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