About April 8
April 8, 2025 is the 98th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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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 315 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 8
- 1093 –The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
- 1139 –Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
- 1149 –Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
- 1271 –In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
- 1808 –The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1959 –The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
- 1968 –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.
- 1992 –Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
- 2004 –Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
- 2005 –Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
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