July 8th, 1942

Born on July 8th, 1942

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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, 1942

81

Louis Schweitzer

French-Swiss businessman

*July 8th, 1942, Geneva

81

Phil Gramm

American economist and politician

*July 8th, 1942, Fort Moore

81

Shigeaki Saegusa

Japanese composer

*July 8th, 1942, Hyogo Prefecture

81

Libby Kosmala

Australian Paralympic shooter

*July 8th, 1942, Adelaide

81

Cesare Lanza

Italian journalist and author

*July 8th, 1942, Cosenza

81

Jo Vliex

Dutch conductor and composer

*July 8th, 1942, Heerlen

81

Tom Brophy

English rugby union and rugby league footballer

*July 8th, 1942, Liverpool

81

Andrei Ioanovici

Romanian ice hockey player

*July 8th, 1942, Miercurea Ciuc

81

Nikola Savov

Bulgarian boxer

*July 8th, 1942, Sliven

81

Alessandro Portelli

Italian scholar of American literature

*July 8th, 1942, Rome

81

Șerban Foarță

Romanian writer

*July 8th, 1942, Drobeta-Turnu Severin

81

Georges Ginesta

French politician

*July 8th, 1942, Saint-Raphaël

81

Shunpei Yamazaki

Japanese inventor

*July 8th, 1942, Japan

81

Amir Hussin Hamsain

Filipino swimmer

*July 8th, 1942, Maimbung

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Who's birthday is on July 8th?

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

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

74

Bernard Van De Kerckhove

Road bicycle racer (1941-2015)

*July 8th, 1941, Mouscron †September 15th, 2015, Bruges

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

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

78

Stan Lathan

American film director

*July 8th, 1945, Philadelphia

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

82

Peter Danckert

German politician

*July 8th, 1940, Berlin †November 3rd, 2022

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

78

Micheline Calmy-Rey

Member of the Swiss Federal Council

*July 8th, 1945, Sion

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

79

Jonelle Allen

American actress, singer, and dancer

*July 8th, 1944, New York City

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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