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Wednesday, 08 April 2026
1990 Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78. 
1991 42 die in a train collision is Japan
1991 Angry truckers blockade Parliament Hill; say they can't compete due to higher Canadian taxes than US.
1991 Robert M Gates is recorded as becoming head of CIA
1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal
1991 World's Largest Burrito created at 1126 lbs
1991 Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies.
1992 Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43
1993 Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40.
1994 FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London.
1994 Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46).
1994 Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies.
1995 Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most senior spiritual leader.
1995 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
1996 Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82
1998 Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2 million for 30 seconds)
1998 Microsoft agrees to delay shipping Windows 98 for several days while it negotiates with federal government and 20 states in attempt to forestall antitrust lawsuits
2007 Senatorial Elections in the Philippines was held
2012 1500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons agree to end mass hunger strike
2013 Brazil is recorded as becoming the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
2018 Successful memory transfer in snails achieved by scientists from University of California published in journal "eNeuro"
2018 Melania Trump , wife of US President Trump, is treated in hospital for a benign kidney condition
2018 Indian politician Shashi Tharoor is charged by police with driving his wife to commit suicide
2018 Chinese mountain climber and double amputee Xia Boyu reaches the summit of Mt Everest.
2018 Boulder City Council in Colorado votes to ban assault weapons.
2018 US Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states.
2018 Arsenal finish EPL season in 6th place on 63 points; fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the inaugural time since 1997
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 300000.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The UN warns of a global mental health crisis caused by isolation, fear, uncertainty and economic turmoil
2020 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is "ready to support" the UN-recognized Government of National Accord while Greece, a member state of NATO, strongly criticizes Stoltenberg's remarks, saying his recognition of the "Muslim Brotherhood government" does not reflect the positions of the military alliance.
2021 The China National Space Administration lands its Zhurong rover at Utopia Planitia on Mars, making China the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the planet and only the second to land a rover.
2023 The Thai general election is held, with pro-democratic parties such as the Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties gaining a majority of seats in the House of Representatives while pro-military parties such as Palang Pracharat lost seats
2023 49th G7 summit takes place in Hiroshima, Japan. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Japan on the second day of the summit.
2025 Father and son gunmen kill least 15 and wound dozens at a Jewish “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia; police kill the elder shooter [1].
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