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April 8
(Redirected from 8 April)
April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). There are 267 days remaining.
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Events
up to 19th century
20th century
1900s-1940s
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1904 - France and the United Kingdom sign the Entente cordiale.
- 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
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1910 - The Los Angeles Motordome opened near Playa del Rey, California.
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1913 - The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified requiring direct election of Senators.
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1916 - In Corona, California, auto racer Bob Burman crashed through a crowd barrier at the last Boulevard Race , killing himself, his mechanic and a track policeman, and badly injuring five spectators.
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1918 - World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York, New York's financial district.
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1929 - Indian Independence Movement At Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw handouts, and bombs in a corridor not to cause injury and courted arrest.
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1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
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1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet Union forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
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1945 - At the POW camp at Flossenbürg, pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is hanged.
1950s-1980s
1990s
21st century
Births
up to 19th century
20th century
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1911 - Emil Cioran, philosopher and essayist (d. 1995)
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1912 - Sonja Henie, Olympic and World Champion figure skater (d. 1969)
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1918 - Betty Ford, former First Lady of the United States
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1919 - Ian Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia
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1921 - Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003)
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1926 - Jürgen Moltmann, theologian
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1928 - John Gavin, actor
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1929 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000)
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1929 - Jacques Brel, French singer and composer (d. 1978)
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1933 - Fred Ebb, composer
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1938 - Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General
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1940 - John Havlicek, basketball star
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1943 - Miller Farr, American football player
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1944 - Barbara Kingsolver, novelist
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1946 - Catfish Hunter, baseball pitcher
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1949 - John Madden, director
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1954 - Gary Carter, baseball catcher
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1960 - John Schneider, actor
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1963 - Julian Lennon, musician and singer
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1966 - Robin Wright Penn, actress
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1968 - Patricia Arquette, actress
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1977 - Mark Spencer, computer programmer
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1980 - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
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1982 - Judy Star, Censored page
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1984 - Taran Noah Smith , actor
Deaths
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217 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 186)
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956 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy
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1143 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
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1492 - Lorenzo de Medici, Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic (b. 1449)
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1848 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
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1936 - Robert Bárány, Nobel Prize winner in medicine (b. 1876)
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1938 - Joe King Oliver, jazz musician (b. 1885)
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1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer (b. 1890)
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1973 - Pablo Picasso, artist (b. 1881)
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1983 - Omar Bradley, general (b. 1893)
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1990 - Ryan White, AIDS activist (b. 1971)
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1993 - Marian Anderson, singer (b. 1897)
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1996 - Ben Johnson, actor (b. 1918)
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1997 - Laura Nyro, singer, composer (b. 1947)
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2000 - Claire Trevor, actress (b. 1910)
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2002 - Maria Felix, Mexican actress
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2003 - Anita Borg, computer scientist
Holidays and observances
- Worldwide Roma Nation Day
April 7 - April 9 - March 8 - May 8 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 02-07-2005 02:05:47
Last updated: 04-25-2005 03:06:01
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