On 8^th July 1833,

The Treaty of Hünkârİskelesi, a defensive alliance between the Ottoman Empire and Russia, was signed at the village of Hünkârİskelesi, near Istanbul.

On 8^th July 1889,           

Journalist Charles Henry Dow published the first issue of The Wall Street Journal.

On 8^th July 1896,

William Jennings Bryan delivered his “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

On 8^th July 1898,

The U.S. Congress annexed Hawaii through a joint resolution signed by President William McKinley, paving the way for the islands to become a territory (1900) and later a U.S. state (1959).

On 8^th July 1906,

Satchel Paige, a professional baseball pitcher who earned legendary fame during his many years in the Negro leagues, is believed to have been born this day in Mobile, Alabama.

On 8^th July 1928,

In Chillicothe, Missouri, pre-sliced bread first went on sale; the loaves, baked by a local company, were cut using a machine designed by Otto Rohwedder.

On 8^th July 1946,

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

On 8^th July 1947,

A local newspaper erroneously reported that a “flying saucer” had been recovered near Roswell, New Mexico; although that claim was quickly refuted by authorities, the Roswell incident eventually became the centre of a conspiracy theory involving UFOs and extraterrestrials.

On 8^th July 1950,

Douglas MacArthur was appointed commander of United Nations forces in the Korean War.