Famous people born on June 8 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is June 8, you share it with Frank Lloyd Wright, Joan Rivers, Tim Berners-Lee — and you were born under Gemini, the sign of the curious, quick-witted, and endlessly social.
Birthday basics for June 8
Gemini ♊
Zodiac sign
Pearl
Birthstone
Rose
Birth flower
159th
Day of the year
June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years), with 206 days still to come.
Famous people born on June 8
Frank Lloyd Wright — American architect who designed Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum (born 1867).
Joan Rivers — American comedian and television host (born 1933).
Tim Berners-Lee — English computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web (born 1955).
Also sharing the day:
Robert Schumann (b. 1810) — German Romantic composer celebrated for his piano works and songs.
Barbara Bush (b. 1925) — American first lady, wife of one U.S. president and mother of another.
Bonnie Tyler (b. 1951) — Welsh singer of the smash hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart".
June 8 in history
1906 — President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act, allowing presidents to protect national monuments.
1949 — George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published.
1959 — The U.S. Post Office and the submarine USS Barbero delivered mail by guided missile in the first official "missile mail."
793 — Vikings raided the abbey at Lindisfarne, the event that traditionally opens the Viking Age.
1887 — Herman Hollerith applied for a patent on his punched-card tabulator, a forerunner of modern computing.
2004 — Skywatchers witnessed the first transit of Venus across the Sun since 1882.
June 8 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is June 8?
Anyone born on June 8 is a Gemini — curious, quick-witted, and endlessly social.
What is the birthstone for June 8?
The birthstone for a June 8 birthday is Pearl, and the birth flower is the Rose.
Who is the most famous person born on June 8?
Frank Lloyd Wright is among the best known — American architect who designed Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum (born 1867).
What happened on June 8?
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act, allowing presidents to protect national monuments.
What day of the year is June 8?
June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years), with 206 days still to come.
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