About April 8

April 8, 2024 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.

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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 296 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On April 8

  • 1139 –
    Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
  • 1271 –
    In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
  • 1740 –
    War of Jenkin’s Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa.
  • 1886 –
    William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • 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.
  • 1935 –
    The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
  • 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.
  • 1946 –
    The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
  • 1952 –
    U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
  • 1954 –
    A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collided with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
  • 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.
  • 1961 –
    A large explosion on board the MV Dara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
  • 1975 –
    Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball’s first African American manager.
  • 1993 –
    The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.
  • 2004 –
    Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
  • 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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