What Happened In July 2008 In History

Historical Events for July, 2008

• 1st » 2008 riot in Mongolia known as Rioting erupts in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
• 10th » Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
• 16th » Sixteen infants in Gansu or Gansu Province, China, who had been fed on 2008 Chinese milk scandal named tainted milk powder, are diagnosed with kidney stones; in total an estimated 300,000 infants are affected.
• 28th » The historic Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare called Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.

Famous Deaths for July 2008

• 1st » Mel Galley, English guitarist (Whitesnake, Trapeze (band) Trapeze, Finders Keepers (band) Finders Keepers, and Phenomena (band) Phenomena) (b. 1948)
• 1st » Mark Dean Schwab, American rapist and murderer (b. 1968)
• 2nd » Natasha Shneider, Russian-American singer, keyboard player, and actress (Eleven (band) known as Eleven) (b. 1956)
• 2nd » Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 3rd » Ernie Cooksey, English footballer (b. 1980)
• 3rd » Larry Harmon, American clown (b. 1925)
• 3rd » Clive Hornby, English actor (b. 1944)
• 3rd » Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
• 4th » Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (b. 1940)
• 4th » Jesse Helms, American journalist and politician (b. 1921)
• 4th » Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
• 4th » Terrence Kiel, American football player (b. 1980)
• 4th » Charles Wheeler (journalist) or Charles Wheeler, German-English journalist (b. 1923)
• 5th » Hasan Doğan, Turkish businessman (b. 1956)
• 6th » Bobby Durham (jazz musician) called Bobby Durham, American drummer (b. 1937)
• 7th » Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1933)
• 7th » Dorian Leigh, American model (b. 1917)
• 8th » John Templeton, American-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
• 9th » Séamus Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1948)
• 10th » Hiroaki Aoki, Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (b. 1938)
• 10th » Mike Souchak, American golfer (b. 1927)
• 11th » Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon (b. 1908)
• 12th » Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
• 12th » Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (b. 1955)
• 13th » Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (b. 1932)
• 14th » Henki Kolstad, Norwegian actor (b. 1915)
• 15th » György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972)
• 15th » Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (b. 1970)
• 16th » Jo Stafford, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
• 17th » Larry Haines, American actor (b. 1918)
• 18th » Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (b. 1944)
• 19th » Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedian and actress (b. 1907)
• 20th » Artie Traum, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1943)
• 21st » Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes or Donald Stokes, English businessman (b. 1914)
• 22nd » Greg Burson, American voice actor (b. 1949)
• 22nd » Estelle Getty, American actress (b. 1923)
• 23rd » Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1924)
• 24th » Norman Dello Joio, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 25th » Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
• 25th » Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (b. 1919)
• 25th » Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (b. 1960)
• 27th » Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 27th » Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
• 27th » Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (b. 1923)
• 28th » Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer (b. 1977)
• 29th » Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (b. 1988)
• 30th » Anne Armstrong, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1927)

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