July 8, 2025

This Day in History

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This Day in History

2004

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit landed on Mars to study the chemical and physical composition of the planet’s surface.

2001

Hillary Clinton was sworn in as a U.S. senator from New York, having become the first first lady in U.S. history to win elective office.

1990

After undergoing 10 days of psychological warfare—which included U.S. forces blasting rock music at the Vatican embassy, where he had sought refuge—Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to the United States.

1977

Apple was incorporated by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and it later became one of the most valuable companies in the world, known for innovative computer and electronic products.

1959

Alaska became the 49th U.S. state.

1939

Canadian professional ice hockey player Bobby Hull, the “Golden Jet,” was born.

1938

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis (later called the March of Dimes) to find a cure for polio, a disease he had been stricken with in 1921.

1929

Italian motion-picture director Sergio Leone, known primarily for his popularization of the “spaghetti western,” was born.

1892

English author and scholar J.R.R. Tolkien, who was perhaps best known for his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), was born in South Africa.

1883

Clement Attlee, British Labour Party leader (1935–55) and prime minister (1945–51), was born.

1793

American reformer Lucretia Mott—who, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the women’s rights movement in the United States—was born.

1777

The Battle of Princeton (New Jersey) was fought during the American Revolution; the clash, along with the Battle of Trenton, marked the first victory for the Revolutionary War general George Washington in the open field.

1543

Spanish soldier and explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, the “discoverer” of California, died.

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