Major events of July 8 in Indian and World history

Major events of July 8 in Indian and World history are:-

New Delhi: The major events of 08 May in Indian and world history are as follows:

1497 – Portuguese sailor Vasco de Gama leaves Europe with a 170-member crew to come to India by sea.
1833 – Russia and Turkey sign security pact.
1880 – The death of French philosopher and scientist Pier Paul Broca, who laid the foundation of Phrenology, ie, Kapalavidya.
1889 – American newspaper ‘The Wall Street Journal’ begins publication.
1914 – Birth of Jyoti Basu, the longest serving chief minister and the basis of left politics in West Bengal.
1948 – Recruitment of women in US Air Force begins.
1954 – The then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru started the Bhakra-Nangal Hydroelectric Project.
1972 – Birth of former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly.
1992 – Thomas Kleistil becomes President of Austria.
1994 – Former North Korea President and Communist Party Secretary General Kim Il Sung passed away.
1997- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) invites Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to join the organization.
2003 – Sudan Airways plane crashes, killing all 116 passengers.
2003 – Ninth Prime Minister of the country Chandrashekhar passed away.
2012 – Car bombings in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, killing 14 civilians.
2013 – Army firing on protesters sitting on dharna in Egyptian capital Cairo, killing 42 people.
2014 – German footballer Miroslav Klaus makes world record for the most goals scored 16 in a World Cup.