June 8 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on June 8, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♊︎ Gemini
May 21 – Jun 20
Birth stone
Pearl
Birth flower
Rose
How common
#205 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous June 8 birthdays
Robert Schumann · German composer, pianist and critic1810
Frank Lloyd Wright · American architect1867
Francis Crick · British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist1916
Suharto · 2nd President of Indonesia and Acting President of Indonesia1921
Barbara Bush · First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 19931925
Jerry Stiller · American actor and comedian1927
Robert Aumann · Israeli-American mathematician1930
Joan Rivers · American comedian, actress, and television host1933
Kenneth G. Wilson · Nobel prize winning US physicist1936
Nancy Sinatra · American singer and actress1940
Eric F. Wieschaus · American geneticist1947
Sônia Braga · Brazilian-American actress1950
Bonnie Tyler · Welsh singer1951
Tim Berners-Lee · English computer scientist1955
Scott Adams · American cartoonist and author1957
Gabby Giffords · American politician and gun control activist1970
Lindsay Davenport · American tennis player1976
Kanye West · American rapper and record producer1977
Kim Clijsters · Belgian tennis player1983
Javier Mascherano · Argentine association football player and manager1984
On this day in history
1776American Revolutionary War: British forces defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, the last battle of the American invasion of Quebec.
1862American Civil War: The Confederate Army won a resounding victory at the Battle of Cross Keys, one of the two decisive battles in Jackson's Valley campaign.
2009Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.
2023Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.
1959USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
1972Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing after being burned by napalm.
1995Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
2007A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.
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