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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

Nino Niederreiter

Swiss ice hockey player.

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

Ellie Black

Canadian artistic gymnast.

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

Temi Fagbenle

Female british basketball player.

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

Diego Benaglio

Swiss footballer.

Born September 8th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Zurich.

Paul Mazurkiewicz

American drummer.

Born September 8th, 1968 (age 57 years) in Buffalo.

Yassine Benzia

Algerian association football player.

Born September 8th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf.

Fad Gadget

British singer (1956–2002).

Born September 8th, 1956 in London.

Died April 3rd, 2002 at 45 years old in London (myocardial infarction).

Li Ning

Chinese artistic gymnast and entrepreneur (born 1963).

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

Irmfried Eberl

Ss officer, first commandant of treblinka extermination camp (1910–1948).

Born September 8th, 1910 in Bregenz.

Died February 16th, 1948 at 37 years old in Ulm (hanging to death).

Kimberly Peirce

American film director.

Born September 8th, 1967 (age 58 years) in Harrisburg.

Stefan Johansson

Swedish racing driver.

Born September 8th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Växjö.

Alvy Ray Smith

American filmmaker and cartoonist co-founder of pixar (born 1943).

Born September 8th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Mineral Wells.

Sara García

Mexican actress (1892–1980).

Born September 8th, 1895 in Orizaba.

Died November 21st, 1980 at 85 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure).

David R. Ellis

American film director and actor (1952-2013).

Born September 8th, 1952 in Santa Monica.

Died January 7th, 2013 at 60 years old in Johannesburg.

Peter Leko

Hungarian chess player.

Born September 8th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Subotica.

Claude Pepper

American politician (1900–1989).

Born September 8th, 1900 in Dudleyville. [ref]

Died May 30th, 1989 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C. (stomach cancer). [ref]

Luka Sučić

Croatian footballer.

Born September 8th, 2002 (age 23 years) in Linz.

Xie Xingfang

Chinese badminton player.

Born September 8th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Guangzhou. [ref]

Roger Byrne

English footballer (1929–1958).

Born September 8th, 1929 in Gorton.

Died February 6th, 1958 at 28 years old in Munich (aviation accident).

Dimitris Itoudis

Greek professional basketball coach.

Born September 8th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Veria.

Amy Stiller

American actress.

Born September 8th, 1961 (age 64 years) in New York City.

Philip Arthur Fisher

American businessman (1907–2004).

Born September 8th, 1907 in San Francisco.

Died April 11th, 2004 at 96 years old [ref]

Mike Simpson

American politician.

Born September 8th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Burley.

Archie Goodwin

American comic book writer, editor and artist (1937–1998).

Born September 8th, 1937 in Kansas City.

Died March 1st, 1998 at 60 years old in New York City (cancer).

Mario Adorf

German actor and writer (1930–2026).

Born September 8th, 1930 in Zurich.

Died April 8th, 2026 at 95 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

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