April 8th, 1979

Born on April 8th, 1979

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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, 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.

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, 1979

45

Marzena Sowa

Comic author

*April 8th, 1979, Stalowa Wola

41

Alexi Laiho

Finnish musician (1979–2020)

*April 8th, 1979, Espoo †December 29th, 2020, Helsinki

45

Marta Baldó

Spanish rhythmic gymnast

*April 8th, 1979, La Vila Joiosa

45

Kati Piri

Hungarian-born Dutch politician

*April 8th, 1979, Celldömölk

45

Jeremy Guthrie

American baseball player

*April 8th, 1979, Roseburg

45

Dane Sardinha

American baseball player

*April 8th, 1979, Honolulu

45

Kim Eun-jung

South Korean association football player

*April 8th, 1979, Seoul

45

Dorian Brown Pham

American actress

*April 8th, 1979, Charlotte

45

Mohamed Kader

Togolese footballer

*April 8th, 1979, Sokodé

45

Amit Trivedi

Indian film score composer, music director, singer and lyricist

*April 8th, 1979, Bandra

45

Rune Stordal

Norwegian speed skater and racing cyclist

*April 8th, 1979, Bergen

45

Wen Xiaoming

Chinese footballer

*April 8th, 1979, Guangzhou

45

Sandesh Shandilya

Indian composer

*April 8th, 1979, Mumbai

45

Pavel Malíř

Czech footballer

*April 8th, 1979, Bohumín

45

Monica Witt

American military personnel defecting to Iran

*April 8th, 1979, El Paso

45

Deyan Vatchkov

Bulgarian opera singer

*April 8th, 1979, Sofia

45

Birol Aksancak

Turkish footballer

*April 8th, 1979, Ankara

45

Monther Rayahneh

Jordanian actor

*April 8th, 1979, Irbid

45

Issam Nima

Algerian long and triple jumper

*April 8th, 1979, El Biar

45

André Gustavo Cunha

Association football player

*April 8th, 1979, Araçatuba

45

Velma Šarić

Researcher, journalist, and human rights defender

*April 8th, 1979, Vlasenica

45

Ashwanth Thilak

Actor

*April 8th, 1979, Chennai

45

Erika Holst

Swedish ice hockey player

*April 8th, 1979, Varberg

45

Isaac Oyieko

Umpire

*April 8th, 1979, Nairobi

45

Malin Hållberg-Leuf

Figure skater

*April 8th, 1979, Örnsköldsvik

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Who's birthday is on April 8th?

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

43

Lito Sheppard

American football player, cornerback

*April 8th, 1981, Jacksonville

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

80

Kofi Annan

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

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

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

43

Wouter Van Mechelen

Belgian bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1981, Antwerp

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

48

Gabriel Rasch

Norwegian road bicycle racer and sporting director

*April 8th, 1976, Hole

42

Aleksejs Saramotins

Latvian racing cyclist

*April 8th, 1982, Riga

49

Anouk

Dutch singer

*April 8th, 1975, The Hague

43

Taylor Kitsch

Canadian actor and model

*April 8th, 1981, Kelowna

38

Igor Akinfeev

Russian association football player

*April 8th, 1986, Vidnoye

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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