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1932 : A French submarine sank off Cherbourg


On July 8, 1932, the submarine Prometheus sank while on tests off Cherbourg. 66 sailors were killed. Apparently a panel had been left open during a submerged test .

1947 : An unidentified object crashed in Roswell


On July 8, 1947, a UFO crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. The U.S. military recovered the object and refused to give further information. Even today, many people think it was an alien craft.

1950 : MacArthur appointed commander of UN forces in Korea


On July 8, 1950, President Truman appointed General Douglas MacArthur at the head of the United Nations forces in Korea that had been placed the day before under U.S. command by the United Nations.
MacArthur who had been the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, received the surrender of Japan and run Japan during the five years after the war.

1965 : Ronald Biggs escapes


On July 8, 1965, one of the robbers of Great Train Robbery escaped from Wandsworth Prison in London where he was serving a 30-year sentence. The Great Train Robbery is one of the largest thefts in the history of the United Kingdom (£ 2.6). The money was never found. After his escape, Biggs went into hiding in Brazil after passing through France and Australia. He returned to England in 2001 where he was arrested so that he finished his sentence. He was released in 2009.

1997 : Floods in Europe


On July 8, 1997, torrential rains causing devastating floods in the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland. The Oder and the Rhine overflowed. 40% of the population in Poland and the Czech Republic was affected by the disaster.

Cita del día : 08 Jullo

Douglas MacArthur
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

Cumpleaños : 08 Jullo

Jean de La Fontaine, Escritor francés (1621)
Joseph Chamberlain, Político inglés (1838)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Fundador de la empresa Dirigible Zeppelin (1838)
John D. Rockefeller, Magnate del petróleo y filántropo estadounidense (1839)
Alfred Binet, Psicólogo francés (1857)
Igor Tamm, Físico soviético, Premio Nobel (1895)
Louis Jordan, Músico de jazz estadounidense (1908)
Johnnie Johnson, Músico de blues estadounidense (1924)
Anjelica Huston, Actriz americana (1951)
Mimie Mathy, Actriz y comediante francesa (1957)
Kevin Bacon, Actor americano (1958)
Tzipi Livni, Política israelí (1958)
Joan Osborne, Cantante americana (1962)
Michael Weatherly, Actor americano (1968)
Beck, Músico americano (1970)
Kathleen Robertson, Actriz canadiense (1973)
Claire Keim, Actriz francesa (1975)
Robbie Keane, Futbolista irlandés (1980)
Jamie Cook, Músico inglés (Arctic Monkeys) (1985)
Jaden Smith, Cantante y actor estadounidense (1998)

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Jean Moulin, Líder de la resistencia francesa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1943)
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Físico japonés, Premio Nobel (1979)
Robert Burns Woodward, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1979)
Michael Wilding, Actor inglés (1979)
Howard Duff, Actor americano (1990)
Christian-Jaque, Director de cine francés (1994)
Kim Il-sung, Político de la República Popular Democrática de Corea (1994)
Dick Sargent, Actor americano (1994)
Pete Conrad, Astronauta estadounidense (1999)
Paula Danziger, Escritora americana (2004)
Jean Lefebvre, Actor francés (2004)
June Allyson, Actriz americana (2006)
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