What are the important events that happened on April 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 8: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 8 is the 98^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 26, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,067,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontaoctagon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 315 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,491 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 8 Historical Events

• 1093 –
  The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
• 1808 –
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
• 1820 –
  The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
• 1913 –
  The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
• 1916 –
  In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three, and badly injuring five, spectators.
• 1918 –
  World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City’s financial district.
• 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.
• 1968 –
  BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
• 1999 –
  Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
• 2004 –
  Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.

Who were born on April 8?

• 1641 –
  Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)
• 1818 –
  August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (d. 1892)
• 1859 –
  Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938)
• 1910 –
  George Musso, American football player (d. 2000)
• 1920 –
  Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. 1994)
• 1921 –
  Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003)
• 1934 –
  Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. 2007)
• 1947 –
  Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR)
• 1954 –
  G.V. Loganathan, American professor (d. 2007)
• 1989 –
  Alex DeLeon, American singer (The Cab)

Who died on April 8?

• 217 –
  Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 188)
• 1586 –
  Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522)
• 1691 –
  Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1611)
• 1870 –
  Charles de Bériot, Belgian composer (b. 1802)
• 1920 –
  Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (b. 1884)
• 1965 –
  Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1992 –
  Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1907)
• 1996 –
  León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (b. 1906)
• 2010 –
  Malcolm McLaren, British music manager (b. 1946)
• 2010 –
  Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926)