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.
- 1740 –War of Jenkin’s Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa.
- 1893 –The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
- 1895 –In Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
- 1904 –British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law.
- 1904 –The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- 1906 –Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dies.
- 1908 –Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
- 1913 –The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
- 1918 –World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City’s financial district.
- 1935 –The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
- 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.
- 1954 –South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
- 1959 –A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
- 1974 –at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth’s 39-year-old record.
- 1987 –Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
- 1992 –Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
- 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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