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Wednesday, 08 July 2026

2007

Boeing unveiled its first 787 in a roll-out ceremony at its Everett assembly factory.

1999

Allen Lee Davis is executed by electric chair by the state of Florida, the last use of the electric chair for capital punishment in Florida.

1997

NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.

1996

A schizophrenic man armed with a machete wounds three children and four adults at a primary school in Wolverhampton, England. Teacher Lisa Potts received the George Medal for protecting her pupils, despite being severely injured.

1992

The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe creates the office of High Commissioner on National Minorities.

1982

Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.

The Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.

1970

Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American Self-Determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination Act.

1969

IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.

1968

The Municipality of General Santos was converted into a City status, named General Santos City.

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