About April 8
April 8, 2025 is the 98th 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.
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Aries is the sun 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.
What Happened On April 8
- 217 –Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
- 1271 –In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
- 1820 –The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
- 1866 –Italy and Prussia ally against Austrian Empire.
- 1906 –Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dies.
- 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.
- 1929 –Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
- 1942 –World War II: Siege of Leningrad – Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
- 1942 –World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
- 1943 –U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
- 1950 –India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
- 1954 –South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
- 1959 –The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
- 1974 –at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth’s 39-year-old record.
- 1975 –Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball’s first African American manager.
- 1975 –President Richard Nixon signs into law federal legislation authorizing the establishment of Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota.
- 1987 –Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
- 1993 –The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.
- 2006 –Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
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