July 8th, 1887

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Born on July 8th, 1887 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1887)

Born on July 8th, 1887

Weekday

Friday

July 8th, 1887 was a Friday.

Age

136

People born on July 8th, 1887 will turn 137 this year (2024), in exactly 81 days .

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1887 - July 22nd, 1887

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 42 days, exactly on May 30th, 2024, people who were born on July 8th, 1887 will be 50,000 days old!

49,958 Days

7,136 Weeks

1,641 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

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, 1887

Jean Ray

Belgian writer

*July 8th, 1887, Ghent †September 17th, 1964, Ghent

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

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

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

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

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

Louis Jordan

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

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

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

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

Igor Tamm

Russian physicist

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

Ernst Bloch

German philosopher

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

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

Walter Scheel

President of West Germany (1974-1979)

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

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

Nelson Rockefeller

Vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977

*July 8th, 1908, Bar Harbor †January 26th, 1979, New York City

Same year
Born in 1887

Le Corbusier

Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886-1965)

*October 6th, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds †August 27th, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Pierre Taittinger

French politician

*October 4th, 1887, 18th arrondissement of Paris †January 22nd, 1965, Paris

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

Marc Chagall

Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)

*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva

John Reed

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

107

George Abbott

American writer and director (1887-1995)

*June 25th, 1887, Chautauqua County †January 31st, 1995, Miami Beach

Lynn Fontanne

British actress (1887–1983)

*December 6th, 1887, London †July 30th, 1983, Waukesha County

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

Joseph Lamb

American composer of ragtime music

*December 6th, 1887, Montclair †September 3rd, 1960, Brooklyn

Carmen Lyra

Costa Rican politician and writer

*January 15th, 1887, San José †May 14th, 1949, Mexico City

Lajos Áprily

Hungarian poet/translator/recipient:1954 Attila József Prize

*November 14th, 1887, Brașov †August 6th, 1967, Budapest

Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)

*October 31st, 1887, Xikou †April 5th, 1975, Taipei

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

Carlos Dávila

Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)

*September 15th, 1887, Los Ángeles †October 19th, 1955, Washington, D.C.

Boris Karloff

English actor (1887–1969)

*November 23rd, 1887, Dulwich †February 2nd, 1969, Midhurst

Georgia O'Keeffe

American modernist artist (1887–1986)

*November 15th, 1887, Sun Prairie †March 6th, 1986, Santa Fe

Vidkun Quisling

Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)

*July 18th, 1887, Fyresdal †October 24th, 1945, Akershus Fortress

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.VII.MDCCCLXXXVII

8.7.1887

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1887 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
July 1887

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July 8th, 1887

Born on July 8th, 1887

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,958 Days

7,136 Weeks

1,641 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 8th?

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.

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

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

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

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

King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

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

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

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

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.

The Mounties begin their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.

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

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.

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

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, 1887

Belgian writer

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

Same year Born in 1887

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 8th

Abda and Sabas

Auspicius of Trier

Grimbald

Kilian and Totnan

Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox)

Procopius of Scythopolis

Sunniva and companions

Theobald of Marly

July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (Ukraine)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

8.7.1887

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1887

Calendar
July 1887

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
26					1	2	3
27	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
28	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
29	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
30	25	26	27	28	29	30	31