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On This Day In History for July 8, 2020
This is the 190th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining in 2020.
- It was on this date in 1497, that Vasco da Gama set sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
- July 8, 1853, The Perry Expedition arrived in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
- 141 years ago today, Sailing ship USS Jeannette departed San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
- It was on this date in 1889, that The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.
- Also today in 1932, The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
- 73 years ago today, Reports were broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
- On July 8, 1948, The United States Air Force accepted its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
- July 8, 1960, Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
- Also on July 8, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French mathematician and academic, Christian Kramp, born on this date in 1760.
- Francis Leopold McClintock, the Irish admiral and explorer was born 201 years ago today.
- Born July 8, 1830, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State Frederick W. Seward.
- American chemist and pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola, John Pemberton was born 189 years ago today.
- German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, born on this date in 1838.
- American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company, Eli Lilly was born 182 years ago today.
- John D. Rockefeller, the American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company was born 181 years ago today.
- Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Pyotr Kapitsa, born on this date in 1894.
- Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1895.
- Born July 8, 1904, French mathematician and academic Henri Cartan.
- Russian engineer and astronaut, Vitaly Sevastyanov was born 85 years ago today.
- Also born on that same date in 1949, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur, Wolfgang Puck.
- American actor and musician, Kevin Bacon, born on this date in 1958.
Listener Birthdays (July 8-14)
- 8 – Trampas Whiteman (aka Dragonhelm)
- 8 – Mark Lee (aka geekdad72) Stardate -351519.09
- 8 – Alan Ralph (a.k.a. MonTemplar)
- 8 – Kim Eaddy – Kreg’s Wife
- 10 – KHD a.k.a. The Devin
- 11 – Steven Truax (rednecktech)
- 12 – Shadowbird712 of Shadowbird Studios (http://shadowbirdsrandomcrap.blogspot.com/) (Sorry for the cheap plug, y’all)
- 12 – François Pominville nickname: Bookaroo (Year: 11110110001, Canada)
- 13 – Ben Ragunton of TGGeeks
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 8, 2020
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News
- NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson | NASA
- This Scientist Says He’s Built a Jet Engine That Turns Electricity Directly Into Thrust
- Costly click: Man accidentally buys 28 Tesla cars online worth 1.4 million euros
- ‘We’ve bought the wrong satellites’: UK tech gamble baffles experts | Politics | The Guardian
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Geek Library
- Scientists finally solve the mystery behind a 100-year-old chemistry experiment | Live Science
- Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past | WIRED
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