WikiPedia:Selected anniversaries/July 8
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- 1497 - Vasco da Gama set sail on first direct European voyage to India.
- 1709 - Battle of Poltava: In Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeated Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava, effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.
- 1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal was published.
- 1947 - Newspapers in Roswell, New Mexico, United States, reported the military's capture of a "flying saucer".
- 1997 - Mayo Clinic researchers warned that the dieting-drug "fen-phen" can cause severe heart and lung damage.
