July 8th, 1978

Born on July 8th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 272 days, exactly on January 22nd, 2025, people who were born on July 8th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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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, 1978

45

Erin Morgenstern

American visual artist and writer

*July 8th, 1978, Marshfield

45

Na'il Diggs

American football player

*July 8th, 1978, Phoenix

45

Joe Galuvao

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*July 8th, 1978, Auckland

45

Rachael Lillis

American voice actress

*July 8th, 1978, Dallas

45

Dimitris Grammozis

Greek footballer

*July 8th, 1978, Wuppertal

45

Urmas Rooba

Estonian footballer

*July 8th, 1978, Roosna-Alliku Rural Municipality

45

Michael Abbott Jr.

Film actor

*July 8th, 1978, Morristown

45

Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev

Kazakhstani judoka

*July 8th, 1978, Almaty

45

Mahvish Rukhsana Khan

American lawyer

*July 8th, 1978, Maryland

45

Dmitry Ivchenko

Russian footballer

*July 8th, 1978, Zelenokumsk

45

Qin Dongya

Judoka

*July 8th, 1978, Liaoyang

45

Andrew Kyle

Irish bowler

*July 8th, 1978, Larne

45

Ait Hammi Miloud

Moroccan boxer

*July 8th, 1978, Rabat

45

Matteo Melara

Italian footballer

*July 8th, 1978, Mirandola

45

Eduard Hrnčár

Slovak footballer

*July 8th, 1978, Nitra

45

Giorgos Barkoglou

Greek footballer

*July 8th, 1978, Athens

45

Fakhar Hussain

Pakistani cricketer

*July 8th, 1978, Gujrat, Pakistan

45

Gaia Bassani Antivari

Italian-Azerbaijani alpine skier

*July 8th, 1978, Milan

45

Aiman Witjaksono

Indonesian journalist, news anchor and interviewer at Kompas TV

*July 8th, 1978, Jakarta

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Who's birthday is on July 8th?

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

50

Kathleen Robertson

Canadian actress

*July 8th, 1973, Hamilton

46

Christian Abbiati

Italian association football player

*July 8th, 1977, Abbiategrasso

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

43

Robbie Keane

Irish professional football coach

*July 8th, 1980, Dublin

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

41

Mikołaj Burda

Polish rower

*July 8th, 1982, Toruń

46

Katherine Parkinson

British actress

*July 8th, 1977, Hounslow

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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