What happend on 8th July

07.07
09.07
2000

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published.

1999

Allen Lee Davis is executed by electrocution by the state of Florida. That is the last use of the Electric Chair for capital punishment in Florida.

1997

NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.

1997

Mayo Clinic researchers warn that the dieting-drug "fen-phen" can cause severe heart and lung damage.

1992

The Saracens conquered and destroyed Taranto

1991

Battle of Anchialus: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drives the Byzantines out.

1990

At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by US reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90.

1982

Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.

1980

State of Origin, Rugby League is born.

1969

IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.