Monday April 8, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

April 8: Day of the Week

April 8, 2024 is the 99th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

April 8 Historical Event(s)

1149
Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
1271
In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
1820
The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
1866
Italy and Prussia ally against Austrian Empire.
1913
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
1918
World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City’s financial district.
1975
Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball’s first African American manager.
1992
Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
1999
Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
2005
Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

Who were born on April 8?

1908
Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (d. 1987)
1911
Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
1932
Sultan Iskandar of Johor, also the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2010)
1947
Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
1955
Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
1960
John Schneider, American actor
1961
Richard Hatch, American reality television personality
1962
Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
1966
Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
1974
Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist

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