What happened on June 8 ?

1625 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist (d. 1712)

1671 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)

1717 - John Collins, American politician (d. 1795)

1724 - John Smeaton, English civil engineer (d. 1794)

1743 - Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian adventurer (d. 1795)

1810 - Robert Schumann, German composer (d. 1856)

1847 - Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)

1851 - Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist (d. 1940)

1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)

1903 - Ralph Yarborough, U.S. Senator from Texas (d. 1996)

1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (d. 1987)

1910 - John W. Campbell Jr., writer, publisher, and editor (d. 1971)

1910 - Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (d. 2003)

1916 - Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004)

1917 - Byron White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (d. 2002)

1918 - Robert Preston, American actor (d. 1987)

1921 - LeRoy Neiman, American painter

1921 - Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (d. 1993)

1921 - Suharto, President of Indonesia

1924 - Lyn Nofziger, American political operative (d. 2006)

1925 - Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States

1925 - Eddie Gaedel, American dwarf, made one plate appearance for the St. Louis Browns in 1951 (d. 1961)

1929 - Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor

1930 - Robert Aumann, German-born mathematician, Nobel Prize in Economics

1931 - Dana Wynter, German born actress

1933 - Joan Rivers, American comedian and author

1933 - Millicent Martin, English singer and actress

1936 - James Darren, American actor and singer

1936 - Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, Nobel Prize

1939 - Bernie Casey, American football player and actor

1940 - Nancy Sinatra, American singer

1941 - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer and politician (d. 1981)

1941 - Fuzzy Haskins, American musician (P Funk)

1942 - Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player

1942 - Chuck Negron, American singer (Three Dog Night)

1943 - Colin Baker, British actor

1943 - William Calley, American war criminal

1943 - Willie Davenport, American athlete (d. 2002)

1944 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)

1944 - Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec City

1944 - Boz Scaggs, American singer and songwriter

1945 - James Baird, American architect

1947 - Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1949 - Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist

1950 - Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress

1951 - Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer and guitarist

1951 - Tony Rice, American acoustic guitarist

1955 - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, English inventor of the World Wide Web

1955 - Griffin Dunne, American actor

1955 - Greg Ginn, American guitarist (Black Flag)

1957 - Scott Adams, American cartoonist

1958 - Keenen Ivory Wayans, American comedian, actor, and director

1960 - Mick Hucknall, English singer and songwriter (Simply Red)

1962 - Nick Rhodes, English musician (Duran Duran)

1963 - Keti Garbi, Greek singer

1965 - Kevin Farley, American actor

1965 - Rob Pilatus, member of Milli Vanilli (d. 1998)

1966 - Julianna Margulies, American actress

1969 - Marcos Siega, American director

1969 - David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor

1970 - Kelli Williams, American actress

1971 - Troy Vincent, American football player

1971 - Mark Feuerstein, American actor

1972 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress

1975 - Bryan McCabe, NHL Hockey PLayer

1976 - Lindsay Davenport, American tennis legend

1977 - Kanye West, American rapper

1978 - Maria Menounos, American actress and television host

1981 - Alex Band, American musician (The Calling)

1981 - Sara Watkins, American fiddle player

1981 - Ai Nonaka, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)

1983 - Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player

1983 - Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player

1983 - Lee Harding, Australian punk-rock singer

1984 - Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer

1985 - Alexandre Despatie, French Canadian diver