July 8th, 1948

Born on July 8th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 8th, 1948?

July 8th, 1948

The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force

What else 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 8th

Born on July 8th, 1948

75

Lerrin LaGrow

American baseball player

*July 8th, 1948, Phoenix

75

Carla Vistarini

Italian lyricist, screenwriter and musician

*July 8th, 1948, Rome

75

Randy Erskine

Professional golfer

*July 8th, 1948, Springfield

75

Raffi

Canadian singer-songwriter and children's advocate

*July 8th, 1948, Cairo

73

Rita Brantalou

French cartoonist, rocker, comedian, theatre writer and filmmaker

*July 8th, 1948, Boulogne-Billancourt †July 20th, 2021, Saint-Christol-lez-Alès

75

Slobodan Šnajder

Croatian writer and publicist

*July 8th, 1948, Zagreb

75

Lex Lasry

Australian judge

*July 8th, 1948, Melbourne

75

Ken Davies

Australian politician

*July 8th, 1948, Longreach

75

Adrián Pedrozo Castillo

Mexican politician

*July 8th, 1948, Heroica Zitácuaro

75

Andreas Christou

Cypriot politician

*July 8th, 1948, Limassol Municipality

75

John Nonna

Fencer, attorney

*July 8th, 1948, New York City

75

Ma Wen

Chinese politician

*July 8th, 1948, Wuqiao County

75

Conrad Buff IV

American film editor

*July 8th, 1948, Los Angeles

75

Ian McFadyen

Australian actor and director

*July 8th, 1948, Pascoe Vale

73

Oleg Haslavsky

Russian writer

*July 8th, 1948, Taganrog †December 19th, 2021, Taganrog

75

Saprang Kalayanamitr

Thai general

*July 8th, 1948, Lampang †November 21st, 2023

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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

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

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

78

Stan Lathan

American film director

*July 8th, 1945, Philadelphia

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

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

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

72

Anjelica Huston

American actress

*July 8th, 1951, Santa Monica

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

81

Louis Schweitzer

French-Swiss businessman

*July 8th, 1942, Geneva

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

62

Ute Bertram

German politician

*July 8th, 1961, Hildesheim

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

60

Andrew Fletcher

English keyboardist (1961–2022)

*July 8th, 1961, Nottingham †May 26th, 2022, London

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Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Public holidays on July 8th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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