July 8
July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 810 - Pepin of Italy (b. 773)
- 901 - Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (b. 827)
- 975 - Edgar the Peaceful, English King (b. 943)
- 1153 - Pope Eugene III (b. 1087)
- 1538 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer and general (b. 1475)
- 1623 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- 1695 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer and scientist (b. 1629).
- 1721 – Elihu Yale, American university benefactor (b. 1649).
- 1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (b. 1792).
- 1832 - Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (b. 1756)
- 1850 - Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
- 1855 – William Edward Parry, English arctic explorer (b. 1790).
- 1859 – King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (b. 1799).
- 1864 - David Hazzard, American politician, Governor of Delaware (b. 1781)
- 1873 - Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter (b. 1805)
- 1893 - Abraham K. Allison, American politician, 6th Governor of Florida (b. 1810)
- 1897 - Isham G. Harris, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (b. 1818)
- 1898 – Soapy Smith, American outlaw (b. 1860).
1901 – 2000
- 1905 - Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
- 1930 – Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
- 1933 - Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
- 1934 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
- 1939 - Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
- 1941 - Moses Schorr, Polish historian, rabbi and politician (b. 1874)
- 1942 - Refik Saydam, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
- 1943 – Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (b. 1899)
- 1950 - Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist and philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1956 - Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author and critic (b. 1881)
- 1957 – Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (b. 1879).
- 1962 – Georges Pataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897).
- 1967 – Fatimah Jinnah, Pakistani Mother of the Nation (b. 1893).
- 1971 - Charlie Shavers, American trumpeter (b. 1920)
- 1973 - Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
- 1973 - Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician (b. 1884)
- 1973 - Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b. 1877)
- 1975 - Lennart Skoglund, Swedish footballer (b. 1929)
- 1979 – Shin'ichiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist (b. 1906).
- 1979 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist (b. 1917)
- 1985 - Simon Kuznets, Russian-American economist (b. 1901)
- 1985 - Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French movie director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1909)
- 1986 - Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1909)
- 1987 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
- 1987 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
- 1988 – Ray Barbuti, American sportsman (b. 1905)
- 1990 - Howard Duff, American actor, director and producer (b. 1913)
- 1994 – Kim Il-Sung, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
- 1994 - Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
- 1995 - Aleksander Arulaid, Estonian chess player (b. 1924)
- 1999 - Peter Conrad, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1930)
From 2001
- 2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (b. 1974)
- 2004 – Paula Danziger, American writer (b. 1944)
- 2006 – June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2007 - Chandra Shekhar, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)
- 2011 – Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
- 2012 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor (b. 1917)
- 2014 - Ben Pangelinan, American-Guamanian politician (b. 1955)
- 2014 - John V. Evans, American politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925)
- 2015 - Irwin Keyes, American actor (b. 1952)
- 2016 - Javed Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1940)
- 2016 - Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist, activist and humanitarian (b. 1928)
- 2016 - Harold A. Linstone, German-American mathematician and futurist (b. 1924)
- 2016 - William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1917)
- 2016 - Jacques Rouffio, French director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 2017 - Nelsan Ellis, American actor (b. 1977)
- 2017 - Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress and model (b. 1935)
- 2017 - Don Johns, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1937)
- 2018 - Alan Gilzean, Scottish footballer (b. 1938)
- 2018 - Tab Hunter, American actor and musician (b. 1931)
- 2018 - M. M. Jacob, Indian politician (b. 1927)
- 2018 - Oliver Knussen, Scottish composer (b. 1952)
- 2018 - Frank Ramsey, American basketball plauer (b. 1931)
- 2018 - Robert D. Ray, American politician, 38th Governor of Iowa (b. 1928)
- 2022 – Shinzō Abe, 2-time Prime Minister of Japan, assassinated (b. 1954)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1904 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician (d. 2008)
- 1905 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. 1997)
- 1906 - Philip Johnson, American architect (d. 2005)
- 1907 - George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (d. 1995)
- 1908 – Louis Jordan, American jazz and blues musician (d. 1975)
- 1908 – Nelson A. Rockefeller, American politician, 41st Vice President of the United States and 49th Governor of New York (d. 1979)
- 1914 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (d. 2010)
- 1914 - Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpeter (d. 1993)
- 1918 - Paul B. Fay, American politician, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2009)
- 1918 - Irwin Hasen, American comic artist and cartoonist (d. 2015)
- 1919 – Walter Scheel, President of West Germany (d. 2016)
- 1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (Lego group) (d. 1995)
- 1921 - Edgar Morin, French philosopher and politician
- 1923 - Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler
- 1924 - Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and blues musician (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Nicholas Brathwaite, former Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 2016)
- 1925 - Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
- 1926 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychologist and psychiatrist (d. 2004)
- 1926 - David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher (d. 2014)
- 1930 - Jerry Vale, American singer and actor (d. 2014)
- 1931 - Thorvald Stoltenberg, Norwegian politician (d. 2018)
- 1932 - Franca Raimondi, Italian singer (d. 1988)
- 1933 - Peter Orlovsky, American poet (d. 2010)
- 1934 – Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (d. 1982)
- 1935 - John David Crow, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1935 – Vitaly Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2010)
- 1938 - Dario Gradi, Italian-English football manager
- 1940 - Karin Hannak, Austrian artist
- 1941 - Michael K. Frith, British artist and television producer
- 1944 - Jai Johanny Johanson, American drummer
- 1944 - Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
- 1945 – Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss Federal Councillor
- 1947 - Kim Darby, American actress
- 1947 - Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader
- 1948 – Raffi, Canadian children's entertainer
- 1949 – Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
- 1949 - Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 2009)
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Anjelica Huston, American actress
- 1952 – Ahmad Nazif, former Prime Minister of Egypt
- 1952 - Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 - Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
- 1955 – Monty Don, English gardener and television presenter
- 1956 - Millard Hampton, American sprinter
- 1957 - Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter
- 1957 - Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
- 1958 – Kevin Bacon, American actor and musician
- 1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
- 1958 - Neetu Singh, Indian actress and costume designer
- 1959 - Tom Egeland, Norwegian writer and journalist
- 1959 - Billy Kimball, American screenwriter and producer
- 1959 - Robert Knepper, American actor
- 1959 – Pauline Quirke, English actress
- 1961 - Andrew Fletcher, English keyboardist
- 1961 - Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1962 - Joan Osborne, American singer and songwriter
- 1964 - Linda de Mol, Dutch actress and screenwriter
- 1964 - Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
- 1965 - Dan Levinson, American clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader
- 1968 - Billy Crudup, American actor
- 1968 - Michael Weatherly, American actor, producer and director
- 1970 – Beck, American singer
- 1970 - Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
- 1971 - Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
- 1971 - Amy O'Neill, American actress
- 1973 - Sally Lindsay, British actress
- 1973 - Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and producer
- 1974 - Jeanna Friske, Russian actress and singer (d. 2015)
From 1976
- 1976 - Ellen MacArthur, English sailor
- 1976 - Wang Liping, Chinese race walker
- 1977 – Christian Abbiati, Italian footballer
- 1977 - Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director and producer
- 1977 - Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
- 1980 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
- 1981 – Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
- 1982 – Sophia Bush, American actress
- 1982 - Pendleton Ward, American animator, screenwriter, producer and voice actor
- 1985 - Jamie Cook, English guitarist
- 1986 - Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 - Kenza Farah, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
- 1986 - Jake McDorman, American actor
- 1987 - Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model
- 1988 - Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
- 1990 - Kevin Trapp, German footballer
- 1991 - Jamie Blackley, Manx actor
- 1991 - Devon Conway, New Zealand cricketer
- 1992 - Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1992 – Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist
- 1992 - Son Heung-min, South Korean footballer
- 1998 – Jaden Smith, American actor
- 2004 - Gayle, American singer
Deaths
Observances
- Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (Ukraine)