April 8th, 2002

Born on April 8th, 2002

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What happened on April 8th, 2002?

April 8th, 2002

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis

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, 2002

24

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

24

Skai Jackson

American actress

*April 8th, 2002, New York City

24

Jamie Drysdale

Canadian ice hockey player

*April 8th, 2002, Toronto

Same year
Born in 2002

23

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

23

Benson Boone

American singer-songwriter

*June 25th, 2002, Monroe

23

NLE Choppa

American rapper from Tennessee (born 2002)

*November 1st, 2002, Memphis

23

Nessa Barrett

American singer

*August 6th, 2002, Galloway Township

24

Trueno

Argentinian rapper and singer

*March 25th, 2002, La Boca

23

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

23

Joakim Oldorff

Finnish badminton player

*December 14th, 2002, Helsinki

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

23

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

23

Tobias Lund Andresen

Danish cyclist, born 2002

*August 20th, 2002, Taastrup

23

Alessandra Mele

Norwegian-Italian singer

*September 5th, 2002, Pietra Ligure

23

Finn Wolfhard

Canadian actor and musician

*December 23rd, 2002, Vancouver

23

Jacob Sartorius

American singer and Internet personality

*October 2nd, 2002, Tulsa

24

Sofie Lundgaard

Danish association football player

*May 29th, 2002, Aalborg

23

Levi Miller

Australian actor and model

*September 30th, 2002, Brisbane

23

Gaten Matarazzo

American actor

*September 8th, 2002, New London

24

Arnaud De Lie

Belgian cyclist

*March 16th, 2002, Lescheret

24

Lewis MacDougall

British actor

*June 5th, 2002, Edinburgh

23

Maddie Ziegler

American dancer and actress

*September 30th, 2002, Pittsburgh

24

Daniel Grassl

Italian figure skater

*April 4th, 2002, Merano

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2002 is a normal year and no leap year.

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