2011 - Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the US Space Shuttle program
1951 - The city of Paris, France celebrates its 2000th birthday
1948 - The US Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF)
1917 - The first Ziegfeld Follies is staged by Florenz Ziegfeld in NYC.
1776 - The Liberty Bell tolls to announce the Declaration of Independence, ringing out from the tower of Independence Hall in Philadelphia
This Day In Business
1889 - The Wall Street Journal publishes its first issue.
1988 - Stevie Wonder announces running for mayor of Detroit in 1992 election, but withdraws.
1923 - President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president in office to visit Alaska
2010 - Lebron James: "The Decision" to leave Cleveland to play for the Miami Heat.
July 8th Holiday
Video Games Day - A day for gamers which celebrate popular video games and the many way they have changed the way kids play games
Today's Birthday Trivia
She began her TV career doing voiceovers for Tyson Chicken commercials. Who is she?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
Learn about people born on this day by reading the July 8 Birthday Horoscope.
Famous Birthdays iPhone App
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