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| April 8th, 2008 (April 08 2008) | Event | Yi So-yeon became the first South Korean to fly in space. | |
| April 8th, 2008 (April 08 2008) | Death | Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (born in 1928) | |
| April 8th, 2008 (April 08 2008) | Death | John Button, Australian politician (born in 1933) | |
| April 8th, 2008 (April 08 2008) | Death | Stanley Kamel, American actor (born in 1943) | |
| April 8th, 2007 (April 08 2007) | Death | Carey W. Barber, a member of Governing Body of Jehovah s Witnesses (born in 1905) | |
| April 8th, 2007 (April 08 2007) | Death | Sol LeWitt, American artist (born in 1928) | |
| April 8th, 2006 (April 08 2006) | Event | 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. | |
| April 8th, 2006 (April 08 2006) | Death | Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (born in 1923) | |
| April 8th, 2005 (April 08 2005) | Death | Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (born in 1926) | |
| April 8th, 2005 (April 08 2005) | Death | Onna White, Canadian choreographer (born in 1924) | |
| April 8th, 2004 (April 08 2004) | Event | Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups. | |
| April 8th, 2004 (April 08 2004) | Event | U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 Commission. | Condoleezza Rice Quotes |
| April 8th, 2004 (April 08 2004) | Death | Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (born in 1941) | |
| April 8th, 2002 (April 08 2002) | Death | Maria Felix, Mexican actress (born in 1914) | |
| April 8th, 2000 (April 08 2000) | Event | Nineteen Marines are killed when an V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona. | |
| April 8th, 2000 (April 08 2000) | Death | Claire Trevor, American actress (born in 1910) | |
| April 8th, 1999 (April 08 1999) | Event | Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress. | |
| April 8th, 1997 (April 08 1997) | Death | Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (born in 1947) | Laura Nyro Quotes |
| April 8th, 1996 (April 08 1996) | Death | George W. Jenkins, American businessman (born in 1907) | |
| April 8th, 1996 (April 08 1996) | Death | Ben Johnson, American actor (born in 1918) | |
| April 8th, 1996 (April 08 1996) | Death | Leon Klimovsky, Argentine film director (born in 1906) | |
| April 8th, 1994 (April 08 1994) | Death | Francois Rozet, French Canadian actor (born in 1899) | |
| April 8th, 1993 (April 08 1993) | Birth | Trent Sullivan, Australian Actor | |
| April 8th, 1993 (April 08 1993) | Death | Marian Anderson, American contralto (born in 1897) | |
| April 8th, 1992 (April 08 1992) | Event | Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries. | Arthur Ashe Quotes |
| April 8th, 1992 (April 08 1992) | Birth | Shelby Young, American actress | |
| April 8th, 1992 (April 08 1992) | Death | Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1907) | |
| April 8th, 1991 (April 08 1991) | Death | Dead (musician), Swedish metal singer (born in 1969) | |
| April 8th, 1990 (April 08 1990) | Event | New Democracy wins the national election in Greece. | |
| April 8th, 1990 (April 08 1990) | Death | Ryan White, American AIDS activist (born in 1971) | |
| April 8th, 1989 (April 08 1989) | Event | South Africa: The Democratic Party is formed from the merger of four parties. | |
| April 8th, 1989 (April 08 1989) | Event | The two Greek Communist parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Coalition of the Left and Progress in Greece. | |
| April 8th, 1989 (April 08 1989) | Birth | Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer | |
| April 8th, 1987 (April 08 1987) | Event | Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially-charged remarks he had made while on Nightline. | |
| April 8th, 1987 (April 08 1987) | Birth | Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer | |
| April 8th, 1986 (April 08 1986) | Birth | Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer | |
| April 8th, 1986 (April 08 1986) | Birth | Felix Hernandez, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| April 8th, 1986 (April 08 1986) | Birth | Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer | |
| April 8th, 1986 (April 08 1986) | Death | Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (born in 1967) | |
| April 8th, 1985 (April 08 1985) | Event | Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000. | |
| April 8th, 1985 (April 08 1985) | Death | J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (born in 1897) | |
| April 8th, 1984 (April 08 1984) | Birth | Julia Liptakova, Slovakian model | |
| April 8th, 1984 (April 08 1984) | Birth | Taran Noah Smith, American actor | |
| April 8th, 1984 (April 08 1984) | Birth | Kirsten Storms, American actress | |
| April 8th, 1984 (April 08 1984) | Death | Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1894) | |
| April 8th, 1983 (April 08 1983) | Birth | Allu Arjun, Indian film actor | |
| April 8th, 1983 (April 08 1983) | Birth | Adrian Bellani, American actor | |
| April 8th, 1982 (April 08 1982) | Birth | Judy Star, Canadian porn star | |
| April 8th, 1981 (April 08 1981) | Birth | Brian Burres, American baseball player | |
| April 8th, 1981 (April 08 1981) | Birth | Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model | |
| April 8th, 1981 (April 08 1981) | Death | Omar Bradley, U.S. general (born in 1893) | Omar Bradley Quotes |
| April 8th, 1980 (April 08 1980) | Birth | Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer | |
| April 8th, 1980 (April 08 1980) | Birth | Katee Sackhoff, American actress | |
| April 8th, 1979 (April 08 1979) | Birth | Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player | |
| April 8th, 1979 (April 08 1979) | Birth | Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Kylahullut) | Alexi Laiho Quotes |
| April 8th, 1978 (April 08 1978) | Birth | Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress | |
| April 8th, 1978 (April 08 1978) | Birth | Bernt Haas, Swiss footballer | |
| April 8th, 1978 (April 08 1978) | Death | Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (born in 1894) | |
| April 8th, 1977 (April 08 1977) | Birth | Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (died in 2008) | |
| April 8th, 1977 (April 08 1977) | Birth | Mark Spencer, American computer programmer | |
| April 8th, 1975 (April 08 1975) | Event | Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball s first African American manager. | |
| April 8th, 1975 (April 08 1975) | Birth | Anouk, Dutch singer | |
| April 8th, 1975 (April 08 1975) | Birth | Timo Perez, Dominican baseball player | |
| April 8th, 1974 (April 08 1974) | Event | Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth s record of 714. | Babe Ruth Quotes |
| April 8th, 1974 (April 08 1974) | Birth | Chino XL, American rapper | |
| April 8th, 1974 (April 08 1974) | Birth | Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist | |
| April 8th, 1974 (April 08 1974) | Birth | Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Nigerian American writer | |
| April 8th, 1974 (April 08 1974) | Death | James Charles McGuigan, Catholic archbishop of Toronto (born in 1894) | |
| April 8th, 1973 (April 08 1973) | Event | Thirty-two terrorist bombings in Cyprus take place. | |
| April 8th, 1973 (April 08 1973) | Birth | Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer | |
| April 8th, 1973 (April 08 1973) | Birth | Emma Caulfield, American actress | |
| April 8th, 1973 (April 08 1973) | Birth | Alex S. Gonzalez, American baseball player | |
| April 8th, 1973 (April 08 1973) | Death | Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist and sculptor (born in 1881) | Pablo Picasso Quotes |
| April 8th, 1972 (April 08 1972) | Birth | Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot) | |
| April 8th, 1968 (April 08 1968) | Event | 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. | Jane Ace Quotes |
| April 8th, 1968 (April 08 1968) | Birth | Patricia Arquette, American actress | |
| April 8th, 1968 (April 08 1968) | Birth | Patricia Girard-Leno, French athlete (100 m hurdles) | |
| April 8th, 1968 (April 08 1968) | Birth | Tracy Grammer, American folk singer | |
| April 8th, 1967 (April 08 1967) | Birth | Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor | |
| April 8th, 1966 (April 08 1966) | Birth | Mark Blundell, British racing driver | |
| April 8th, 1966 (April 08 1966) | Birth | Mazinho, Brazilian footballer | |
| April 8th, 1966 (April 08 1966) | Birth | Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality | |
| April 8th, 1966 (April 08 1966) | Birth | Robin Wright Penn, American actress | |
| April 8th, 1965 (April 08 1965) | Birth | Michael Niko Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach | |
| April 8th, 1965 (April 08 1965) | Death | Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (born in 1886) | |
| April 8th, 1964 (April 08 1964) | Birth | Lisa Guerrero, American sports broadcaster | |
| April 8th, 1964 (April 08 1964) | Birth | Biz Markie, American rapper/disc jockey | |
| April 8th, 1964 (April 08 1964) | Birth | John McGinlay, Scottish footballer | John Scott Quotes |
| April 8th, 1963 (April 08 1963) | Birth | Julian Lennon, English musician and singer | Julian Quotes |
| April 8th, 1963 (April 08 1963) | Birth | Terry Porter, American basketball player and coach | |
| April 8th, 1963 (April 08 1963) | Birth | Alec Stewart, English cricketer | |
| April 8th, 1963 (April 08 1963) | Birth | Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (died in 2007) | |
| April 8th, 1962 (April 08 1962) | Birth | Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N Roses) | |
| April 8th, 1961 (April 08 1961) | Birth | Richard Hatch, American reality television personality | |
| April 8th, 1960 (April 08 1960) | Event | The U.S. Senate approves the Civil Rights Act of 1960 despite Southern senators marathon filibuster effort. | |
| April 8th, 1960 (April 08 1960) | Birth | John Schneider, American actor | |
| April 8th, 1957 (April 08 1957) | Event | The Suez Canal in Egypt is reopened. | |
| April 8th, 1957 (April 08 1957) | Birth | Fred Smerlas, American football player | |
| April 8th, 1956 (April 08 1956) | Birth | Christine Boisson, French actress | |
| April 8th, 1956 (April 08 1956) | Birth | Jim Piddock, English actor, writer and producer | |
| April 8th, 1955 (April 08 1955) | Birth | Ricky Bell, American football player (died in 1984) | |
| April 8th, 1955 (April 08 1955) | Birth | Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman | |
| April 8th, 1955 (April 08 1955) | Birth | Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist | Barbara Kingsolver Quotes |
| April 8th, 1955 (April 08 1955) | Birth | David Wu, Taiwanese-born American politician | |
| April 8th, 1954 (April 08 1954) | Birth | G.V. Loganathan, American professor (died in 2007) | |
| April 8th, 1954 (April 08 1954) | Birth | Gary Carter, American baseball player | |
| April 8th, 1953 (April 08 1953) | Event | Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya s British rulers. | |
| April 8th, 1952 (April 08 1952) | Event | U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike. | |
| April 8th, 1950 (April 08 1950) | Event | India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact. | |
| April 8th, 1950 (April 08 1950) | Birth | Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer | |
| April 8th, 1950 (April 08 1950) | Death | Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (born in 1890) | Vaslav Nijinsky Quotes |
| April 8th, 1949 (April 08 1949) | Birth | John Madden, English film director | |
| April 8th, 1949 (April 08 1949) | Birth | Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter | |
| April 8th, 1948 (April 08 1948) | Birth | Michael Leshner, Canadian lawyer and gay rights advocate | |
| April 8th, 1947 (April 08 1947) | Birth | Tom DeLay, American politician | Tom Delay Quotes |
| April 8th, 1947 (April 08 1947) | Birth | Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR) | |
| April 8th, 1947 (April 08 1947) | Birth | Robert Kiyosaki, American investor | Saki Quotes |
| April 8th, 1947 (April 08 1947) | Birth | Larry Norman, American singer/songwriter | |
| April 8th, 1946 (April 08 1946) | Event | The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held. | |
| April 8th, 1946 (April 08 1946) | Birth | Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (died in 1999) | |
| April 8th, 1946 (April 08 1946) | Birth | Stuart Pankin, American actor | |
| April 8th, 1946 (April 08 1946) | Birth | Tim Thomerson, American actor | Homer Quotes |
| April 8th, 1945 (April 08 1945) | Birth | Derrick Walker, British racing team owner | |
| April 8th, 1944 (April 08 1944) | Birth | Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor | |
| April 8th, 1944 (April 08 1944) | Birth | Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter | |
| April 8th, 1943 (April 08 1943) | Event | 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 to common carriers and public utilities. | |
| April 8th, 1943 (April 08 1943) | Birth | Tony Banks, British politician (died in 2006) | Tony Banks Quotes |
| April 8th, 1943 (April 08 1943) | Birth | Michael Bennett, American dancer/choreographer (died in 1987) | |
| April 8th, 1943 (April 08 1943) | Birth | Miller Farr, American football player | |
| April 8th, 1942 (April 08 1942) | Event | World War II: Siege of LeningradSoviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad. | |
| April 8th, 1942 (April 08 1942) | Event | World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines. | |
| April 8th, 1942 (April 08 1942) | Birth | Roger Chapman, British rock singer (Family, Streetwalkers) | |
| April 8th, 1942 (April 08 1942) | Birth | Douglas Trumbull, American film director | |
| April 8th, 1942 (April 08 1942) | Death | Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (born in 1880) | |
| April 8th, 1941 (April 08 1941) | Birth | Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-born American actress | Eric Gill Quotes |
| April 8th, 1941 (April 08 1941) | Birth | Peggy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters) | |
| April 8th, 1941 (April 08 1941) | Birth | Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer | |
| April 8th, 1940 (April 08 1940) | Event | World War II: Great Britain and France announce that they have mined Norwegian territorial waters to prevent their use by German supply ships. | |
| April 8th, 1940 (April 08 1940) | Birth | John Havlicek, American basketball player | |
| April 8th, 1938 (April 08 1938) | Birth | Kofi Annan, Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General | |
| April 8th, 1937 (April 08 1937) | Birth | Seymour Hersh, American journalist | |
| April 8th, 1936 (April 08 1936) | Death | Robert Barany, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (born in 1876) | |
| April 8th, 1935 (April 08 1935) | Event | The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law. | |
| April 8th, 1935 (April 08 1935) | Birth | Albert Bustamante, American politician | |
| April 8th, 1934 (April 08 1934) | Birth | Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (died in 2007) | |
| April 8th, 1933 (April 08 1933) | Birth | Fred Ebb, American composer (died in 2004) | |
| April 8th, 1931 (April 08 1931) | Birth | John Gavin, American actor and politician | |
| April 8th, 1931 (April 08 1931) | Death | Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1864) | |
| April 8th, 1930 (April 08 1930) | Birth | Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma | |
| April 8th, 1929 (April 08 1929) | Event | Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest. | |
| April 8th, 1929 (April 08 1929) | Birth | Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (died in 2000) | |
| April 8th, 1929 (April 08 1929) | Birth | Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (died in 1978) | |
| April 8th, 1929 (April 08 1929) | Birth | Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (died in 1996) | |
| April 8th, 1928 (April 08 1928) | Birth | Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (died in 2000) | Yitzhak Rabin Quotes |
| April 8th, 1928 (April 08 1928) | Birth | Monty Sunshine, English jazz clarinetist | |
| April 8th, 1926 (April 08 1926) | Birth | Henry N. Cobb, American architect | |
| April 8th, 1926 (April 08 1926) | Birth | Shecky Greene, American comedian | |
| April 8th, 1926 (April 08 1926) | Birth | Jurgen Moltmann, German theologian | |
| April 8th, 1924 (April 08 1924) | Birth | Frederic Back, German-born Canadian short film director and screenwriter | |
| April 8th, 1924 (April 08 1924) | Birth | Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English soldier and historian (died in 2006) | |
| April 8th, 1923 (April 08 1923) | Birth | George Fisher, American cartoonist (died in 2003) | |
| April 8th, 1923 (April 08 1923) | Birth | Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (died in 1997) | |
| April 8th, 1921 (April 08 1921) | Birth | Alfie Bass, English actor (died in 1987) | |
| April 8th, 1921 (April 08 1921) | Birth | Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (died in 2003) | |
| April 8th, 1921 (April 08 1921) | Birth | Jan Novak, Czech composer (died in 1984) | |
| April 8th, 1920 (April 08 1920) | Birth | Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (died in 1994) | |
| April 8th, 1920 (April 08 1920) | Death | Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (born in 1884) | |
| April 8th, 1919 (April 08 1919) | Birth | Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (died in 2007) | |
| April 8th, 1919 (April 08 1919) | Death | Lorand Eotvos, Hungarian physicist (born in 1848) | |
| April 8th, 1918 (April 08 1918) | Event | World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City s financial district. | Charlie Chaplin Quotes |
| April 8th, 1918 (April 08 1918) | Birth | Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States | |
| April 8th, 1918 (April 08 1918) | Birth | Glendon Swarthout, American author (died in 1992) | |
| April 8th, 1916 (April 08 1916) | Event | In Corona, California, racecar driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators. | |
| April 8th, 1914 (April 08 1914) | Birth | Maria Felix, Mexican actress (died in 2002) | |
| April 8th, 1913 (April 08 1913) | Event | The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law. | |
| April 8th, 1912 (April 08 1912) | Birth | Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi | |
| April 8th, 1912 (April 08 1912) | Birth | Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (died in 1969) | |
| April 8th, 1911 (April 08 1911) | Birth | Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1997) | |
| April 8th, 1911 (April 08 1911) | Birth | Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (died in 1995) | Philo Quotes |
| April 8th, 1910 (April 08 1910) | Birth | George Musso, American football player (died in 2000) | |
| April 8th, 1908 (April 08 1908) | Event | Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School. | |
| April 8th, 1908 (April 08 1908) | Birth | Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (died in 1987) | |
| April 8th, 1906 (April 08 1906) | Birth | Raoul Jobin, French Canadian tenor (died in 1974) | |
| April 8th, 1905 (April 08 1905) | Birth | Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist (died in 1992) | |
| April 8th, 1905 (April 08 1905) | Birth | Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (died in 1971) | |
| April 8th, 1904 (April 08 1904) | Event | The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale. | |
| April 8th, 1904 (April 08 1904) | Event | British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law. | Aleister Crowley Quotes |
| April 8th, 1904 (April 08 1904) | Event | Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times. | |
| April 8th, 1904 (April 08 1904) | Birth | John Hicks, British economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (died in 1989) | |
| April 8th, 1904 (April 08 1904) | Birth | Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (d.1970) | |
| April 8th, 1899 (April 08 1899) | Event | Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair. | |
| April 8th, 1896 (April 08 1896) | Birth | Yip Harburg, American lyricist (died in 1981) | |
| April 8th, 1895 (April 08 1895) | Event | The Supreme Court of the United States declares income tax to be unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers Loan & Trust Co. | |
| April 8th, 1893 (April 08 1893) | Event | The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. | |
| April 8th, 1892 (April 08 1892) | Birth | Richard Neutra, American architect (died in 1970) | |
| April 8th, 1892 (April 08 1892) | Birth | Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (died in 1979) | |
| April 8th, 1889 (April 08 1889) | Birth | Sir Adrian Boult, British conductor (died in 1983) | |
| April 8th, 1888 (April 08 1888) | Birth | Dennis Chavez, American politician (died in 1964) | |
| April 8th, 1886 (April 08 1886) | Event | William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. | William Ewart Gladstone Quotes |
| April 8th, 1883 (April 08 1883) | Birth | R. P. Keigwin, English academic (died in 1972) | |
| April 8th, 1875 (April 08 1875) | Birth | King Albert I of Belgium (died in 1934) | |
| April 8th, 1874 (April 08 1874) | Birth | Stanislaw Taczak, Polish general (died in 1960) | |
| April 8th, 1871 (April 08 1871) | Birth | Clarence Hudson White American photographer (died in 1925) | |
| April 8th, 1870 (April 08 1870) | Death | Charles de Beriot, Belgian composer (born in 1802) | |
| April 8th, 1869 (April 08 1869) | Birth | Harvey Cushing, American neuorosurgeon (died in 1939) | |
| April 8th, 1866 (April 08 1866) | Event | Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary. | |
| April 8th, 1865 (April 08 1865) | Birth | Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (died in 1940) | |
| April 8th, 1864 (April 08 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of MansfieldUnion forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana. | |
| April 8th, 1861 (April 08 1861) | Death | Elisha Otis, American elevator builder (born in 1811) | |
| April 8th, 1859 (April 08 1859) | Birth | Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (died in 1938) | Philo Quotes |
| April 8th, 1857 (April 08 1857) | Death | Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier | |
| April 8th, 1848 (April 08 1848) | Death | Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (born in 1797) | |
| April 8th, 1842 (April 08 1842) | Birth | Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (died in 1933) | |
| April 8th, 1832 (April 08 1832) | Event | Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans. | |
| April 8th, 1827 (April 08 1827) | Birth | Ramon Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (died in 1898) | |
| April 8th, 1826 (April 08 1826) | Birth | Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (died in 1890) | |
| April 8th, 1820 (April 08 1820) | Event | The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos. | |
| April 8th, 1818 (April 08 1818) | Birth | August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (died in 1892) | |
| April 8th, 1818 (April 08 1818) | Birth | King Christian IX of Denmark (died in 1906) | |
| April 8th, 1808 (April 08 1808) | Event | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore was promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII. | |
| April 8th, 1767 (April 08 1767) | Event | Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders. | |
| April 8th, 1735 (April 08 1735) | Death | Francis II Rakoczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (born in March 27, 1676) | |
| April 8th, 1732 (April 08 1732) | Birth | David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (died in 1796) | |
| April 8th, 1730 (April 08 1730) | Event | Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated. | |
| April 8th, 1725 (April 08 1725) | Death | John Wise, English clergyman (born in 1652) | |
| April 8th, 1704 (April 08 1704) | Death | Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (born in 1624) | |
| April 8th, 1704 (April 08 1704) | Death | Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (born in 1641) | |
| April 8th, 1697 (April 08 1697) | Death | Niels Juel, Danish admiral (born in 1629) | |
| April 8th, 1692 (April 08 1692) | Birth | Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (died in 1770) | |
| April 8th, 1691 (April 08 1691) | Death | Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect (born in 1611) | |
| April 8th, 1641 (April 08 1641) | Birth | Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (died in 1704) | |
| April 8th, 1605 (April 08 1605) | Birth | King Philip IV of Spain, (died in 1665) | |
| April 8th, 1587 (April 08 1587) | Death | John Foxe, English writer (born in 1516) | |
| April 8th, 1586 (April 08 1586) | Death | Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (born in 1522) | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 8th, 1541 (April 08 1541) | Birth | Michele Mercati, Italian physician (died in 1593) | |
| April 8th, 1533 (April 08 1533) | Birth | Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (died in 1604) | |
| April 8th, 1513 (April 08 1513) | Event | Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon declares Florida a territory of Spain. | |
| April 8th, 1461 (April 08 1461) | Death | Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (born in 1423) | |
| April 8th, 1364 (April 08 1364) | Death | King John II of France (born in 1319) | |
| April 8th, 1320 (April 08 1320) | Birth | King Peter I of Portugal (died in 1367) | |
| April 8th, 1271 (April 08 1271) | Event | In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers. | |
| April 8th, 1149 (April 08 1149) | Event | Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum. | Ptolemy Quotes |
| April 8th, 1143 (April 08 1143) | Death | John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (born in 1087) | |
| April 8th, 1139 (April 08 1139) | Event | Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated. | |
| April 8th, 1093 (April 08 1093) | Event | The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin. | |
| April 8th, 0956 (April 08 0956) | Death | Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy | |
| April 8th, 0217 (April 08 0217) | Event | Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. | |
| April 8th, 0217 (April 08 0217) | Death | Caracalla, Roman Emperor (born in 186) | |
