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On This Day: Space Shuttle Atlantis launched in final U.S. Space Shuttle program mission in 2011
Following are some of the major events that occurred on July 8: 1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India. 1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of …