July 8th, 1943

Born on July 8th, 1943

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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, 1943

80

Carmine Preziosi

Road bicycle racer

*July 8th, 1943, Sant'Angelo all'Esca

80

Faye Wattleton

American activist

*July 8th, 1943, St. Louis

80

Stanisław Koziej

Polish brigadier General and military science professor

*July 8th, 1943, Glinnik, Lubartów County

80

Guido Marzulli

Italian painter

*July 8th, 1943, Bari

80

Francis J. Harvey

Former secretary of the United States Army

*July 8th, 1943, Latrobe

80

Joe Kučera

Czech jazz saxophonist and flautist

*July 8th, 1943, Prague

79

Béla Szakcsi Lakatos

Hungarian jazz pianist, composer (1943–2022)

*July 8th, 1943, Budapest †October 2nd, 2022

80

Ricardo Pavoni

Uruguayan footballer

*July 8th, 1943, Montevideo

80

Ri Chun-hee

North Korean news anchor

*July 8th, 1943, Tongchon County

80

Harbinder Singh

Field hockey player

*July 8th, 1943, Quetta

80

George Culver

American baseball player

*July 8th, 1943, California

80

Marilyn Kozak

Professor of Biochemistry

*July 8th, 1943, Akron

72

Asaarashi Daizaburo

Sumo wrestler

*July 8th, 1943, Osaka †November 30th, 2015

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Who's birthday is on July 8th?

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

81

Louis Schweitzer

French-Swiss businessman

*July 8th, 1942, Geneva

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

78

Stan Lathan

American film director

*July 8th, 1945, Philadelphia

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

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

79

Jonelle Allen

American actress, singer, and dancer

*July 8th, 1944, New York City

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

78

Micheline Calmy-Rey

Member of the Swiss Federal Council

*July 8th, 1945, Sion

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

79

Jeffrey Tambor

American actor

*July 8th, 1944, San Francisco

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

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

82

Peter Danckert

German politician

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

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Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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