July 8 is marked by various historical events. In 2018, divers rescued four boys from a flooded cave in Thailand after more than two weeks. In 1776, Col. John Nixon read the Declaration of Independence publicly in Philadelphia. Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay, Japan in 1853 to seek diplomatic relations. The Wall Street Journal published its first issue in 1889. In 1947, a New Mexico newspaper reported on a recovered flying saucer, later identified as a weather balloon. In 2000, Venus Williams won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, making history.
On July 8, 2018, divers rescued four of the 12 boys trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand with their soccer coach for over two weeks.
In 1947, the Roswell Daily Record quoted officials at the Roswell Army Air Field claiming they had recovered a flying saucer that crashed onto a ranch.
In 2000, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport for her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Black female champion at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1958.
In 1972, the Nixon administration announced a deal to sell $750 million in grain to the Soviet Union, resulting in what critics dubbed The Great Grain Robbery.
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