| Date | Text | |||
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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Jul 1924 | Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005) | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Jul 1949 | Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli: Composer, dies at 66 | |||
| 08 Jul 1949 | Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for New York Giants | |||
| 08 Jul 1949 | Wolfgang Puck, Austrian chef and actor | |||
| 08 Jul 1949 | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 2009) | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Jul 1974 | Demetrius Allen: NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons) | |||
| 08 Jul 1974 | Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game | |||
| 08 Jul 1974 | Jeanna Friske, Russian actress and singer | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Jul 1999 | Pete Conrad, American pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930) | |||
| 08 Jul 1999 | Take That's former manager Nigel Martin Smith started a new business, as an undertaker. It was reported that he was unhappy with a service he had used so he decided to buy a local funeral firm in Manchester. | |||
| 08 Jul 1999 |
death Pete Conrad Died 8 Jul 1999 at age 69 (born 2 Jun 1930). Charles Peter Conrad was an American astronaut was the third man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 12 mission (14-24 Nov, 1969). He had other experience in space on Gemini 5 (launched 21 Aug 1965, logging a new space endurance record of 8 days), on Gemini 11 (launched 18 Sep 1966, first orbit rendezvous and docking), and the Skylab 2 mission (1973). After service as a U.S. Navy test pilot, Conrad had been selected in 1962 to join NASA's second group of astronauts. On 14 Feb1996, Conrad was a crew member for a record-breaking flight around the world in a Lear jet. He died at age 69 from internal injuries after he crashed on his motorcycle. |
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Pete Conrad (b. 1930), American astronaut. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Jul 2004 | Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944) | |||
| 08 Jul 2004 | Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1922) | |||
| 08 Jul 2004 | Mark Purseglove known as the world's biggest bootlegger was sentenced to 3 years 6 months jail by Blackfriars Crown Court. Purseglove had built up a £15 million pirate CD empire by bootlegging live concerts of some of the world's biggest stars including The Beatles, David Bowie and Pink Floyd | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Jul 2014 | Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) | |||
| 08 Jul 2014 | Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945) | |||
| 08 Jul 2014 | Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers. | |||
| 08 Jul 2014 | Brazil loses 1-7 to Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final. The event is known as Mineirazo. | |||
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