What happend on 8th July

07.07
09.07
1966

King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi was deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

1947

Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.

1932

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.

1896

William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech in Chicago, Illinois.

1892

St. John's, Newfoundland was devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.

1889

At the last championship bare-knuckle boxing match, John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds.

1889

The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.

1859

King Charles XV / Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.

1822

Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

1776

The Liberty Bell was rung to summon citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.