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 99th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 26, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,712,534,400 seconds 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 ‘enneacontaenneagon’ day.
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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 296 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 4,126 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 8 Historical Events
- 1767 –Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders.
- 1820 –The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
- 1886 –William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
- 1904 –Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- 1906 –Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dies.
- 1908 –Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
- 1942 –World War II: Siege of Leningrad – Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
- 1975 –President Richard Nixon signs into law federal legislation authorizing the establishment of Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota.
- 2004 –Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
- 2005 –Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
Who were born on April 8?
- 1826 –Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890)
- 1902 –Andrew Irvine, British mountaineer (d. 1924)
- 1926 –Shirley Mills, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1941 –Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
- 1955 –David Wu, Taiwanese-born American politician
- 1956 –Justin Sullivan, English musician (New Model Army)
- 1963 –Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. 2007)
- 1964 –John McGinlay, Scottish footballer
- 1965 –Michael Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1966 –Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
Who died on April 8?
- 1587 –John Foxe, English writer (b. 1516)
- 1857 –Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827)
- 1942 –Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (b. 1880)
- 1958 –Ethel Turner, Australian author (b. 1872)
- 1981 –Omar Bradley, U.S. general (b. 1893)
- 1993 –Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)
- 1996 –León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (b. 1906)
- 2000 –Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2008 –John Button, Australian politician (b. 1933)
- 2009 –Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)
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