Shinzo Abe
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.
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2026
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İpek Öz
İpek Öz, Turkish tennis player
On July 8, 1994, the first-ever 'Harry Potter' book, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', was published in the UK under the...
"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
Marcel Proust
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, in a match dubbed...
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Marcel Proust
"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
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July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Peter and Fevronia Day
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Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox)
2025
1 yrs ago
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2025
Edward D. DiPrete
Edward D. DiPrete, American politician, 70th Governor of Rhode Island
2022
4 yrs ago
