July 8th, 1955

Born on July 8th, 1955

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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, 1955

68

Alison Fraser

American actress and singer

*July 8th, 1955, Natick

68

Donatella Rettore

Italian singer-songwriter and actress

*July 8th, 1955, Castelfranco Veneto

68

Monty Don

British writer, broadcaster, gardener and farmer

*July 8th, 1955, Berlin

68

Lena Endre

Swedish actress

*July 8th, 1955, Lidingö församling

68

Sir Douglas Flint

British businessman

*July 8th, 1955, Glasgow

68

Farooq Khan

Indian politician

*July 8th, 1955, Jammu

68

Christopher G. Chute

American medical researcher

*July 8th, 1955, Hartford

68

Gabriele Gottwald

German politician

*July 8th, 1955, Wettringen

68

Aldo Rodríguez

Cuban guitarist

*July 8th, 1955, Havana

68

Patrick Streiff

Swiss Methodist bishop

*July 8th, 1955, Birsfelden

68

Susan Price

English children's writer

*July 8th, 1955, Dudley

68

Surono

Indonesian volcanologist

*July 8th, 1955, Jakarta

68

Francisco Lopes Higino Carneiro

Angolan politician

*July 8th, 1955, Libolo

68

Derek Addison

Scottish footballer (born 1955)

*July 8th, 1955, Dundee

68

Gillian Cowley

Field hockey player

*July 8th, 1955, Kitwe

68

Larry Huras

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 8th, 1955, Listowel

68

Nazmun Ara Sultana

First female judge of Bangladesh

*July 8th, 1955, Moulvibazar

68

Asim Duttaroy

Indian American medical scientist

*July 8th, 1955, Gangnapur

68

Debra Hobbs

American businesswoman and politician

*July 8th, 1955, Hörsching

68

Christine Correa

American musician

*July 8th, 1955, Mumbai

Same Day
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

67

Jean-René Bernaudeau

French road racing cyclist and directeur sportif

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

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

69

David Aaronovitch

English journalist, television presenter and author

*July 8th, 1954, London

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

62

Ute Bertram

German politician

*July 8th, 1961, Hildesheim

63

Susanne Nielsson

Danish swimmer

*July 8th, 1960, Aarhus

60

Andrew Fletcher

English keyboardist (1961–2022)

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

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

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

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

65

Tzipi Livni

Israeli politician

*July 8th, 1958, Tel Aviv

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

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

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

59

Harald Ebner

German politician

*July 8th, 1964, Göppingen

Same year
Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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