April 8th, 1952

Born on April 8th, 1952

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What happened on April 8th, 1952?

April 8th, 1952

U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.

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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, 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, 1952

72

Andrew Stahl

American actor

*April 8th, 1952, San Antonio

72

Phil Monckton

Canadian rower

*April 8th, 1952, Saint Boniface

72

Arcadi Gaydamak

Israeli businessman

*April 8th, 1952, Moscow

72

Kaori Momoi

Japanese actress

*April 8th, 1952, Setagaya-ku

72

Tuenjai Deetes

Thai environmentalist

*April 8th, 1952, Bangkok

72

Knud Bartels

Danish general

*April 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

72

Christopher Page

British musicologist and expert on medieval music

*April 8th, 1952, London

72

Peter Perrett

British singer-songwriter

*April 8th, 1952, Camberwell

52

Ahmet Piriştina

Turkish politician (1952-2004)

*April 8th, 1952, Buca †June 15th, 2004, İzmir

72

Rick Danmeier

American football player

*April 8th, 1952, Saint Paul

72

Blagoje Tamindžić

Former association football goalkeeper

*April 8th, 1952, Bileća

72

Yıldız İbrahimova

Bulgarian singer

*April 8th, 1952, Silistra

72

Hermann Escarrá

Venezuelan lawyer and politician

*April 8th, 1952, Caracas

72

Eusebio Acasuzo

Peruvian footballer

*April 8th, 1952, Lima

72

Kees Akerboom, Sr.

Basketball player

*April 8th, 1952, Haarlem

72

Kim Warwick

Australian tennis player

*April 8th, 1952, Sydney

72

Matías Alonso Ruiz

Spanish politician

*April 8th, 1952, La Línea de la Concepción

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77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

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

80

Kofi Annan

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

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

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

68

Jim Piddock

British actor

*April 8th, 1956, Rochester

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

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

69

Barbara Kingsolver

American author, poet and essayist

*April 8th, 1955, Annapolis

65

Michael Hübner

East German road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1959, Chemnitz

73

Geir Haarde

Icelandic politician and former head of government

*April 8th, 1951, Reykjavík

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

76

Walter Planckaert

Road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1948, Nevele

77

Bernard Cerquiglini

French linguist

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

73

Gerd Andres

German politician

*April 8th, 1951, Wirges

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

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71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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