 Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
July 8, 1693 New York City authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
July 8, 1672 Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
July 8, 1663 King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
July 8, 1654 1st Jewish colonist arrive in U.S. (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan)
July 8, 1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond and Buren
July 8, 1497 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
July 8, 951 Paris is founded