Tukuk-OS📅 April 8
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 8? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2008 — On board Soyuz TMA-12, Yi So-yeon became the first Korean astronaut.
- 1973 — The Progress Party was founded in a movie theater in Oslo, Norway.
- 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.
- 1961 — A large explosion on board the MV Dara in the Persian Gulf killed 238 people.
- 1959 — A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language, which became COBOL.
- 1943 — Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for performing acts of resistance against Nazism.
- 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.
- 1933 — The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.
Western Australia1933 Western Australian secession referendum
- 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.
- 1911 — American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.
- 1904 — Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan was renamed Times Square after the New York Times building.
- 1904 — France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict.
- 1864 — American Civil War: Late-arriving reinforcements helped Confederate forces rout the Union Army at the Battle of Mansfield.
- 1820 — The Venus de Milo (pictured), an ancient Greek statue of a woman with its arms missing, was discovered on the island of Milos.
- 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.
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (merchant)Albany, New YorkRensselaerswyck
- 1271 — Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars.
- 876 — Abbasid forces decisively defeated the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq.
- 217 — Roman emperor Caracalla (pictured) was assassinated near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.
Births
- 2013 — Big Justice, American social media personality
- 2005 — Zaccharie Risacher, French basketball player
- 2002 — Jamie Drysdale, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2002 — Viktória Forster, Slovak track and field athlete
- 2002 — Skai Jackson, American actress
- 1999 — CeeDee Lamb, American football player
- 1998 — Lavinia Valbonesi, Ecuadorian nutritionist, businesswoman and First Lady of Ecuador
- 1997 — Kim Woo-jin, South Korean singer
- 1997 — Saygrace, Australian singer and songwriter
- 1997 — Roquan Smith, American football player
- 1997 — Arno Verschueren, Belgian footballer
- 1997 — Keira Walsh, English footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Nelsy Cruz, Dominican politician, governor of Monte Cristi (born 1982)
- 2024 — Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1934)
- 2024 — Peter Higgs, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)
- 2024 — Ralph Puckett, American Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1926)
- 2022 — Mimi Reinhardt, Jewish Austrian secretary (born 1915)
- 2020 — Rick May, American-Canadian voice actor (born 1940)
- 2020 — Abdul Momin Imambari, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (born 1930)
- 2019 — Josine Ianco-Starrels, Romanian-born American art curator (born 1926)
- 2015 — Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (born 1934)
- 2015 — Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (born 1920)
- 2015 — Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (born 1987)
- 2015 — David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (born 1933)
Observances & holidays
- Buddha's Birthday, also known as Hana Matsuri, "Flower Festival" (Japan)
- Christian feast day: Anne Ayres (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Blessed August Czartoryski
- Christian feast day: Constantina
- Christian feast day: Pope Dionysius of Alexandria
- Christian feast day: Julie Billiart of Namur
- Christian feast day: Perpetuus
- Christian feast day: Walter of Pontoise
- Christian feast day: William Augustus Muhlenberg (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April (Liberia)
- International Romani Day
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