July 8th, 1558

Born on July 8th, 1558

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 8th?

July 8th, 2022

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) was assassinated with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.

July 8th, 1990

West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal.

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

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final at the Mineirão, Germany defeated Brazil 7–1 (players pictured), breaking several tournament records.

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 in the British colony of New York.

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

Same year
Born in 1558

76

Heinrich Schickhardt

Württembergian architect

*February 5th, 1558, Herrenberg †January 14th, 1635, Stuttgart

74

Lavinia Feltria della Rovere

16 Jan 1558 - 7 Jun 1632

*January 16th, 1558, Pesaro †June 7th, 1632, Montebello

56

Markus Welser

German politician and astronomer (1558-1614)

*June 20th, 1558, Augsburg †June 23rd, 1614, Augsburg

47

George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland

English noble (1558-1605)

*August 8th, 1558, Westmorland †October 30th, 1605, Middlesex

34

Albrecht Radziwiłł

Lithuanian marshal (1558-1592)

*March 8th, 1558, Vilnius †June 13th, 1592, Kraków

70

Szymon Szymonowic

Polish writer (1558-1629)

*October 24th, 1558, Lviv †May 5th, 1629, Czernięcin Główny

16

Eva Christina

*October 25th, 1558, Montbéliard †March 30th, 1575, Kirchheim unter Teck

58

Philipp Hahn

*January 1st, 1558, Halle (Saale) †January 1st, 1616

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1558 is a normal year and no leap year.

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