EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
July 8
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Day 188 of 2026 | Week 28 | 171 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, in a match dubbed the Mineiraço.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
Kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il Sung.
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on an international science mission.
West Germany win the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal.
The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala in India killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American NFL football defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
Canadian actress (Henry Danger)
born in Beijing
American actress (Stranger Things)
American actor (Superman
British classical pianist
South Korean soccer forward (Hamburger SV
daughter of country singer Garth Brooks and Sandy Mahl
New Zealand cricket batsman (7th batsman to score double century on Test debut; 200 v England 2021; Gauteng
South African actress (Is'Thunzi)
Dutch soccer defender (Groningen
French professional rock climber
Russian model (Ralph Lauren AW15
American golfer (US Open 2011 3rd; Haskins Award 2008)
British guitarist (Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor")
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