On this day in History - Jul 08

0810 - Pepin, King of Italy dies (b. 0773)
0975 - King Edgar of England dies
1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders mocked them.
1153 - Pope Eugene III dies
1497 - Vasco da Gama sets sail on first direct European voyage to India. A frota comandada por Vasco da Gama parte de Lisboa em direcção à Índia. A Marinha Portuguesa comemora o seu dia nesta data
1545 - Don Carlos of Spain, was born (d. 1568). Son of Philip II of Spain.

1577 - Morte de D. Maria - filha de D. Duarte (duque de Guimarães) e D. Isabel
1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi, was born (d. 1651). Italian painter.
1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, was born (d. 1695). French writer.
1623 - Pope Gregory XV dies (b. 1554)
1663 - Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
1680 - The first confirmed tornado in America killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1695 - Christiaan Huygens, dies (b. 1629). Dutch scientist.
1709 - Battle of Poltava: Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.
1758 - French and Indian War: French forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York.
1760 - French and Indian War: Battle of the Ristigouche - British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
1760 - Christian Kramp, was born (d. 1826). French mathematician.

1770 - Pela primeira vez a declaração de Independência dos Estados Unidos é lida em Nova York na presença de George Washington.

1784 - Morte do químico sueco Torbern Olof Bergman

1819 - Francis Leopold McClintock, was born (d. 1907). British naval officer and explorer.
1822 - Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, dies (b. 1792). English poet.
1826 - Luther Martin, dies (b. 1748). One of the founding fathers of the United States.

1832 - Portugal: O exército liberal sob o comando do regente D. Pedro, desembarca na praia de Arnosa do Pampelido, perto do Mindelo.
1833 - Tratado Russo-Turco de Unkiar-Skellessi. A passagem dos Dardanelos é proibida aos barcos de todas os países, com excepção dos russos.
1836 - Joseph Chamberlain, was born (d. 1914). British politician.
1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, was born (d. 1917). German inventor.
1839 - John D. Rockefeller, was born (d. 1937). American businessman and philanthropist.

1840 - Nascimento de Manuel de Arriaga. Primeiro presidente de Portugal
1850 - Prince Adolphus, dies (b. 1774). 1st Duke of Cambridge.
1851 - Arthur Evans, was born (d. 1941). English archaeologist.
1859 - King Charles XV / Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway
1859 - King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway dies (b. 1799)
1867 - Käthe Kollwitz, was born (d. 1945). German painter and graphic artist.
1882 - Percy Grainger, was born (d. 1961). Australian composer.
1885 - Ernst Bloch, was born (d. 1977). German philosopher.
1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
1889 - During the last championship bare-knuckle boxing match, John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds.

1889 - Nascimento de Damião Peres. Historiador português.

1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech, Chicago.
1904 - Henri Cartan, was born. French mathematician
1905 - Walter Kittredge, dies (b. 1834). American musician and composer.
1908 - Louis Jordan, was born (d. 1975). American singer and saxophonist.
1908 - Nelson A. Rockefeller, was born (d. 1979). Vice President of the United States.
1917 - Tom Thomson, dies (b. 1877). Canadian painter.
1918 - Craig Stevens, was born (d. 2000). American actor.
1919 - Walter Scheel, was born. German politician.

1921 - Nasce Edgar Morin, sociólogo e ensaista francês.
1923 - Harrison Dillard, was born. American athlete .

1925 - Nasce em Santarém Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão . Historiador e professor universitário português. Veríssimo Serrão é membro da Academia de Ciencias de Lisboa, da Academia Portuguesa de Historia, da Academia Brasileira de Letras e de muitas outras organizações de prestígio internacional como a Real Academia de História de Espanha.

1929 - Artur Ivens Ferraz assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1932 - Barbara Loden was born. Actress
1932 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.
1933 - Marty Feldman, was born (d. 1982). English comedian and actor.
1933 - Anthony Hope, dies (b. 1863). British author.
1935 - Steve Lawrence, was born. American entertainer and singer : Go Away Little Girl, Party Doll, Pretty Blue Eyes, Footsteps, Portrait of My Love; songwriter: Two on the Aisle;

1935 - Vitali Sevastyanov, was born. Cosmonaut

1939 - Havelock Ellis, dies (b. 1859). British physician and psychologist.
1941 - Dario Gradi, waas born. Italian-born football manager
1942 - Phil Gramm, was born. American politician
1943 - Jean Moulin, dies (b. 1899). French Resistance leader in World War II.
1945 - Micheline Calmy-Rey, was born. Member of the Swiss Federal Council.

1946 - Actress Ava Gardner divorced bandleader Artie Shaw on this day; not quite a year after they were married.

1946 - Nascimento de Toquinho. Cantor e compositor brasileiro.
1947 - Kim Darby, was born. American actress
1947 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
1950 - Othmar Spann, dies (b. 1878). Austrian philosopher and economist.
1951 - Anjelica Huston, was born. American Academy Award-winning actress: Prizzi’s Honor [1985]; The Witches, The Grifters, The Addams Family .

1956 - Morre Giovanni Papini, escritor italiano.
1957 - Grace Coolidge, dies (b. 1879). First Lady of the United States.
1958 - Kevin Bacon, was born. American actor
1959 - Major Dale R. Buis, dies. First U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam .
1961 - Andy Fletcher, was born. Musician (Depeche Mode)
1961 - Toby Keith, was born. American country music singer
1968 - Billy Crudup, was born. American actor
1968 - Owen Meany, dies. Fictional character.
1969 - IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer
1970 - Beck, was born. American singer
1972 - Saurav Ganguly, was born. Indian cricketer
1973 - Wilfred Rhodes, dies (b. 1877). English cricketer.
1975 - Kathleen Robertson, was born. Canadian actress
1977 - Wang Zhizhi, was born. Chinese basketball player.

1978 - O socialista Sandro Pertini é eleito presidente da República Italiana.
1980 - Robbie Keane, was born. Irish footballer
1980 - State of Origin, Rugby League is born
1981 - Anastasia Myskina, was born. Russian tennis player
1982 - Hakim Warrick, was born. American basketball player.

1982 - Jorge Blanco é proclamado presidente da República Dominicana.

1984 - Claudio Sánchez Albornoz dies. Historian

1984 - John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon and wins the event in just 1 hour and 20 minutes.
1986 - Skeeter Webb, dies (b. 1909). Baseball player.

1986- Kurt Waldheim é declarado oficialmente presidente de Áustria.

1986 - Morre Hyman Rickover, criador da armada nuclear dos Estados Unidos.

1987 - Gerardo Diego dies. Poet
1989 - Argentina: Carlos Saúl Menem é eleito Presidente da República.
1988 - Ray Barbuti, dies (b. 1905). American athlete.
1990 - Howard Duff, dies. Actor.
1990 - At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by US reckoning was 12:34:56

1990 - Morre Amélia Rey Colaço (n. 2 Mar 1898). Dedicou toda a vida ao teatro. Actriz, encenadora e empresária fundou, com o actor Robles Monteiro, a sua própria companhia de teatro (a companhia Rey Colaço-Robles Monteiro), que duraria cerca de 53 anos. A (ex) Escola Secundária de Belém/Algés, Lisboa, passou a partir de 1-9-1999 a ter o seu nome ( Escola Secundária Amélia Rey Colaço, Alto de Santa Catarina, Oeiras).
1994 - Kim Il Sung, dies (b. 1912). North Korean leader.
1997 - Mayo
Clinic researchers warn that the dieting-drug "fen-phen" can cause severe heart and lung damage.
1997 - NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.
1999 - Allen Lee Davis executed by electrocution by the state of Florida. Last use of the Electric Chair for capital punishment in Florida.
2000 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published.
2001 - John O'Shea, dies (b. 1920). New Zealand director.
2002 - Ward Kimball, dies (b. 1914). American animator.
2003 - Ladan and Laleh Bijani, dies (b. 1974). Iranian twins.
2004 - Paula Danziger, dies (b. 1944). American author.

2004 - A Venezuela é anunciada como o mais novo parceiro do Mercosul