1776 - The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence occurred as Colonel John Nixon read it to an assembled crowd in Philadelphia.
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http://nraombakc.blogspot.in/2012/06/8-july-knowledge-history-science.html
http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/8
951 - Paris was founded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-celebrates-2000th-birthday
1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1497 - Vasco da Gama starts his trip to India http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/dagama.shtml
1889 - Wall Street Journal started - Wall Street Journal - Brief History
Read the first issue - http://online.wsj.com/125/wsj-first-edition/#/%231
1932 - Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
Birthday
1838 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Germany, Inventor (Zeppelin, airship)
1839 - John D Rockefeller, Founder (Standard Oil)
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