April 8th, 1946

Born on April 8th, 1946

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What happened on April 8th, 1946?

April 8th, 1946

Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Électricité_de_France

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, 1946

78

Johannes Pflug

German politician

*April 8th, 1946, Duisburg

53

Catfish Hunter

American baseball player (1946-1999)

*April 8th, 1946, Hertford †September 9th, 1999, Hertford

78

Robert L. Johnson

American businessman (born 1946)

*April 8th, 1946, Hickory

78

Raymond Wong

Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and presenter

*April 8th, 1946, Hong Kong

78

Heikki Kinnunen

Finnish actor and singer

*April 8th, 1946, Raahe

78

Yu Myung-hwan

South Korean politician

*April 8th, 1946, Seoul

74

Joe Kernan

Governor of Indiana (1946-2020)

*April 8th, 1946, Chicago †July 29th, 2020, South Bend

78

Tim Thomerson

American actor

*April 8th, 1946, Coronado

78

Al Gromer Khan

German-born sitar player and composer

*April 8th, 1946, Altusried

78

Hildegard Westerkamp

German-Canadian composer

*April 8th, 1946, Osnabrück

78

Danièle Rochon

Canadian artist

*April 8th, 1946, Ottawa

78

Stuart Pankin

American actor

*April 8th, 1946, Philadelphia

78

Phil Burrows

Footballer (born 1946)

*April 8th, 1946, Stockport

78

Mahmoud Hosseini Zad

Iranian translator and playwright

*April 8th, 1946, Firuzkuh

78

Oyeronke Akindele

Nigerian athlete

*April 8th, 1946, Oyo

78

Hugh Tinkham

Canadian politician

*April 8th, 1946, Yarmouth

78

Kim Gwang-seon

South Korean cyclist

*April 8th, 1946, Seoul

78

Hilary Burn

Wildlife illustrator

*April 8th, 1946, Macclesfield

78

Mike Thomson

American politician

*April 8th, 1946, St. Joseph

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Who's birthday is on April 8th?

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

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

80

Kofi Annan

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

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

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

77

Bernard Cerquiglini

French linguist

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

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

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

68

Jim Piddock

British actor

*April 8th, 1956, Rochester

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

81

Vivienne Westwood

British fashion designer (1941–2022)

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

73

Hywel Bennett

Welsh actor (1944-2017)

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

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

65

Michael Hübner

East German road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1959, Chemnitz

72

Andrew Stahl

American actor

*April 8th, 1952, San Antonio

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Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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