Today in History
8 July
172 births · 107 deaths · 48 events recorded
Notable Births
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İpek Öz
b. 1999
Turkish tennis player (born 1999)
Maya Hawke
b. 1998
American actress and singer (born 1998)
Jaden Smith
b. 1998
American rapper and actor (born 1998)
Bryce Love
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Marlon Humphrey
b. 1996
American football player (born 1996)
David Corenswet
b. 1993
American actor (born 1993)
Alfred Binet
b. 1857
French psychologist, IQ test developer (1857–1911)
Artemisia Gentileschi
b. 1593
Italian painter (born 1593)
Notable Deaths
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Edward D. DiPrete
d. 2025
American politician (1934–2025)
Paulette Jiles
d. 2025
American writer (1943–2025)
Shinzo Abe
d. 2022
Prime Minister of Japan (2006–2007; 2012–2020)
Larry Storch
d. 2022
American actor (1923–2022)
Luis Echeverría
d. 2022
President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976
Tony Sirico
d. 2022
American actor (1942–2022)
Ray Barbuti
d. 1988
American football player and sprint runner (1905–1988)
Christiaan Huygens
d. 1695
Dutch mathematician and physicist (1629–1695)
On This Day in History
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2022
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.
Shinzo Abe
2014
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
Israel
2014
The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, in a match dubbed the Mineiraço.
Brazil national football team
2011
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
2003
Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
Sudan Airways Flight 139
1994
Kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il Sung.
Kim Jong Il
1994
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on an international science mission.
Space Shuttle Columbia
1990
West Germany win the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal.
Germany national football team