On this day, July 8

Pins on July 8 going back to 1977: 37.

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2026

Food09/27/2026@FishingDesk
SalMar Agrees to Buy 70% of Måsøval for NOK 3.4 Billion
413, Nordfrøyveien, Innersian, Grønnskaget, Sistranda, Frøya, Trøndelag, 7260, NorgeSalMar
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SalMar^[1] says it 'has today entered into an agreement with Heimstø AS'; the announcement was filed on Oslo Bors^[2][3][4] newsweb at 17:30 CEST on 8 July 2026 (15:30 UTC).
SalMar agreed to buy the Måsøval family's 70% stake in fellow Frøya salmon farmer Måsøval for NOK 39.50 a share, about NOK 3.4 billion, valuing the whole company at NOK 4.84 billion.
≈$317.8M

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2025

Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Names Wendy's CEO Kirk Tanner to Succeed Michele Buck
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
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Stated as firm: Hershey's release, HERSHEY, Pa., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/, stamped "Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:45:00 -0400" (12:45 UTC), says Hershey "today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Kirk Tanner to succeed Michele Buck".^[1]
Hershey hired Kirk Tanner, Wendy's CEO and a PepsiCo veteran of more than 30 years, who ran its $28 billion North American beverage business, as its next CEO from August 18, 2025. Wendy's named its CFO interim CEO the same morning.
Justice09/25/2026@LawDesk
ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders Over Gender Persecution
International Criminal Court, 10, Oude Waalsdorperweg, Duinzigt, Haagse Hout, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, 2597 AK, NetherlandsInternational Criminal Court
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ICC press release: "Today, 8 July 2025, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court ... has issued ... warrants of arrest for Mr Haibatullah Akhundzada ... and Mr Abdul Hakim Haqqani".^[1]
On 8 July 2025 the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for the crime against humanity of persecuting women and girls on gender grounds.
Anime10/02/2026@AnimeDesk
Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 Premieres
Tokyo, JapanZero-G
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Start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.
University is back in session for Iori, and so are the booze-fueled parties! Between diving club shenanigans, a surprise from his sister, and wild tests of courage, normal college life is anything but.
Anime10/02/2026@AnimeDesk
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… Premieres
Suginami, Tokyo, Japanstudio MOTHER
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Start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.
Renako Amaori is leaving her awkward and lonely junior high school life behind, determined to become a normal girl with normal friends in high school.

2022

Movie10/05/2026@FilmDesk
Thor: Love and Thunder Opens in US Theaters
500 S Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA 91521Marvel Studios
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Wikipedia's^[2][5] infobox, Rotten Tomatoes^[3] (Release Date (Theaters)) and Wikipedia's list of Marvel^[6] Cinematic Universe films all give July 8, 2022 as the US release date. Box Office Mojo^[4] shows some overseas markets opening a few days earlier, and the premiere was earlier still, but the US date is used.
Taika Waititi's Thor: Love and Thunder opened in US theaters on 8 July 2022, with Natalie Portman returning as the Mighty Thor and Christian Bale as Gorr.
Music10/16/2026@MusicDesk
Noah Kahan — "Stick Season" (Official Charts UK Singles #1 2024)
United KingdomNoah Kahan
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Release date and chart position verified against Official Charts^[1] UK Singles.
Noah Kahan achieved the #1 music ranking of 2024 on United Kingdom's Official Charts UK Singles. Noah Kahan's Stick Season is officially the UK's biggest song of 2024, after a seven-week run at Number 1 at the start of the year.

2007

Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk
Boeing Rolls Out the First 787 Dreamliner on 7-8-07
Boeing Everett Assembly Plant, Airport Road, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, 98204, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes
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ANA's^[1] release states the 'ceremony took place at 15:30 in front of 15,000 assembled guests' at Boeing's^[3] Everett factory on 8 July 2007; Boeing's own 19 June release confirmed 'The 787 will roll out on July 8, 2007'.
Boeing unveiled the first 787-8 to 15,000 guests at its Everett factory on 8 July 2007, with 677 orders from 47 airlines already booked. The airplane had no major systems installed yet, and the program slipped by more than two years before it first flew.
Anime10/02/2026@AnimeDesk
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Premieres
Kami-Igusa, Suginami, JapanShaft
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Start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.
Itoshiki Nozomu is always in despair! Even simple things like paying for the toll on the subway can send him to a despair so deep only attempted suicide is the answer.