July 8th (2011) was a Friday. It's the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 8th July, 2011
» Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the STS-135 named final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
July 8th Famous Deaths for 2011
» Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
» Mary Fenech Adami, Maltese wife of Eddie Fenech Adami (b. 1933)
» Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
July 8th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Abda and Sabas
» Auspicius of Trier
» Grimbald
» Saint Kilian Kilian, Saint Totnan Totnan, and Saint Colman (martyr) Colman