July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 176 days remain until the end of the year. 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.

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July 8th is the 189th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. On this day, in the First Crusade, 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem and Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives the first cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.

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July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of the year. 1099 – First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

On July 8, 1969, President Richard Nixon announced the first significant withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, marking a crucial moment in the Vietnam War.