Born on This Day: Thursday, June 8

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The following folks, for better or worse, were born on this day in history, June 8.

1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1712)

1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)

1717 – John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)

1855 – George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)

1911 – Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)

1933 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)

1945 – Derek Underwood, English cricketer

1957 – Scott Adams, American author and illustrator

1962 – John Gibbons, American baseball player and manager

1970 – Gabrielle Giffords, American businesswoman and politician

1970 – Kwame Kilpatrick, American educator and politician, 68th Mayor of Detroit

1971 – Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer

1978 – Maria Menounos, American television journalist

1979 – Alexei Kozlov, Estonian figure skater

1979 – Pete Orr, Canadian-American baseball player

1981 – Sara Watkins, American singer-songwriter and fiddler

1983 – Coby Karl, American basketball player