July 8th, 2024

Born on July 8th, 2024

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 73 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 were widely watched on YouTube.

July 8th, 2003

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashed 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 crashed 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 was deposed in a coup d'état by his son, Prince Charles Ndizi.

July 8th, 1965

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was 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

Members of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Dufferin began 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, 1932

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.

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

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

30

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

72

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

31

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

33

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung

37

Hiroyuki Saeki

Japanese badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

40

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

40

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

43

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

56

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

53

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

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

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

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

32

Sandi Morris

American pole vaulter

*July 8th, 1992, Downers Grove

61

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

26

Jaden Smith

American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor

*July 8th, 1998, Malibu

56

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

97

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

*July 8th, 1839, Richford †May 23rd, 1937, Ormond Beach

51

Kathleen Robertson

Canadian actress

*July 8th, 1973, Hamilton

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

*July 8th, 1838, Constance †March 8th, 1917, Berlin

30

Jordan Adams

American basketball player

*July 8th, 1994, Atlanta

60

Harald Ebner

German politician

*July 8th, 1964, Göppingen

66

Louis Jordan

American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)

*July 8th, 1908, Arkansas †February 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

63

Ute Bertram

German politician

*July 8th, 1961, Hildesheim

37

Maya Berović

Bosnian-and-Herzegovinian pop-singer

*July 8th, 1987, Malešići, Ilijaš

36

Jesse Sergent

New Zealand racing cyclist

*July 8th, 1988, Feilding

60

Andrew Fletcher

English keyboardist (1961–2022)

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

39

Camila Moreno

Chilean rock and folk singer-songwriter

*July 8th, 1985, Santiago

32

Son Heung-min

South Korean association football player

*July 8th, 1992, Chuncheon

34

Kevin Trapp

German association football player

*July 8th, 1990, Merzig

66

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

64

Susanne Nielsson

Danish swimmer

*July 8th, 1960, Aarhus

59

Corey Parker

American actor

*July 8th, 1965, New York City

33

Virgil van Dijk

Dutch association football player

*July 8th, 1991, Breda

29

Julia Gretarsdottir

Icelandic figure skater

*July 8th, 1995, Reykjavík

27

Maximilian Pfisterer

German ice dancer

*July 8th, 1997, Munich

23

Evelyn Walsh

Canadian pair skater

*July 8th, 2001, Seaforth

30

Phil Bauhaus

German cyclist

*July 8th, 1994, Bocholt

42

Sophia Bush

American actress

*July 8th, 1982, Pasadena

63

Olaf Johannessen

Faroese/Danish actor

*July 8th, 1961, Tórshavn

42

Mikołaj Burda

Polish rower

*July 8th, 1982, Toruń

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Yes: 2024 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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