April 8th, 1964

Born on April 8th, 1964

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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 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.

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, 1964

57

Biz Markie

American rapper and record producer (1964-2021)

*April 8th, 1964, Harlem †July 16th, 2021, Baltimore

60

Mineyuki Fukuda

Japanese politician

*April 8th, 1964, Yokohama

60

Janne Teller

Danish author

*April 8th, 1964, Copenhagen

60

Laudo Ferreira

Brazilian comics artist

*April 8th, 1964, Brazil

60

Katherine Salosny

Chilean actress

*April 8th, 1964, Santiago

60

Andrew Maynard

American boxer

*April 8th, 1964, Laurel

60

Massimo Mariotti

Italian sports coach

*April 8th, 1964, Grosseto

60

Rafael Godofredo Romero Tovar

Venezuelan actor

*April 8th, 1964, Caracas

60

Dordi Nordby

Norwegian female curler

*April 8th, 1964, Bærum Municipality

60

John McGinlay

Scottish footballer

*April 8th, 1964, Inverness

27

Nikita Mikhaylovsky

Soviet actor

*April 8th, 1964, Moscow †April 24th, 1991, London

60

Richard Keats

American television and film actor

*April 8th, 1964, Minneapolis

60

Ari Heikkinen

Finnish association football player (born 1964)

*April 8th, 1964, Vuolijoki

60

Toshikazu Sugihara

Professional golfer

*April 8th, 1964, Osaka Prefecture

60

Michael Caltabiano

Australian politician

*April 8th, 1964, Townsville

60

Gaspare Spatuzza

Sicilian Mafioso

*April 8th, 1964, Palermo

60

Guo Zhengtang

Geologist

*April 8th, 1964, Shuozhou

60

Andy Shankland

British footballer (born 1964)

*April 8th, 1964, Stoke-on-Trent

60

Danielle St-Amand

Canadian politician

*April 8th, 1964, Sainte-Thècle

60

Kenneth McKnight

Cricketer

*April 8th, 1964, Ranfurly

60

Jonas Haggren

Swedish military personnel

*April 8th, 1964, Stockholm

60

Gonda Aline Hector Van Steen

American university teacher

*April 8th, 1964, Aalst

60

Beate Bühler

German beach volleyball player

*April 8th, 1964, Stuttgart

51

Brigitte Hausinger

German university teacher (1964-2016)

*April 8th, 1964, Lower Bavaria †March 13th, 2016, Taufkirchen

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Who's birthday is on April 8th?

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

58

Robin Wright

American actress

*April 8th, 1966, Dallas

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

80

Kofi Annan

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

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

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

59

Michael Jones

Former New Zealand rugby player

*April 8th, 1965, Auckland

65

Michael Hübner

East German road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1959, Chemnitz

59

Thomas Feist

German politician

*April 8th, 1965, Leipzig

56

Patricia Arquette

American actress (born 1968)

*April 8th, 1968, Chicago

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

68

Jim Piddock

British actor

*April 8th, 1956, Rochester

61

Julian Lennon

English musician; son of John Lennon

*April 8th, 1963, Liverpool

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

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Born in 1964

60

David Woodard

American conductor and writer

*April 6th, 1964, Santa Barbara

60

Li Lingwei

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

60

Marit Törnqvist

Swedish writer, illustrator and translator

*January 19th, 1964, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

59

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

59

Maxi Mounds

American pornographic actress

*October 25th, 1964, Valley Stream

59

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

60

Gillian Gowers

British badminton player

*April 9th, 1964, Horfield

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

59

Christa Miller

American actress

*May 28th, 1964, Manhattan

60

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

59

Jan Suski

German illustrator

*October 28th, 1964, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

59

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

59

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

60

Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

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Leap year

Yes: 1964 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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