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08 Apr 1093
The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by bishop Walkelin
08 Apr 1149
Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum
08 Apr 1195
Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor
08 Apr 1341
Petrarch crowned a poet on the Capitoline Hill in Rome
08 Apr 1530
Holy Roman Emperor convenes Imperial Diet in German city of Augsburg to address Protestant tensions
08 Apr 1730
1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue Shearith Israel NYC
08 Apr 1759
British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
08 Apr 1766
1st fire escape patented wicker basket on a pulley & chain
08 Apr 1802
French Protestant church becomes state-supported & -controlled
08 Apr 1808
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore was promoted to an archdiocese with the founding of the dioceses of New York Philadelphia Boston and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
08 Apr 1838
Steamship Great Western makes her maiden voyage from Bristol England to New York
08 Apr 1848
1st battle at Gioto Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
08 Apr 1848
Battle at Xaquixaguana Peru Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro
08 Apr 1861
US mint at Dahlonega Georgia seized by confederacy (US Civil War)
08 Apr 1864
Battle of Mansfield Louisiana Federals routed by General Richard Taylor
08 Apr 1866
Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.
08 Apr 1869
American Museum of Natural History opens in New York City
08 Apr 1876
Amiliare Ponchiellis opera La Gioconda premieres in Milan
08 Apr 1879
Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French and British ministers
08 Apr 1893
The Critic reports that ice cream soda is Americas national drink
08 Apr 1898
Battle of Atbara River Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6000 Sudanese
08 Apr 1902
Russia and China sign the Convention of Evacuation under which Russia agrees to evacuate Manchuria within 18 months
08 Apr 1902
Demonstration organised by socialists in Belgium as people demand better education living conditions the right to strike and universal male suffrage result in a riot and some deaths
08 Apr 1904
Great Britain and France establish their Entente Cordiale a technical treaty settling long-standing disagreements over Morocco Egypt Africa and the Pacific
08 Apr 1904
British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law
08 Apr 1910
1st race at the Playa Del Ray Motordrome near Los Angeles begins (1st US auto speedway)
08 Apr 1913
17th amendment requiring direct election of US senators ratified
08 Apr 1913
Opening of Chinas 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
08 Apr 1913
17th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified by Congress providing for election of senators by popular vote
08 Apr 1914
US & Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
08 Apr 1916
Norway approves active & passive female suffrage
08 Apr 1916
In Corona California racecar driver Bob Burman crashes killing three and badly injuring five spectators.
08 Apr 1924
South African State pass the Industrial Conciliation Act No 11 provides for job reservation excluded blacks from membership of registered trade unions prohibited registration of black trade unions
08 Apr 1933
Manchester Guardian warns of unknown Nazi terror
08 Apr 1935
2nd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf Gene Sarazen wins Monday playoff with Craig Wood by 5 strokes
08 Apr 1935
Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C.
08 Apr 1935
Works Progress Administration approved by Congress
08 Apr 1940
German battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
08 Apr 1943
Hakuun Yasutani Roshi founder of Sanbo Kyodan receives dharma
08 Apr 1943
Stanley Cup Final Boston Garden Boston MA Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins 2-0 for a 4-0 series sweep and their 3rd SC Championship
08 Apr 1943
NFL Draft Frank Sinkwich from University of Georgia first pick by Detroit Lions
08 Apr 1945
Nazi occupiers executed Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
08 Apr 1945
NFL Draft Charley Trippi from University of Georgia first pick by Chicago Cardinals
08 Apr 1948
Soen Nakagawa & Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in San Francisco
08 Apr 1950
Miss Liberty closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
08 Apr 1952
US President Harry Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike
08 Apr 1954
By the Beautiful Sea opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 performances
08 Apr 1956
20th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Jack Burke Jr. wins his first major title 1 stroke ahead of amateur Ken Venturi final Masters played without a 36-hole cut
08 Apr 1956
6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Island South Carolina
08 Apr 1960
Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties
08 Apr 1960
US Senate passes Civil Rights Bill with measures against discriminatory voting pracrices
08 Apr 1961
Show Girl closes at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC after 100 performances
08 Apr 1961
British liner Dara explodes in Persian Gulf kills 236
08 Apr 1962
Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France
08 Apr 1963
Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for 25000
08 Apr 1965
India & Pakistan forces engage in a border fight
08 Apr 1966
OAO 1 1st orbiting astronomical observatory launched
08 Apr 1966
Time publishes its Is God Dead issue - its first issue without an image
08 Apr 1967
121st Grand National John Buckingham aboard rank 1001 outsider Foinavon avoids famous carnage to win by 15 lengths from favourite Honey End
08 Apr 1967
12th Eurovision Song Contest Sandie Shaw for United Kingdom wins singing Puppet on a String in Vienna
08 Apr 1968
40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King
08 Apr 1968
Baseballs Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther Kings assassination
08 Apr 1968
New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
08 Apr 1968
WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
08 Apr 1969
1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats NY Mets 10-9
08 Apr 1969
Expansion teams Royals Expos Padres & Pilots win their 1st games
08 Apr 1970
Cry for Us All opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances
08 Apr 1970
Senate rejects Nixons nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
08 Apr 1971
1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
08 Apr 1972
Alvin Kallicharran scores 100 in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
08 Apr 1972
126th Grand National Graham Thorner aboard 141 bet Well To Do wins from 1970 winner Gay Trip Black Secret & General Symons dead heat for 3rd
08 Apr 1974
Discovery Island opens at Walt Disney World Florida
08 Apr 1975
Frank Robinson debuts as 1st African American baseball manager (Cleveland beats New York 5-3)
08 Apr 1976
NFL Draft Lee Roy Selmon from University of Oklahoma first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
08 Apr 1979
Carmelina opens at St James Theater NYC for 17 performances
08 Apr 1980
Islander Potvins 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings & set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
08 Apr 1981
Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
08 Apr 1982
Tracy Caulkins 19 wins her 36th US swimming title
08 Apr 1984
4th Golden Raspberry Awards Lonely Lady wins
08 Apr 1984
Nabisco Dinah Shore Womens Golf Mission Hills CC Juli Inkster wins the first of her 7 major titles in a sudden-death playoff with Pat Bradley with a par on the 1st extra hole
08 Apr 1985
Leader of the Pack opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 performances
08 Apr 1985
India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
08 Apr 1989
1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 23 inn
08 Apr 1989
143rd Grand National Irish 12-year-old Little Polveir ridden by jockey Jimmy Frost wins by 7 lengths from West Tip
08 Apr 1990
Aspects of Love opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances
08 Apr 1990
Twin Peaks created by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan premieres on ABC-TV
08 Apr 1990
King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
08 Apr 1990
Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
08 Apr 1990
Norwegian ferry Scandinavian Star catches fire 159 people die
08 Apr 1990
New Democracy wins the national election in Greece.
08 Apr 1991
I Hate Hamlet opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 88 performances
08 Apr 1991
Jockey Bill Shoemaker paralyzed in a car accident
08 Apr 1991
Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
08 Apr 1991
Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas
08 Apr 1991
Oakland As stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena in USA to ban smoking
08 Apr 1992
5 Guys Named Moe opens at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC for 445 performances
08 Apr 1992
After 151 years Britains Punch Magazine publishes its final issue
08 Apr 1993
Indians Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit HRs in same inn (vs Yanks)
08 Apr 1994
Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers 6-0
08 Apr 1994
Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases
08 Apr 1995
148th Grand National Irish rider Jason Titley wins aboard 401 outsider Royal Athlete trainer Jenny Pitmans second GN victory
08 Apr 1996
Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
08 Apr 1999
Haryana Gana Parishad a political party in the Indian state of Haryana merges with the Indian National Congress.
08 Apr 2000
Nineteen US Marines are killed when a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana Arizona
08 Apr 2000
153rd Grand National Irish 101 shot Papillon ridden by jockey Ruby Walsh and trained by his father Ted Walsh wins by 1 lengths from Mely Moss
08 Apr 2001
65th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Tiger Woods wins his 2nd Masters and 6th major title 2 strokes ahead of David Duval
08 Apr 2003
22nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Connecticut beats Tennessee 73-68
08 Apr 2004
Darfur conflict The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups
08 Apr 2006
Shedden massacre The bodies of eight men all shot to death are found in a field in Ontario Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
08 Apr 2006
159th Grand National 111 Irish shot Numbersixvalverde ridden by Niall Madden wins by 6 lengths from defending champion Hedgehunter
08 Apr 2007
71st US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Zach Johnson wins his first major title 2 strokes ahead of Retief Goosen Rory Sabbatini and Tiger Woods
08 Apr 2008
The construction of the worlds first building to integrate wind turbines completes in Bahrain.
08 Apr 2008
27th NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Tennessee beats Stanford 64-48
08 Apr 2012
76th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Bubba Watson wins on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with South African Louis Oosthuizen
08 Apr 2013
15 people are killed and 53 are wounded by a car bombing in Damascus
08 Apr 2013
163 people are killed and 50000 are displaced after tribal violence erupts in Darfur Sudan
08 Apr 2013
Filip Vujanovis election as President of Montenegro is confirmed by the electoral commission
08 Apr 2013
75th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Louisville beats Michigan 82-76
08 Apr 2014
33rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Connecticut beats Notre Dame 79-58
08 Apr 2017
Fifth day of protests by thousands in Caracas Venezuela against the government
08 Apr 2017
170th Grand National Derek Fox wins aboard 141 One For Arthur second ever Scottish-trained winner of the event
08 Apr 2018
Hungarian parliamentary election won by right-wing FideszKDNP alliance with Viktor Orbn remaining Prime Minister
08 Apr 2018
82nd US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Patrick Reed wins his first major title 1 stroke ahead of fellow American Rickie Fowler
08 Apr 1730
Congregation Shearith Israel opens the 1st North American synagogue in New York City on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan
08 Apr 2003
22nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Connecticut beats Tennessee 73-68 UConn guard Diana Taurasi is named Most Outstanding Player
08 Apr 2008
27th NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Tennessee beats Stanford 64-48 Volunteers back-to-back titles coach Pat Summitt 8 national championships
08 Apr 2013
75th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 Cardinals forward Luke Hancock hits 22 points
08 Apr 2014
33rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Connecticut beats Notre Dame 79-58 2nd time a school has won both mens & womens Div I national titles in same year
08 Apr 2018
WrestleMania XXXIV Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans LA Ronda Rousey makes WWE debut teaming with Kurt Angle to beat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a mixed tag team match
08 Apr 2019
1 in 4 Japanese adults a virgin aged 18-39 according to new research by Tokyo University
08 Apr 2019
81st NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Virginia beats Texas Tech 85-77 OT Cavaliers first ever National title forward DeAndre Hunter 27 points
08 Apr 2019
600 million birds die each year in the US after striking tall buildings with Chicago the worst city according to Cornell Lab of Ornithology
08 Apr 2019
14 tons of black market Pangolin scales from 36000 animals discovered in Singapore one of largest ever found worldwide
08 Apr 2019
Record 17ft (5.2M) invasive Burmese python pregnant with 73 eggs captured in Floridas Big Cypress National Preserve
08 Apr 2019
Actress Allison Mack pleads guilty to sex-trafficking charges for her involvement in suspected sex cult Nxivm
08 Apr 1093
The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by bishop Walkelin in Winchester England
08 Apr 1759
British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
08 Apr 1938
Walter Pistons 1st Symphony in E premieres in Boston by the Boston Symphony conducted by the composer
08 Apr 1939
King Zog I of Albania flees after Italy invades
08 Apr 1945
Dutch Nazi occupiers executed Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
08 Apr 1947
Largest recorded sunspot ever observed at 40 times the diameter of Earth
08 Apr 1956
6 marine recruits drown during an exercise at Paradise Island South Carolina
08 Apr 1960
US Senate passes Civil Rights Bill with measures against discriminatory voting practices
08 Apr 1968
Major League Baseball decides to postpone Opening Day because of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr
08 Apr 1968
Czechoslovakia Oldich ernk government forms
08 Apr 1968
WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
08 Apr 1969
First Major League Baseball game featuring a Canadian team Montral Expos beats NY Mets 11-10 at Shea Stadium KC Royals SD Padres and Seattle Pilots also win on debut
08 Apr 1970
Senate rejects Nixons nomination of Judge G. Harrold Carswell to US Supreme Court
08 Apr 1979
205th & final episode of All in the Family followed by Archie Bunkers Place for 4 seasons
08 Apr 1994
Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa resigns
08 Apr 1995
American Bruce Seldon defeats by RTD over Tony Tucker in 7 rounds to win vacated WBA boxing title
08 Apr 2019
Actress Allison Mack pleads guilty to sex-trafficking charges for her involvement in suspected sex cult NXVIM
08 Apr 2020
Saudi-backed coalition fighting Houthi fighters in Yemen calls for a ceasefire after five years to stop the spread of COVID-19
08 Apr 2020
World Trade organization predicts a drop in global trade greater than the 2008 financial crisis between 13% and 32% for
08 Apr 1904
New York City changes the name of Longacre Square to Times Square in honor of The New York Timess move to the area
08 Apr 1984
U.S. Census Bureau estimates rank Los Angeles as second most populated city displacing Chicago which held the position since 1890 New York City remains the top
08 Apr 2016
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago Cheap Trick Deep Purple Steve Miller and N.W.A
08 Apr 2019
Actress Allison Mack pleads guilty to sex-trafficking charges for her involvement in sex cult NXIVM
08 Apr 2021
Seventh night of unrest in Belfast Northern Ireland even after joint call for calm by UK PM and Irish Premier
08 Apr 2021
Egyptian archaeologists announce their most important find since Tutankhamuns tomb - discovery of a lost golden city the 3000-years-old ancient city of Aten near Luxor [1]
08 Apr 1232
Mongol army under General Subedei begins the siege of Chinese Jin capital of Kaifeng - 1st occasion gunpowder used in a major engagement
08 Apr 1271
Krak des Chevaliers the greatest fortress built by medieval crusaders in the Levant is finally taken by the forces of Mamlk sultan Baybars I
08 Apr 1956
6 US Marine Corps recruits drown during a night marsh march in Ribbon Creek at Parris Island South Carolina drill instructor Staff Sergeant Matthew McKeon is court-martialed
08 Apr 1982
Tracy Caulkins wins her 36th US swimming title aged 19
08 Apr 1990
54th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Nick Faldo of England goes back-to-back with a par on the 2nd sudden-death playoff hole with Raymond Floyd
08 Apr 2016
31st Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago Cheap Trick Deep Purple Steve Miller and N.W.A
08 Apr 2022
First all-private space flight Axiom-1 launches to the International Space Station [1]
08 Apr 1910
1st race at the Playa Del Ray Motordrome 1st US auto speedway is held near Los Angeles California
08 Apr 1979
Peoples Republic of China joins International Olympic Committee
08 Apr 1989
California Angels pitcher Jim Abbott born without his right hand makes MLB debut lasting only 4 23 innings
08 Apr 1484
Portuguese sea captain Diogo Co returns to Lisbon from his first voyage to explore the coast of Africa during which he was the first European to discover the Congo River
08 Apr 1767
Ayutthaya kingdom in present-day Thailand falls to Burmese invaders
08 Apr 1898
Battle of Atbara River Anglo-Egyptian forces defeat 15000 Sudanese during the Mahdist War a turning point in the reconquest of Sudan
08 Apr 1913
Chinas National Assembly opens in Peking the first free democratic parliament in Chinese history
08 Apr 2004
The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement on the Conflict in Darfur is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups ending hostilities amid a 45 day ceasefire [1]
08 Apr 2024
Total solar eclipse stretches from Mazatln Mexico to Newfoundland plunging 44 million people into darkness [1]
08 Apr 1195
Alexios III Angelos drives out his brother Isaac II as Byzantine emperor
08 Apr 1378
Bartolomeo Prignano is elected as Pope Urban VI
08 Apr 1766
First fire escape is patented a wicker basket on a pulley and chain
08 Apr 1861
US Civil War US mint at Dahlonega Georgia seized by Confederacy
08 Apr 1876
Amilcare Ponchiellis opera La Gioconda premieres in Milan
08 Apr 1879
Milk is sold in glass bottles for the first time
08 Apr 1914
US and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
08 Apr 1966
OAO 1 the first orbiting astronomical observatory launches
08 Apr 1966
Time publishes its Is God Dead issue its first issue without an image
08 Apr 1985
Amdahl releases UTSV the first mainframe Unix
08 Apr 1990
Political party New Democracy wins the national election in Greece
08 Apr 1994
Atlanta Braves pitcher Kent Mercker no-hits LA Dodgers 6-0 at Dodger Stadium
08 Apr 1993
MLB Cleveland Indians Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit HRs in same innings (vs Yankees)
08 Apr 1994
Smoking is banned in the Pentagon and all US military bases
08 Apr 1999
Indian political party Haryana Gana Parishad from the state of Haryana merges with the Indian National Congress
08 Apr 2004
Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement on the Conflict in Darfur is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups ending hostilities amid a 45-day ceasefire [1]
08 Apr 2008
Worlds first building to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain
08 Apr 2021
Egyptian archaeologists announce their most important find since Tutankhamuns tomb the discovery of a lost golden city the 3000-year-old ancient city of Aten near Luxor [1]
08 Apr 2025
Jet Set nightclub roof collapse kills at least 221 during a performance by merengue singer Rubby Prez and his orchestra in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic [1]