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What happend on 8. April in History
In our data base we found 344 events happened on 8. April:
• 217: Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 188) [category: Deaths]
• 217: Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. [category: Events]
• 876: The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. [category: Events]
• 956: Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy [category: Deaths]
• 1093: The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin. [category: Events]
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• 1139: Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated. [category: Events]
• 1143: John II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087) [category: Deaths]
• 1149: Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum. [category: Events]
• 1271: In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers. [category: Events]
• 1320: Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) [category: Births]
• 1336: Timur, Asian-Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) [category: Births]
• 1364: King John II of France (b. 1319) [category: Deaths]
• 1450: Sejong the Great, king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (b. 1397) [category: Deaths]
• 1461: Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) [category: Deaths]
• 1533: Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (d. 1604) [category: Births]
• 1541: Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) [category: Births]
• 1586: Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1587: John Foxe, English writer (b. 1516) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: Philip IV of Spain, (d. 1665) [category: Births]
• 1612: Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (b. 1575) [category: Deaths]
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• 1641: Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704) [category: Births]
• 1691: Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
• 1692: Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770) [category: Births]
• 1697: Niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. 1629) [category: Deaths]
• 1704: Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (b. 1641) [category: Deaths]
• 1704: Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624) [category: Deaths]
• 1725: John Wise, English clergyman (b. 1652) [category: Deaths]
• 1730: Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated. [category: Events]
• 1732: David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1735: Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian aristocrat, leader of the Hungarian uprising (b. 1676) [category: Deaths]
• 1740: War of Jenkin's Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa. [category: Events]
• 1761: Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, French priest, founder of the Society of Mary (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1767: Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders. [category: Events]
• 1770: John Campbell, Australian public servant and politician (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1808: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII. [category: Events]
• 1818: August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1818: Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1820: The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos. [category: Events]
• 1826: Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier, first woman in the military (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1827: Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, doctor and diplomat (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1832: Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans. [category: Events]
• 1842: Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1848: Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1861: Elisha Otis, American industrialist, founder of the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Carlos Deltour, French rower (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana. [category: Events]
• 1865: Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1866: Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire. [category: Events]
• 1869: Harvey Cushing, American neurosurgeon (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1870: John Paine, American shooter (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1870: Charles de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: Clarence Hudson White American photographer (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1874: Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1874: Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1875: Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1883: R. P. Keigwin, English academic (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1885: Dimitrios Levidis, Greek composer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1886: William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. [category: Events]
• 1888: Dennis Chavez, American politician (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1889: Adrian Boult, British conductor (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1892: Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1892: Richard Neutra, American architect (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1893: The first recorded college basketball game occurs at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1895: In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional. [category: Events]
• 1896: Yip Harburg, American lyricist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1902: Andrew Irvine, British mountaineer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1902: Maria Maksakova, Sr., Soviet opera singer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1904: Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer and owner (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1904: John Hicks, British economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1904: British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law. [category: Events]
• 1904: Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times. [category: Events]
• 1904: The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale. [category: Events]
• 1905: Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1905: Helen Joseph, South African activist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1906: Raoul Jobin, French-Canadian tenor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1906: Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies. [category: Events]
• 1908: Hugo Fregonese, Argentine director (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1908: Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School. [category: Events]
• 1909: John Fante, American novelist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1910: George Musso, American football player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1911: Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1911: Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1911: Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity. [category: Events]
• 1912: Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann's assistant (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1912: Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1913: The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law. [category: Events]
• 1914: María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1916: In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three, and badly injuring five, spectators. [category: Events]
• 1917: Hubertus Ernst, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church [category: Births]
• 1918: Betty Ford, American First Lady and founder of the Betty Ford Center (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1918: Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district. [category: Events]
• 1919: Ian Smith, Zimbabwean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1919: Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Carmen McRae, American singer, composer, pianist, and actress (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1920: Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1923: Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1923: George Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1924: Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English soldier and historian (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1925: Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Henry N. Cobb, American architect, co-founder of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners [category: Births]
• 1926: Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian [category: Births]
• 1926: Shecky Greene, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1926: Shirley Mills, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1927: Tilly Armstrong, British novelist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1928: Leah Rabin, Israeli widow of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin(d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1928: Monty Sunshine, English jazz clarinetist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1929: Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1929: Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1929: Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1929: Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest. [category: Events]
• 1930: Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: John Gavin, American actor and politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Iskandar of Johor, Malaysian leader, 24th Sultan of Johor and the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1933: Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1935: Albert Bustamante, American politician [category: Births]
• 1935: Oscar Zeta Acosta, American attorney, politician, and Chicano Movement activist (d. 1974?) [category: Births]
• 1935: The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law. [category: Events]
• 1936: Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Seymour Hersh, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1938: John Hamm, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, 7th United Nations Secretary General [category: Births]
• 1939: Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1940: John Havlicek, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1941: Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-American actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer and businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1942: Douglas Trumbull, American director [category: Births]
• 1942: Roger Chapman, British singer (Family and Streetwalkers) [category: Births]
• 1942: Kostas Skarvelis, Greek composer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: Siege of Leningrad – Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1943: Jack O'Halloran, American actor and boxer [category: Births]
• 1943: Michael Bennett, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1943: Miller Farr, American football player [category: Births]
• 1943: Tony Banks, British politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 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 by common carriers and public utilities. [category: Events]
• 1944: Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter [category: Births]
• 1945: Derrick Walker, British racing team owner [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis. [category: Events]
• 1946: Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1946: Stuart Pankin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Tim Thomerson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held. [category: Events]
• 1946: Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors. [category: Events]
• 1947: Larry Norman, American singer, songwriter, and producer (People!) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1947: Pascal Lamy, French political advisor, and businessman, 8th Director-General of the World Trade Organization [category: Births]
• 1947: Robert Kiyosaki, American investor [category: Births]
• 1947: Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, and GTR) [category: Births]
• 1947: Tom DeLay, American politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian rifle shooter (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Michael Leshner, Canadian lawyer and gay rights advocate [category: Births]
• 1949: Brenda Russell, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist [category: Births]
• 1949: John Madden, English director [category: Births]
• 1950: Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish ballet dancer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact. [category: Events]
• 1951: Geir Haarde, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland [category: Births]
• 1951: Gerd Andres, German politician [category: Births]
• 1952: U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike. [category: Events]
• 1953: Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers. [category: Events]
• 1954: G.V. Loganathan, Indian-American professor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1954: Gary Carter, American baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1954: Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1954: A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collided with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people. [category: Events]
• 1954: South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people. [category: Events]
• 1955: Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1955: David Wu, Taiwanese-American politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer [category: Births]
• 1955: Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman [category: Births]
• 1955: Ricky Bell, American football player (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1955: Ron Johnson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Christine Boisson, French actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Jim Piddock, English actor, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1956: Justin Sullivan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (New Model Army) [category: Births]
• 1956: Roman Dragoun, Czech musician, member of Progres 2 [category: Births]
• 1957: Fred Smerlas, American football player [category: Births]
• 1958: Detlef Bruckhoff, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Maarten Ducrot, Dutch bicycle racer and reporter [category: Births]
• 1958: Ethel Turner, Australian author (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL. [category: Events]
• 1959: The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank. [category: Events]
• 1960: Daniël Dekker, Dutch radio host [category: Births]
• 1960: John Schneider, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung. [category: Events]
• 1961: Richard Hatch, American corporate trainer and winner of Survivor: Borneo [category: Births]
• 1961: Élise Guilbault, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1961: A large explosion on board the MV Dara in the Persian Gulf kills 238. [category: Events]
• 1962: Evan Davis, British journalist and economist [category: Births]
• 1962: Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses and Hollywood Rose) [category: Births]
• 1962: Paddy Lowe, British engineer [category: Births]
• 1962: Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Alec Stewart, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1963: Donita Sparks, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (L7) [category: Births]
• 1963: Julian Lennon, English singer songwriter, actor, and photographer [category: Births]
• 1963: Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1963: Terry Porter, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1964: Biz Markie, American rapper and actor (Juice Crew) [category: Births]
• 1964: John McGinlay, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Lisa Guerrero, American sports broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1965: Michael Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach [category: Births]
• 1965: Steven Blaney, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Bobby Ologun, Nigerian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1966: Dalton Grant, British high jumper [category: Births]
• 1966: Evripidis Stylianidis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Mark Blundell, British race car driver [category: Births]
• 1966: Mazinho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Robin Wright, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Patricia Arquette, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Patricia Girard-Léno, French athlete [category: Births]
• 1968: Tracy Grammer, American singer (Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer) [category: Births]
• 1968: Barbara Jane Harrison, British air stewardess (b.1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. 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. [category: Events]
• 1970: Bahr el-Baqar incident: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. 46 children are killed. [category: Events]
• 1972: Paul Gray, American bassist and songwriter (Slipknot and Unida) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1972: Sergei Magnitsky, Russian lawyer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1973: Alex S. Gonzalez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Emma Caulfield, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist and sculptor (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Chino XL, American rapper and actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist [category: Births]
• 1974: Nayden Todorov, Bulgarian conductor [category: Births]
• 1974: Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian-American writer [category: Births]
• 1974: James Charles McGuigan, Canadian archbishop (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record. [category: Events]
• 1975: Anouk, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Francesco Flachi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Timo Pérez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager. [category: Events]
• 1977: Mark Spencer, American computer programmer [category: Births]
• 1977: Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1978: Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Bernt Haas, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jocelyn Robichaud, Canadian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer and guitarist (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, and Kylähullut) [category: Births]
• 1979: Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Tom Kurzanski, American comic artist [category: Births]
• 1980: Ben Freeman, English actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Justin Smith, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Katee Sackhoff, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Brian Burres, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1981: Lito Sheppard, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Ofer Shechter, Israeli actor and model [category: Births]
• 1981: Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model [category: Births]
• 1981: Timo Boll, German table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Adrian Bellani, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Keegan DeWitt, American composer, singer-songwriter, and actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Adrian Bellani, American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Allu Arjun, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Eric Patterson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Pablo Portillo, Mexican singer and actor (MDO) [category: Births]
• 1984: Ezra Koenig, American singer (Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors) [category: Births]
• 1984: Júlia Liptáková, Slovak model [category: Births]
• 1984: Kirsten Storms, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Taran Noah Smith, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000. [category: Events]
• 1986: Bridget Kelly, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1986: Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer, actress, and model (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Jeremy Hellickson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Karina Kay, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Tony Black, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline. [category: Events]
• 1988: Jenni Asserholt, Swedish hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Kim Myung-Sung, Korean baseball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Philip Dowling, English actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Stephanie Cayo, Peruvian actress, singer, and model [category: Births]
• 1989: Alex Day, British musician (Chameleon Circuit) [category: Births]
• 1989: Alex DeLeon, American singer (The Cab) [category: Births]
• 1989: Gabriella Wilde, English actress and model [category: Births]
• 1989: Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Jonghyun, Korean singer, songwriter, and dancer (Shinee and SM The Ballad) [category: Births]
• 1990: Ryan White, American AIDS activist (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Melanie Ríos, Colombian pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Minami Takahashi, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and no3b) [category: Births]
• 1991: Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin, Swedish singer and musician (Mayhem and Morbid) (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Shelby Young, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Daniel Bovet, Swiss pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries. [category: Events]
• 1993: Trent Sullivan, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1993: Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1994: François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Ben Johnson, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: George W. Jenkins, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of Publix Super Markets (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: León Klimovsky, Argentine director (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Laura Nyro, American singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Ty Panitz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1999: Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress. [category: Events]
• 2000: Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Skai Jackson, American actress [category: Births]
• 2002: María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups. [category: Events]
• 2005: Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Onna White, Canadian choreographer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. [category: Events]
• 2006: Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang. [category: Events]
• 2007: Sol LeWitt, American artist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: John Button, Australian politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain. [category: Events]
• 2009: Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jack Agnew, Irish-American Army Private (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Malcolm McLaren, British music manager (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Hedda Sterne, Romanian-born American artist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bram Bart, Dutch voice actor, known as the Dutch Bob the Builder [category: Deaths]
• _: April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birkat Hachama, observed once every 28 years, the next one is in 2037 (Hebrew) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Buddha's Birthday, also known as Hana Matsuri, "Flower Festival" (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constantina [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: DABDay Draw A Bird Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 15 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April (Liberia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day of the Roma [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Julie Billiart of Namur [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Perpetuus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Walter of Pontoise [category: Holidays and observances]