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On This Day · The 98th day of the year

April 8

April 8's record stretches 871 years, from 1143 to 2014. Its center of gravity is the 20th century.

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Aries is the sign for April 8 — read more on the Aries page, or see April's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on April 8?

April 8 is the 98th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1143 and 2014. Famous people born on April 8 include Kofi Annan, Jacques Brel and Winifred Asprey.

Released on April 8

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game ChainStaff
  • Game Morbid Metal
  • Game The Occultist
  • Game Pokémon Champions
  • TV The Testaments

2025

  • Game South of Midnight

2024

  • Game Spirit City: Lofi Sessions

2023

  • TV MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1143

    Manuel I Komnenos

  2. 1812

    Alexander I of Russia

  3. 1820

    Venus de Milo

  4. 1933

    Western Australia

  5. 1954

    North American T-6 Texan

  6. 1959

    Grace Hopper

  7. 1960

    Netherlands

  8. 1968

    BOAC Flight 712

  9. 2010

    Barack Obama

  10. 2014

    Windows XP

Famous birthday twins

Born on April 8

Kofi Annan

b. 1938

Jacques Brel

b. 1929

Winifred Asprey

b. 1917

Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova

b. 1983

Anouk (singer)

b. 1975

Melvin Calvin

b. 1911

John Madden (director)

b. 1949

Edmund Husserl

b. 1859

Deaths

  • 2013Margaret Thatcher
  • 1973Pablo Picasso
  • 1586Martin Chemnitz
  • 1450Sejong the Great
  • 1143John II Komnenos
  • 217Caracalla

Holidays & observances

  • —Buddha's Birthday, also known as Hana Matsuri, "Flower Festival" (Japan)
  • —Christian feast day: Anne Ayres (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed August Czartoryski
  • —Christian feast day: Constantina
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Dionysius of Alexandria
  • —Christian feast day: Julie Billiart of Namur
  • —Christian feast day: Perpetuus
  • —Christian feast day: Walter of Pontoise

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