July 8th
Holidays and Festivals
Video Games Day
SCUD Day (Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama)
Soapy Smith Wake (Alaska) * (See Below)
Christian Feast Day of Abda and Sabas
Christian Feast Day of Auspicius of Trier
Christian Feast Day of Grimbald, abbot, confessor
Christian Feast Day of Kilian, Totnan, and Colman
Christian Feast Day of Nummius,confessor in St. Nom
Christian Feast Day of Procopius of Scythopolis
Christian Feast Day of Theobald of Marly
Feast Day of Sunniva and companions
Fiesta de San Fermin Pamplona, Spain July 6th through the 14th every year (9 Days)
* Crop Over Bridgetown, Barbados - 2nd sat in May through the 1st Mon in August (86 Days)
* Soapy Smith Wake, held in Skagway, Alaska in the Gold Rush Cemetery and in Hollywood, California at the Magic Castle.
Fête de la Parc Translation: Park Day (French Republican) The 20th day of the Month of Messidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"None so deaf as those who will not hear.
None so blind as those who will not see.
But I’ll wager none so deaf nor so blind that he
Sees not nor hears me say come drink this beer."
- W.L. Hassoldt
Drink of The Day
Summertime
2 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Apple Juice
5 1/3 oz. Cranberry Juice
1 oz. Lemon Juice
2/3 oz. Syrup, mango
Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into glass.
- Alternative Drink -
Blow Job 2
1 part whipped cream
1 part kahlua
1 part Bailey's Irish Cream
1 part vodka
Layer in order into shot glass. Shoot with no hands.
Wine of The Day
Girardet (2008) Baco Noir
Style - Baco Noir
Umpqua Valley
$30
Beer of The Day
UFO Hefeweizen
Brewer - Harpoon Brewery Boston, MA
Style - American Style - Western Hemisphere - eat Beer with Yeast
- In rememberence of the Roswell incident. On July 8, 1947, Roswell Army Air Field public information office in Roswell, New Mexico, issued a press release stating that personnel from the field's 509th Bomb Group had recovered a crashed "flying disc" from a ranch near Roswell, sparking intense media interest.
Joke of The Day
Three men come before St.Peter one morning. Pete asks the first one what happened and gets the following response:
"I was on my way to work when I realized I'd forgotten my lunch, so I turned around and headed back. When I opened the door, my wife was standing there buck-naked. Now I'm no dummy, so I got to looking around the room. I didn't find anything unusual. So I went to the window and opened it up, and there was this guy, buck naked, hanging off the ledge. I banged on his fingers with all my might, but the sucker just wouldn't let go. So finally I just picked up a chest and shoved it out the window. That did the trick. After that I died of a broken heart."
St. Peter moves on to the next:
"I got up this morning and went to open my bedroom window, but I lost my balance and fell out. Somehow I caught onto the window-ledge of the floor below and was hanging on for dear life, when all of a sudden this guy throws open the window and starts hammering on my fingers to get me to let go. I kept yelling for help, but the guy was nuts. He turned and disappeared, and I thought everything was going to be all right, when suddenly this huge chest comes out the window on top of me and after that it all goes dark."
Finally, St. Peter asks the third man how he met his end.
"Honestly, I couldn't really tell you. The last thing I remember, I was hiding in a chest."
Quote of The Day
"I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants"
- Alan Whitney Brown (July 8th, 1952), an Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian.
Whisky of The Day
$30
July Observances
Air-Conditioning Appreciation Days (7/3 to 8/15)
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
National Bikini Month
Bioterrorism/Disaster Education and Awareness Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Dog Days (7/3 to 8/11)
Doghouse Repairs" Month, Natl
Eggplant and Lettuce Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Family Golf Month
Family Reunion Month
Freedom From Fear of Speaking Month
Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month
Home Inspector Appreciation Month, Natl
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
International Women with Alopecia Month
International Zine Month
Learn Arabic Month
Mango and Melon Month
National "Doghouse Repairs" Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
National Black Family Month
National Blueberries Month
National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Month
National Culinary Arts Month
National Grilling Month
National Hemochromatosis Screening and Awareness Month
National Horseradish Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National Independent Retailers Month
National Make A Difference to Children Month
National Recreation and Parks Month
National Share A Sunset With Your Lover Month
National Vehicle Theft Protection Month
National Wheelchair Beautification Month
Nectarine and Garlic Month
Purposeful Parenting Month
Roots and Branches Month
Sandwich Generation Month
Share A Sunset With Your Lover Month Link
Skyscraper Month
Smart Irrigation Month
Social Wellness Month
Tour de France Month (Started 6/30 - 7/19)
UV Safety Month
Unlucky Month for weddings
Women's Motorcycle Month
Worldwide Bereaved Parents Month
Observances this Week
National Farriers Week, Second Week in July
National Therapeutic Recreation Week, Second Week in July
Freedom Week, July 4th through July 10th
Be Nice To New Jersey Week, First Full Week in July
Nude Recreation Weekend, 7 Days Starting First Monday of the first full week in July
Sports Cliché Week, Week of Major League Baseball, All Star Game Second Tuesday in July
Historical Events on July 8th
939 The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi
951 Paris is founded
1099 First Crusade, 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1283 Battle of Malta of the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
1497 Vasco da Gama sets sail on first direct European voyage to India.
1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
1579 Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1663 King Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
1672 Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
1680 The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1693 NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
1709 Battle of Poltava of the Great Northern War. Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.
1716 Battle of Dynekilen of the Great Northern War.
1758 English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York. French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British
1760 French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
1775 The Olive Branch Petition is adopted by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
1776 First observance of Independence Day in The USA. The Declaration of Independence is read aloud for the first time by Col John Nixon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Liberty Bell is rung.
1777 Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
1778 George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
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
1800 Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
1805 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
1816 Frost in Waltham, MA
1822 Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
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 Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay.
1859 King Charles XV/Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1861 CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory
1861 Skirmish at Florida, MI A rebel encampment is attacked & dispersed
1862 Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret
1864 The Shinsengumi sabotage the Choshu-han shishi's planned attack on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. This event is known as Ikedaya Jiken.
1870 Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
1870 Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
1874 The Mounties begin their March West.
1876 White supremacist terrorists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, SC.
1889 John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
1889 The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
1891 61°F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila
1891 Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
1892 American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass
1892 St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
1895 Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South-Africa
1896 William Jennings Bryan delivers his "Cross of Gold" speech advocating bimetalism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1897 Harbor Hospital formally opens
1898 Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1898 The shooting death of crime boss Soapy Smith releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
1898 US battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1900 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
1902 John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore & Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles
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 G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles v Cambridge
1912 Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
1918 Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple
1919 Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
1922 35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis, Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60)
1923 Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
1923 Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
1928 Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
1932 Herbert Sutcliffe scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire v Gloucs
1932 The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.
1933 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis, Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63)
1933 Public Works Administration becomes effective
1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game, AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1938 Would be start of England-Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1939 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis, Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62)
1941 9th All Star Baseball Game, AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1941 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
1943 British air raid sinks U-232
1943 NSB-leader A Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler
1943 US invasion fleet passes Bizerta Tunisia
1944 British troops march into Caen
1944 Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan
1946 "Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances
1946 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
1947 14th All Star Baseball Game, AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1947 Demolition begins for UN HQ in NYC
1947 Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crashed landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
1948 The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
1949 Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants
1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
1950 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis, Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
1950 Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea
1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
1951 Yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud
1952 19th All Star Baseball Game,: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
1953 US stops aid to Persia
1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala
1956 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
1956 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1957 Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
1957 CDC incorporates
1957 Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders
1958 25th All Star Baseball Game, AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
1960 Fidel Castro ends Havana's Intl League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ
1960 Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
1961 Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies
1961 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
1962 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
1962 Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Ragoon University Student Union building to crash the Student Movement.
1963 Reports of Charlie Finley's intention to move KC A's to Oakland
1963 US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
1965 Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
1966 King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
1966 US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
1967 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis, Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
1967 Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
1968 Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
1968 The Municipality of General Santos was converted into a City status, named, General Santos City
1969 IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.
1969 Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco
1969 US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
1970 Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American Self-Determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination Act.
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)
1972 US sells grain to USSR for $750 million
1973 Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker
1973 NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant
1974 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
1975 Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany
1975 Pres Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for pres
1975 Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated
1976 Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
1977 The ashes of Ahn Eak-tai, a Korean conductor and the composer of the national anthem Aegukga, are transferred from the island of Majorca to the Korean National Cemetery.
1978 92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis, Bjorn Borg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63)
1978 Alessandro Pertini elected pres of Italy
1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
1979 Congo adopts constitution
1979 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
1979 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1979 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
1980 51st All Star Baseball Game,: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA. All star MVP - Ken Griffey (Cin Reds)
1981 France performs nuclear test
1981 PM Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France
1981 Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 perfs
1982 Assassination attempt against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
1982 Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
1982 Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property
1982 Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.
1983 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
1984 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62)
1984 Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1985 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis, Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)
1985 Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red
1986 Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
1986 NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
1986 Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
1987 Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
1988 Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
1988 Miami Arena opens
1988 Rock Musicians Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
1988 Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
1989 Carlos Saul Menum becomes pres of Argentina
1989 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
1990 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
1990 Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
1990 Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
1990 Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1990 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed
1991 Pittsburgh Pirate President Carl Barger becomes 1st president of Florida Marlins
1992 Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe creates the office of High Commissioner on National Minorities.
1992 Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
1992 Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria
1994 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
1994 Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
1994 St Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1½ years
1995 1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold
1995 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis, Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75)
1997 68th All Star Baseball Game, AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
1997 NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.
1999 Allen Lee Davis is executed by electrocution by the state of Florida, the last use of the electric chair for capital punishment in Florida.
2003 Sudan Airways Flight 39, with 116 people on board, crashes in Sudan; the only survivor is a two-year-old boy who subsequently dies as a result of his injuries.
2011 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
2012 Roadside car bomb kills 14 civilians in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province
2012 Roger Federer beats Andy Murray (4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4) to win the 126th Wimbledon Men's Tennis Championship
2012 Serena Williams beats A Radwańska (6-1 5-7 6-2) to win the 119th Wimbledon Women's Tennis Championship
2012 Tens of thousands protest over election corruption in Mexico City
2013 42 people have been killed and hundreds injured after the Egyptian army raids a sit in protest in Cairo
2013 A dozen people are killed and injured after a hotel collapses in Hyderabad, India
2014 Germany defeats Brazil by a record 7-1 in the semi-finals to make it to the final of the FIFA World Cup, Miroslav Klose of Germany breaks the World Cup goal scoring record with 16 goals
2014 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu instructs his defence forces to "take their gloves off" against Hamas and to take any means necessary to "restore peace" to Israeli citizens
2015 The New York Stock Exchange stops trading for nearly four hours due to a technical error
2015 The NFL's Washington Redskins have their trademark vacated on the grounds it may cause offence to native Americans
Born on July 8th
1528 Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Governor of Netherland (d. 1580)
1545 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II (d. 1568)
1574 Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1593 Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
1604 Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables) (d. 1695)
1637 Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1638 Matteo Coferati, composer
1757 Richard Wainwright, composer
1760 Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
1766 Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
1792 Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, queen of Bavaria (d. 1854)
1809 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
1819 Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) (d. 1864)
1819 Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907)
1819 Vatroslav Lisinski, composer
1821 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1824 Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1826 Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
1830 Frederick William Seward, 6th & 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
1830 Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg (d. 1911)
1836 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce-Colonies (d. 1914)
1838 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German inventor (rigid dirigibles) (d. 1917)
1839 John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist, founder (Standard Oil) (d. 1937)
1844 Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)
1851 Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete) (d. 1941)
1857 Alfred Binet, French psychologist (d. 1911)
1857 Rudolf Dellinger, composer
1867 Käthe Kollwitz, German artist, sculptor (Bauernkrieg) (d. 1945)
1869 William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)
1870 Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)
1871 Clement Harris, composer
1871 Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)
1878 Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d. 1945)
1882 Percy Grainger, Australian composer (Hill Songs) (d. 1961)
1882 Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
1885 Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands
1885 Ernst Bloch, German philosopher (d. 1977)
1889 Eugene Pallette, Winfield KS, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro)
1890 W Hasenvlever, writer
1891 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd)
1891 Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day)
1892 Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)
1892 Richard Aldington, English poet (d. 1962)
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)
1895 Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1898 Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn
1898 Melville Ruick, American actor (Barton-City Hospital) (d. 1972)
1899 David Eli Lilienthal, US government organizer (Wisconsin)
1900 George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata)
1901 Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist
1904 Bill Challis, arranger/pianist
1904 Henri Cartan, French mathematician (d. 2008)
1905 Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. 1997)
1906 Philip Johnson, American architect (Cortalyou) (d. 2005)
1907 George W. Romney, American businessman and politician (Gov-R-Mich), US Secretary of HUD (1969-73) (d. 1995)
1907 Kishio Hirao, composer
1908 Louis Jordan, American saxophonist (Caldonia) (d. 1975)
1908 Nelson A. Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (1974-77) (Gov-R-NY) (d. 1979)
1909 Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil)
1910 Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader (ANC/SACP)
1911 Gertrude Niesen, NY, actress (Start Cheering)
1911 Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years)
1912 Jacques Stehman, composer
1913 Walter Kerr, NY drama critic (Sad Clowns)
1914 Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love) (d. 1993)
1914 Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (d. 2010)
1915 Charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist (developed lasers)
1917 Faye Emerson, American actress (I've Got a Secret) (d. 1983)
1917 Glenn Langan, Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie)
1917 Pamela Brown, London England, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett)
1918 Craig Stevens, American actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn) (d. 2000)
1918 Paul B. Fay, American businessman and cabinet member in the Kennedy administration (d. 2009)
1919 Walter Scheel, German President and Foreign minister
1920 Dolph Sweet, NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up)
1920 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish industrialist (Lego Group) (d. 1995)
1923 Harrison Dillard, American athlete, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1948, 52)
1924 Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (d. 2005)
1926 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist, author, educator (d. 2004)
1926 John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955)
1927 Carlo Franci, composer
1927 Maurice Hayes, Irish politician
1928 Carol Henry, Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show)
1928 Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats)
1929 Shirley Ann Grau, author (Keepers of the House)
1930 Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut
1931 Jerry Vale (Genaro Louis Vitaliano), NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma)
1931 Louis Ballard, composer
1931 Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC)
1932 Jerry Vale, American singer
1933 Antonio Lamer, French Canadian lawyer and chief justice (d. 2007)
1933 Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (Young Frankenstein) (d. 1982)
1934 Ed Lumley, Canadian corporate executive and former politician
1935 John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957)
1935 Steve Lawrence, American entertainer and singer (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy)
1935 Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18B)
1936 Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA (L)
1937 Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)
1938 Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator
1940 Ben Chapman, English politician and civil servant
1940 Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
1941 Dario Gradi, Italian-born football manager
1942 Chuck Negron, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1942 Janice Pennington, Kansas, playmate (May 1971)/model (Price is Right)
1942 Phil Gramm, American politician (Sen-R Texas, 1985)
1943 Faye Wattleton, St Louis Mo, sociologist/pres (Planned Parenthood)
1944 Jai(moe) "Johnny" Johanson, American musician, drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
1944 Jeffrey Tambor, American actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry Sanders)
1945 Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician
1946 Cynthia Gregory, LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co)
1947 Kim Darby, American actress
1947 Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
1948 Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man)
1948 Raffi, Canadian children's entertainer (Baby Beluga)
1949 Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 Frank Delima, American comedian
1949 Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
1949 Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of State of Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 2009)
1951 Anjelica Huston, American actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien)
1951 Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)
1951 Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
1952 Anna Quindlen, American columnist
1952 Jack Lambert, American football player
1952 Marianne Williamson, American new-age author
1952 Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)
1955 Alison Fraser, American actress
1955 Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (d. 2008)
1956 Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 Russell Christian, Musician (Christians-Harvest the World)
1956 Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player
1957 Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian television personality
1957 Carlos Cavazo, American musician (Quiet Riot)
1957 Clyde Butts, cricketer (West Indies off-spinner late eighties)
1958 Andreas Carlgren, Swedish politician
1958 Fred Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1958 Kevin Bacon, American actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby)
1958 Neetu Singh, Indian Actress
1958 Pauline Quirke, British actress
1958 Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
1959 Robert Knepper, American actor
1960 Jeff Stork, Longview Wash, volleyball setter (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96)
1960 Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer
1960 Valerie Pettiford, American actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live, Courtney Walker-Another World)
1961 Andrew Fletcher, English musician (Depeche Mode)
1961 Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100)
1961 Toby Keith, American singer
1962 Joan Osborne, American singer and songwriter
1962 Martin Pavlu, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1962 Rob Burnett, North Caldwell NJ, head writer (David Letterman)
1963 Bob Ctvrtlik, Long Beach Cal, volleyball outsider (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96)
1963 Mark Christopher, American film director
1963 Mike Ridley, Winnipeg, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
1963 Pablo Magallon, jockey
1964 Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1964 Linda de Mol, Dutch actress and host
1964 Maryalice Demler, N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991)
1965 Corey Parker, NYC, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)
1965 Lee Tergesen, American actor
1966 Ralf Altmeyer, German virologist
1966 Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician
1967 Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
1967 Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998)
1968 Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu
1968 Billy Crudup, American actor
1968 C B Washington, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1968 Glen Featherstone, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1968 Michael Weatherly, American actor (Cooper Alden-The City/Loving)
1968 Michel Langerak, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1968 Shane Howarth, New Zealand/Wales rugby player
1968 Thom Fitzgerald, American-Canadian film director
1969 Bobby Ayala, Oxnard CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1969 Dana Hall, NFL safety (Cleveland Browns)
1969 Ernie Young, Chicago IL, outfielder (Oakland A's)
1969 Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-4th-1995)
1969 Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara)
1969 Sugizo Japanese guitarist and singer
1970 Beck, American singer (Loser, Two Turntables and a Microophone)
1970 Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1970 Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1970 Todd Martin, Hinsdale Ill, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18)
1971 Amanda Peterson, American actress
1971 Jeff Kopp, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971 John Achterberg, soccer player (NAC)
1971 John Juanda, Indonesian poker player
1971 Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player
1971 Wendy Benson, NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)
1972 Brandon Rock, Las Vegas Nevada, 800m runner
1972 Jay Bellamy, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1972 Saurav Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996)
1972 Shosuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
1972 Sourav Ganguly, Former Captain of Indian Cricket Team
1972 Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1974 Demetrius Allen, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 Tami Erin, American actress and model
1974 Zhanna Friske, Russian actress and singer
1975 Elias Viljanen, Finnish Guitarist (Sonata Arctica)
1976 David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves)
1976 Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1976 Staci Wilson, Livingston NJ, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1976 Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
1977 Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
1977 Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
1978 Eve Myles, Welsh Actress
1978 Rachael Lillis, American actress
1979 André, Armenian singer
1980 Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
1981 Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
1982 Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
1982 Joshua Alba, American actor
1982 Sophia Bush, American actress
1983 Elizabeth Del Mar, American pornographic actress
1983 Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
1983 John Bowker, American baseball player
1984 Alexis Dziena, American actress
1985 Jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)
1986 Jake McDorman, American actor
1986 Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
1987 Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model
1992 Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist
1992 Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks
1998 Jaden Smith, American actor
Died on July 8th
810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy (b. 773)
901 Saint Grimbald (b. 827)
975 Edgar, King of England (959-75)
1115 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor
1153 Eugene III (Bernardo), Italian Pope (1145-53)
1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49)
1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra
1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter
1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor,
1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru) (b. 1475)
1623 Gregory XV (Alessandro Ludovisi), Pope, Bishop of Bologna (b. 1554)
1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen
1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae)
1681 Georg Neumark, composer
1689 Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
1695 Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist and astronomer (b. 1629)
1716 Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)
1721 Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
1726 John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
1784 Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)
1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound) (b. 1792)
1826 Luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748)
1850 Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
1855 William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)
1859 F J Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway (1844-59) (b. 1799)
1863 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
1870 John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace)
1876 Josef Dessauer, composer
1885 Hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms)
1887 Ben Holladay, American Businessman and founder of the Overland Stagecoach Company (b. 1819)
1894 Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer
1895 Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821)
1898 Soapy Smith, American con artist (b. 1860)
1905 Walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834)
1909 Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900)
1913 Louis Hémon, French-born writer (b. 1880)
1917 Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
1930 Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
1932 Florenz Ziegfeld, US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies)
1933 Anthony Hope, British author (b. 1863)
1934 Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (b. 1848)
1939 (Henry) Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man & Woman) (b. 1859)
1941 Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (b. 1874)
1941 Philippe Gaubert, composer
1942 Catherinus Elling, composer
1943 Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
1943 Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed (b. 1899)
1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor
1948 Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24)
1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
1949 Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer
1950 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist and sociologist (Wahre State) (b. 1878)
1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54)
1956 Giovanni Papini, Italian author and poet (Un Uomo Finito) (b. 1881)
1957 Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (1923-29) (b. 1879)
1957 Henry Fevrier, composer
1957 William Cadbury, chocolate maker
1959 Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
1961 Julian Bautista, composer
1961 Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek medical doctor, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1962 Georges Bataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897)
1967 Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political figure (b. 1893)
1969 Gladys Swarthout, opera singer/actress (Ambush)
1971 Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1920)
1973 Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-born Israeli educator, historian and politician (b. 1884)
1973 Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1979 Michael Wilding, English actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge) (b. 1912)
1979 Robert B. Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1979 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906)
1981 Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans)
1981 Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
1982 Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime)
1984 Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges)
1985 Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine),
1985 Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley)
1985 Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971)
1986 Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)
1987 Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
1987 Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
1988 Ray Barbuti, American athlete (b. 1905)
1990 Howard Duff, American actor (Heist, Knots Landing) (b. 1913)
1990 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests)
1991 James Franciscus, American actor (Mr Novak) (b. 1934)
1991 Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz)
1994 Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre) (b. 1904)
1994 Dick Sargent, American actor (Darren-Bewitched) (b. 1930)
1994 Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
1994 Kim Il-sung, North Korean leader (1948-94) (b. 1912)
1994 Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (b. 1927)
1994 Robert E Lee
1995 Elizabeth Adams, madam
1996 Amschel Rothschild, banker
1996 Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician
1996 James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist
1996 Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer
1997 Charles Drake, geologist
1999 Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930)
2001 John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
2002 Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
2004 Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1922)
2004 Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
2006 June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917)
2006 Peter Hawkins, British actor/voice actor (b. 1924)
2008 John Templeton, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
2011 Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
2011 Mary Fenech Adami, First Lady of Malta (b. 1933)
2011 Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
2012 Ernest Borgnine, American actor
2015 Ken "The Snake" Stabler, NFL quarterback (Oak Raiders, Super Bowl XI)
2015 James Tate, American poet (Pulitzer Prize 1992)
2016 Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philantropist (Edhi Foundation)
2016 William H. McNeill, Canadian-born historian (Rise of the West)