July 8

July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining.

Events

Births

• 1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi[?], painter (+ 1651)
• 1621 - Jean de la Fontaine[?], fablist
• 1836 - Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (+ 1914)
• 1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor of rigid dirigibles (+ 1917)
• 1839 - John D. Rockefeller, capitalist, founder of Standard Oil (+ 1937)
• 1851 - Arthur Evans, archaeologist (+ 1941)
• 1867 - Käthe Kollwitz[?], painter and graphic artist (+ 1945)
• 1885 - Ernst Bloch[?], philosopher (+ 1977)
• 1908 - Louis Jordan, singer, saxophonist ("Is You or Is You Ain't My Baby,"), actor (Fuzzy Wuzzy, Five Guys Named Moe) (+ 1975)
• 1908 - Nelson A. Rockefeller, United States vice president during Gerald Ford's presidency
• 1918 - Craig Stevens[?], actor, (+ 2000)
• 1919 - Walter Scheel[?], politician
• 1932 - Barbara Loden[?], actress (Splendor in the Grass)
• 1933 - Marty Feldman, comedian, actor (Young Frankenstein)
• 1935 - Steve Lawrence[?], entertainer, singer
  • 1935 - Vitali Sevastyanov, cosmonaut
• 1951 - Anjelica Huston, actress (Prizzi's Honor, The Addams Family)
• 1958 - Kevin Bacon, actor (Apollo 13, Wild Things)
• 1961 - Andy Fletcher[?], musician (Depeche Mode)
• 1970 - Beck, rock and roll singer
• 1975 - Kathleen Robertson[?], actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Scary Movie 2)

Deaths

• 975 - King Edgar of England
• 1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, author
• 1933 - Anthony Hope, author ("The Prisoner of Zenda")
• 1943 - Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance in WW II.
• 1967 - Vivien Leigh, actress
• 1990 - Howard Duff[?], actor
• 1994 - Kim Il Sung, North Korean leader

Holidays and observances

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