July 8 in History

• 1874

  July 8, 1874:

  The royal police service of Canada (Mounties) starts its March West.

• 1889

  July 8, 1889:

  American international newspaper “The Wall Street Journal” is published by Dow Jones & Company.

• 1965

  July 8, 1965:

  The John Boorman film titled “Having A Wild Weekend” is first shown in London.

• 1974

  July 8, 1974:

  English musician David Bowie drops his first official live album titled “David Live”.

• 1978

  July 8, 1978:

  Highly-rated British musicians Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon are arrested for being drunk and behaving disorderly after a concert at Apollo.

• 1981

  July 8, 1981:

  American new wave group ‘The Go-Go’ drops their first album titled “Beauty and the Beat”.

• 1996

  July 8, 1996:

  British girls band Spice Girls, issues their first hit single titled "Wannabe," in the United Kingdom.

• 2010

  July 8, 2010:

  Christopher Nolan's science fiction action film titled "Inception" premieres at Leicester Square Theatre in London.