July 8 in history: • 1776 – The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia. → go there • 1874 – Members of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Dufferin began their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies. → go there • 1947 – Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon. → go there • 1990 – West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal. → go there • 2022 – Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) was assassinated with an improvised firearm. → go there Died 1953: Etta Lemon Wiki link Born 1958: Tzipi Livni Wiki link Born 1991: Virgil van Dijk Wiki link Died 1994: Kim Il Sung Wiki link Pictured: Shinzo Abe.