April 8th, 1935

Born on April 8th, 1935

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What happened on April 8th, 1935?

April 8th, 1935

The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.

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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 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.

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

Born on April 8th, 1935

89

Dada Gallotti

Italian actress

*April 8th, 1935, Milan

82

Jürgen Petersohn

German medievalist

*April 8th, 1935, Merseburg †July 20th, 2017, Würzburg

89

Nathan Wachtel

French historian, anthropologist and professor

*April 8th, 1935, Metz

89

Avi Primor

Israeli diplomat

*April 8th, 1935, Tel Aviv

89

Tore Austad

Norwegian politician

*April 8th, 1935, Skedsmo Municipality

38

Oscar Zeta Acosta

American attorney, politician, novelist and activist (1935-1974)

*April 8th, 1935, El Paso †January 1st, 1974, Mexico

64

Yvan Canuel

Canadian actor

*April 8th, 1935, Mont-Joli †December 26th, 1999, Ottawa

86

Albert Bustamante

American politician

*April 8th, 1935, Asherton †November 30th, 2021

89

Elmo Henderson

Boxer from Texas

*April 8th, 1935, Corpus Christi

89

Islwyn Jones

Association football player (born 1935)

*April 8th, 1935, Merthyr Tydfil

89

Mohamed Mediouri

Former bodyguard of King Hassan II of Morocco

*April 8th, 1935, Marrakesh

86

Luis Guinot

American diplomat

*April 8th, 1935, San Juan †November 30th, 2021

86

Nikolai Rasheyev

Film director and screenwriter

*April 8th, 1935, Kyiv †October 5th, 2021

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Who's birthday is on April 8th?

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

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

67

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

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

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

81

Vivienne Westwood

British fashion designer (1941–2022)

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

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

74

Glendon Swarthout

1918-1992 American writer

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

87

Vasco Cantarello

Italian rower

*April 8th, 1936, Padua †February 15th, 2024

68

Jim Piddock

British actor

*April 8th, 1956, Rochester

80

Tariana Turia

New Zealand politician

*April 8th, 1944, New Zealand

77

Bernard Cerquiglini

French linguist

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

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Born in 1935

42

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

*January 8th, 1935, Tupelo †August 16th, 1977, Memphis

88

Kjeld Hillingsø

Danish general

*April 21st, 1935, Frederiksberg

88

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

81

James Cotton

American blues singer-songwriter (1935–2017)

*July 1st, 1935, Tunica †March 16th, 2017, Austin

88

Alain Delon

French actor (born 1935)

*November 8th, 1935, Sceaux

80

Udo Lattek

German football player and coach (1935–2015)

*January 16th, 1935, Boże, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †February 1st, 2015, Cologne

76

Géza Alföldy

Hungaro-german historian of classical antiquity (1935-2011)

*June 7th, 1935, Budapest †November 6th, 2011, Athens

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

*August 5th, 1935, Berlin †April 12th, 2017, Berlin

88

Helmut Benthaus

German association football player and manager

*June 5th, 1935, Herne

88

Julie Andrews

British actress, singer and author (born 1935)

*October 1st, 1935, Walton-on-Thames

75

Heino Aunin

Estonian badminton player

*January 8th, 1935, Valga †May 2nd, 2010, Tallinn

88

Cécile Odartchenko

French publisher and writer

*October 4th, 1935, Courbevoie

80

Oktay Sinanoğlu

Turkish chemist (1935-2015)

*February 25th, 1935, Bari †April 19th, 2015, Miami

88

Tenzin Gyatso

14th Dalai Lama

*July 6th, 1935, Taktser

77

Gerhard Winkler

Austrian classical philologist, historian and epigraphist (1935-2012)

*February 2nd, 1935, Vienna †November 19th, 2012, Linz

79

Erika Endesfelder

German egyptologist (1935-2015)

*July 3rd, 1935, Berlin †January 28th, 2015, Berlin

88

Woody Allen

American film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and comedian

*November 30th, 1935, The Bronx

82

Royal Robbins

American rock climber (1935-2017)

*February 3rd, 1935, Point Pleasant †March 14th, 2017, Modesto

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

89

Erich von Däniken

Swiss writer

*April 14th, 1935, Zofingen

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