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September 8th

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International Literacy Day

UNESCO observance on September 8 highlighting the importance of literacy for individuals, communities, and societies, held since 1967.

international Observed September 8 each year.

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558 Notable birthdays

Martin Ponsiluoma

Swedish biathlete.

Born September 8th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Östersund.

Wolfgang Späte

German world war ii fighter pilot (1911–1997).

Born September 8th, 1911 in Podbořany.

Died April 30th, 1997 at 85 years old in Edewecht.

Sergio Casal

Spanish tennis player.

Born September 8th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Barcelona.

Jean-Michel Larqué

French football player, manager and sports journalist (born 1947).

Born September 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Bizanos.

Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor

Russian businessman.

Born September 8th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Moscow.

Peter Connelly

Video game composer and sound designer.

Born September 8th, 1972 (age 53 years) in England.

Petre Marin

Romanian footballer.

Born September 8th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Bucharest.

Ingolf Wunder

Austrian pianist (born 1985).

Born September 8th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.

Dezső Ránki

Hungarian virtuoso concert pianist; classical pianist.

Born September 8th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Budapest. [ref]

José Augusto Torres

Portuguese footballer (1938–2010).

Born September 8th, 1938 in Torres Novas.

Died September 3rd, 2010 at 71 years old in Lisbon (heart failure). [ref]

Tom Murray

American actor.

Born September 8th, 1874 in Stonefort.

Died August 27th, 1935 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).

Lee Eul-yong

South korean footballer.

Born September 8th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Taebaek.

Paul Fentz

Figure skater.

Born September 8th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Berlin.

Eden Ben Basat

Israeli footballer.

Born September 8th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Kiryat Haim.

Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg

French mesoamericanist (1814–1874).

Born September 8th, 1814 in Bourbourg.

Died January 8th, 1874 at 59 years old in Nice.

Daniel Petrov

Boxer.

Born September 8th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Varna.

Jeannette Altwegg

British figure skater.

Born September 8th, 1930 in Mumbai.

Died June 18th, 2021 at 90 years old in Bern. [ref]

Alessio Lorandi

Italian racing driver.

Born September 8th, 1998 (age 27 years) in Brescia.

Johan Harmenberg

Swedish fencer.

Born September 8th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Stockholm.

Braian Toledo

Argentine javelin thrower (1993-2020).

Born September 8th, 1993 in Marcos Paz Partido.

Died February 27th, 2020 at 26 years old in Marcos Paz Partido (motorcycle accident). [ref]

Maciej Kozłowski

Polish actor (1957-2010).

Born September 8th, 1957 in Kargowa.

Died May 11th, 2010 at 52 years old in Warsaw (liver cancer). [ref]

Rie Kaneto

Japanese swimmer.

Born September 8th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Shōbara.

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy

Bengali barrister and politician (1892–1963).

Born September 8th, 1892 in Medinipur.

Died December 5th, 1963 at 71 years old in Beirut (myocardial infarction).

Valery Afanassiev

Russian pianist.

Born September 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Moscow.

Paul Gerson Unna

German physician and dermatologist (1850-1929).

Born September 8th, 1850 in Hamburg.

Died January 29th, 1929 at 78 years old in Hamburg (influenza).

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