July 8

July 8

Born on This Day

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  Kevin Bacon

  Film Actor, Musician / 1958 -

  Kevin Bacon is known for numerous movies (especially Footloose), his marriage to Kyra Sedgwick and the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

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  Kevin Bacon

  Born: July 8, 1958
  Age: 54 years old
  Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Occupation: Film Actor, Musician
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  • Famous Cancerians
  • Famous Chefs
  • Famous Television Personalities

  Wolfgang Puck

  Chef, Television Personality, Journalist / 1949 -

  Wolfgang Puck is a chef who expanded his purview into running restaurants, writing cookbooks and hosting cooking shows.

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  Wolfgang Puck

  1949 | 63 years old
  Chef, Television Personality, ...

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  • Famous Cancerians
  • Famous Singers

  Beck

  Songwriter, Singer / 1970 -

  Rock star Beck topped the charts with his 1994 debut album Mellow Gold. He continued to fuse folk, rap and hip-hop with later albums such as Odelay.
  

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  Beck

  1970 | 42 years old
  Songwriter, Singer

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  • Bewitching Women
  • Actors Turned Directors
  • Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners

  Anjelica Huston

  Animal Rights Activist, Film Actress, Television Actress / 1951 -

  Anjelica Huston is an Academy Award-winning actress, a film director and the daughter of John Huston.

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  Anjelica Huston

  Born: July 8, 1951
  Age: 61 years old
  Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
  Occupation: Animal Rights Activist, Film Actress, ...
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  • Contemporary Country Stars
  • USO Entertainers
  • Famous Cancerians

  Toby Keith

  Songwriter, Singer / 1961 -

  Country music sensation Toby Keith is best known for his rousing anthems to the U.S. soldiers serving in the Middle East.

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  Toby Keith

  1961 | 51 years old
  Songwriter, Singer

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  • Famous Cancerians
  • Famous Fiction Authors

  Anna Quindlen

  Journalist, Author / 1952 -

  Anna Quindlen is the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling novelist who wrote the books One True Thing and Object Lessons.

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  Anna Quindlen

  1952 | 60 years old
  Journalist, Author

July 8

Died on This Day

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  • Famous People Who Died in Accidents
  • Famous Leos
  • Famous Poets

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Author, Playwright, Poet / 1792 - 1822

  Known for his lyrical and long-form verse, Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most highly regarded English Romantic poets of the 19th century. His works include The Masque of Anarchy and Queen Mab.

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  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Died: July 8, 1822
  Age: 29 years old
  Place: Viareggio , Italy
  Occupation: Author, Playwright, Poet
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  • Name Changers

  Roy Rogers

  Film Actor, Television Actor, Guitarist, Singer, Television Personality / 1911 - 1998

  Roy Rogers was an American actor and singer best known as the “King of the Cowboys” for his heroic roles in musical westerns. His sidekick palomino, Trigger, and dog, Bullet often appeared with him.

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  Roy Rogers

  1998 | 86 years old
  Film Actor, Television Actor, ...

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  • U.S. First Ladies
  • Famous Capricorns

  Grace Anna Coolidge

  U.S. First Lady / 1879 - 1957

  U.S. first lady Grace Anna Coolidge worked actively for many charitable causes, most notably helping the hearing impaired.
  

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  Grace Anna Coolidge

  1957 | 78 years old
  U.S. First Lady

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  • Breast Cancer Survivors
  • Studio 54 Patrons
  • Influential Women of Washington

  Betty Ford

  U.S. First Lady / 1918 - 2011

  Betty Ford became the First Lady when President Nixon resigned and made her Vice President husband, Gerald Ford, the acting President.

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  Betty Ford

  Died: July 8, 2011
  Age: 93 years old
  Place: Rancho Mirage, California , United States
  Occupation: U.S. First Lady
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  • Famous Arians
  • Famous Actors

  Dick Sargent

  Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1930 - 1994

  Dick Sargent was an actor of film and television mostly remembered for his portrayal of Darrin Stephens on TV's Bewitched.

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  Dick Sargent

  1994 | 64 years old
  Film Actor, Theater Actor, ...

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  Vivien Leigh

  Film Actress / 1913 - 1967

  Vivien Leigh was a British actress who achieved film immortality by playing two of American literature's most celebrated Southern belles, Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois.

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  Vivien Leigh

  1967 | 53 years old
  Film Actress