Date | Text | |||
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100 years anniversary | ||||
08 Apr 1925 | Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (b. 1855) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
08 Apr 1950 | Albert Ehrenstein: Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 | |||
08 Apr 1950 | Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky: Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London | |||
08 Apr 1950 | "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances | |||
08 Apr 1950 | India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact. | |||
08 Apr 1950 | Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890) | |||
08 Apr 1950 | Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer and coach | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
08 Apr 1975 | 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II, " Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win | |||
08 Apr 1975 | Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats New York 5-3) | |||
08 Apr 1975 | Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager. | |||
08 Apr 1975 | Timo Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player | |||
08 Apr 1975 | Francesco Flachi, Italian footballer | |||
08 Apr 1975 | Funda Arar, Turkish singer | |||
08 Apr 1975 | Anouk, Dutch singer | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
08 Apr 2000 | Claire Trevor, American actress and singer (b. 1910) | |||
08 Apr 2000 | František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927) | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
08 Apr 2005 | Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. | |||
08 Apr 2005
Total solar eclipse |
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15 years anniversary | ||||
08 Apr 2010 | Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926) | |||
08 Apr 2010 | Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and fashion designer (b. 1946) | |||
08 Apr 2010 | Malcolm McLaren former manager of the Sex Pistols, the New York Dolls and Bow Wow Wow died from cancer aged 64. As a solo artist he scored the 1983 UK No.3 single 'Double Dutch'. He set up the fashion store Let It Rock in the late 60's with Vivienne Westwood selling rubber and fetish gear. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
08 Apr 2015 | Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (b. 1936) | |||
08 Apr 2015 | David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (b. 1933) | |||
08 Apr 2015 | Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987) | |||
08 Apr 2015 | Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920) | |||
08 Apr 2015 | Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1934) |