This date in history 7-8-2021

This date in history for July 8.

1776: Liberty bell tolls to announce declaration of independence.

1853: Commander Perry sails into Tokyo Bay.

1918: Ernest Hemingway wounded on the western front.

1950: MacArthur named Korean commander.

1951: Paris celebrates 2,000 birthday.

1959: First Americans killed in South Vietnam.

1994: North Korea’s Kim II Sung dies.

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