Birthdates Which Occur on July 8:
1528 Emanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1545 Don Carlos son of Spanish king Philip II
1574 Giovanni Battista Stefanini composer
1604 Heinrich Albert Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 Jean de la Fontaine French poet (Fables)
1637 Johann Georg Ebeling composer
1638 Matteo Coferati composer
1757 Richard Wainwright composer
1809 Ljudwit Gaj Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
1819 Alexander Hays Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
and Vatroslav Lisinski composer
1821 William Harvey Lamb Wallace Brig General (Union volunteers)
1824 Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 Benjamin Henry Grierson Major General (Union volunteers)
and Robert Kingston Scott Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail French serial writer
1836 Joseph Chamberlain British minister of Commerce/Colonies
1838 Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin inventor (rigid dirigibles)
1839 John D Rockefeller US capitalist; founded Standard Oil
1851 Arthur J Evans English archaeologist (Crete)
1857 Rudolf Dellinger composer
1867 K„the Kollwitz Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg)
1869 William V Moody US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)
1870 Marie C of Zeggelen Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)
1871 Clement Harris composer
and Kornelis ter Laan 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)
1882 Percy Grainger Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs)
and Waverley John Anderson Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
1885 Ann Jemima Flower oldest resident of Netherlands
and Emil Bloch German philosopher
1889 Eugene Pallette Winfield KS, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro)
1891 Elisabeth Zernike Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidst˜d)
and Josef Hora Czech writer/poet (Working Day)
1893 Fritz Perls father of Gestalt therapy
1894 Clemens VI Trefois Flemish architect/sociologist
1895 Anton G J van de Velde Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms)
1898 Alec Waugh London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn
and Melville Ruick Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital)
1899 David Eli Lilienthal US govt organizer (Wisconsin)
19-- Candy Roth traffic reporter (shadow traffic)
and Jeffrey Tambor SF Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Hill Street Blues)
and Michael Weatherly NYC, actor (Cooper Alden-Loving)
1900 George Antheil Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata)
1907 George W Romney (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73)
and Kishio Hirao composer
1908 Louis Jordan Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia)
and Nelson A Rockefeller (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77)
1909 Petar Segedin Croatian novelist (Holy Devil)
1910 Govan AM Mbeki South African ANC/SACP leader
1911 Gertrude Niesen NY, actress (Start Cheering)
1912 Jacques Stehman composer
1913 Walter Kerr NY drama critic (Sad Clowns)
1914 Billy Eckstine Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love)
1915 Charles Hard Townes Greenville SC, physicist, developed lasers
1917 Faye Emerson Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)
and Glenn Langan Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie)
1918 Craig Stevens Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn)
1919 Walter Scheel German Foreign minister/president
1920 Dolph Sweet NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up)
1923 William Harrison Dillard Cleve Ohio, sprinter (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
1926 John D Dingell (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- )
1927 Carlo Franci composer
1928 Carol Henry Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show)
1929 Shirley Ann Grau author (Keepers of the House)
1930 V A Yazdovsky cosmonaut
1931 Jerry Vale [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma)
and Louis Ballard composer
and Roone Arledge Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC)
1933 Marty Feldman London England, comedian (Young Frankenstein)
1935 John David Crow football player (Heisman Trophy 1957)
and Steve Lawrence Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy)
and Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18B)
1936 Rudolf W de Korte Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA (L)
1937 Barbara Ann Loden actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)
1940 Marcia Rodd actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
1942 Chuck Negron Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
and Phil Gramm (Sen-R Texas, 1985- )
1944 Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson US rock drummer (Allman Brothers)
1946 Cynthia Gregory LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co)
1948 Kim Darby N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man)
and Raffi children's singer (Baby Beluga)
1951 Andy Fletcher rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)
and Anjelica Huston LA Calif, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien)
and Greg T Walker rock bassist (Blackfoot)
and Pleas Ned Sublette composer
1952 Ulrich Wehling German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 Jonathan Segal NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)
1956 Millard Frank Hampton Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
and Russell Christian rocker (Christians-Harvest the World)
1958 Carlos Cavazo rocker (Quiet Riot-We're Not Gonna Take It)
and Fred Young Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
and Kevin Bacon Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby)
1960 Valerie Pettiford NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live)
1961 Graham Jones rock guitarist (Haircut 100)
1962 Rob Burnett North Caldwell NJ, head writer (David Letterman)
1963 Pablo Magallon jockey
1964 Maryalice Demler N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991)
1965 Corey Parker NYC, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)
1968 Michel Langerak soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1969 Lori Hallier Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara)
1970 Todd Martin Hinsdale Ill, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18)
1971 John Achterberg soccer player (NAC)
and Wendy Benson NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)
1976 Michael Renfurm soccer player (Sparta)
1992 Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks daughter of country singer Garth Brooks
Deaths Which Occured July 8:
810 Pepin son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
975 Edgar King of England (959-75), dies
1115 Petrus van Amiens French Crusades predictor, dies
1153 Eugene III [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
1249 Alexander II king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
1253 Thibaud IV poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio Italian painter, dies
1531 Tilman Riemenschneider German sculptor, dies at 71
1538 Diego de Almagro Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
1623 Gregory XV [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies
1656 Alexander van der Capellen mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
1679 Samuel J Columbus Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1681 Georg Neumark composer, dies at 60
1695 Christiaen Huygens inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
1859 F J Oscar I King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
1863 Francis P Kenrick Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
1870 John D Zocher Jr architect (Soestd˜k Palace), dies at 79
1876 Josef Dessauer composer, dies at 78
1882 Phiz [Habl“t Knight Browne] English artist (David Cupperfield), dies
1885 Hendrick Waelput composer, dies at 39
Henry Waelput Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
1894 Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov composer, dies
1909 Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
1919 Johan A DŠr Mouw Dutch philosopher/poet dies at 56
Johan A O de Sleeve [Adwaita], philosopher/poet, dies at 56
1932 Florenz Ziegfeld US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies
1939 [Henry] Havelock Ellis English sexology, dies
1942 Catherinus Elling composer, dies at 83
Louis FMF Franchet d'espŠrey French marshal (WW I), dies at 90
1943 Harry Oakes Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
Jean "Max" Moulin French resistance fighter, executed
1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63
1949 Antun Sa'ada Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli composer, dies at 66
1950 Othmar Spann Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
Giovanni Papini Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
1957 Grace Goodhue Coolidge 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78
Henry Fevrier composer, dies at 81
William Cadbury chocolate maker, dies at 89
1959 Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
1961 Julian Bautista composer, dies at 60
1969 Gladys Swarthout opera singer/actress, dies of rheumatic fever at 64
1979 John Reed King TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64
Michael Wilding
1981 Loring Smith actor (Hartmans), dies at 86
1982 Isa Miranda model/actress (Summertime), dies at 77 of infected bone
1985 Gardner Cowles Jr US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
Phil Foster comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72
Simon Kuznets US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
1990 Howard Duff actor, dies of heart attack at 72
1991 James Franciscus actor (Mr Novak), dies at 57 of emphysema
Lotte Palfi Andor
1994 Christian-Jaque French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
Dick Sargent actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies at 64
Dominic Lucero dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
Kim Il Sung president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82
Robert E Lee dies of cancer at 75
Holidays Which Occur July 8:
US Liberty Bell Day [1835]
Religious Observances on July 8:
RC Adrianus III, pope (884-85)
RC Deodatus/D‚odat, bishop of Nevers
RC Grimbald, Flemish abbot of New Minster
RC Kilianus, bishop/patron of Wrzburg
RC Procopius, asceet/martyr to Caesarea
RC Sunniva, Irish/Norse patron saint
1336 Old RC Feast of St Elizabeth (St Isabella) of Portugal, widow
Things to Remember for July 8:
Baked Beans-Hot Dog-Ice Cream-Hitch Hiking Month
Flowers-water lily & larkspur Gem-ruby
Park & Recreation Month-National Picnic Month
13 Days Astrological sign: Cancer
38 Days Dog Days
12 Days Alpha Lyrid telescopic meteor shower, radiant near Vega (à Lyrae)
[Ethiopia] Fiscal Year begins
8 Days Capricornid meteor shower, radiant in Capricorn
Highlights in History Which Occur July 8:
1497 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
1654 1st Jewish colonist arrive in US (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan)
1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island
1672 Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
1693 NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
1709 Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
1758 English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY
1776 Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence
1777 Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
1792 France declares war on Prussia
1796 US State Dept issues 1st American passport
1797 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1805 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
1816 Frost in Waltham, MA
1833 Russia & Turkey sign defense treaty
1835 Liberty Bell cracks (again)
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
1838 Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed
1849 St Paul's Place in the Bronx named
1853 Commodore Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay
1861 CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory
Skirmish at Florida, MI - A rebel encampment is attacked & dispersed
1870 Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
and Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
1876 White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5
1889 John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
and Wall Street Journal begins publishing
1891 61øF, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila
and Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
1892 American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass
1895 Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South-Africa
1896 William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention
1897 Harbor Hospital formally opens
1898 Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
and US battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1900 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
1905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center
1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof
1909 1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights
1911 Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
1912 Pitcher Rube Marquard loses after winning 19 straight games
1919 Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
1923 Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
and Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
1928 Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
1932 Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1255 Schilowa
1933 Helen Wills Moody wins Wimbledon
and Public Works Administration becomes effective
1935 AL beats NL 4-1 in 3rd All Star Game (Cleveland)
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1949 Messina
1941 AL beats NL 7-5 in 9th All Star Game (Briggs Stadium, Detroit)
and All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star
1943 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve
and British air raid sinks U-232
and NSB-leader A Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler
and US invasion fleet passes Bizerta Tunisia
1944 British troops march into Caen
and Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan
1947 AL beats NL 2-1 in 14th All Star Game (Wrigley Field, Chicago)
and Demolition begins in NYC for UN HQ in NYC
1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
and Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea
and Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
and Louise Brough wins Wimbledon
1952 NL beats AL 3-2 (5 innings) in 19th All Star Game (Shibe Park Phila)
1953 US sends aid to Persia
1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
and Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala
1956 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1957 CDC incorporates
and Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrested in Sinn-Fein leaders
1958 AL beats NL 4-3 in 25th All Star Game (Memorial Stadium, Baltimore)
1961 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
1966 US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
1967 Billie Jean King concludes Wimbledon sweep (singles, doubles & mix)
and Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
1968 Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
1969 Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco
and US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
1970 SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
1971 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
and US sells grain to USSR for $750 million
1973 NY Mets are 12« games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
1974 USSR performs underground nuclear test
and Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
1975 Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany
and Pres Ford announced hell seek Republican nomination for pres
and Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high
seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated
1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
1978 Alessandro Pertini elected pres of Italy
and Bj”rn B”rg of Sweden wins 3rd consecutive title at Wimbledon
and Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
1979 Congo adopts constitution
and Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
and Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
1980 NL beats AL 4-2 in 51st All Star Game (Dodger Stadium LA Calif)
1981 France performs nuclear test
and PM Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France
and Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
1982 Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property
1983 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
1984 John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors for Wimbledon singles
1985 Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red
1986 Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
and NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
1987 Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
1988 Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
and Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
1989 Carlos Sa£l Menum becomes pres of Argentina
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
and Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
and Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
and Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
and Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
and Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbledon title
and Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
1991 Pitts Pirate Pres Carl Barger becomes 1st pres of Fla Marlins
1992 Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
and Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria
1994 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson
and Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
and St Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1« years
1995 1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold
and Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicarion to win her 6th Wimbeldon
1961 Portuguese steamer 'Save' breaks up off Mozambique. 227 die
1975 Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan, Burma. 20-foot-high
seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated.
Your Special Reminders for July 8:
189th day of year with 176 days left (Numerology = 6)
and 1936 106øF highest temperature for July in NYC
and 1963 54øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
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