Here are some notable events that happened on July 8th in history:
1099: The Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade concluded with the city's capture by the Crusaders.
1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama set sail on his first voyage to India.
1776: The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia rang to announce the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
1792: France declared war on Prussia, marking the start of the French Revolutionary Wars.
1889: The Wall Street Journal was first published.
1947: Reports of a UFO sighting in Roswell, New Mexico sparked widespread speculation about extraterrestrial life and became a famous UFO incident.
1960: The novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee was first published.
1982: The Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in Kenner, Louisiana, shortly after takeoff, killing all 145 people on board and eight people on the ground.
2011: Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.
2015: The New Horizons spacecraft made a historic flyby of Pluto, providing close-up images and data about the dwarf planet.
These are just a few examples, and many other events, births, and deaths occurred on July 8th throughout history.
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