April 8th, 1987

Born on April 8th, 1987

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What happened on April 8th, 1987?

April 8th, 1987

Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racist remarks he had made while on Nightline.

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What else 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 8th

Born on April 8th, 1987

39

Royston Drenthe

Dutch footballer

*April 8th, 1987, Rotterdam

39

Elton John

Trinidad Tobago footballer

*April 8th, 1987, Trinidad and Tobago

39

Sam Rapira

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*April 8th, 1987, Hamilton

39

Peter Hickman

British motorcycle racer

*April 8th, 1987, Burton upon Trent

39

Jeremy Hellickson

American professional baseball pitcher

*April 8th, 1987, Des Moines

39

Melissa Horn

Swedish singer

*April 8th, 1987, Hedvig Eleonora parish

39

Rachel Liang

Taiwanese singer

*April 8th, 1987, Maolin District

39

Tianwa Yang

Chinese violinist

*April 8th, 1987, Beijing

39

Gabriella Demetriades

South African model

*April 8th, 1987, Gqeberha

39

Jim Jacob

Indian composer, singer, Sound Engineer and Guitarist in Malayalam films

*April 8th, 1987, Ernakulam

39

Yonder Alonso

Cuban professional baseball player

*April 8th, 1987, Havana

39

Tyler McNeely

Canadian ice hockey player

*April 8th, 1987, Burnaby

39

Ezekiel Bala

Nigerian footballer

*April 8th, 1987, Jos

39

Jerry Bengtson

Honduran footballer

*April 8th, 1987, Santa Rosa de Aguán

39

Tresor Kangambu

Congolese footballer

*April 8th, 1987, Democratic Republic of the Congo

39

Rohan Mehra

Indian model and television actor

*April 8th, 1987, Amritsar

39

Darrel Young

American football player

*April 8th, 1987, North Amityville

39

Shareece Wright

American football cornerback

*April 8th, 1987, Colton

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39

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

38

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

39

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

39

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

38

Vance Joy

Australian singer-songwriter

*December 1st, 1987, Melbourne

39

Jax Jones

British DJ and record producer

*July 25th, 1987, London

39

Sandra Lyng

Norwegian singer

*April 18th, 1987, Mosjøen

39

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

39

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

38

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

39

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

38

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

38

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

39

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

39

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

39

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

38

Lukas Runggaldier

Italian Nordic combined skier

*July 31st, 1987, Bolzano

38

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

39

Joel Turner

Australian rapper and beatboxer

*March 3rd, 1987, Mullumbimby

39

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

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No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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