On This Day — July 8

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on July 8.

• 2022: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.
• 2014: Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
• 2014: The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, in a match dubbed the Mineiraço.
• 2011: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
• 2003: Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

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