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April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 267 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. Events By Place Roman Empire April 8 — Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Caracalla ( April 4 188 &ndash April 8, 217) born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. The Praetorian Guard ( Latin: PRÆTORIANI was a special force of Guards used by Roman Emperors Before being appropriated Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: "make in front" i Marcus Opellius Macrinus (ca 165 - June 218 was Roman emperor for fourteen months in 217 and 218
• 1093 - The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin. Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest Cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of Walkelin or Walchelin (died 1098 was the first Norman Bishop of Winchester.
• 1139 - Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated. Roger II ( 22 December 1095 &ndash 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his
• 1149 - Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum. Pope Ptolemy II (also Ptolemaeus or Tolomeo) (d1153 was the Count of Tusculum and Consul of the Romans ( consul Romanorum) from 1126 to
• 1271 - In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Baibars, or al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari ( Arabic ar الملك‭ ‬الظاهر‭ ‬ركن‭ ‬الدين‭ ‬بيبرس‭ ‬البندقداري Krak des Chevaliers (kʁak de ʃəval'je transliterated Crac des Chevaliers, is a Crusader fortress in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval military
• 1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de León declares Florida a territory of Spain. Juan Ponce de León ( IPA: /xwan'ponʒedele'on/ (1460 – July 1521 was a Spanish Conquistador. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1730 - Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated. Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Congregation Shearith Israel, often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is the oldest synagogue in the United States, although its current building dates A synagogue (from Greek: grc συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, "assembly" he בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of The City of New York
• 1767 - Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders. Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The kingdom of Ayutthaya (อาณาจักรอยุธยา was a Thai kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767 Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia.
• 1808 - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore was promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia covers the City and County of Philadelphia as The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston ( Latin: Archidioecesis Bostoniensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville consists of twenty-four counties in Central Kentucky, USA covering 8124 square miles Pope Pius VII, OSB (August 14 1740&mdashAugust 20 1823 born Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, was Pope from March 14 1800 to August
• 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Aphrodite of Milos (Greek "Αφροδίτη της Μήλου" better known as the Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek statue Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Milos (in Greek, Μήλος &mdash not related to the modern word μήλο &ndash milo " Apple "
• 1832 - Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian The Black Hawk War was fought in 1832 in the Midwestern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield - Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Mansfield, also known as the Battle of Sabine Crossroads or Pleasant Grove, on April 8, 1864, in De Soto Parish Louisiana During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Mansfield is a city in and the Parish seat of De Soto Parish, Louisiana, United States.
• 1866 - Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state
• 1886 - William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The First Home Rule Bill (official name Irish Government Bill 1886) was the first major attempt made by a British parliament to The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords
• 1893 - The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA
• 1895 - The Supreme Court of the United States declares income tax to be unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
• 1899 - Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Constitutionality is the status of a law, a procedure or an act's accordance with the laws or guidelines set forth in the applicable Constitution. Pollock v Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, 157 US 429, aff'd on reh'g, 158 U Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Martha M Place (1854 or 1855 – March 20, 1899) was the first woman to die in the Electric chair. Execution by electrocution (usually referred to after its method of implementation as the Electric Chair) is an execution method originating in the United States in which the
• 1904 - The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927 Flag of the United Kingdomsvg|right|70px]] The Entente cordiale is a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom
• 1904 - British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (ˈkroʊli (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947 was a British Occultist Writer, mountaineer Liber AL vel Legis is the central sacred text of Thelema, written by Aleister Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in the year 1904
• 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times. Longacre Square was at the intersection in Midtown Manhattan of 42nd Street, Blooming dale Road and Seventh Avenue. See also Manhattan Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West
• 1908 - Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Harvard Business School ( HBS) is a renowned Business school in the United States
• 1913 - The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Seventeenth Amendment ( Amendment XVII) of the United States Constitution was passed by the Senate on June 12 1911 and by the House on May 13 1912 An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
• 1916 - In Corona, California, racecar driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Corona is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. Bob Burman ( 23 April 1884 Imlay City Michigan &ndash 18 April 1916 Corona California) was an American
• 1918 - World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director War bonds are a type of Savings bond used by combatant nations to help fund a war effort and as a Monetary policy for controlling Inflation from an
• 1929 - Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The term " Indian independence movement " is diffuse incorporating various national and regional campaigns agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Militant Bhagat Singh ( Punjabi: ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ بھگت سنگھ pə̀gət̪ sɪ́ŋg ( September 27, 1907 &ndash March 23, 1931 Batukeshwar Dutt was an Indian Revolutionary in the early 1900s
• 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest New Deal agency employing millions of people The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was passed in April during the " Second Hundred Days " as a part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 's New Deal
• 1940 - World War II: Great Britain and France announce that they have mined Norwegian territorial waters to prevent their use by German supply ships. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers
• 1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade ( Russian: блокада Ленинграда ( transliteration: blokada Leningrada The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River
• 1942 - World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines. The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilities. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by In economics inflation or price inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over a period of time War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units A common carrier is a business that transports people goods or services and offers its services to the general public under license or authority provided by a regulatory body A public utility (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the Infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using
• 1946 - The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1950 - India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• 1952 - U. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike. Steel Mill was one of Bruce Springsteen 's early bands and performed regularly on the Jersey Shore, in Virginia, and also in California from 1969 Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work.
• 1953 - Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jomo Kenyatta ( October 20, 1894 &ndash August 22, 1978) served as the first Prime Minister (1963&ndash1964 and President The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1957 - The Suez Canal in Egypt is reopened. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.
• 1960 - The U. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. Senate approves the Civil Rights Act of 1960 despite Southern senators' marathon filibuster effort. The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local Voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone A filibuster, or "talking out a bill", is a form of obstruction in a Legislature or other decision-making body
• 1968 - BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. BOAC Flight 712 (callsign Speedbird 712) for April 9, 1968 was a Boeing 707 -465 from London Heathrow As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime. Barbara Jane Harrison, GC ( 24 May 1945 &ndash 8 April 1968) was a British Flight attendant. The George Cross ( GC) is the highest Civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1973 - Thirty-two terrorist bombings in Cyprus take place. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía
• 1974 - Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth's record of 714. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5 1934 in Mobile Alabama) nicknamed "Hammer" "Hammerin' Hank” or "Bad Henry” is a retired George Herman Ruth Jr (February 6 1895 &ndash August 16 1948 also popularly known as " Babe " " The Bambino " and " The Sultan of
• 1975 - Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont Texas) is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa
• 1985 - Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The Bhopal disaster was an Industrial disaster that occurred in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, resulting in the immediate deaths India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Union Carbide Corporation ( Union Carbide) is one of the oldest chemical and polymers companies in the United States, currently employing more than 3800 people
• 1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially-charged remarks he had made while on Nightline. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Alexander Sebastian Campanis ( November 2, 1916 - June 21, 1998) was an American executive in Major League Baseball. The term race or racial group usually refers to the concept of categorizing Humans into Populations or groups on the basis of various sets
• 1989 - South Africa: The Democratic Party is formed from the merger of four parties. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa For more about the history of the PFP and the DA since its formation in 2000, see Democratic Alliance.
• 1989 - The two Greek Communist parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Coalition of the Left and Progress in Greece. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology (Συνασπισμός της Αριστεράς των Κινημάτων και της Οικολογίας Synaspismós tīs
• 1990 - New Democracy wins the national election in Greece. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) New Democracy ( ND, Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία Néa Dimokratía) founded in 1974 is the main center-right political party in Greece
• 1992 - Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Arthur Robert Ashe Jr ( July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an African American Tennis player who was born and raised Blood transfusion is the process of transferring Blood or blood-based products from one person into the Circulatory system of another
• 1999 - Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Haryana Gana Parishad (Haryana Popular Association a Political party in Haryana, India. A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Haryana (हरियाणा Punjabi: ਹਰਿਆਣਾ hərɪjaːɳaː is a state in northern India. Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major Political party in India.
• 2000 - Nineteen Marines are killed when an V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Marines (from the English adjective marine, meaning of the sea, from Latin language mare, meaning sea via French adjective WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Marana is a town in Pima County Arizona, located northwest of Tucson, with a small portion in Pinal County.
• 2004 - Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The War in Darfur is a military conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Following the escalation of the Darfur conflict in the Sudan, Chad brokered negotiations in N'Djamena in 2004, leading to the April Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government.
• 2004 - U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 Commission. The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Adviser (abbreviated NSA, or sometimes ANSA Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States 9/11 Commission ReportThe National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002
• 2006 - Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Shedden Massacre involved the killing of eight men whose bodies were found in a farmer's field five kilometres north of Shedden, a hamlet in the Canadian Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang. The Bandidos Motorcycle Club is a " one-percenter " motorcycle gang with a worldwide membership linked to organized crime
• 2008 - Yi So-yeon became the first South Korean to fly in space. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Yi So-yeon (born June 2 1978) is a South Korean Scientist and Ph South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː

Births

• 1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. Peter I ( Portuguese: Pedro, ˈpedɾu 8 April 1320 &ndash 18 January 1367) called the Just (Portuguese 1367)
• 1533 - Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (d. Claudio Merulo (also spelled Merlotti Merulus also Claudio da Correggio 8 April 1533 – 4 May 1604) was an Italian Composer 1604)
• 1541 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. Michele Mercati ( 8 April, 1541 &ndash 25 June, 1593) was a Physician who was superintendent of the Vatican Botanical Garden 1593)
• 1605 - King Philip IV of Spain, (d. Philip IV (es ''Felipe IV'' pt ''Filipe III'' ( 8 April, 1605 &ndash 17 September, 1665) was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665)
• 1641 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. Henry Sydney (or Sidney) 1st Earl of Romney ( 8 April 1641 – 8 April 1704) was born in Paris, a son of 1704)
• 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Giuseppe Tartini (April 8 1692 &ndash February 26 1770 was an Italian Composer and Violinist. 1770)
• 1732 - David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a David Rittenhouse ( April 8, 1732 June 26, 1796) was a renowned American Astronomer, Inventor, Clockmaker 1796)
• 1818 - August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (d. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common August Wilhelm von Hofmann ( April 8, 1818 &ndash May 5, 1892) was a German Chemist. 1892)
• 1818 - King Christian IX of Denmark (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Christian IX ( April 8, 1818 - January 29, 1906) was King of Denmark from November 16, 1863 to January 29 1906)
• 1826 - Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Pancha Carrasco, born Francisca Carrasco Jiménez ( 8 April 1826 – 31 December 1890) was Costa Rica 's first woman 1890)
• 1827 - Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common WikipediaPersondata --> Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán (April 8 1827 &ndash September 16 1898 was a Puerto Rican nationalist 1898)
• 1842 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Elizabeth Bacon Custer ( April 8, 1842 - April 6, 1933) was the wife of General George Armstrong Custer. 1933)
• 1859 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (ˈhʊsɛrl April 8 1859 – April 26 1938) was a philosopher, known as the father of 1938)
• 1865 - Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Charles W Woodworth ( April 28, 1865 &ndash November 19, 1940) was an American entomologist. 1940)
• 1869 - Harvey Cushing, American neuorosurgeon (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Harvey Williams Cushing ( April 8, 1869 - October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of Brain surgery 1939)
• 1871 - Clarence Hudson White American photographer (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Clarence Hudson White ( April 8, 1871 &ndash July 7, 1925) was an American Photographer and a founding member of the 1925)
• 1874 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stanisław Taczak (b 8 April 1874 in Mieszków near Jarotschin (Jarocin – 2 March 1960 in Malbork, 1960)
• 1875 - King Albert I of Belgium (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Albert I (8 April 1875 &ndash 17 February 1934 was the third King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934 1934)
• 1883 - R. P. Keigwin, English academic (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Prescott Keigwin ( 8 April 1883 - 26 November 1972) was an English academic 1972)
• 1888 - Dennis Chavez, American politician (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Dionisio "Dennis" Chavez ( April 8, 1888 - November 18, 1962) was a Democratic politician from the U 1964)
• 1889 - Sir Adrian Boult, British conductor (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Adrian Cedric Boult CH ( 8 April 1889 1983)
• 1892 - Richard Neutra, American architect (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Richard Joseph Neutra ( April 8, 1892 &ndash April 16, 1970) is considered one of Modernism 's most important Architects 1970)
• 1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Pickford ( April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian motion picture 1979)
• 1896 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Edgar Yipsel Harburg ( April 8 1896 – March 4 1981) best known as Yip Harburg, was an American Lyricist 1981)
• 1904 - John Hicks, British economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Sir John Richard Hicks ( April 8, 1904 May 20, 1989) was one of the most important and influential Economists and Religious Inclusivists The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1989)
• 1904 - Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Hirsch Jacobs ( April 8, 1904 - February 23, 1970) was an American Thoroughbred Horse trainer and owner 1970)
• 1905 - Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Helen Joseph ( 8 April 1905 – 25 December 1992) a South African anti- Apartheid Activist, was born in Sussex 1992)
• 1905 - Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Erwin Keller (April 8 1905 &ndash 1971 was a Field hockey player from Germany, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics 1971)
• 1906 - Raoul Jobin, French Canadian tenor (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Raoul Jobin ( April 8, 1906, Quebec City - January 13, 1974, Quebec City) was a French-Canadian operatic 1974)
• 1908 - Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Hugo Fregonese ( April 8, 1908 Mendoza – January 17, 1987) was an Argentine Film director who worked both in 1987)
• 1910 - George Musso, American football player (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting George Francis Musso ( April 8, 1910 in Collinsville Illinois &mdash September 5, 2000 in Edwardsville Illinois was an American 2000)
• 1911 - Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8 1911 - January 8 1997 was an American Chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1997)
• 1911 - Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Emil Cioran ( April 8 1911 – June 20 1995) was a Romanian Philosopher and Essayist. 1995)
• 1912 - Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi
• 1912 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Alois Brunner (born April 8 1912, reports of death contested is an Austrian Nazi War criminal. Sonja Henie ( April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress 1969)
• 1914 - María Félix, Mexican actress (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year María Félix (April 8 1914 - April 8 2002 was a Mexican actress one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico. 2002)
• 1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States
• 1918 - Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Elizabeth Anne Bloomer Warren Ford (born April 8 1918 is the widow of former United States First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. Glendon Fred Swarthout ( April 8 1918, near Pinckney Michigan – September 23 1992, Scottsdale Arizona) was an American 1992)
• 1919 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID ( 8 April 1919 &ndash 20 November 2007) served as the Prime Minister of the British The Prime Minister of Rhodesia (until 1964 Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia was the Head of government in the Colony of Rhodesia. 2007)
• 1920 - Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Carmen Mercedes McRae ( April 8, 1920 &ndash November 10, 1994) was an American Jazz Singer, Composer 1994)
• 1921 - Alfie Bass, English actor (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Alfred Bass (born Abraham Basalinksy; 8 April 1921 &ndash 15 July 1987 was an English Actor. 1987)
• 1921 - Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Franco Corelli (8 April 1921 – 29 October 2003 was an Italian Tenor active in Opera from 1951 to 1976 2003)
• 1921 - Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Jan Novák (1921&ndash1984 was a popular Czech Composer of Classical music. 1984)
• 1923 - George Fisher, American cartoonist (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Fisher ( 8 April 1923 – 15 December 2003) was an acclaimed American political Cartoonist. 2003)
• 1923 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Mulhare ( 8 April, 1923 - 24 May, 1997) was an Irish popular television leading man from 1956 to 1995 1997)
• 1924 - Frédéric Back, German-born Canadian short film director and screenwriter
• 1924 - Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English soldier and historian (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frédéric Back (born April 8, 1924) is an award-winning Canadian Animator. General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC (8 April 1924 &ndash 11 March 2006 affectionately known as 2006)
• 1926 - Henry N. Cobb, American architect
• 1926 - Shecky Greene, American comedian
• 1926 - Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian
• 1928 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry N Cobb (born April 8, 1926 in Boston Massachusetts) is an American Architect and founding partner with I Shecky Greene (born Sheldon Greenfield, April 8, 1926) is a comedian known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, where he has been a Jürgen Moltmann (born April 8, 1926) is a German Protestant theologian. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leah Rabin (לאה רבין née Schlossberg April 8, 1928 – November 12 2000) was the wife of Israeli Prime The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead 2000)
• 1928 - Monty Sunshine, English jazz clarinetist
• 1929 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Monty Sunshine (born 8 April 1928, in Stepney, East London) is a former Clarinetist whose main claim to fame was on "Petite Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walter Berry ( April 8, 1929 &ndash October 27, 2000) was an Austrian Bass-baritone. 2000)
• 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Romain Georges Brel (ʒak bʀɛl in French (8 April 1929 &ndash 9 October 1978 was a Belgian Singer-songwriter. 1978)
• 1929 - Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Renzo De Felice ( 8 April 1929 - 25 May 1996) was one of the most important Italian historians of Fascism. 1996)
• 1930 - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma
• 1931 - John Gavin, American actor and politician
• 1933 - Fred Ebb, American composer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Hugo Duke of Parma and Piacenza (born April 8, 1930 in Paris, France) is the current titular Duke of Parma and the head Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Gavin (born John Anthony Golenor Pablos on April 8, 1931 in Los Angeles California) is an American Film Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fred Ebb ( April 8 1933 &mdash September 11 2004) was a Musical theatre lyricist 2004)
• 1934 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( April 8, 1934 &ndash October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement. 2007)
• 1935 - Albert Bustamante, American politician
• 1937 - Seymour Hersh, American journalist
• 1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General
• 1940 - John Havlicek, American basketball player
• 1941 - Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-born American actress
• 1941 - Peggy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
• 1941 - Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
• 1942 - Roger Chapman, British rock singer (Family, Streetwalkers)
• 1942 - Douglas Trumbull, American film director
• 1943 - Tony Banks, British politician (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Garza Bustamante (born April 8, 1935) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Seymour (Sy Myron Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American Pulitzer Prize winning investigative Journalist and Author Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John J Havlicek (born April 8 1940 in Martins Ferry Ohio) is a retired American professional Basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Darlene Faye Gillespie (born April 8, 1941) is a former Child actor. The Lennon Sisters were a singing group consisting of four siblings Dianne (born December 1, 1939) Peggy (born April 8, The Lennon Sisters were a singing group consisting of four siblings Dianne (born December 1, 1939) Peggy (born April 8, Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI, (born 8 April, 1941) is an English Fashion designer largely responsible for bringing Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Chapman (born Roger Maxwell Chapman on This article is about the British rock band For other uses see Family (disambiguation. Streetwalkers were an English rock band of the mid-1970s led by two former members of Family, vocalist Roger Chapman and guitarist John "Charlie" Douglas Trumbull (born April 8, 1942, Los Angeles) is an American Film director and Special effects supervisor Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Louis Banks Baron Stratford ( 8 April 1943 &ndash 8 January 2006) known as Tony Banks, was a British politician 2006)
• 1943 - Michael Bennett, American dancer/choreographer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Bennett ( April 8, 1943 - July 2, 1987) was an American Musical theater director, Writer 1987)
• 1943 - Miller Farr, American football player
• 1944 - Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor
• 1944 - Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
• 1945 - Derrick Walker, British racing team owner
• 1946 - Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Miller Farr Jr (born April 8, 1943 in Beaumont Texas) was an American football Cornerback who played for ten seasons in the Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hywel Thomas Bennett (born 8 April 1944 is a Welsh Actor. Bennett was born in Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales, the son of Odd Nerdrum (born April 8 1944) in Sweden is a Norwegian figurative painter Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar For the football player of the same name see Derrick Walker (football player. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter ( April 8, 1946 – September 9, 1999) was a Major League Baseball right-handed Starting 1999)
• 1946 - Stuart Pankin, American actor
• 1946 - Tim Thomerson, American actor
• 1947 - Tom DeLay, American politician
• 1947 - Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR)
• 1947 - Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
• 1947 - Larry Norman, American singer/songwriter
• 1948 - Michael Leshner, Canadian lawyer and gay rights advocate
• 1949 - John Madden, English film director
• 1949 - Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
• 1950 - Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer
• 1954 - G.V. Loganathan, American professor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Stuart Pankin (born April 8, 1946) is an American film and television actor Joseph Timothy "Tim" Thomerson (born April 8, 1946) is an American Actor and Comedian. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8 1947 is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas. Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is an English Guitarist Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. GTR was a supergroup founded in 1986 by ex- Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born April 8 1947 is an Investor, Businessman, Self-help Author and Motivational speaker. Larry David Norman ( April 8 1947 &ndash February 24 2008) was an American musician singer songwriter and producer Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Michaels is a public name used to refer to the duo of Michael Stark and Michael Leshner. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Philip Madden (born April 8 1949) is an English director of theatre, Film, Television, and Radio. Brenda Russell (born April 8 1949 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American Singer-songwriter and Keyboardist Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grzegorz Lato (born April 8, 1950 in Malbork, Poland) is a former Polish football Striker, the all-time cap leader Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Gobichettypalayam Vasudevan Loganathan, known as Prof G V Loganathan ( April 8 1954 – April 16 2007) was an Indian born 2007)
• 1954 - Gary Carter, American baseball player
• 1955 - Ricky Bell, American football player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Gary Edmund Carter (born April 8 1954 nicknamed "Kid" or "Kid Carter" was a Major League Baseball Catcher from 1974-1992 Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Ricky Lynn Bell ( April 8, 1955 - November 28, 1984) younger brother of recording artist Archie Bell, was a former American 1984)
• 1955 - Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
• 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
• 1955 - David Wu, Taiwanese-born American politician
• 1956 - Christine Boisson, French actress
• 1956 - Jim Piddock, English actor, writer and producer
• 1957 - Fred Smerlas, American football player
• 1960 - John Schneider, American actor
• 1961 - Richard Hatch, American reality television personality
• 1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
• 1963 - Julian Lennon, English musician and singer
• 1963 - Terry Porter, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 - Alec Stewart, English cricketer
• 1963 - Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955) is an American Actor and stuntman. Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American Writer. David Wu ( born April 8, 1955) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Oregon, representing Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christine Boisson (born 8 April 1956 in Salon de Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône) is French Actress. James Anthony Piddock (born April 8, 1956) is an English actor writer and producer who began his career on the stage in England before emigrating to Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Frederic Charles Smerlas (born April 8, 1957 in Waltham, Massachusetts) was an American football Defensive lineman who Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Richard Schneider (born April 8, 1954) is an American Actor and Singer. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Hatch (born April 8, 1961) is the winner of the first American Survivor series which aired in 2000 and was set in Borneo. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Dean Isbell (born April 8 1962) more widely known by his stage name Izzy Stradlin, is an American Musician, best known Guns N' Roses is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) known universally as Julian Lennon, or by many fans Jude, is an English Terry Porter (born April 8 1963 in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is a retired American professional Basketball player and the current head coach of the NBA Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963 in Merton, Greater London) is a retired English Cricketer a right-handed Batsman - Wicketkeeper Seth Tobias ( April 8 1963 &ndash September 4 2007) was an American Hedge fund manager and financial commentator who made 2007)
• 1964 - Lisa Guerrero, American sports broadcaster
• 1964 - Biz Markie, American rapper/disc jockey
• 1964 - John McGinlay, Scottish footballer
• 1965 - Michael Niko Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1966 - Mark Blundell, British racing driver
• 1966 - Mazinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1966 - Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
• 1966 - Robin Wright Penn, American actress
• 1967 - Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor
• 1968 - Patricia Arquette, American actress
• 1968 - Patricia Girard-Léno, French athlete (100 m hurdles)
• 1968 - Tracy Grammer, American folk singer
• 1972 - Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot)
• 1973 - Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer
• 1973 - Emma Caulfield, American actress
• 1973 - Alex S. Gonzalez, American baseball player
• 1974 - Chino XL, American rapper
• 1974 - Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist
• 1974 - Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Nigerian American writer
• 1975 - Anouk, Dutch singer
• 1975 - Timo Pérez, Dominican baseball player
• 1977 - Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Lisa Coles Guerrero (born April 8, 1964) is an American sports broadcaster, Actress, host and model. Marcel Theo Hall (born April 8 1964 in Harlem New York) better known by his Stage name Biz Markie, is a Rapper, DJ, and Comedian John McGinlay (born 8 April 1964, Inverness, Scotland) is a former Scottish footballer who is perhaps best known for his spell at Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Michael Niko Jones (born 8 April 1965 in Auckland, New Zealand is a former Rugby union player and coach Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Mark Blundell (born Barnet, Hertfordshire, April 8, 1966) is a former Formula One, Sports car, and CART racing Mazinho, real name Iomar do Nascimento, (born April 8, 1966 in Santa Rita) was a football player from Brazil. Bobby Ologun (born Alaji Karim Ologun on April 8, 1966) is a Nigerian born TV personality Gaikokujin tarento in Japan, Robin Gayle Wright Penn (born April 8, 1966) is an American film Actress. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Arwyn Davies (born 8 April 1967) is a Welsh actor best known for playing the character of Mark Jones in the Welsh soap Pobol Y Cwm since 1993 Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patricia T Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. Patricia Girard-Léno (born April 8, 1968 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France) is a French athlete who competed This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Tracy Grammer is an American folk singer known for her work as half of the folk duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer and for the solo career that she has continued Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Dedrick Gray (born April 8, 1972) also known by his number #2, is an American Musician known as the Bassist Slipknot is an American band from Des Moines Iowa. Slipknot consists of nine members the current band members are Sid Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Khaled Badra (خالد بدرة born April 8 1973 in Kairouan) is a Tunisian footballer, who recently retired from international football Emma Caulfield (born April 8, 1973) is an American actress known for her role as ex-demon Anya on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Alexander Scott Gonzalez (born April 8, 1973 in Miami, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball Shortstop and Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Derek Keith Barbosa (born April 8, 1974) known as Chino XL, is an American Hip Hop lyricist battle rapper, and actor Holger Hott, formerly Holger Hott Johansen, (born 8 April 1974) is a Norwegian Orienteering competitor who has won two individual long distance Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (full name Nnedimma Nkemdili Okorafor-Mbachu) is an African-American writer of Fantasy and Speculative fiction. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anouk Stotijn-Teeuwe (born April 8, 1975) is a Dutch Singer. Since 1997 she has released seven pop - rock Albums Timoniel M "Timo" Pérez (born April 8, 1975 in Baní, Dominican Republic) is a professional Baseball Outfielder Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Mehran Ghassemi, ( ( April 8 1977 &ndash January 9 2008) was an Iranian journalist 2008)
• 1977 - Mark Spencer, American computer programmer
• 1978 - Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
• 1978 - Bernt Haas, Swiss footballer
• 1979 - Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player
• 1979 - Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Kylähullut)
• 1980 - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
• 1980 - Katee Sackhoff, American actress
• 1981 - Brian Burres, American baseball player
• 1981 - Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
• 1982 - Judy Star, Canadian porn star
• 1983 - Allu Arjun, Indian film actor
• 1983 - Adrian Bellani, American actor
• 1984 - Júlia Liptáková, Slovakian model
• 1984 - Taran Noah Smith, American actor
• 1984 - Kirsten Storms, American actress
• 1986 - Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
• 1986 - Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1986 - Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer
• 1987 - Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
• 1989 - Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer
• 1992 - Shelby Young, American actress
• 1993 - Trent Sullivan, Australian Actor

Deaths

• 217 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Mark Spencer (born April 8, 1977) is a computer engineer and is the original author of the GTK+ -based instant messaging client Gaim (which has Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera (born April 8, 1977 in Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican Telenovela and Hollywood Actress Bernt Haas (born April 8, 1978 in Vienna, Austria) is a Swiss Football (soccer defender who plays for Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Jeremy Shane Guthrie (born April 8, 1979 in Roseburg Oregon) is a Right-handed Starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho (Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho (Born April 8 1979 is the composer and lead Guitarist for the bands Children of Bodom (where he Children of Bodom is a Finnish Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland formed in 1993 Sinergy is a Finnish Power metal cover supergroup formed in an effort to present a "balls-out female-fronted metal band" to the world by American Kylähullut is a Finnish Punk rock band consisting of Alexi Laiho ( Children of Bodom) Tonmi Lillman (ex- To/Die/For) and Vesku Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the Austrian singer For the settlement in Emberá Comarca, Panama, see Manuel Ortega Emberá Kathryn Ann "Katee" Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress known for playing Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Brian Burres (born April 8, 1981 in Oregon City Oregon) is a left-handed Starting pitcher who plays for the Baltimore Orioles Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and model Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Judy Star, born April 8, 1982, is a Canadian Pornographic actress and escort. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Allu Arjun. Early life He was born to Allu Aravind, a Telugu film producer Adrian Bellani (born Gerardo Celasco on April 8 1982 in Miami, Florida) is an American Actor. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Júlia Liptáková (born April 8 1984, Nová Dubnica, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia) is a Slovak model. Taran Noah Smith (born April 8, 1984) is an American Actor. He is most notably known for his portrayal of Marcus "Mark" Kirsten Renee Storms (born April 8 1984 in Orlando Florida) is an American actress best known for her role as Isabella "Belle" Black Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev (Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев (born on April 8, 1986 in Vidnoye) is a Russian Football Félix Abraham Hernández (born April 8, 1986 in Valencia Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher for the is a Japanese actress, model, and Musician Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Royston Ricky Drenthe (born April 8 1987) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) is a J-Rock / J-pop singer from Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. After being selected as finalist in the Sony Music SD audition which contained about 20000 Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Shelby Young (born April 8 1992) is an American actress. Young was born in Florida, lived for a time in New York City Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Trent Sullivan (born April 8, 1993) is an Australian movie and television actor Events By Place Roman Empire April 8 — Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard Caracalla ( April 4 188 &ndash April 8, 217) born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 186)
• 956 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy
• 1143 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. For the processor see Intel 80186. Events By place Roman Empire Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax This article is about the year For information on the car see Porsche 956 Events Births Deaths April 8 — Gilbert Gilbert of Chalon or Giselbert (died April 8 956) was Duke of Burgundy between 952 and 956 Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which John II Komnenos or Comnenus ( Iōannēs II Komnēnos) ( September 13, 1087 &ndash April 8, 1143) was Byzantine This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians 1087)
• 1364 - King John II of France (b. John II (16 April 1319 &ndash 8 April 1364 called John the Good (Jean le Bon was Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Duke of Normandy 1319)
• 1461 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. Georg von Peuerbach (also Purbach, Peurbach, Purbachius, his real Surname is unknown (born May 30, 1423 in Peuerbach 1423)
• 1586 - Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. Martin Chemnitz ( November 9 1522 &ndash April 8 1586) was an eminent second-generation Lutheran theologian, reformer 1522)
• 1587 - John Foxe, English writer (b. John Foxe (1517 &ndash April 18, 1587) martyrologist is remembered as the author of what is popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs 1516)
• 1691 - Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. Carlo Rainaldi ( 4 May 1611 – 8 February 1691) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period 1611)
• 1697 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. Niels Juel ( 8 May 1629 - 8 April 1697) was a Dano-Norwegian Admiral. 1629)
• 1704 - Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Hiob Ludolf (or Job Leutholf) ( June 15, 1624 - April 8, 1704) was a German Orientalist, and born at Erfurt 1624)
• 1704 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (b. Henry Sydney (or Sidney) 1st Earl of Romney ( 8 April 1641 – 8 April 1704) was born in Paris, a son of 1641)
• 1725 - John Wise, English clergyman (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Wise ( August 15, 1652 &ndash April 8, 1725) was a Congregationalist Reverend and political leader in Massachusetts 1652)
• 1735 - Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (b. Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ferenc (Francis II Rákóczi ( March 27, 1676 – April 8, 1735) was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs March 27, 1676)
• 1848 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. 1797)
• 1857 - Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier
• 1861 - Elisha Otis, American elevator builder (b. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Mangal Pandey (c July 19 1827 &ndash 8 April 1857) (Hindi मंगल पांडे was a Sepoy (soldier in the 34th Regiment Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Elisha Graves Otis ( August 3 1811 &mdash April 8 1861) son of Stephen Otis Jr 1811)
• 1870 - Charles de Bériot, Belgian composer (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Auguste de Bériot ( February 20, 1802 - April 8, 1870) was a Belgian Violinist. 1802)
• 1919 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Baron Loránd von Eötvös, more commonly called Baron Roland von Eötvös in the English literature (in Hungarian Vásárosnaményi Báró Eötvös Loránd, or 1848)
• 1920 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Charles Tomlinson Griffes ( Elmira New York, September 17 1884 &ndash New York City, April 8 1920) was an American 1884)
• 1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erik Axel Karlfeldt ( July 20, 1864 — April 8, 1931) was a Swedish Poet whose highly symbolist Poetry masquerading The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1864)
• 1936 - Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Bárány ( April 22, 1876 &ndash April 8, 1936) was an Hungarian-Jewish Physician. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1876)
• 1942 - Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kostas Skarvelis (Greek Κώστας Σκαρβέλης ( Constantinople, Ottoman Empire 1880 - Athens, Greece April 8, 1942 1880)
• 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nijinsky redirects here For other uses of the name see Nijinsky (disambiguation. 1890)
• 1965 - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Lars Hanson ( July 26, 1886 - April 8, 1965) was a highly successful Swedish film and stage Actor mostly remembered for 1886)
• 1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist and sculptor (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (October 25 1881 &ndash April 8 1973 1881)
• 1974 - James Charles McGuigan, Catholic archbishop of Toronto (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. James Charles Cardinal McGuigan ( November 26, 1894 &mdash April 8, 1974) was a Canadian Prelate of the Roman Catholic 1894)
• 1978 - Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Ford Christopher Frick ( December 19, 1894 – April 8, 1978) was an American Sportswriter and executive who served 1894)
• 1981 - Omar Bradley, U. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Omar Nelson Bradley KCB ( February 12, 1893 &ndash April 8, 1981) was one of the main U S. general (b. 1893)
• 1984 - Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa ( Russian Пётр Леонидович Капица ( July 9, 1894 &ndash April 8, 1984) was an innovative The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1894)
• 1985 - J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) John Frederick Coots ( May 2, 1897 - April 8, 1985) was an American Songwriter. 1897)
• 1986 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Yukiko Okada (岡田有希子 Okada Yukiko) ( August 22, 1967 – April 8, 1986 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture) 1967)
• 1990 - Ryan White, American AIDS activist (b. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Ryan Wayne White (December 6 1971 – April 8 1990 was an American teenager from Kokomo Indiana who became a national Poster child for HIV 1971)
• 1991 - Dead (musician), Swedish metal singer (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Per Yngve Ohlin ( January 16 1969 – April 8 1991) better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish Black 1969)
• 1992 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Bovet ( March 23, 1907 &ndash April 8, 1992) was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1907)
• 1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Marian Anderson (February 27 1897 – April 8 1993 was an American 1897)
• 1994 - François Rozet, French Canadian actor (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) François Rozet (1899 &ndash 8 April 1994) was a French Canadian Actor. 1899)
• 1996 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) George Washington Jenkins ( September 29, 1907 &ndash April 8, 1996) was an American businessman and founder of Publix Super Markets 1907)
• 1996 - Ben Johnson, American actor (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ben "Son" Johnson Jr ( June 13 1918 – April 8 1996) was an American motion picture Actor, mainly 1918)
• 1996 - León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common León Klimovsky ( 16 October, 1906 &ndash 8 April 1996) was an Argentine Film director. 1906)
• 1997 - Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) ( October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American Composer, Lyricist 1947)
• 2000 - Claire Trevor, American actress (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Claire Trevor ( March 8, 1910 - April 8, 2000) was an Academy Award -winning American actress 1910)
• 2002 - María Félix, Mexican actress (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. María Félix (April 8 1914 - April 8 2002 was a Mexican actress one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico. 1914)
• 2004 - Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Enda Colleran (May 1942 - April 8, 2004) was a famous Irish sports person who played Gaelic football for Mountbellew and County Galway 1941)
• 2005 - Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Thomas "Eddie" Miksis played Major League Baseball. 1926)
• 2005 - Onna White, Canadian choreographer (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Onna White ( March 24, 1922 &ndash April 8, 2005) was a Canadian Choreographer and Dancer nominated for eight 1924)
• 2006 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (born December 14, 1923 in Amsterdam, Netherlands &ndash died April 8, 2006 in Zulte 1923)
• 2007 - Carey W. Barber, a member of Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Carey W Barber ( July 4 1905 &ndash April 8 2007) was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses from 1977 until his death The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses is a body of elders who oversee all the activities of the denomination 1905)
• 2007 - Sol LeWitt, American artist (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sol LeWitt ( September 9, 1928 - April 8, 2007) was 1928)
• 2008 - Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Timothy Wentworth Beaumont Baron Beaumont of Whitley ( 22 November 1928 - 8 April 2008) was a United Kingdom politician and an Timothy Wentworth Beaumont Baron Beaumont of Whitley ( 22 November 1928 - 8 April 2008) was a United Kingdom politician and an 1928)
• 2008 - John Button, Australian politician (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Norman Button ( June 30, 1933 &ndash April 8, 2008) was an Australian politician who served as a senior minister in the 1933)
• 2008 - Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanley Kamel ( January 1, 1943 - April 8 2008) was an American television Actor best known for his role on the 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Buddha's Birthday in Japan
• Saint Walter of Pontoise (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article deals with the East Asian holiday See also For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Saint Walter of Pontoise (Saint Gautier Gaultier Gaucher (ca 1030&ndashca 1099)
• Saint Constance
• Saint Julie Billiart of Namur (d. Constantina (also named Constantia and Constantiana; b after 307/before 317 - d Saint Julie Billiart (also Julia) foundress and first Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, was born July 1816). Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
• International Day of the Roma

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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The International Day of the Roma ( April 8) is a day to celebrate Roma culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Roma people.

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