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| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1936 (April 08 1936) | Death | Robert Barany, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (born in 1876) | |
| 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, 1916 (April 08 1916) | Event | In Corona, California, racecar driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators. | |
| April 8th, 1906 (April 08 1906) | Birth | Raoul Jobin, French Canadian tenor (died in 1974) | |
| April 8th, 1896 (April 08 1896) | Birth | Yip Harburg, American lyricist (died in 1981) | |
| 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, 1866 (April 08 1866) | Event | Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary. | |
| April 8th, 1826 (April 08 1826) | Birth | Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (died in 1890) | |
| April 8th, 1586 (April 08 1586) | Death | Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (born in 1522) | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 8th, 0956 (April 08 0956) | Death | Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy | |
