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April 8: Day of the Week
April 8, 2023 was the 98th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 267 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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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.
1740
War of Jenkin’s Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa.
1864
American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
Électricité de France, the world’s largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
1950
India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
1968
BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. 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.
1992
Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
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.
Who were born on April 8?
1605
King Philip IV of Spain, (d. 1665)
1883
R. P. Keigwin, English academic (d. 1972)
1904
John Hicks, British economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1989)
1921
Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. 1984)
1946
Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1950
Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer
1972
Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot) (d. 2010)
1974
Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian American writer
1975
Francesco Flachi, Italian footballer
1980
Katee Sackhoff, American actress
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