On This Day:
July 8
10 years of headlines that grabbed us.
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July 8, 2024
Daughter Delivers Shocker Over Late Writer Alice Munro
The literary world mourned when Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro died earlier this year at the age of 92. Keep reading >>
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July 8, 2023
As Far as Ultramarathon Runners Go, He's Remarkable
Renowned ultramarathon runner Dag Aabye, now 82, moved to Canada from Norway when he was young and fell in love with the harsh wilderness. Keep reading >>
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July 8, 2022
Black Leader Who Fought Trump Rally Killed in Her Home
A Black business leader and community activist who joined Tulsa civic leaders in fighting then-President Donald Trump's plan to hold a campaign rally on Juneteenth in a city known as the site of one of the nation's deadliest white-on-Black mob attacks has been killed in what police describe as a domestic incident at her home. Keep reading >>
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July 8, 2021
He Sat on the Toilet at Dawn. Suddenly, a 'Nip'
An elderly Austrian man had an unpleasant surprise waiting for him while answering nature's call early Monday: a python, in his toilet. Keep reading >>
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July 8, 2020
Mary Kay Letourneau Dead at 58
Mary Kay Letourneau, who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted of raping him, has died. Keep reading >>
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July 8, 2019
Toddler Dies After Grandfather Dangles Her From Cruise Ship
A family cruise turned tragic Sunday afternoon when an 18-month-old girl died after her grandfather dangled her outside an 11th-story window on the ship and then lost his grip. Keep reading >>
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July 8, 2018
Cop Shocks Wife With New Will After Killing Himself
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July 8, 2017
G20 Leaders Shut Trump Out on Climate Change
World powers lined up against US President Donald Trump on climate change Saturday, reaffirming their support for international efforts to fight global warming. Keep reading >>
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July 8, 2016
Gunman Identified in Dallas Shooting
Major media outlets are identifying the slain gunman in the Dallas attack as 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson of Mesquite, Texas, near Dallas. Keep reading >>
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July 8, 2015
New Texas Texts: Slavery Was 'Side Issue' of Civil War
About 5 million Texas schoolchildren will get their hands on brand-new social studies textbooks when school starts up again, the Houston Chronicle reports—textbooks that USA Today says are "misleading, racially prejudiced, and, at times, flat-out false." Keep reading >>
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