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July 8th, 2003	Event	Sudan Airways Flight 39, with 116 people on board, crashes in Sudan; the only survivor is a two-year-old boy who subsequently dies as a result of his injuries.
July 8th, 1999	Event	Allen Lee Davis is executed by electrocution by the state of Florida, the last use of the electric chair for capital punishment in Florida.
July 8th, 1997	Event	NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.
July 8th, 1992	Event	Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe creates the office of High Commissioner on National Minorities.
July 8th, 1982	Event	Assassination attempt against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
July 8th, 1982	Event	Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.
July 8th, 1980	Event	The first Rugby League State of Origin match between the Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues is played at Lang Park, Brisbane.
July 8th, 1977	Event	The ashes of Ahn Eak-tai, a Korean conductor and the composer of the national anthem Aegukga, are transferred from the island of Majorca to the Korean National Cemetery.
July 8th, 1969	Event	IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.
July 8th, 1966	Event	King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

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