April 8th, 1982

Born on April 8th, 1982

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 832 days, exactly on October 23rd, 2028, people who were born on April 8th, 1982 will be 17,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 8th?

April 8th, 1917

World War I: German naval officer Wilhelm Werner murdered 19 captured crew members of the British cargo ship Torrington by submerging U-55 when they were on deck.

April 8th, 2008

On board Soyuz TMA-12, Yi So-yeon became the first Korean astronaut.

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, 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 (pictured), 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, 1982

44

Aleksejs Saramotins

Latvian racing cyclist (born 1982)

*April 8th, 1982, Riga

44

Allu Arjun

Indian actor

*April 8th, 1982, Chennai

44

Brett White

Australian rugby league footballer

*April 8th, 1982, Jindabyne

44

Wendel Geraldo

Brazilian footballer

*April 8th, 1982, Mariana, Minas Gerais

44

Tanja La Croix

Swiss DJ

*April 8th, 1982, St. Gallen

44

Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar

Portuguese politician

*April 8th, 1982, Funchal

44

Vincent Castiglia

Artist

*April 8th, 1982, Brooklyn

44

Albert Forns i Canal

Spanish poet, journalist and novelist

*April 8th, 1982, Granollers

44

Keegan DeWitt

American musician

*April 8th, 1982, Bend

44

Rontarius Robinson

American football player

*April 8th, 1982, Tallahassee

44

Kason Gabbard

American baseball player

*April 8th, 1982, Ohio

44

Iulia Curea

Romanian handball player

*April 8th, 1982, Bacău

44

Elisa Trotta Gamus

Venezuelan politiciam lawyer

*April 8th, 1982, Caracas

44

Yanick Lehoux

Canadian ice hockey player

*April 8th, 1982, Montreal

44

Gerardo Celasco (Adrian Bellani)

American actor

*April 8th, 1982, Miami

44

Henry van Loon

Dutch actor, cabaret artist and television actor

*April 8th, 1982, Oirschot

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Born in 1982

43

Nicki Minaj

Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, songwriter and actress (born 1982)

*December 8th, 1982, Saint James

43

Lee Chong Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*October 21st, 1982, Bagan Serai

43

John Mulaney

American comedian and actor (born 1982)

*August 26th, 1982, Chicago

43

Chien Yu-Chin

Badminton player

*October 24th, 1982, Kaohsiung

44

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress, born 1982

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

44

Leticia Brunati

Argentinian beach handball coach

*May 28th, 1982, Buenos Aires

44

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen

Norwegian guitarist

*February 4th, 1982, Ålesund Municipality

44

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

43

Miss Li

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 21st, 1982, Borlänge

44

Jussie Smollett

American actor

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

44

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

44

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

44

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

44

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

44

Jessica Biel

American actress (born 1982)

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

35

Anthony Delhalle

French motorcycle racer (1982–2017)

*January 11th, 1982, Chartres †March 9th, 2017, Circuit Paul Armagnac

43

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress and singer (born 1982)

*July 18th, 1982, Jamshedpur

44

Kirsten Dunst

American actress (born 1982)

*April 30th, 1982, Point Pleasant

43

Elisha Cuthbert

Canadian actress

*November 30th, 1982, Calgary

44

Thomas Hitschler

German politician

*June 22nd, 1982, Landau in der Pfalz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1982 is a normal year and no leap year.

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