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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[217]] &ndash; [[Roman emperor]] [[Caracalla]] is assassinated and is succeeded by his [[Praetorian Guard]] [[prefect]], [[Marcus Opellius Macrinus]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ando|first=Clifford|title=Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284: The Critical Century|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|date=2012|isbn=9780748620500|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fTcCQAAQBAJ|pages=62–63}}</ref>
* [[876]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul]] saves [[Baghdad]] from the [[Saffarids]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Popović|first=Alexander|title=The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq in the 3rd/9th Century|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Markus Wiener Publishers|date=1999|isbn=9781558761629|page=74}}</ref>
*[[1139]] &ndash; [[Roger II of Sicily]] is excommunicated by [[Innocent II]] for supporting [[Antipope Anacletus II|Anacletus II]] as [[pope]] for seven years, even though Roger had already publicly recognized Innocent's claim to the papacy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Norwich|first=John Julius|title=Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy|location=New York|publisher=Random House|date=2011|isbn=9781400067152|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHfuVL-sDBQC|pages=135–136}}</ref>
*[[1232]] &ndash; [[Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty|Mongol–Jin War]]: The [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] begin their [[Siege of Kaifeng (1232)|siege on Kaifeng]], the capital of the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jaques|first1=Tony|last2=Showalter|first2=Dennis E.|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles From Antiquity Through the Twenty-First Century|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2007|isbn=9780313335365|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC|page=502}}</ref>
*[[1250]] &ndash; [[Seventh Crusade]]: [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubids]] of Egypt capture King [[Louis IX of France]] in the [[Battle of Fariskur (1250)|Battle of Fariskur]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Overview of 1200-1400: Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol.1: ca. 3000 BCE—1499 CE|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC=CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|page=282}}</ref>
*[[1271]] &ndash; In [[Syria]], sultan [[Baibars]] conquers the [[Krak des Chevaliers]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baumer|first=Christopher|title=The History of Central Asia. Volume 3: The Age of Islam and the Mongols|location=London|publisher=I.B. Tauris & Co|date=2017|isbn=9781784534905|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhiWDwAAQBAJ|page=219}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; The city of [[Oulu]], Finland, is founded by [[Charles IX of Sweden]].<ref>[https://www.ouka.fi/oulu/english/some-history Some History] – City of Oulu</ref>
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[Congregation Shearith Israel|Shearith Israel]], the first [[synagogue]] in continental North America, is dedicated.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarna|first=Jonathan D.|chapter=The Evolution of the American Synagogue|title=The Americanization of the Jews|editor-last1=Seltzer|editor-first1=Robert M.|editor-last2=Cohen|editor-first2=Norman J.|location=New York|publisher=New York University Press|date=1995|isbn=9780814788806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjiUuHnkeOIC|page=217}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; Czar [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]], the [[Emperor of Russia|Russian Emperor]] and the [[Grand Duke of Finland]], officially announces the transfer of the status of the Finnish capital from [[Turku]] to [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/news/3-5486170|title=Bicentennial of Helsinki as Finnish capital|work=[[Yle News]]|date=April 8, 2012|access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/1978-lobbying-for-helsinki-200-years-ago-2.html|title=Lobbying for Helsinki 200 years ago|work=[[Helsinki Times]]|date=April 19, 2012|access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; The ''[[Venus de Milo]]'' is discovered on the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] island of [[Milos]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Venus de Milo {{!}} sculpture |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Venus-de-Milo |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=8 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Black Hawk War]]: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave [[St. Louis, Missouri]] to fight the [[Sauk people|Sauk]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McGuire|first=Randy R.|title=St. Louis Arsenal: Armory of the West|location=Chicago|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|date=2001|isbn=9780738507804|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hiKdvZsiTpwC|page=36}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Austro-Prussian War]]: [[Italy]] and [[Prussia]] sign a secret alliance against the [[Austrian Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wawro|first=Geoffrey|title=The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War With Prussia and Italy in 1866|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1996|isbn=9780521560597|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AimQzlVVlQoC|page=43, fn. 18}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[William Ewart Gladstone]] introduces the first [[Irish Government Bill 1886|Irish Home Rule Bill]] into the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Altholz|first=Josef L.|title=Selected Documents in Irish History|location=Armonk, N.Y.|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|date=2000|isbn=9780765605412|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1brBgAAQBAJ|page=101}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; In ''[[Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.]]'' the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] declares unapportioned [[Income tax in the United States|income tax]] to be [[Constitutionality|unconstitutional]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Putney|first=Albert H.|title=United States Constitutional History and Law|location=Chicago|publisher=Illinois Book Exchange|date=1908|oclc=1304138030|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeMrAAAAIAAJ|page=234|isbn=9780722273838 }}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; The [[French Third Republic]] and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] sign the ''[[Entente cordiale]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History : British History Timeline |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; The Central Committee of the [[Mongolian People's Party|Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]] elects [[Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal]] as [[General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Party|General Secretary]], marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as ''de facto'' leader of [[Mongolian People's Republic|Mongolia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tsedenbal.mn/hiisen-ajil/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%85-%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB-%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0/ |title=Миний мэдэх Бал дарга – Юмжаагийн Цэдэнбал|access-date=2022-04-04|website=tsedenbal.mn|date=2020-11-21|language=mn}}</ref>
*[[1954]] – A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair [[T-6 Texan|Harvard]] [[Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9|collides]] with a [[Trans-Canada Air Lines|Trans-Canada Airlines]] [[Canadair North Star]] over [[Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan]], killing 37 people.<ref name="stf">{{cite web |date=25 June 2014 |title=On this day: The Moose Jaw Air Crash (April 8th, 1954) |url=http://www.ephemeraltreasures.net/tca-crash-moose-jaw-part-1.html |accessdate=27 January 2020}}</ref>
*1954   – [[South African Airways Flight 201]]: A [[De Havilland Comet|de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1]] crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.<ref name="whitney19540410">{{Cite news |last=Whitney |first=Peter D. |date=1954-04-10 |title=Comet Wreckage Found in Sea; 3 Americans Among 21 Victims |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/04/10/archives/comet-wreckage-found-in-sea-3-americans-among-21-victims-comet.html |access-date=2019-05-02 |work=The New York Times |page=1 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[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]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gürer |first=Denise |date=1 June 2002 |title=Pioneering Women in Computer Science |journal=SIGCSE Bull. |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=175–180 |doi=10.1145/543812.543853 |issn=0097-8418 |s2cid=2577644}}</ref>
*1959   – The [[Organization of American States]] drafts an agreement to create the [[Inter-American Development Bank]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BAN |url=http://www.oas.org/dil/treaties_C-15_Agreement_Establishing_the_Inter-American_Development_Bank_sign.htm |access-date=7 April 2011 |publisher=[[Organization of American States]]}}</ref>
*[[1960]] – The [[Netherlands]] and [[West Germany]] sign an agreement to negotiate the return of [[Dutch annexation of German territory after the Second World War|German land annexed by the Dutch]] in return for 280&nbsp;million [[German mark|German marks]] as [[Wiedergutmachung]].<ref name="tre">{{cite web |author= |date=April 8, 1960 |title=Treaty Series - No. 7404 - NETHERLANDS and FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/unts/volume%20508/v508.pdf |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |publisher=United Nations}}</ref>
*[[1968]] – [[BOAC Flight 712]] catches fire shortly after takeoff. 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.<ref name="Gazette">{{London Gazette
| issue = 44913
| date = 7 August 1969
| pages = 8211–8213
| supp = y
| quote = Crown Copyright
}}  The citation for Harrison's GC is on p.1, Davis-Gordon's BEM is on p.3</ref>
*[[1970]] – [[Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing]]: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.<ref name="time">{{cite magazine |date=1 June 1970 |title=Middle East: In Cold Blood |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878279-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428124725/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C878279-1%2C00.html |archive-date=28 April 2009 |access-date= |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Hank Aaron]] passes [[Babe Ruth]] as the [[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders|all-time leader in career home runs]] by hitting his 715th home run off of [[Al Downing (baseball)|Al Downing]] at [[Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL197404080.shtml|title=Atlanta Braves 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 4|date=April 8, 1974|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; The conservative [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party of [[Constantine Mitsotakis]] is elected in the [[1990 Greek parliamentary election|Greek parliamentary election]].<ref name="NS">[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref>
*  [[1993]]  &ndash; The [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on mission [[STS-56]].<ref name="STS-56 Mission Summary">{{citation-attribution|{{cite web |last1=Ryba |first1=Jeanne |title=STS-56 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-56.html |access-date=11 March 2022 |publisher=NASA}} }}</ref>
*  [[2002]] &ndash; The [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on mission [[STS-110]], carrying the [[Integrated Truss Structure|S0 truss]] to the [[International Space Station]]. Astronaut [[Jerry L. Ross]] also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-110 Video Highlights |url=http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle109.htm |access-date=28 November 2009 |publisher=[[National Space Society]]}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; A [[Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005|solar eclipse]] occurs, visible over areas of the [[Pacific Ocean]] and Latin American countries such as [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partial Solar Eclipse: April 8, 2005 |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/HSE2005/PSE2005.html |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref> 
*[[2010]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] and Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] sign the [[New START|New START Treaty]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=Barack Obama - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/barack-obama/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> 
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Windows XP]] reaches its standard [[End-of-life product|End Of Life]] and is no longer supported.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Security |first=Microsoft |date=2013-08-15 |title=The Risk of Running Windows XP After Support Ends April 2014 |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2013/08/15/the-risk-of-running-windows-xp-after-support-ends-april-2014/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Microsoft Security Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Bernie Sanders]] ends his [[Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]], leaving [[Joe Biden]] as the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s nominee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-08|title=Bernie Sanders, who reshaped US politics, ends 2020 presidential run|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/08/bernie-sanders-ends-2020-presidential-race|access-date=2022-01-10|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024]]: A total [[solar eclipse]] takes place at the Moon's [[Orbital node|ascending node]], visible across North America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Jamie |date=April 8, 2019 |title=Countdown Begins To 'Great North American Eclipse', The Longest, Darkest and Best For 21 Years |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2019/04/08/countdown-begins-to-great-north-american-eclipse-the-longest-darkest-and-best-for-21-years/ |access-date=March 23, 2024 |website=Forbes}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1320]] &ndash; [[Peter I of Portugal]] (d. 1367)
*[[1408]] &ndash; [[Jadwiga of Lithuania]], Polish princess (d. 1431)
*[[1435]] &ndash; [[John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford]], English noble (d. 1461)<ref>{{cite book|author=William Harbutt Dawson|title=History of Skipton: (W. R. Yorks.)|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofskipton00indaws|year=1882|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofskipton00indaws/page/32 32]}}</ref>
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Claudio Merulo]], Italian organist and composer (d. 1604)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Morehen|title=Ricercari d'intavolatura d'organo: 1567|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvIB6vnMpJQC&pg=PP9|year=2000|publisher=A-R Editions, Inc.|isbn=978-0-89579-476-5|pages=9}}</ref>
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[Barbara of Hesse]] (d. 1597)
*[[1541]] &ndash; [[Michele Mercati]], Italian physician and archaeologist (d. 1593)
*[[1580]] &ndash; [[William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke]], English noble, courtier and patron of the arts (d. 1630)
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Juan van der Hamen]], Spanish artist (d. 1631)
===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Philip IV of Spain]] (d. 1665)
*  1605   &ndash; [[Mary Stuart (1605–1607)|Mary Stuart]], English-Scottish princess (d. 1607)
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney]], English general and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]] (d. 1704)
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Tartini]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1770)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[Lewis Morris]], American judge and politician (d. 1798)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[David Rittenhouse]], American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1796)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[William Joseph Chaminade]], French priest, founded the [[Society of Mary (Marianists)|Society of Mary]] (d. 1850)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[John Thomas Campbell]], Irish-Australian banker and politician (d. 1830)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Dionysios Solomos]], Greek poet and author (d. 1857)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (d. 1906)
*  1818   &ndash; [[August Wilhelm von Hofmann]], German chemist and academic (d. 1892)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Pancha Carrasco]], Costa Rican soldier (d. 1890)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Ramón Emeterio Betances]], Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, journalist, and politician (d. 1898)<ref>{{cite book|title=The San Juan review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rC9lAAAAMAAJ|year=1965|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Bacon Custer]], American author and educator (d. 1933)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Edmund Husserl]], German Jewish-Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1938)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Carlos Deltour]], French rower and rugby player (d. 1920)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Allen Butler Talcott]], American painter and educator (d. 1908) 
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Harvey Cushing]], American surgeon and academic (d. 1939)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Clarence Hudson White]], American photographer and educator (d. 1925)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Manuel Díaz (fencer)|Manuel Díaz]], Cuban fencer (d. 1929)
*  1874   &ndash; [[Stanisław Taczak]], Polish general (d. 1960)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Albert I of Belgium]] (d. 1934)
*[[1882]] (O.S. 27 March) &ndash; [[Dmytro Doroshenko]], Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine]] and Prime Minister of Ukraine (d. 1951)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[R. P. Keigwin]], English cricketer and academic (d. 1972)
*  1883 &ndash; [[Julius Seljamaa]], Estonian journalist and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia]] (d. 1936)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Dimitrios Levidis]], Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator (d. 1951)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Margaret Ayer Barnes]], American author and playwright (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lloyd C.|last=Taylor|title=Margaret Ayer Barnes|location=Boston|publisher=Twayne Publishing|year=1974|isbn=978-0-80570-037-4|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Dennis Chávez]], American journalist and politician (d. 1962)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Adrian Boult]], English conductor (d. 1983)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Richard Neutra]], Austrian-American architect, designer of the [[Los Angeles County Hall of Records]] (d. 1970)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Mary Pickford]], Canadian-American actress, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of [[United Artists]] (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank Northen|last=Magill|title=Great Lives from History|location=Pasadena|publisher=Salem Press|year=1995|page=1447|isbn=978-0-89356-896-2}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Yip Harburg]], American composer (d. 1981)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Marie Byles]], Australian solicitor (d. 1979)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/byles-marie-beuzeville-9652|title=Marie Byles|last=Radi|first=Heather|chapter=Byles, Marie Beuzeville (1900–1979) |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|location=Canberra}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)|Andrew Irvine]], English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1924)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Maria Maksakova Sr.]], Russian soprano (d. 1974)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[John Hicks]], English economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1989)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Hirsch Jacobs]], American horse trainer (d. 1970)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Joachim Büchner]], German sprinter and graphic designer (d. 1978)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Helen Joseph]], English-South African activist (d. 1992)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Erwin Keller]], German field hockey player (d. 1971)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Raoul Jobin]], Canadian tenor and educator (d. 1974)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Hugo Fregonese]], Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Murphy|title=Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOdkAAAAMAAJ|date=11 September 2006|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=978-1-84457-126-0|page=214}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[John Fante]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1983)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[George Musso]], American football player and police officer (d. 2000)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Melvin Calvin]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1997)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Emil Cioran]], Romanian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1995)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Alois Brunner]], Austrian-German [[SS]] officer (d. 2001 or 2010)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Sonja Henie]], Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (d. 1969)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[María Félix]], [[Yaqui]]/[[Basques|Basque]]-Mexican actress (d. 2002)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Ivan Supek]], Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer (d. 2007)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Winifred Asprey]], American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2007)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Lloyd Bott]], Australian public servant (d. 2004)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Hubertus Ernst]], Dutch bishop (d. 2017)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Grigori Kuzmin]], Russian-Estonian astronomer (d. 1988)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Betty Ford]], American wife of [[Gerald Ford]], 40th [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. 2011)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Glendon Swarthout]], American author and academic (d. 1992)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Ian Smith]], Zimbabwean lieutenant and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Rhodesia]] (d. 2007)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Franco Corelli]], Italian tenor and actor (d. 2003)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Carmen McRae]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 1994)
*  [[1921]]   &ndash; [[Jan Novák (composer)|Jan Novák]], Czech composer (d. 1984)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Herman van Raalte]], Dutch footballer (d. 2013)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[George Fisher (cartoonist)|George Fisher]], American cartoonist (d. 2003)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Edward Mulhare]], Irish-American actor (d. 1997)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Back]], German-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Anthony Farrar-Hockley]], English general and historian (d. 2006)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Kumar Gandharva]], Hindustani classical singer (d. 1992)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Sara Northrup Hollister]], American occultist (d. 1997)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Henry N. Cobb]], American architect and academic, co-founded [[Pei Cobb Freed & Partners]] (d. 2020)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Shecky Greene]], American comedian (d. 2023)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Jürgen Moltmann]], German theologian and academic (d. 2024)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Tilly Armstrong]], English author (d. 2010)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Ollie Mitchell]], American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2013)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Fred Ebb]], American lyricist (d. 2004)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jacques Brel]], Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1978)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Renzo De Felice]], Italian historian and author (d. 1996)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma]] (d. 2010)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[John Gavin]], American actor and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Mexico]] (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/14/john-gavin-obituary|title=John Gavin obituary|date=14 April 2018|author=[[Ronald Bergan]]|website=The Guardian|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>
*1931 &ndash; [[Jack Le Goff]], French equestrian (d. 2009)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Le Goff |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12293 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=12 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Iskandar of Johor]] (d. 2010)
*  1933   &ndash; [[James Lockhart (historian)|James Lockhart]], American scholar of colonial Latin America, especially [[Nahua people]]s (d. 2014)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Kisho Kurokawa]], Japanese architect, designed the [[Nakagin Capsule Tower]] and [[Singapore Flyer]] (d. 2007)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Oscar Zeta Acosta]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Albert Bustamante]], American soldier, educator, and politician (d. 2021)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Ghassan Kanafani]], Palestinian author and politician (d. 1972)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Tony Barton (footballer)|Tony Barton]], English footballer and manager (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/tonybarton.html|title=Tony Barton|website= neilbrown.newcastlefans.com|access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Seymour Hersh]], American journalist and author
*  1937   &ndash; [[Momo Kapor]], Serbian author and painter (d. 2010)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Kofi Annan]], Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (d. 2018)
*  1938   &ndash; [[John Hamm]], Canadian physician and politician, 25th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]]
*  1938   &ndash; [[Mary W. Gray]], American mathematician, statistician, and lawyer
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Manolis Angelopoulos]], Greek singer, composer and songwriter (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lifo.gr/san-simera/1989-pethainei-sto-londino-o-manolis-aggelopoylos-0|title=Σαν Σήμερα / To 1989 πεθαίνει στο Λονδίνο ο Μανώλης Αγγελόπουλος|language=el|website=LIFO|date=2 April 2015 |access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[John Arbuthnott (microbiologist)|John Arbuthnott]], Scottish microbiologist and academic (d. 2023)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Trina Schart Hyman]], American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Martin J. Schreiber]], American politician, 39th [[Governor of Wisconsin]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Hannan|first=Caryn|title=Wisconsin Biographical Dictionary|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC, Dec 1, 2008|page=368|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V08bjkJeXkAC&pg=PA368 |isbn=9781878592637|date=2008-01-01}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[John Havlicek]], American basketball player (d. 2019)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Vivienne Westwood]], English fashion designer (d. 2022) 
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford]], Northern Irish politician, [[Minister for Sport and the Olympics]] (d. 2006)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Roger Chapman]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1942   &ndash; [[Douglas Trumbull]], American director, producer, and special effects artist (d. 2022)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]], American dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Miller Farr]], American football player (d. 2023)
*  1943   &ndash; [[James Herbert]], English author and illustrator (d. 2013)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Chris Orr (artist)|Chris Orr]], English painter and illustrator
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Hywel Bennett]], Welsh actor (d. 2017)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Odd Nerdrum]], Swedish-Norwegian painter and illustrator
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Derrick Walker]], Scottish businessman
*  1945   &ndash; [[Jang Yong]], South Korean actor
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Catfish Hunter]], American baseball player (d. 1999)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Tim Thomerson]], American actor and producer
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Tom DeLay]], American lawyer and politician
*  1947   &ndash; [[Steve Howe (musician)|Steve Howe]], English guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*  1947   &ndash; [[Pascal Lamy]], French businessman and politician, [[European Commissioner for Trade]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[Larry Norman]], American singer-songwriter, and producer (d. 2008)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone]], Scottish academic and politician
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[K. C. Kamalasabayson]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 39th [[Attorney General of Sri Lanka]] (d. 2007)
*  1949   &ndash; [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]], English director and producer
*  1949   &ndash; [[Brenda Russell]], African-American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
*  1949   &ndash; [[John Scott (sociologist)|John Scott]], English sociologist and academic
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Grzegorz Lato]], Polish footballer and coach
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Gerd Andres]], German politician
*  1951   &ndash; [[Geir Haarde]], Icelandic economist, journalist, and politician, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Iceland]]
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mel Schacher]], American bass player 
*  1951   &ndash; [[Joan Sebastian]], Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Phil Schaap]], American jazz disc jockey and historian (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=September 8, 2021|title=Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/arts/music/phil-schaap-dead.html|access-date=September 9, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Page|first=Tim|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/phil-schaap-dead/2021/09/08/a5267226-10a2-11ec-bc8a-8d9a5b534194_story.html|title=Phil Schaap, jazz scholar, historian and broadcaster, dies at 70|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=8 September 2021|access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Ahmet Piriştina]], Turkish politician (d. 2004)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Gary Carter]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco]] (d. 2012)
*  1954   &ndash; [[G.V. Loganathan]], Indian-American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Gerrie Coetzee]], South African boxer (d. 2023)
*  1955   &ndash; [[Ron Johnson]], American businessman and politician<ref>{{CongLinks | congbio=J000293}}</ref>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Barbara Kingsolver]], American novelist, essayist and poet<ref>{{cite book|title=Maryland Biographical Dictionary|publisher=Native Amer Books|year=1999|isbn=9780403098231|page=317}}</ref>
*  1955   &ndash; [[David Wu]], Taiwanese-American lawyer and politician<ref>{{CongLinks | congbio=w000793}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Michael Benton]], Scottish-English paleontologist and academic
*  1956   &ndash; [[Christine Boisson]], French actress
*  1956   &ndash; [[Roman Dragoun]], Czech singer-songwriter and keyboard player 
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Detlef Bruckhoff]], German footballer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Tom Petranoff]], American javelin thrower and coach
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Alain Bondue]], French cyclist
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]], American actor and country singer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant)|Richard Hatch]], American reality contestant
*  1961   &ndash; [[Brian McDermott (footballer)|Brian McDermott]], English footballer and manager
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Paddy Lowe]], English engineer
*  1962   &ndash; [[Izzy Stradlin]], American guitarist and songwriter 
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Tine Asmundsen]], Norwegian bassist
*  1963   &ndash; [[Julian Lennon]], English singer-songwriter
*  1963   &ndash; [[Dean Norris]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Feser |first1=Molly |title=Dean Norris Shares Funny Breaking Bad Deleted Scene to Celebrate Birthday |url=https://screenrant.com/breaking-bad-deleted-scene-dean-norris-schrader-video/ |publisher=[[Screen Rant]] |access-date=27 March 2023 |date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Terry Porter]], American basketball player and coach
*  1963   &ndash; [[Donita Sparks]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1963   &ndash; [[Alec Stewart]], English cricketer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Biz Markie]], American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2021)
*  1964   &ndash; [[John McGinlay]], Scottish footballer and manager
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Steven Blaney]], Canadian businessman and politician, 5th [[Minister of Public Safety|Canadian Minister of Public Safety]]
*  1965   &ndash; [[Michael Jones (rugby union)|Michael Jones]], New Zealand rugby player and coach
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Iveta Bartošová]], Czech singer and actress (d. 2014)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Mark Blundell]], English race car driver
*  1966   &ndash; [[Andy Currier]], English rugby league player
*  1966   &ndash; [[Charlotte Dawson]], New Zealand-Australian television host (d. 2014)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Dalton Grant]], English high jumper
*  1966   &ndash; [[Mazinho]], Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
*  1966   &ndash; [[Harri Rovanperä]], Finnish race car driver
*  1966   &ndash; [[Evripidis Stylianidis]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Greek Minister for the Interior]]
*  1966   &ndash; [[Robin Wright]], American actress, director, producer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Kenny Benjamin]], Antiguan cricketer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Patricia Arquette]], American actress and director
*  1968   &ndash; [[Patricia Girard]], French runner and hurdler
*  1968   &ndash; [[Tracy Grammer]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Darren Jessee]], American singer-songwriter and drummer 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]], American bass player and songwriter (d. 2010)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Sergei Magnitsky]], Russian lawyer and accountant (d. 2009)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Khaled Badra]], Tunisian footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Emma Caulfield]], American actress
*  1973   &ndash; [[Christof May]], German theologian<ref name="Limburg">{{cite web | url = https://bistumlimburg.de/beitrag/dr-christof-may-wird-domkapitular/ | title = Dr. Christof May wird Domkapitular | publisher = [[Diocese of Limburg]] | date = 7 November 2022 | language = de | access-date = 16 October 2020 }}</ref> 
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Toutai Kefu]], Tongan-Australian rugby player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Chris Kyle]], American sniper and memoirist (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Scott Kyle |url=https://cemetery.tspb.texas.gov/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=11780 |publisher=[[Texas State Cemetery]] |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Nnedi Okorafor]], Nigerian-American author and educator
*  1974   &ndash; [[Nayden Todorov]], Bulgarian conductor and culture minister<ref>{{cite web |title=Nayden Todorov |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/nayden-todorov/29752379 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |access-date=15 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Anouk (singer)|Anouk]], Dutch singer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Francesco Flachi]], Italian footballer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Timo Pérez]], Dominican-American baseball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Funda Arar]], Turkish singer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Ana de la Reguera]], Mexican actress
*  1977   &ndash; [[Mehran Ghassemi]], Iranian journalist and author (d. 2008)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Mark Spencer (computer engineer)|Mark Spencer]], American computer programmer and engineer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Daigo (musician)|Daigo]], Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and voice actor
*  1978   &ndash; [[Bernt Haas]], Austrian-Swiss footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Rachel Roberts (model)|Rachel Roberts]], Canadian model and actress
*  1978   &ndash; [[Jocelyn Robichaud]], Canadian tennis player and coach
*  1978   &ndash; [[Evans Rutto]], Kenyan runner
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Alexi Laiho]], Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Amit Trivedi]], Indian singer-songwriter 
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Manuel Ortega (singer)|Manuel Ortega]], Austrian singer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Katee Sackhoff]], American actress
*  1980   &ndash; [[Mariko Seyama]], Japanese announcer, photographer, and model
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Frédérick Bousquet]], French swimmer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Taylor Kitsch]], Canadian actor and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boardman |first1=Madeline |title=35 Photos of Taylor Kitsch for His 35th Birthday |url=https://ew.com/gallery/taylor-kitsch-photos/ |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=27 March 2023 |date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Ofer Shechter]], Israeli model, actor, and screenwriter
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Gennady Golovkin]], Kazakhstani boxer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Brett White]], Australian rugby league player
*  1982 &ndash; [[Allu Arjun]], Indian actor
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova]], Russian runner
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Michelle Donelan]], British politician
*  1984   &ndash; [[Ezra Koenig]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1984   &ndash; [[Pablo Portillo]], Mexican singer and actor
*  1984   &ndash; [[Taran Noah Smith]], American actor
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Patrick Schliwa]], German rugby player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Yemane Tsegay]], Ethiopian runner
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Igor Akinfeev]], Russian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Félix Hernández]], Venezuelan baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Carlos Santana (baseball)|Carlos Santana]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos Santana |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/carlos-santana-467793 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Royston Drenthe]], Dutch footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Jeremy Hellickson]], American baseball player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Elton John (footballer)|Elton John]], Trinidadian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.soccerway.com/players/elton-john/77071/|title = Trinidad and Tobago - e. John - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Sam Rapira]], New Zealand rugby league player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Jenni Asserholt]], Swedish ice hockey player
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Matty Healy]], English singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|date=14 October 2022 |publisher=The Talks|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Kim Jong-hyun (singer)|Kim Jong-hyun]], South Korean singer (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=67 |access-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 18, 2017 |title=Shinee singer Jonghyun: K-pop boy band superstar dies |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42393242 |url-status=live |access-date=December 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218131950/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42393242 |archive-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Jeff McNeil]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff McNeil |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-mcneil-643446 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Viktor Arvidsson]], Swedish ice hockey player
*1993 &ndash; [[TBJZL]], English YouTuber<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sidemen |first=The |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiVeDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 |title=Sidemen: The Book: The subject of the hit new Netflix documentary |date=2016-10-18 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-1-4736-4819-7 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Josh Chudleigh]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Forrest Frank]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Forrest Frank |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/forrest-frank/1436657314 |website=Apple Music |access-date=April 7, 2025}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Cedi Osman]], Turkish professional basketball player
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Anna Korakaki]], Greek Olympic shooter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anna-korakaki |title=KORAKAKI Anna - Olympic Shooting {{pipe}} Greece |website=www.rio2016.com |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807145914/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anna-korakaki |archive-date=7 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Kim Woo-jin]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|last=Baek|first=Ji-eun|script-title=ko:[화요일 예능] JYP '스트레이 키즈' 3회, 첫 탈락자 누구? 방찬·김우진·이민호·서창빈·황현진·한지성·필릭스·김승민·양정인|url=https://news.g-enews.com/ko-kr/news/article/news_all/20171031112206691900c551d053_1/article.html|website=Global Economic|access-date=October 12, 2021|language=ko|date=October 31, 2017}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Saygrace]], Australian singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-19 |title=Here's The Breakup Anthem You Should Jam Out To, Based On Your Zodiac Sign |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/p/heres-the-breakup-song-you-need-to-hear-based-on-your-zodiac-sign-19348813 |first1=Caroline |last1=Colvin |quote=SAYGRACE, who was born April 8, 1997, is a quintessential Aries: blunt, bold, and unafraid to give her opinion. |website=Elite Daily |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406172618/https://www.elitedaily.com/p/heres-the-breakup-song-you-need-to-hear-based-on-your-zodiac-sign-19348813 |archive-date= Apr 6, 2023 }}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Roquan Smith]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Roquan Smith |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3915189/roquan-smith |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Arno Verschueren]], Belgian footballer
* [[1998]] &ndash; [[Lavinia Valbonesi]], Ecuadorian nutritionist, businesswoman and [[First Lady of Ecuador]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/internacional/america/lavinia-valbonesi-influencer-25-anos-que-convertido-primera-dama-ecuador_20231016652d6990b98ca1000164c695.html|title=Lavinia Valbonesi, la influencer de 25 años que se ha convertido en primera dama de Ecuador|date=16 October 2023 |publisher=La Razon|language=Spanish|accessdate=17 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[CeeDee Lamb]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=CeeDee Lamb |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241389/ceedee-lamb |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Jamie Drysdale]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamie Drysdale Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/flyers/player/jamie-drysdale-8482142 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=June 21, 2024 |archive-date=April 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416212500/https://www.nhl.com/flyers/player/jamie-drysdale-8482142 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; [[Viktória Forster]], Slovak track and field athlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Viktória Forster |url=https://www.olympic.sk/sportovec/viktoria-forster |website=Slovenský olympijský tím |access-date=14 August 2023 |language=sk |date=8 April 2002}}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; [[Skai Jackson]], American actress<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/04/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-April-8-2020/4061586217038/|date= April 8, 2020| work=[[United Press International]]| access-date=June 21, 2024|title=UPI Almanac for Wednesday, April 8, 2020|archive-date= August 29, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200829181519/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/04/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-April-8-2020/4061586217038/|url-status=live|quote=...actor Skai Jackson in 2002 (age 18)}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Zaccharie Risacher]], French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zaccharie Risacher Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/risacza01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=April 7, 2025}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[A.J. & Big Justice|Big Justice]], American social media personality<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7B3aBQmyT2E |title=Happy Birthday Big Justice‼️🇺🇸💯 #birthday #happybirthday #chipotle #family #fun #bigjustice #boom |language=en |access-date=2024-11-21 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[217]] &ndash; [[Caracalla]], Roman emperor (b. 188)<ref>{{cite web |title=Caracalla {{!}} Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caracalla |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[622]] &ndash; [[Prince Shōtoku|Shōtoku]], Japanese prince (b. 572)
* [[632]] &ndash; [[Charibert II]], Frankish king (b. 607)
* [[894]] &ndash; [[Adalelm, Count of Troyes|Adalelm]], Frankish nobleman
* [[944]] &ndash; [[Wang Yanxi]], Chinese emperor 
* [[956]] &ndash; [[Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy|Gilbert]], Frankish nobleman
* [[967]] &ndash; [[Mu'izz al-Dawla]], Buyid emir (b. 915)
*[[1143]] &ndash; [[John II Komnenos]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1087)
*[[1150]] &ndash; [[Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia|Gertrude of Babenberg]], duchess of Bohemia (b. 1118)
*[[1321]] &ndash; [[Thomas of Tolentino]], Italian-Franciscan missionary (b. c. 1255)
*[[1338]] &ndash; [[Stephen Gravesend]], bishop of London 
*[[1364]] &ndash; [[John II of France|John II]], French king (b. 1319)
*[[1450]] &ndash; [[Sejong the Great]], Korean king (b. 1397)
*[[1461]] &ndash; [[Georg von Peuerbach]], German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], Italian ruler (b. 1449)
*[[1551]] &ndash; [[Oda Nobuhide]], Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
*[[1586]] &ndash; [[Martin Chemnitz]], Lutheran theologian and reformer (b. 1522)
===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[Magdalen Dacre]], English noble (b. 1538)
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Anne Catherine of Brandenburg]] (b. 1575)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Carlo Rainaldi]], Italian architect, designed the [[Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto]] (b. 1611)
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Niels Juel]], Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Hiob Ludolf]], German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624)
*  1704   &ndash; [[Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney]], English colonel and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1641)
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen]], German nobleman (b. 1641)
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[John Wise (clergyman)|John Wise]], American minister (b. 1652)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Francis II Rákóczi]], Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Gaetano Donizetti]], Italian composer (b. 1797)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[István Széchenyi]], Hungarian statesman and reformer (b. 1791)<ref>''Gróf Széchenyi István írói és hírlapi vitája Kossuth Lajossal'' [Count Stephen Széchenyi's Literary and Publicistic Debate with Louis Kossuth], ed. Gyula Viszota, 2 vols. (Budapest: Magyar Történelmi Társulat, 1927–1930).</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Elisha Otis]], American businessman, founded the [[Otis Elevator Company]] (b. 1811)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Charles Auguste de Bériot]], Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Bernardino António Gomes Jr.|Bernardino António Gomes]], Portuguese physician and naturalist (b. 1806)<ref>{{cite book |last=Almeida |first=Maria Antónia Pires de |date=2014 |title=Espaços e Actores da Ciência em Portugal (XVIII-XX) |chapter=Combatendo epidemias: Bernardino António Gomes, Sousa Martins, Ricardo Jorge, Câmara Pestana, Almeida Garrett, Fernando da Silva Correia |editor1-last=Rollo |editor1-first=Maria Fernanda |editor2-last=Nunes |editor2-first=Maria de Fátima |editor3-last=Esperança Pina |editor3-first=Madalena |editor4-last=Queiroz |editor4-first=Maria Inês |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12242 |language=pt |pages=309–326 |location=Lisboa |publisher=Caleidoscópio |hdl=10071/12242 |isbn=9789896582746}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]], Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Auguste Deter]], German woman, first person diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]] (b. 1850)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Loránd Eötvös]], Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, [[Minister of Education (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Education]] (b. 1848)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Charles Griffes]], American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Erik Axel Karlfeldt]], Swedish poet [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1864)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Róbert Bárány]], Austrian physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1876)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Božena Benešová]], Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Marcel Prévost]], French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Kostas Skarvelis]], Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Olaf Frydenlund]], Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Vaslav Nijinsky]], Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Marios Makrionitis]], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Joseph Carrodus]], Australian public servant (b. 1885)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Juan Belmonte]], Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Lars Hanson]], Swedish actor (b. 1886)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Zinaida Aksentyeva]], Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Pablo Picasso]], Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[James Charles McGuigan]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Breece D'J Pancake]], American short story writer (b. 1952)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Omar Bradley]], American general (b. 1893)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Isamu Kosugi]], Japanese actor and director (b. 1904) 
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Kapitsa]], Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1894)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[John Frederick Coots]], American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ryan White]], American activist, inspired the [[Ryan White Care Act]] (b. 1971)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Dead (musician)|Per Ohlin]], Swedish musician (b. 1969)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Daniel Bovet]], Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1907)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Marian Anderson]], American operatic singer (b. 1897)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[François Rozet]], French-Canadian actor (b. 1899)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]], American actor and stuntman (b. 1918)
*  1996   &ndash; [[León Klimovsky]], Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Mick Young]], Australian politician (b. 1936)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Laura Nyro]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1947)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[František Šťastný]], Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Claire Trevor]], American actress (b. 1910)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[María Félix]], Mexican actress (b. 1914)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Harvey Quaytman]], American painter (b. 1937)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Werner Schumacher]], German actor (b. 1921)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Onna White]], Canadian choreographer and dancer (b. 1922)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Gerard Reve]], Dutch author and poet (b. 1923)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Sol LeWitt]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Kazuo Shiraga]], Japanese painter (b. 1924)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Richard de Mille]], American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist (b. 1922)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Piotr Morawski]], Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Antony Flew]], English philosopher and academic (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/7586929/Professor-Antony-Flew.html |type=Obituary |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=Professor Antony Flew |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref> 
* 2010   &ndash; [[Malcolm McLaren]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Teddy Scholten]], Dutch singer (b. 1926)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Hedda Sterne]], Romanian-American painter and photographer (b. 1910)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Blair Kiel]], American football player and coach (b. 1961)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jack Tramiel]], Polish-American businessman, founded [[Commodore International]] (b. 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Janusz K. Zawodny]], Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (b. 1921)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Beketov]], Russian journalist (b. 1958)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Annette Funicello]], American actress and singer (b. 1942)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Sara Montiel]], Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[José Luis Sampedro]], Spanish economist and author (b. 1917)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Margaret Thatcher]], English politician, first female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Thatcher {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Thatcher |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Emmanuel III Delly]], Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Karlheinz Deschner]], German author and activist (b. 1924)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ivan Mercep]], New Zealand architect, designed the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Te Papa Tongarewa Museum]] (b. 1930)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Jayakanthan]], Indian journalist and author (b. 1934)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Rayson Huang]], Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Sergei Lashchenko]], Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987)
*  2015   &ndash; [[David Laventhol]], American journalist and publisher (b. 1933)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jean-Claude Turcotte]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1936)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Josine Ianco-Starrels]], Romanian-born American art curator (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-josine-iranco-starrels-los-angeles-curator-20190419-story.html|title=Josine Ianco-Starrels, curator who helped shape L.A. art scene, dies at 92|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 19, 2019|accessdate=April 20, 2019|author=[[Suzanne Muchnic|Muchnic, Suzanne]]}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Rick May]], American-Canadian voice actor  (b. 1940)<ref name="Rekindle">{{cite news|url=https://www.classesandworkshops.com/in-memory-of-rick-may/|title=Rick May – In Memoriam|date=April 8, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414112558/https://www.classesandworkshops.com/in-memory-of-rick-may/|archive-date=April 14, 2020|publisher=Rekindle School}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Abdul Momin Imambari]], Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/2020/04/08/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%96-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2/|title=জমিয়তের আমীর শায়খ আব্দুল মুমিন মারা গেছেন|date=8 April 2020|language=bn|work=[[Bhorer Kagoj]]}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Mimi Reinhardt]], Jewish Austrian secretary (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-27 |title=Mimi Reinhard obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/27/mimi-reinhard-obituary |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Keith Barnes]], Welsh-Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2024 |title=Vale--Keith Barnes |url=https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2024/04/08/vale--keith-barnes/ |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=NSW Rugby League |language=en}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[Peter Higgs]], British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |work=The Guardian |title=Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94 |first1=Severin |last1=Carrell |first2=Ian |last2=Sample |date=9 April 2024|access-date=10 April 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[Ralph Puckett]], American Army officer, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=April 8, 2024 |title=Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., Belated Medal of Honor Winner, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/col-ralph-puckett-jr-dead.html |access-date=April 10, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*  [[2025]] – [[Nelsy Cruz]], Dominican politician, governor of [[Monte Cristi Province|Monte Cristi]] (b. 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Nelsy Cruz, sister of former Mariners slugger Nelson Cruz, among dead in collapsed Dominican club |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/nelsy-cruz-sister-former-mariners-slugger-nelson-cruz-dies-collapsed-dominican-nightclub/OIPYV7E4VNGGFMQMXRAEIUURSY/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* [[Buddha's Birthday]], also known as ''Hana Matsuri'', "Flower Festival" ([[Japan]])
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Anne Ayres]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
** [[Constantina]]
** [[Julie Billiart]] of Namur
** [[Saint Perpetuus|Perpetuus]]
** [[Walter of Pontoise]]
** [[William Augustus Muhlenberg]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
** [[April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* Earliest day on which [[Fast and Prayer Day]] can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April ([[Liberia]])
* [[International Romani Day]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/8 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=8}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/8 Historical Events on April 8]

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[[Category:Days of April]]