July 8th, 1906

Born on July 8th, 1906

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 43,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 981 days, exactly on December 25th, 2026, people who were born on July 8th, 1906 will be 44,000 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 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, 1906

98

Philip Johnson

American architect (1906–2005)

*July 8th, 1906, Cleveland †January 25th, 2005, New Canaan

90

Elisabeth Pitz-Savelsberg

German politician (1906-1996)

*July 8th, 1906, Aachen †October 13th, 1996, Wiesbaden

84

Max Strecker

German actor (1906-1991)

*July 8th, 1906, Stuttgart †February 16th, 1991, Munich

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Who's birthday is on July 8th?

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

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

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

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

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

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

70

Nelson Rockefeller

Vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977

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

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

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

97

Walter Scheel

President of West Germany (1974-1979)

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

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

97

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

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

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

75

Igor Tamm

Russian physicist

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

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

104

Henri Cartan

French mathematician

*July 8th, 1904, Nancy †August 13th, 2008, Paris

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

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Born in 1906

92

Joan Hickson

British actress

*August 5th, 1906, Kingsthorpe †October 17th, 1998, Wivenhoe

75

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

73

Hans von Aulock

German private banker, coin collector and numismatist

*November 27th, 1906, Oława †November 23rd, 1980, Ankara

67

Bernhard Rösler

German entrepreneur

*June 9th, 1906, Essen †December 2nd, 1973, Düsseldorf

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

53

Jacques Becker

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

*September 15th, 1906, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 21st, 1960, 16th arrondissement of Paris

98

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

*July 2nd, 1906, Strasbourg †March 6th, 2005, Ithaca

69

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

*October 14th, 1906, Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover †December 4th, 1975, Upper West Side

58

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

95

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

*October 9th, 1906, Joal-Fadiouth †December 20th, 2001, Verson

71

Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

*April 28th, 1906, Brno †January 14th, 1978, Princeton

68

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

*June 3rd, 1906, St. Louis †April 12th, 1975, Paris

100

Bruce Bennett

American actor (1906–2007)

*May 19th, 1906, Tacoma †February 24th, 2007, Los Angeles

30

Matthias Auckenthaler

Austrian mountaineer

*January 27th, 1906, Mutters †June 21st, 1936, Leutasch

79

Hermione Baddeley

British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)

*November 13th, 1906, Broseley †August 19th, 1986, Los Angeles

91

Henny Youngman

American comedian (1906-1998)

*March 16th, 1906, Liverpool †February 24th, 1998, Manhattan

61

Puyi

Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)

*February 7th, 1906, Prince Chun Mansion †October 17th, 1967, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

81

Hans Ils

German politician (1906-1988)

*May 12th, 1906, Weißenhorn †March 25th, 1988, Freiburg im Breisgau

69

Luchino Visconti

Italian theatre, opera and cinema director (1906–1976)

*November 2nd, 1906, Milan †March 17th, 1976, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1906 is a normal year and no leap year.

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