July 8

This page lists news articles and events for July 8.

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

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One-time Events/News

• 1853:
  • Event: Commodore Matthew C. Perry and his "Black Ships" enter the bay near Tokyo in order to force Japan to open trade with the United States