July 8th, 1972

Born on July 8th, 1972

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What happened on July 8th, 1972?

July 8th, 1972

Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.

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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, 1972

51

Gaël Perdriau

French politician

*July 8th, 1972, Cholet

51

Sourav Ganguly

Former Indian cricketer and former chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)

*July 8th, 1972, Kolkata

51

Gulnara Karimova

Uzbek businesswoman and social activist

*July 8th, 1972, Fergana

51

Shōsuke Tanihara

Japanese actor

*July 8th, 1972, Yokohama

51

Sébastien Nadot

French historian, writer and politician

*July 8th, 1972, Fleurance

51

Victor Mikhalevski

Israeli chess player

*July 8th, 1972, Gomel

51

Angela Warnick Buchdahl

American rabbi

*July 8th, 1972, Seoul

51

María Cecilia Barbetta

Argentinean writer

*July 8th, 1972, Buenos Aires

51

Glenn Hetrick

American make-up artist

*July 8th, 1972, Hellertown

51

Viorel Moldovan

Romanian footballer

*July 8th, 1972, Bistrița

51

Gerson Lente

Brazilian association football player

*July 8th, 1972, São Paulo

51

Daniel González Sanz

Spanish association football player

*July 8th, 1972, Madrid

51

Karl Dykhuis

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

*July 8th, 1972, Sept-Îles

51

José Antonio Cotrina

Spanish writer and novelist

*July 8th, 1972, Vitoria-Gasteiz

51

Rubenilson Monteiro Ferreira

Brazilian footballer

*July 8th, 1972, São Luís

51

Ronivaldo Conceição

Brazilian squash player

*July 8th, 1972, São Paulo

51

Robb LaKritz

American lawyer and businessman

*July 8th, 1972, Royal Oak

51

Llorne Howell

New Zealand cricketer

*July 8th, 1972, Napier

51

Jay Bellamy

American football player

*July 8th, 1972, Perth Amboy

51

Brandon Rock

Athletics competitor

*July 8th, 1972, Las Vegas

51

Stéphane Carnot

Footballer

*July 8th, 1972, Quimper

51

Davit Janashia

Soviet footballer

*July 8th, 1972, Kutaisi

51

Taver Johnson

American football coach (born 1972)

*July 8th, 1972, Cincinnati

51

Ljupčo Kmetovski

Macedonian footballer

*July 8th, 1972, Skopje

51

Moisés Narváez Ochoa

Mexican politician

*July 8th, 1972, Chiapas

51

Amir Abdou

Comorian and French footballer

*July 8th, 1972, Marseille

51

Magomedsalam Gadzhiyev

Azerbaijani wrestler

*July 8th, 1972, Makhachkala

51

Mario Petreković

Croatian actor

*July 8th, 1972, Bjelovar

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52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

50

Kathleen Robertson

Canadian actress

*July 8th, 1973, Hamilton

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

59

Harald Ebner

German politician

*July 8th, 1964, Göppingen

48

Nathalie Appéré

French politician

*July 8th, 1975, Ploemeur

48

Debra Searle

British television presenter and ocean rower

*July 8th, 1975, Plymouth

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

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

58

Corey Parker

American actor

*July 8th, 1965, New York City

62

Ute Bertram

German politician

*July 8th, 1961, Hildesheim

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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