April 8th, 1079

Born on April 8th, 1079

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 8th?

April 8th, 1968

BOAC Flight 712 experienced an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for heroism.

April 8th, 1959

A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language, which became COBOL.

April 8th, 1943

Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for performing acts of resistance against Nazism.

April 8th, 1942

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces flew its first mission from India over the Hump (the eastern end of the Himalayas) to deliver materiel to China.

April 8th, 1933

The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.

April 8th, 1911

American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.

April 8th, 1904

France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict.

April 8th, 1864

American Civil War: Late-arriving reinforcements helped Confederate forces rout the Union Army at the Battle of Mansfield.

April 8th, 1630

Kiliaen van Rensselaer purchased land near present-day Albany, New York, to establish Rensselaerswyck, which became the most successful patroonship under the Dutch West India Company.

April 8th, 1271

Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars.

April 8th, 0876

Abbasid forces decisively defeated the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq.

April 8th, 0217

Roman emperor Caracalla (pictured) was assassinated near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.

April 8th, 1820

The Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue of a woman with its arms missing, was discovered on the island of Milos.

April 8th, 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.

April 8th, 1959

The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 8th?

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

52

Michele Mercati

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593)

*April 8th, 1541, San Miniato †June 25th, 1593, Rome

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

93

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

73

Karl Scherm

German association football player (1904-1977)

*April 8th, 1904, Nuremberg †June 30th, 1977, Nuremberg

67

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

*April 8th, 1928, Shepherd's Bush †May 15th, 1995, London

66

Hugo von Mohl

German botanist (1805–1872)

*April 8th, 1805, Stuttgart †April 1st, 1872, Tübingen

74

Glendon Swarthout

1918-1992 American writer

*April 8th, 1918, Pinckney †September 23rd, 1992, Scottsdale

68

Jim Piddock

British actor

*April 8th, 1956, Rochester

87

Mary Pickford

Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)

*April 8th, 1892, Toronto †May 29th, 1979, Santa Monica

79

Raymond Schwartz

French banker and Esperanto author

*April 8th, 1894, Metz †May 14th, 1973, Villepinte

65

Michael Hübner

East German road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1959, Chemnitz

58

Robin Wright

American actress

*April 8th, 1966, Dallas

60

Philip IV of Spain

King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)

*April 8th, 1605, Valladolid Royal Palace †September 17th, 1665, Cuarto bajo del Rey

85

Melvin Calvin

American biochemist

*April 8th, 1911, Saint Paul †January 8th, 1997, Berkeley

79

Edmund Husserl

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)

*April 8th, 1859, Prostějov †April 27th, 1938, Freiburg im Breisgau

43

Lito Sheppard

American football player, cornerback

*April 8th, 1981, Jacksonville

93

Betty Ford

First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977

*April 8th, 1918, Chicago †July 8th, 2011, Rancho Mirage

54

Will Bond

American politician

*April 8th, 1970, Jacksonville

27

Kim Jong-hyun

South Korean singer and dancer (1990–2017)

*April 8th, 1990, Hyehwa-dong †December 18th, 2017, Cheongdam-dong

77

Bernard Cerquiglini

French linguist

*April 8th, 1947, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

69

Barbara Kingsolver

American author, poet and essayist

*April 8th, 1955, Annapolis

45

Marzena Sowa

Comic author

*April 8th, 1979, Stalowa Wola

38

Igor Akinfeev

Russian association football player

*April 8th, 1986, Vidnoye

30

Nathalie Weinzierl

German figure skater

*April 8th, 1994, Saarbrücken

81

Vivienne Westwood

British fashion designer (1941–2022)

*April 8th, 1941, Tintwistle †December 29th, 2022, Clapham

56

Patricia Arquette

American actress (born 1968)

*April 8th, 1968, Chicago

57

Sonja Henie

Norwegian figure skater (1912–1969)

*April 8th, 1912, Oslo †October 12th, 1969, Oslo

80

Tariana Turia

New Zealand politician

*April 8th, 1944, New Zealand

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Public holidays on April 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 8th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1079 is a normal year and no leap year.

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