April 8th, 1806

Born on April 8th, 1806

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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 that 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 found the Manor of 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 Baibars.

April 8th, 0876

Abbasid forces decisively defeated those of 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

A Greek peasant discovered a statue of a woman with its arms missing—the Venus de Milo—on the Aegean 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

Born on April 8th, 1806

69

Maximilian Arco auf Valley

German politician and chamberlain (1806-1875)

*April 8th, 1806, Munich †December 23rd, 1875, Venice

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Who's birthday is on April 8th?

66

Hugo von Mohl

German botanist (1805–1872)

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

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

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

74

Philipp Christoph Zeller

German entomologist (1808–1883)

*April 8th, 1808, Steinheim an der Murr †March 27th, 1883, Szczecin

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

87

Christian IX of Denmark

King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906

*April 8th, 1818, Gottorf Castle †January 29th, 1906, Amalienborg

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

52

Michele Mercati

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593)

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

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

79

Edmund Husserl

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

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

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66

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)

*May 20th, 1806, London Borough of Islington †May 8th, 1873, Avignon

88

Karl Ernst Georges

German teacher and classical philologist

*December 26th, 1806, Gotha †August 25th, 1895, Gotha

55

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

British poet, author

*March 6th, 1806, Coxhoe Hall †June 29th, 1861, Florence

86

Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss scientist (1806-1893)

*October 27th, 1806, Paris †April 4th, 1893, Geneva

64

Augustus De Morgan

British mathematician, philosopher and university teacher (1806–1871)

*June 27th, 1806, Madurai †March 18th, 1871, London

33

Flora Hastings

Noblewoman; British aristocrat and lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother (1806-1839)

*February 11th, 1806, Loudoun Castle †July 5th, 1839, London

66

Benito Juárez

President of Mexico (1806-1872)

*March 21st, 1806, San Pablo Guelatao †July 18th, 1872, Mexico City

68

Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre

Swiss artist (1806-1874)

*May 2nd, 1806, Chevilly †May 5th, 1874, Paris

81

Ferdinand Gustav Kühne

German author

*December 21st, 1806, Magdeburg †April 20th, 1888, Dresden

83

Michele Amari

Italian patriot and arabist

*July 7th, 1806, Palermo †July 16th, 1889, Florence

59

Manfredo Fanti

Italian general (1806-1865)

*February 23rd, 1806, Carpi †April 5th, 1865, Florence

51

Alexander Ivanov

Russian artist (1806-1858)

*July 16th, 1806, Saint Petersburg †July 3rd, 1858, Saint Petersburg

49

Max Stirner

German philosopher (1806-1856)

*October 25th, 1806, Bayreuth †June 26th, 1856, Berlin

79

Hans Victor von Unruh

Prussian and German politician (1806-1886)

*March 28th, 1806, Sovetsk †February 4th, 1886, Dessau

59

Preston King

American politician

*October 14th, 1806, Ogdensburg †November 12th, 1865, New York Harbor

89

Gilbert Duprez

French tenor, singing teacher and minor composer

*December 6th, 1806, former 6th arrondissement of Paris †September 23rd, 1896, rue de la Tour

70

Catherine Labouré

French Daughter of Charity and saint

*May 2nd, 1806, Fain-lès-Moutiers †December 31st, 1876, 12th arrondissement of Paris

74

Heinrich Aemilius August Danz

German jurist (1806-1881)

*December 11th, 1806, Jena †May 17th, 1881, Jena

25

Emilia Plater

Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman

*November 13th, 1806, Vilnius †December 23rd, 1831, Vainežeris

76

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

German artist (1806-1882)

*January 13th, 1806, Munich †March 23rd, 1882, Munich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1806 is a normal year and no leap year.

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