1937 – Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.1933 – The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.1912 – Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892. 1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.1876 – The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.1874 – The Mounties begin their March West.
1864 – Ikedaya Incident : The Choshu Han shishi 's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.1853 – The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.1808 – Promulgation of the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter Joseph Bonaparte intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.1776 – Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell ) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.1760 – British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.1716 – The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.1709 – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta.1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar 176 days remain until the end of the year.
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