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This is a list of selected July 8 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1497Vasco da Gama set sail on the first direct European voyage to India. unreferenced section
1709Great Northern War: Peter I of Russia defeated Charles XII of Sweden in Poltava, Ukraine, effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe. refimprove section, unreferenced section
1859Charles XV became King of Sweden and Norway following the death of his father Oscar I. Tagged with {{unreferenced section}}
1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal, the world's most circulated business daily newspaper, was published. tagged for expansion
1898 – American con artist and gangster Soapy Smith was killed in Skagway, Alaska, when an argument with fellow gang members turned into an unexpected gunfight. lead too short
1947 – After various news agencies reported the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Force personnel in Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that what was actually recovered was debris from an experimental high-altitude surveillance weather balloon. refimprove section

Eligible

July 8: Seventeenth of Tammuz (Judaism, 2012); National Day of Commemoration in Ireland (2012)

Kim Jong-il

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