July 8th (2014) was a Tuesday. It's the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 8th July, 2014
» Israel launches an Operation Protective Edge known as offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers called killing of Israeli teenagers.
» Brazil loses to the Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup. The event is known as Mineirazo.
July 8th Famous Deaths for 2014
» Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
» John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925)
» Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian politician (b. 1956)
» Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945)
» Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (b. 1953)
July 8th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Abda and Sabas
» Auspicius of Trier
» Grimbald
» Saint Kilian Kilian, Saint Totnan Totnan, and Saint Colman (martyr) Colman