July 8th, 1882

Born on July 8th, 1882

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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

Born on July 8th, 1882

78

Percy Grainger

Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist (1882–1961)

*July 8th, 1882, Melbourne †February 20th, 1961, White Plains

75

John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley

British Viscount (1882-1958)

*July 8th, 1882, Edinburgh †January 4th, 1958, Lambeth

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Who's birthday is on July 8th?

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

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

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

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

97

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

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

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

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

75

Igor Tamm

Russian physicist

*July 8th, 1895, Vladivostok †April 12th, 1971, Moscow

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

92

Ernst Bloch

German philosopher

*July 8th, 1885, Ludwigshafen †August 4th, 1977, Tübingen

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

97

Walter Scheel

President of West Germany (1974-1979)

*July 8th, 1919, Solingen †August 24th, 2016, Bad Krozingen

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

41

William Vaughn Moody

United States dramatist and poet (1869-1910)

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

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Born in 1882

63

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

*January 30th, 1882, Hyde Park †April 12th, 1945, Warm Springs

58

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

*February 2nd, 1882, Rathgar †January 13th, 1941, Zürich

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

*May 5th, 1882, Manchester †September 27th, 1960, Addis Ababa

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

*June 18th, 1882, Lomonosov †April 6th, 1971, New York City

90

Gisela Richter

British-American art historian and archaeologist (1882–1972)

*August 14th, 1882, London †December 24th, 1972, Rome

59

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

*January 25th, 1882, Hyde Park Gate †March 28th, 1941, Lewes

87

Max Born

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970)

*December 11th, 1882, Wrocław †January 5th, 1970, Göttingen

61

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

67

Sigrid Undset

Norwegian writer (1882-1949)

*May 20th, 1882, Kalundborg †June 10th, 1949, Lillehammer Municipality

71

Emmerich Kálmán

Hungarian-born composer of operettas

*October 24th, 1882, Siófok †October 30th, 1953, Paris

60

Yanka Kupala

Belarusian writer (1882–1942)

*June 25th, 1882, Viazynka †June 28th, 1942, Moscow

93

Sybil Thorndike

British actress (1882-1976)

*October 24th, 1882, Gainsborough †June 9th, 1976, Chelsea

78

Leonhard Frank

German writer

*September 4th, 1882, Würzburg †August 18th, 1961, Munich

89

James F. Byrnes

American politician

*May 2nd, 1882, Charleston †April 9th, 1972, Columbia

64

Noah Beery, Sr.

American actor (1882–1946)

*January 17th, 1882, Kansas City †April 1st, 1946, Los Angeles

82

Franz Kruckenberg

German engineer (1882-1965)

*August 21st, 1882, Uetersen †June 19th, 1965, Heidelberg

81

James Franck

German physicist

*August 26th, 1882, Hamburg †May 21st, 1964, Göttingen

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

*December 9th, 1882, Los Angeles †June 16th, 1915, Los Angeles

47

Alfred Wegener

German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)

*November 1st, 1882, Berlin †October 31st, 1930, Greenland

73

Bela Lugosi

Hungarian-American actor (1882–1956)

*October 20th, 1882, Lugoj †August 16th, 1956, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1882 is a normal year and no leap year.

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