April 8th, 1889

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Born on April 8th, 1889 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1889)

Born on April 8th, 1889

Weekday

Monday

April 8th, 1889 was a Monday.

Age

135

People born on April 8th, 1889 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 135 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1889 - April 20th, 1889

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 682 days, exactly on March 1st, 2026, people who were born on April 8th, 1889 will be 50,000 days old!

49,318 Days

7,045 Weeks

1,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

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, 1889

Adrian Boult

British conductor

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

Emil Frey

Swiss musician (1889-1946)

*April 8th, 1889, Baden †May 20th, 1946, Zürich

Just Dillgardt

German politician (1889-1960)

*April 8th, 1889, Spiesen-Elversberg †September 14th, 1960, Essen

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

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

Mary Pickford

Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)

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

Kofi Annan

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

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

Zbigniew Drzewiecki

Polish pianist and pedagogue

*April 8th, 1890, Warsaw †April 11th, 1971, Warsaw

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

Karl Scherm

German association football player (1904-1977)

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

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

Yip Harburg

American lyricist (1896-1981)

*April 8th, 1896, Lower East Side †March 5th, 1981, Hollywood

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

Johannes Böhm

German politician (1890-1957)

*April 8th, 1890, Hochspeyer †July 18th, 1957, Leonberg

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

Raymond Schwartz

French banker and Esperanto author

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

Glendon Swarthout

1918-1992 American writer

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

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

Same year
Born in 1889

Charlie Chaplin

British comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

*April 16th, 1889, Walworth †December 25th, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

*November 14th, 1889, Prayagraj †May 27th, 1964, New Delhi

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler

*June 25th, 1889, Cologne †June 26th, 1981

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist

*December 7th, 1889, 8th arrondissement of Paris †October 8th, 1973, 7th arrondissement of Paris

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

*August 30th, 1889, Ischia †October 8th, 1969, Rome

Dietrich von Hildebrand

German Catholic philosopher and theologian

*October 12th, 1889, Florence †January 26th, 1977, New Rochelle

Ted Wilde

American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)

*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood

Martin Heidegger

German philosopher (1889–1976)

*September 26th, 1889, Messkirch †May 26th, 1976, Freiburg im Breisgau

Darcy Hadfield

New Zealand rower (1889–1964)

*December 1st, 1889, Meadowbank Homestead †September 15th, 1964, Auckland

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director (1889–1968)

*February 3rd, 1889, Copenhagen †March 20th, 1968, Copenhagen

Ruby Miller

British actress (1889–1976)

*January 17th, 1889, London †January 17th, 1976, Chichester

Warner Baxter

American actor (1889–1951)

*March 29th, 1889, Columbus †May 7th, 1951, Beverly Hills

Anna Akhmatova

Russian poet (1889–1966)

*June 11th, 1889, Odesa †March 5th, 1966, Domodedovo

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 8th

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

Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April (Liberia)

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International Romani Day

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Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.IV.MDCCCLXXXIX

8.4.1889

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1889 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
April 1889

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April 8th, 1889

Born on April 8th, 1889

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,318 Days

7,045 Weeks

1,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 8th?

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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, 1889

British conductor

Swiss musician (1889-1946)

German politician (1889-1960)

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

Same year Born in 1889

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 8th

Buddha's Birthday, also known as Hana Matsuri, "Flower Festival" (Japan)

Anne Ayres (Episcopal Church (USA))

Constantina

Julie Billiart of Namur

Perpetuus

Walter of Pontoise

William Augustus Muhlenberg (Episcopal Church (USA))

April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April (Liberia)

International Romani Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

8.4.1889

Legend

Leap year

Calendar April 1889

April 1889

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1889

Calendar
April 1889

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
14	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
16	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
17	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
18	29	30