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1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline. 1741 – Reverend Jonathan Edwards preaches to his congregation in Enfield, Connecticut his most famous sermon, " Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God "; an influence for the First Great Awakening .
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The 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake occurred on July 8 at 02:20:44 local time with a moment magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII (Very strong).The shock occurred in a complex setting along the San Andreas Fault Zone where it bisects San Gorgonio Mountain and San Jacinto Peak at the San Gorgonio Pass and was the first in a series of three earthquakes that affected ...
The Utah prisoner of war massacre (headlined by Time as Midnight Massacre [1] [2]) took place after the end of World War II in Europe at midnight on July 8, 1945, at a German and Italian prisoner-of-war camp in Salina, Utah.
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July 5 Patrick Henry is sworn in as the first governor of Virginia. The Fifth Virginia Convention ends at Williamsburg. July 8–10 – American Revolution: Battle of Gwynn's Island. July 8 – American Revolution: The Liberty Bell rings for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.
Every July 4, descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence tap the Liberty Bell 13 times in honor of the original 13 colonies. Related: History Facts 14.
July 8: Day of Arafah (Islam, 2022) Battle of Poltava 1663 – Charles II of England granted the Rhode Island Royal Charter , described as the "grandest instrument of human liberty ever constructed", to the Baptist minister John Clarke .