April 8
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1970
Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.
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Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth as the all-time leader in career home runs by hitting his 715th home run off of Al Downing at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
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Voyageurs National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
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The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis is elected in the Greek parliamentary election.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.
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A solar eclipse occurs, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.
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Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.
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Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.
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Solar eclipse: A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon's ascending node, visible across North America.
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Operation Eternal Darkness: Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war.
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2013Big Justice, American social media personality
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2005Zaccharie Risacher, French basketball player
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2002Jamie Drysdale, Canadian ice hockey player
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2002Viktória Forster, Slovak track and field athlete
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2002Skai Jackson, American actress
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1999CeeDee Lamb, American football player
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1998Lavinia Valbonesi, Ecuadorian nutritionist, businesswoman and First Lady of Ecuador
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1997Kim Woo-jin, South Korean singer
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1997Roquan Smith, American football player
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1997Arno Verschueren, Belgian footballer
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1997Keira Walsh, English footballer
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1995Forrest Frank, American singer-songwriter
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