July 8th, 1546

Born on July 8th, 1546

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 174,000 days old!

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What happened on July 8th?

July 8th, 2021

Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.

July 8th, 2014

German citizen Lars Mittank disappeared from Varna Airport, Bulgaria; his last known movements were widely watched on YouTube.

July 8th, 2003

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashed near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

July 8th, 1994

Upon the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il (pictured) became the supreme leader of North Korea.

July 8th, 1980

Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashed near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.

July 8th, 1966

King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi was deposed in a coup d'état by his son, Prince Charles Ndizi.

July 8th, 1965

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.

July 8th, 1962

Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building.

July 8th, 1950

Korean War: American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean attack.

July 8th, 1947

Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.

July 8th, 1874

Members of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Dufferin began their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.

July 8th, 1776

The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.

July 8th, 1758

French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon on the shore of Lake Champlain in the British colony of New York.

July 8th, 1709

Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava.

July 8th, 1932

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 8th?

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

23

Carlos, Prince of Asturias

Prince of Asturias; eldest child of Philip II of Spain

*July 8th, 1545, Valladolid †July 24th, 1568, Madrid

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

*July 8th, 1838, Constance †March 8th, 1917, Berlin

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

*July 8th, 1916, St. Louis †March 24th, 2017, Dover

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

*July 8th, 1913, Valencia †March 1st, 2017, Valencia

97

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

*July 8th, 1839, Richford †May 23rd, 1937, Ormond Beach

73

Jean de La Fontaine

French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)

*July 8th, 1621, Château-Thierry †April 13th, 1695, Paris

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

59

Artemisia Gentileschi

Italian Baroque painter (1593—1651)

*July 8th, 1593, Rome †November 30th, 1652, Naples

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

66

Louis Jordan

American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)

*July 8th, 1908, Arkansas †February 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

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54

Tycho Brahe

Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601

*December 14th, 1546, Knutstorp Castle †October 24th, 1601, Prague

48

Murad III

12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)

*July 4th, 1546, Manisa †January 16th, 1595, Istanbul

57

Kuroda Yoshitaka

Japanese daimyo (1546 – 1604)

*December 22nd, 1546, Himeji †April 19th, 1604, Fukakusa

69

Giacomo Castelvetro

Italian writer

*March 25th, 1546, Modena †March 21st, 1616, London

69

Heo Jun

Korean court physician (1539 – 1615 )

*January 1st, 1546, Joseon †January 1st, 1615

63

Robert Persons

Parsons, Robert (1546-1610), Jesuit missionary and controversialist

*July 4th, 1546, Nether Stowey †April 15th, 1610, Rome

62

Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg

*January 27th, 1546, Old Cölln †July 28th, 1608, Köpenick

70

Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg

*June 29th, 1546, Kolding †January 6th, 1617, Celle

69

Heinrich Petreus

German jurist and writer

*February 1st, 1546, Hardegsen †September 22nd, 1615, Wolfenbüttel

72

Dietrich of Fürstenberg

Prince-bishop of Paderborn (1546-1618)

*September 27th, 1546, Ense †December 4th, 1618, Schloss Neuhaus, Paderborn

64

Cornelis de Groot

Dutch university teacher (1546-1610)

*July 25th, 1546, Delft †July 25th, 1610, Leiden

62

Johann Pistorius the Younger

German historian (1546-1608)

*February 14th, 1546, Nidda †June 19th, 1608, Freiburg im Breisgau

79

Johannes Piscator

German theologian (1546-1625)

*March 27th, 1546, Strasbourg †July 26th, 1625, Herborn

64

Johann Wolfgang Freymon von Randeck

Politician (1546-1610)

*March 13th, 1546, Ingolstadt †November 10th, 1610, Kelheim

45

Veronica Franco

Italian poet and courtesan (1546-1591)

*January 1st, 1546, Venice †July 22nd, 1591, Venice

63

Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim

German count (1546-1610)

*June 14th, 1546, Waldenburg †March 28th, 1610, Weikersheim

53

Daniel Adam z Veleslavína

Czech philosopher, historian, humanist, lexicographer, linguist, publisher, professor, translator, writer, university educator and science writer

*September 10th, 1546, Prague †October 18th, 1599, Prague

65

Bartholomeus Spranger

Flemish painter

*March 21st, 1546, Antwerp †August 1st, 1611, Prague

66

Johann Steuerlein

German protestant hymn writer, composer, and mayor of Meiningen (1546-1613)

*July 5th, 1546, Schmalkalden †May 5th, 1613, Meiningen

72

Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas

Catholic cardinal and inquisitor

*April 20th, 1546, Aranda de Duero †December 7th, 1618, Toledo

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