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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

Daiki Sugioka

Japanese association football player.

Born September 8th, 1998 (age 27 years) in Adachi-ku.

Siegfried Haenicke

German general and knight's cross recipient (1878-1946).

Born September 8th, 1878 in Constance.

Died February 19th, 1946 at 67 years old in NKVD Special Camp No. 1.

Mary Carew

Athletics competitor (1913-2002).

Born September 8th, 1913 in Medford.

Died July 12th, 2002 at 88 years old in Framingham.

Maigonis Valdmanis

Soviet basketball player (1933–1999).

Born September 8th, 1933 in Riga.

Died October 30th, 1999 at 66 years old in Roja.

Lyubov Shevtsova

Soviet partisan and heroine of the soviet union.

Born September 8th, 1924 in Izvaryne.

Died February 9th, 1943 at 18 years old in Rovenky (gunshot wound).

Rusudan Goletiani

Georgian-born american chess player.

Born September 8th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Sukhumi.

Rose Chibambo

Malawian politician.

Born September 8th, 1928 in Kafukule, Mzimba District. [ref]

Died January 12th, 2016 at 87 years old in Blantyre (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Ninon Vallin

French singer (1886-1961).

Born September 8th, 1886 in Montalieu-Vercieu.

Died November 22nd, 1961 at 75 years old in Lyon (disease).

Roy van den Berg

Dutch track cyclist.

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

Ida Henrietta Hyde

American physiologist (1857–1945).

Born September 8th, 1857 in Davenport.

Died August 22nd, 1945 at 87 years old in Berkeley.

Patrick Hager

German ice hockey player.

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

Aleksandr Voronsky

Russian writer (1884-1937).

Born September 8th, 1884.

Died August 13th, 1937 at 52 years old in Moscow.

Khamis Al-Dosari

Saudi arabian footballer (1973-2020).

Born September 8th, 1973 in Riyadh.

Died January 7th, 2020 at 46 years old (brain cancer).

Giuseppe Chiappella

Italian footballer (1924-2009).

Born September 8th, 1924 in San Donato Milanese.

Died December 26th, 2009 at 85 years old in Milan. [ref]

José María Campo Serrano

Colombian politician and lawyer (1832-1915).

Born September 8th, 1832 in Santa Marta.

Died February 24th, 1915 at 82 years old in Santa Marta.

Wibke Bruhns

German journalist and news presenter (1938–2019).

Born September 8th, 1938 in Halberstadt.

Died June 20th, 2019 at 80 years old in Hamburg.

Alexis Alexiou

Greek footballer.

Born September 8th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Greece.

Mario Bazina

Croatian footballer.

Born September 8th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Mostar, Široki Brijeg.

Carlos Muñoz

Mexican footballer.

Born September 8th, 1962 (age 63 years) in San Luis Potosí.

Rosemarie Whyte

Athletics competitor.

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

Tamar Iveri

Georgian opera singer.

Born September 8th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Tbilisi. [ref]

Jetse Bol

Dutch racing cyclist.

Born September 8th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Avenhorn.

Elena Arzhakova

Russian distance runner.

Born September 8th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Barnaul.

Alberto Vojtěch Frič

Czech botanist, traveller, ethnographer, photographer and writer (1882–1944).

Born September 8th, 1882 in Prague. [ref]

Died December 4th, 1944 at 62 years old in Libeň (tetanus). [ref]

Sakiko Ikeda

Japanese association football player.

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

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