On This Day in History - July 8 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - July 8 |
0951 July 8
0951-07-08
Paris is founded
1497 July 8
1497-07-08
Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1776 July 8
1776-07-08
Colonel John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia
1873 July 8
1873-07-08
Anna Nichols became the first female patent examiner.
2000 July 8
2000-07-08
The latest Harry Potter book has been released and for the first time a Harry Potter book is released simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic. This is the forth book in the Harry Potter series and the initial run is over 5 million books with many book sellers opened at midnight for devoted followers to get their copy.
