Historical Events for 8th July 2018

1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan
1896 – William Jennings Bryan’s “cross of gold” speech at Democratic convention in Chicago
1898 – US battle fleet under Admiral George Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1950 – Leroy Deans awarded first Order of Purple Heart in Korea
1982 – Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized
1989 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 – 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
2003 – Sudan Airways Flight 39, with 116 people on board, crashes in Sudan; the only survivor is a two-year-old boy who subsequently dies as a result of his injuries
2012 – Roadside car bomb kills 14 civilians in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province
2017 – British Lions tie 15-15 with New Zealand All Blacks in their 3rd rugby match to tie the series

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