It happenned on a… 8 July

US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further charges of sex trafficking of minors.

South Korean golfer Sei Young Ki breaks LPGA 72-hole scoring record with 31 under-par 257, also first to better -30, in winning Thornberry Creek Classic.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

J.K. Rowling’s « Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire » was released in the U.S. It was the fourth Harry Potter book.

« Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban » the 3rd book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published by Bloomsbury in the UK.

British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut single « Wannabe » in the UK.

The U.S. Patent Office issued a patent for the game « Twister. »

The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.

The first French settlement at Quebec was established by Samuel de Champlain.