April 8th, 1974

Born on April 8th, 1974

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 8th, 1974?

April 8th, 1974

Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth as the all-time leader in career home runs by hitting his 715th home run off of Al Downing at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Aaron

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, 1974

38

Chris Kyle

American war veteran and author

*April 8th, 1974, Odessa †February 2nd, 2013, Erath County

50

Nnedi Okorafor

Nigerian-American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and comics

*April 8th, 1974, Cincinnati

50

Nayden Todorov

Bulgarian conductor

*April 8th, 1974, Plovdiv

50

Chino XL

Rapper

*April 8th, 1974, The Bronx

50

Marco Luque

Brazilian actor

*April 8th, 1974, Ivaiporã

50

Lasse Ottesen

Norwegian ski jumper

*April 8th, 1974, Oslo

50

Sofia Ledarp

Actress

*April 8th, 1974, Hägersten-Liljeholmen city district

50

Barys Haravoy

Belarusian footballer

*April 8th, 1974, Saint Petersburg

50

Holger Hott

Norwegian orienteer

*April 8th, 1974, Norway

50

Toutai Kefu

Tongan-Australian rugby union footballer and coach

*April 8th, 1974, Nuku'alofa

50

Gordon Sherry

Professional golfer

*April 8th, 1974, Kilmarnock

50

Adam Khoo

Singaporean businessman

*April 8th, 1974, Singapore

50

Türkiz Talay

German actress

*April 8th, 1974, Berlin

50

Santos Rivera

Salvadoran footballer

*April 8th, 1974, San Luis de la Reina

50

Rosemary Najjemba

Uganda politician

*April 8th, 1974, Kanoni

50

Colby Schwartz

American politician

*April 8th, 1974, Oklahoma City

50

Konstantin Selyavin

Russian footballer

*April 8th, 1974, Ryazan

50

Jon Garavaglia

Basketball player

*April 8th, 1974, Dearborn

50

Eddie Priest

Baseball player

*April 8th, 1974, Boaz

50

Francisca Steverlynck

Argentine alpine skier

*April 8th, 1974, Buenos Aires

50

Ben Breeze

English rugby union player

*April 8th, 1974, England

50

Fredrik Krekula

Swedish ice hockey player

*April 8th, 1974, Kiruna

50

Luis Fernando Sepúlveda

Chilean cyclist

*April 8th, 1974, Curicó

50

Joe Ogilvie

Professional golfer

*April 8th, 1974, Lancaster

50

C. Vijayabaskar

Indian politician

*April 8th, 1974, Iluppur

50

Ashish Ranjeet Deshmukh

Member 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

*April 8th, 1974, Nagpur

50

Dan Zimmerman

American film editor

*April 8th, 1974, Phoenix

50

Bruno Padilha

Brazilian actor

*April 8th, 1974, Rio de Janeiro

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 8th?

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

49

Anouk

Dutch singer

*April 8th, 1975, The Hague

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

80

Kofi Annan

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

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

48

Gabriel Rasch

Norwegian road bicycle racer and sporting director

*April 8th, 1976, Hole

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

54

Will Bond

American politician

*April 8th, 1970, Jacksonville

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

51

Emma Caulfield

American actress

*April 8th, 1973, San Diego

56

Patricia Arquette

American actress (born 1968)

*April 8th, 1968, Chicago

58

Robin Wright

American actress

*April 8th, 1966, Dallas

54

Catherine Chidgey

New Zealand writer

*April 8th, 1970, Auckland

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

50

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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