April 8th, 1988

Born on April 8th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 841 days, exactly on August 7th, 2026, people who were born on April 8th, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

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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, 1988

36

Riccardo Zoidl

Austrian racing cyclist

*April 8th, 1988, Linz

36

Jenni Asserholt

Swedish ice hockey player

*April 8th, 1988, Örebro

36

William Accambray

French handball player

*April 8th, 1988, Cannes

36

Corey Fisher

American basketball player

*April 8th, 1988, The Bronx

36

Vivien Brisse

French cyclist

*April 8th, 1988, Saint-Étienne

36

Stephanie Cayo

Peruvian actress and singer

*April 8th, 1988, Lima

36

Kim Sung-joon

South Korean association football player

*April 8th, 1988, Jinju

36

Michał Gliwa

Polish footballer

*April 8th, 1988, Rzeszów

36

Sos Janibekyan

Armenian writer and actor

*April 8th, 1988, Yerevan

36

Marcos Freitas

Portuguese table tennis player

*April 8th, 1988, Funchal

36

Sam Beasant

English association football player (born 1988)

*April 8th, 1988, Denham

36

Saqib Saleem

Indian actor

*April 8th, 1988, Delhi

36

Annimari Korte

Finnish hurdler

*April 8th, 1988, Kirkkonummi

36

Paul Zanette

Canadian ice hockey player

*April 8th, 1988, Nobleton

36

Olli Palola

Finnish ice hockey player

*April 8th, 1988, Oulu

36

Judson McKinney

American soccer player

*April 8th, 1988, Cuyahoga Falls

36

María Alejandra Idrobo

Colombian sprinter

*April 8th, 1988, El Tambo, Cauca

36

Fabio Adobati

Italian footballer

*April 8th, 1988, San Giovanni Bianco

36

Claudiu Codoban

Association football player

*April 8th, 1988, Oradea

36

Andrew Sanchez

American mixed martial arts fighter

*April 8th, 1988, Shiloh

36

Moslem Al Freej

Association football player

*April 8th, 1988, Ras Tanura

36

Louella Tomlinson

Australian basketball player (1988-)

*April 8th, 1988, Melbourne

36

Jad Bitar

Lebanese basketball player

*April 8th, 1988, Beirut

36

Gonzalo Malán

Uruguayan footballer

*April 8th, 1988, Nueva Helvecia

36

Rufa Mi

Filipina stand-up comedian, presenter, actress, and singer

*April 8th, 1988, Philippines

36

Jang Pill-joon

South Korean baseball player

*April 8th, 1988, Asan

36

Kim Myung-sung

South Korean baseball player (1988-)

*April 8th, 1988, Seoul

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

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

35

Arvis Vilkaste

Latvian bobsledder

*April 8th, 1989, Balvi Municipality

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

27

Kim Jong-hyun

South Korean singer and dancer (1990–2017)

*April 8th, 1990, Hyehwa-dong †December 18th, 2017, Cheongdam-dong

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

38

Igor Akinfeev

Russian association football player

*April 8th, 1986, Vidnoye

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

33

Monica Lanz

Dutch rower

*April 8th, 1991, Zwartsluis

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

43

Lito Sheppard

American football player, cornerback

*April 8th, 1981, Jacksonville

30

Nathalie Weinzierl

German figure skater

*April 8th, 1994, Saarbrücken

40

Jean-Marc Bideau

Cyclist

*April 8th, 1984, Quimperlé

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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