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Saturday, 18 October 2025

1950  Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  First of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  On this day in history big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe &Gamow  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  On April - 08 pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  Dag Hammarskjoeld chosen as secretary-general of UN on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On this day in history army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On this day in history uS Air Force Academy established  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On April - 08 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 perfs  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289 on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  Frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  On this day in history rCA (TV &Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  On April - 08 u Nu elected premier of Burma  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  On April - 08 neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On this day in history jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 perfs on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history nYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history soap operas "General Hospital" &"The Doctors" premier on TV  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  35th Academy Awards on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On April - 08 len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Unmanned Gemini 1 launched on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  On April - 08 erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  On April - 08 aFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  On April - 08 george Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On April - 08 the Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On this day in history 1st Baseball game in Canada  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1460  On this day in history birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1533  On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1541  On this day in history birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1582  On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  On this day in history birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on April - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In April - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0217  On this day in history death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1143  On this day in history john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1364  On April - 08 jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1461  On April - 08 death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1498  On April - 08 death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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