April 8th, 1931

Born on April 8th, 1931

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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

Born on April 8th, 1931

90

Jaime Ostos

Spanish torero

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

86

John Gavin

American film actor and former Ambassador to Mexico

*April 8th, 1931, Los Angeles †February 9th, 2018, Beverly Hills

93

Colin Leys

British political scientist

*April 8th, 1931, Cardiff

81

René Maillard

French composer

*April 8th, 1931, Bois-Colombes †December 4th, 2012, Nice

78

Jack Le Goff

French equestrian

*April 8th, 1931, Alençon †July 24th, 2009, Saumur

57

Christine Fabréga

French actress

*April 8th, 1931, 14th arrondissement of Paris †June 11th, 1988, 18th arrondissement of Paris

93

Wilma De Angelis

Italian singer

*April 8th, 1931, Milan

92

Kent Ford

American astronomer

*April 8th, 1931, Clifton Forge †June 18th, 2023

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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

67

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

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

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

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

49

Jacques Brel

Belgian singer (1929–1978)

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

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

74

Glendon Swarthout

1918-1992 American writer

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

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

76

Fred Ebb

American musical theatre composer (1928-2004)

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

71

Dorothy Tutin

British actress (1930–2001)

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

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

94

Rafael Cadenas

Venezuelan writer

*April 8th, 1930, Barquisimeto

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92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

69

Gloria Talbott

American actress (1931-2000)

*February 7th, 1931, Glendale †September 19th, 2000, Glendale

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

*March 2nd, 1931, Privolnoye †August 30th, 2022, Central Clinical Hospital

88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

*February 18th, 1931, Lorain †August 5th, 2019, The Bronx

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

*March 15th, 1931, Quedlinburg †January 8th, 2012, Essen

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

*January 17th, 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 2nd, 2017, Baden

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

93

William Shatner

Canadian actor

*March 22nd, 1931, Montreal

87

Lise Henningsen

Danish actress (1931-2019)

*September 5th, 1931, Copenhagen †January 28th, 2019, Copenhagen

84

William Bast

Author, screenwriter (1931-2015)

*April 3rd, 1931, Milwaukee †May 4th, 2015, Los Angeles

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

72

Gerhard Rosenfeld

German composer

*February 10th, 1931, Königsberg †March 5th, 2003, Bergholz-Rehbrücke

85

Massimo Fagioli

Italian film director, screenwriter, author and psychiatrist

*May 19th, 1931, Monte Giberto †February 13th, 2017, Rome

93

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American media mogul (born 1931)

*March 11th, 1931, Melbourne

73

Anne Bancroft

American actress (1931–2005)

*September 17th, 1931, The Bronx †June 6th, 2005, New York City

81

Larry Hagman

American actor (1931–2012)

*September 21st, 1931, Fort Worth †November 23rd, 2012, Dallas

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

*October 19th, 1931, Poole †December 12th, 2020, Royal Cornwall Hospital

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

*February 6th, 1931, Temple †July 9th, 2019, Lakeville

92

Rita Moreno

Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress

*December 11th, 1931, Humacao

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No: With 365 days 1931 is a normal year and no leap year.

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