April 8th, 1942

Born on April 8th, 1942

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What happened on April 8th, 1942?

April 8th, 1942

World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.

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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.

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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, 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, 1942

82

Masahiko Yamada

Japanese politician

*April 8th, 1942, Fukue

79

Douglas Trumbull

American film director, special effects designer

*April 8th, 1942, Los Angeles †February 7th, 2022, Albany

75

Robert J. Baker

American mammologist, specialising in bats (1942-2018)

*April 8th, 1942, Warren †March 30th, 2018, Lubbock

82

Roger Chapman

British rock vocalist, songwriter

*April 8th, 1942, Leicester

82

Leon Huff

American musician, pianist and songwriter

*April 8th, 1942, Camden

63

Tony Banks, Baron Stratford

British politician (1942-2006)

*April 8th, 1942, Belfast †January 8th, 2006, Fort Myers

76

Wolf Werner

German association football player (1942-2018)

*April 8th, 1942, Kalisz †June 29th, 2018, Kiel

68

Manfred Kallenbach

German footballer (1942-2010)

*April 8th, 1942, Dresden †April 21st, 2010

82

Sir John Parker

Businessman from the United Kingdom, born 1942

*April 8th, 1942, Republic of Ireland

82

Joaquim Conceição

Footballer

*April 8th, 1942, Portugal

82

Graham Chadwick

English footballer (born 1942)

*April 8th, 1942, Oldham

82

Tuula Rautanen

Finnish sprinter and long jumper

*April 8th, 1942, Lahti

82

Dallas Parks

Baseball umpire

*April 8th, 1942, Salisbury

78

Karel Knesl

Czechoslovak soccer player

*April 8th, 1942, Pustiměř †September 3rd, 2020, Central Military Hospital Prague

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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

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

81

Vivienne Westwood

British fashion designer (1941–2022)

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

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

80

Tariana Turia

New Zealand politician

*April 8th, 1944, New Zealand

44

Michael Bennett

American choreographer (1943-1987)

*April 8th, 1943, Buffalo †July 2nd, 1987, Tucson

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

77

Bernard Cerquiglini

French linguist

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

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

67

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

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

73

Hywel Bennett

Welsh actor (1944-2017)

*April 8th, 1944, Garnant †July 25th, 2017, Cardiff

68

Jim Piddock

British actor

*April 8th, 1956, Rochester

76

Walter Planckaert

Road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1948, Nevele

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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