June 8th, 1979

Born on June 8th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

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What happened on June 8th?

June 8th, 2009

Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.

June 8th, 2008

A Japanese man drove a truck into a crowd of pedestrians in Akihabara, Tokyo, and proceeded to stab at least 12 people, killing 7 and wounding 10, before being apprehended.

June 8th, 2007

A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.

June 8th, 1982

Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, killing 56 British servicemen and wounding 150 others.

June 8th, 1972

Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing after being burned by napalm.

June 8th, 1967

The Israeli Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 people and wounding 171 others.

June 8th, 1953

An F5 tornado struck Flint and Beecher, Michigan, causing 116 fatalities, 844 injuries and $19 million in damage during a larger tornado outbreak sequence.

June 8th, 1950

Thomas Blamey became the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.

June 8th, 1941

World War II: The Allies commenced the Syria–Lebanon campaign against Vichy French possessions in the Levant.

June 8th, 1929

Margaret Bondfield became the first female member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald.

June 8th, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army won a resounding victory at the Battle of Cross Keys, one of the two decisive battles in Jackson's Valley Campaign.

June 8th, 1826

In York, Upper Canada, members of the Family Compact destroyed William Lyon Mackenzie's printing press in the Types Riot after Mackenzie accused them of corruption.

June 8th, 1783

Laki, a volcanic fissure in Iceland (pictured), began an eight-month eruption, triggering a major famine and causing widespread fluoride poisoning.

June 8th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: British forces defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, the last battle of the American invasion of Quebec.

June 8th, 2023

Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.

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

Born on June 8th, 1979

44

Alexei Kozlov

Estonian figure skater

*June 8th, 1979, Tallinn

44

Toifilou Maoulida

French footballer

*June 8th, 1979, Kani-Kéli

44

Alberto Jo Lee

Spanish taekwondoin (1979-)

*June 8th, 1979, Barcelona

44

Youssef Hajdi

French actor

*June 8th, 1979, Tarascon

44

Verónica Orozco

Colombian actress

*June 8th, 1979, Bogotá

44

Derek Trucks

American guitarist, bandleader and songwriter

*June 8th, 1979, Jacksonville

44

Lene Lund Høy Karlsen

Danish handball player

*June 8th, 1979, Ørbæk

44

Marc Leuenberger

Swiss ice hockey player (1979-)

*June 8th, 1979, Ursenbach

44

Mohamed Izzadeen

Sri Lankan footballer

*June 8th, 1979, Sri Lanka

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 8th?

46

Kanye West

American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1977)

*June 8th, 1977, Atlanta

29

Eden Ben Zaken

Israeli singer

*June 8th, 1994, Jerusalem

68

Tim Berners-Lee

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

*June 8th, 1955, London

23

Harry Nach

Chilean singer

*June 8th, 2000, Santiago

33

Luke Baines

Australian actor

*June 8th, 1990, Hyde

40

Kim Clijsters

Belgian tennis player

*June 8th, 1983, Bilzen

48

Shilpa Shetty

Indian film actress

*June 8th, 1975, Mangaluru

39

Javier Mascherano

Argentine association football player

*June 8th, 1984, San Lorenzo, Santa Fe

28

Ferland Mendy

French and Senegalese association football player

*June 8th, 1995, Meulan-en-Yvelines

37

Ben Hermans

Belgian cyclist

*June 8th, 1986, Hasselt

42

Rafał Brzozowski

Polish singer

*June 8th, 1981, Warsaw

46

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)

*June 8th, 1810, Zwickau †July 29th, 1856, Endenich

61

Nick Rhodes

British keyboardist

*June 8th, 1962, Birmingham

81

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

*June 8th, 1933, Brooklyn †September 4th, 2014, Mount Sinai Hospital

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

45

Maria Menounos

American actress, journalist and television presenter

*June 8th, 1978, Medford

73

Kathy Baker

American actress

*June 8th, 1950, Midland

68

Griffin Dunne

American actor, film director and film producer (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, New York City

48

Sarah Abitbol

French pair skater

*June 8th, 1975, Nantes

41

Nadia Petrova

Russian tennis player

*June 8th, 1982, Moscow

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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