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| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1945 (April 08 1945) | Birth | Derrick Walker, British racing team owner | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1875 (April 08 1875) | Birth | King Albert I of Belgium (died in 1934) | |
| April 8th, 1865 (April 08 1865) | Birth | Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (died in 1940) | |
| 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, 1725 (April 08 1725) | Death | John Wise, English clergyman (born in 1652) | |
| April 8th, 1605 (April 08 1605) | Birth | King Philip IV of Spain, (died in 1665) | |
