July 8th, 1952

Born on July 8th, 1952

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1952

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

71

Marianne Williamson

American author and politician

*July 8th, 1952, Houston

71

Ahmed Nazif

Egyptian Prime Minister

*July 8th, 1952, Cairo

71

Colette Pepin

Canadian rower

*July 8th, 1952, Saint-Laurent

71

Jack Lambert

American football player

*July 8th, 1952, Mantua

71

Kadiyam Srihari

Indian politician

*July 8th, 1952, Parvathagiri

71

Anna Quindlen

American journalist and novelist

*July 8th, 1952, Philadelphia

71

Raymond Durand

French racing driver

*July 8th, 1952, Gap

71

Francis Kalifat

French business executive

*July 8th, 1952, Oran

71

Karen Shakhnazarov

Russian film director

*July 8th, 1952, Krasnodar

71

Jerry Hertaus

American politician

*July 8th, 1952, Shakopee

71

Larry Garner

American Louisiana blues musician

*July 8th, 1952, New Orleans

71

Ulrich Wehling

East German Nordic combined skier

*July 8th, 1952, Halle (Saale)

71

Raner Collins

United States federal judge

*July 8th, 1952, Malvern

71

Ivan Butaliy

Russian footballer

*July 8th, 1952, Novotitarovskaya

71

Gilberto Hinojosa

American politician

*July 8th, 1952, Alamo

71

Bill Samko

American football player and coach, baseball player and coach

*July 8th, 1952, Worcester

71

Vasile Pușcaș

Romanian politician

*July 8th, 1952, Surduc

71

Luk De Konink

Belgian actor

*July 8th, 1952, Belgium

71

Mirosław Rybaczewski

Polish former volleyball player

*July 8th, 1952, Warsaw

71

Mitch Irwin

American politician

*July 8th, 1952, Sault Ste. Marie

71

A. Whitney Brown

American stand-up comedian

*July 8th, 1952, Charlotte

71

Dieter Flury

Swiss flautist

*July 8th, 1952, Küsnacht

44

Nacho Martínez

Spanish actor

*July 8th, 1952, Mieres †July 24th, 1996, Oviedo

62

Mary Ellen Trainor

American actress (1952-2015)

*July 8th, 1952, San Francisco †May 20th, 2015, Montecito

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29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

72

Anjelica Huston

American actress

*July 8th, 1951, Santa Monica

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

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

67

Jean-René Bernaudeau

French road racing cyclist and directeur sportif

*July 8th, 1956, Saint-Maurice-le-Girard

69

David Aaronovitch

English journalist, television presenter and author

*July 8th, 1954, London

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

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

62

Ute Bertram

German politician

*July 8th, 1961, Hildesheim

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

60

Andrew Fletcher

English keyboardist (1961–2022)

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

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

63

Susanne Nielsson

Danish swimmer

*July 8th, 1960, Aarhus

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

59

Harald Ebner

German politician

*July 8th, 1964, Göppingen

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71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 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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