April 8th, 1929

Born on April 8th, 1929

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What happened on April 8th, 1929?

April 8th, 1929

Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement

What else 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.

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

Born on April 8th, 1929

49

Jacques Brel

Belgian singer (1929–1978)

*April 8th, 1929, Schaerbeek †October 9th, 1978, Avicenne Hospital

67

Renzo De Felice

Italian historian

*April 8th, 1929, Rieti †May 25th, 1996, Rome

95

Samson Burke

Canadian professional wrestler and actor

*April 8th, 1929, Montreal

91

Ludvík Liška

Czech Olympic runner

*April 8th, 1929, Lužná †February 19th, 2021, Stará Boleslav

95

Eiji Kitamura

Japanese jazz clarinetist, composer, bandmaster (1929-)

*April 8th, 1929, Tokyo

71

Walter Berry

Austrian opera singer (1929–2000)

*April 8th, 1929, Vienna †October 27th, 2000, Vienna

87

Hans Korte

German actor (1929-2016)

*April 8th, 1929, Bochum †September 25th, 2016, Munich

95

Morton B. Panish

Physical chemist

*April 8th, 1929, Brooklyn

91

Joseph Bruno

American politician (1929–2020)

*April 8th, 1929, Glens Falls †October 6th, 2020, Brunswick

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67

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

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

80

Kofi Annan

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

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

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

76

Fred Ebb

American musical theatre composer (1928-2004)

*April 8th, 1928, New York City †September 11th, 2004, New York City

92

Alberto Bozzato

Italian rower

*April 8th, 1930, Jesolo †June 18th, 2022, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

74

Glendon Swarthout

1918-1992 American writer

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

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

71

Dorothy Tutin

British actress (1930–2001)

*April 8th, 1930, London †August 6th, 2001, Chichester

90

Jaime Ostos

Spanish torero

*April 8th, 1931, Écija †January 8th, 2022, Bogotá

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

93

Betty Ford

First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977

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

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39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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