July 8th, 1862

Born on July 8th, 1862

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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 have been widely watched on YouTube.

July 8th, 2003

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes 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 crashes 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 is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

July 8th, 1965

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is 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

The Mounties begin 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, 1663

Charles II of England granted the Rhode Island Royal Charter, described as the "grandest instrument of human liberty ever constructed", to the Baptist minister John Clarke.

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

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

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

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

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

97

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

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

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

77

Käthe Kollwitz

German printmaker and sculptor (1867—1945)

*July 8th, 1867, Königsberg †April 22nd, 1945, Moritzburg

54

Alfred Binet

French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test

*July 8th, 1857, Nice †October 18th, 1911, Paris

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

41

William Vaughn Moody

United States dramatist and poet (1869-1910)

*July 8th, 1869, Spencer †October 17th, 1910, Colorado Springs

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

90

Arthur Evans

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

*July 8th, 1851, Nash Mills †July 11th, 1941, Youlbury House

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81

Ulrich Wilcken

German historian and papyrologist (1862-1944)

*December 18th, 1862, Szczecin †December 10th, 1944, Baden-Baden

52

Joseph Déchelette

French archaeologist and prehistorian

*January 8th, 1862, Roanne †October 3rd, 1914, Nouvron-Vingré

83

Gerhart Hauptmann

German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)

*November 15th, 1862, Szczawno-Zdrój †June 6th, 1946, Jagniątków

86

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)

*August 29th, 1862, Ghent †May 6th, 1949, Nice

79

William Henry Bragg

British scientist (1862–1942)

*July 2nd, 1862, Westward †March 12th, 1942, London

76

Maurice Emmanuel

French composer

*May 2nd, 1862, Bar-sur-Aube †December 14th, 1938, Paris

55

Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918)

*August 22nd, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †March 25th, 1918, 16th arrondissement of Paris

57

Paul Adam

French novelist

*December 7th, 1862, 3rd arrondissement of Paris †January 1st, 1920, 16th arrondissement of Paris

47

O. Henry

American short story writer (1862-1910)

*September 11th, 1862, Greensboro †June 5th, 1910, New York City

81

David Hilbert

German mathematician (1862–1943)

*January 23rd, 1862, Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast †February 14th, 1943, Göttingen

72

Philipp Siesmayer

German gardener (1862-1935)

*October 24th, 1862, Bockenheim †May 2nd, 1935

69

Aristide Briand

Politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from France (1862-1932)

*March 28th, 1862, Nantes †March 7th, 1932, Paris

68

Allvar Gullstrand

Swedish ophthalmologist (1862-1930)

*June 5th, 1862, Landskrona †July 28th, 1930, Stockholm

75

Edith Wharton

American novelist, short story writer, designer (1862–1937)

*January 24th, 1862, New York City †August 11th, 1937, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt

84

Philipp Lenard

German physicist (1862-1947)

*June 7th, 1862, Bratislava †May 20th, 1947, Messelhausen

85

Nicholas Murray Butler

American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862-1947)

*April 2nd, 1862, Elizabeth †December 7th, 1947, Manhattan

76

Phil van Heerdt tot Eversberg-Quarles van Ufford

Human

*December 5th, 1862, Ketandan †December 2nd, 1939, The Hague

55

Gustav Klimt

Austrian painter (1862–1918)

*July 14th, 1862, Baumgarten †February 6th, 1918, Altes AKH

43

Anton Ažbe

Slovenian artist (1862-1905)

*May 30th, 1862, Carniola †August 6th, 1905, Munich

65

Loïe Fuller

American dancer (1862–1928)

*January 15th, 1862, Fullersburg †January 1st, 1928, 8th arrondissement of Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1862 is a normal year and no leap year.

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