April 8 Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. He is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect , Marcus Opellius Macrinus . 632 - King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye , along with his infant son Chilperic . 876 - The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids . 1093 - The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin . 1139 - Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated. 1149 - Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum . 1232 - Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols begin their siege on Kaifeng , the capital of the Jin dynasty . 1271 - In Syria , sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers . 1665 - English colonial patents are granted for the establishment of the Monmouth Tract , for what would eventually become Monmouth County in northeastern New Jersey . 1730 - Shearith Israel , the first synagogue in New York City , is dedicated. 1740 - War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa , taken into service as . 1808 - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York , Philadelphia , Boston , and Bardstown by Pope Pius VII . 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos . 1832 - Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans . 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana . 1866 - Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire . 1886 - William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons . 1895 - In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional . 1904 - The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale . 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times . 1906 - Auguste Deter , the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease , dies. 1908 - H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman . 1908 - Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School . 1911 - Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity . 1913 - The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution , requiring direct election of Senators , becomes law. 1916 - In Corona, California , race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three, and badly injuring five spectators. 1918 - World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district. 1924 - Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey , as part of Atatürk's Reforms . 1929 - Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest. 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law. 1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad . 1942 - World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines . 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation , freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities . 1943 - Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities. 1945 - World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover , the survivors are massacred by Nazis. 1946 - 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 . 1952 - U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike . 1953 - Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers. 1954 - A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan , killing 37 people. 1954 - South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people. 1959 - A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL . 1959 - The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank . 1960 - The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung . 1961 - A large explosion on board the in the Persian Gulf kills 238. 1964 - The Gemini 1 test flight is conducted. 1968 - BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. 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. 1970 - Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed. 1974 - At Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium , Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record. 1975 - Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager. 1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline . 1992 - Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS , acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries. 1993 - The Republic of North Macedonia joins the United Nations . 1999 - Haryana Gana Parishad , a political party in the Indian state of Haryana , merges with the Indian National Congress . 2004 - War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups. 2006 - Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario . The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club . 2008 - The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain . 2013 - The Islamic State of Iraq enters the Syrian Civil War and begins by declaring a merger with the Al-Nusra Front under the name Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham .Births 1320 - Peter I of Portugal 1408 - Jadwiga of Lithuania , Polish princess 1435 - John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford , English noble 1533 - Claudio Merulo , Italian organist and composer 1536 - Barbara of Hesse 1541 - Michele Mercati , Italian physician and archaeologist 1580 - William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke , English noble, courtier and patron of the arts 1596 - Juan van der Hamen , Spanish artist 1605 - Philip IV of Spain 1605 - Mary Stuart , English-Scottish princess 1641 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney , English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini , Italian violinist and composer 1726 - Lewis Morris , American judge and politician 1732 - David Rittenhouse , American astronomer and mathematician 1761 - William Joseph Chaminade , French priest, founded the Society of Mary 1770 - John Thomas Campbell , Irish-Australian banker and politician 1798 - Dionysios Solomos , Greek poet and author 1818 - Christian IX of Denmark 1818 - August Wilhelm von Hofmann , German chemist and academic 1826 - Pancha Carrasco , Costa Rican soldier 1827 - Ramón Emeterio Betances , Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, journalist, and politician 1842 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer , American author and educator 1859 - Edmund Husserl , German Jewish-Austrian mathematician and philosopher 1864 - Carlos Deltour , French rower and rugby player 1867 - Allen Butler Talcott , American painter and educator 1869 - Harvey Cushing , American surgeon and academic 1871 - Clarence Hudson White , American photographer and educator 1874 - Manuel Díaz , Cuban fencer 1874 - Stanisław Taczak , Polish general 1875 - Albert I of Belgium 1882 - Dmytro Doroshenko , Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine 1883 - R. P. Keigwin, English cricketer and academic 1883 - Julius Seljamaa , Estonian journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia 1885 - Dimitrios Levidis , Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator 1886 - Margaret Ayer Barnes , American author and playwright 1888 - Dennis Chávez , American journalist and politician 1889 - Adrian Boult , English conductor 1892 - Richard Neutra , Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records 1892 - Mary Pickford , Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists 1896 - Yip Harburg , American composer 1900 - Marie Byles , Australian solicitor 1902 - Andrew Irvine , English mountaineer and explorer 1902 - Maria Maksakova Sr., Russian soprano 1904 - John Hicks , English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1904 - Hirsch Jacobs , American horse trainer 1905 - Joachim Büchner , German sprinter and graphic designer 1905 - Helen Joseph , English-South African activist 1905 - Erwin Keller , German field hockey player 1906 - Raoul Jobin , Canadian tenor and educator 1908 - Hugo Fregonese , Argentinian director and screenwriter 1909 - John Fante , American author and screenwriter 1910 - George Musso , American football player and police officer 1911 - Melvin Calvin , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1911 - Emil Cioran , Romanian-French philosopher and academic 1912 - Alois Brunner , Austrian-German SS officer 1912 - Sonja Henie , Norwegian-American figure skater and actress 1914 - María Félix , Yaqui/Basque-Mexican actress 1915 - Ivan Supek , Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer 1917 - Winifred Asprey , American mathematician and computer scientist 1917 - Lloyd Bott , Australian public servant 1917 - Hubertus Ernst , Dutch bishop 1917 - Grigori Kuzmin , Russian-Estonian astronomer 1918 - Betty Ford , American wife of Gerald Ford , 40th First Lady of the United States 1918 - Glendon Swarthout , American author and academic 1919 - Ian Smith , Zimbabwean lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia 1921 - Franco Corelli , Italian tenor and actor 1921 - Jan Novák , Czech composer 1921 - Herman van Raalte , Dutch footballer 1922 - Carmen McRae , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress 1923 - George Fisher , American cartoonist 1923 - Edward Mulhare , Irish-American actor 1924 - Frédéric Back , German-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter 1924 - Anthony Farrar-Hockley , English general and historian 1924 - Kumar Gandharva , Hindustani classical singer 1924 - Sara Northrup Hollister , American occultist 1926 - Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners 1926 - Shecky Greene , American actor 1926 - Jürgen Moltmann , German theologian and academic 1927 - Tilly Armstrong , English author 1927 - Ollie Mitchell , American trumpet player and bandleader 1928 - Fred Ebb , American lyricist 1929 - Jacques Brel , Belgian singer-songwriter and actor 1929 - Renzo De Felice , Italian historian and author 1930 - Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma 1931 - John Gavin , American actor and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico 1932 - Iskandar of Johor 1933 - James Lockhart , American scholar of colonial Latin America, especially Nahua peoples 1934 - Kisho Kurokawa , Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower and Singapore Flyer 1935 - Oscar Zeta Acosta , American lawyer and politician 1935 - Albert Bustamante , American soldier, educator, and politician 1937 - Tony Barton , English footballer, outside right and manager 1937 - Seymour Hersh , American journalist and author 1937 - Momo Kapor , Serbian author and painter 1938 - Kofi Annan , Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations 1938 - John Hamm , Canadian physician and politician, 25th Premier of Nova Scotia 1938 - Mary W. Gray, American mathematician, statistician, and lawyer 1939 - John Arbuthnott , Scottish microbiologist and academic 1939 - Trina Schart Hyman , American author and illustrator 1940 - John Havlicek , American basketball player 1941 - J. J. Jackson, American soul/R&B singer, songwriter, and arranger 1941 - Vivienne Westwood , English fashion designer 1942 - Tony Banks, Baron Stratford , Northern Irish politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics 1942 - Roger Chapman , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1942 - Douglas Trumbull , American director, producer, and special effects artist 1943 - Michael Bennett , American dancer, choreographer, and director 1943 - Miller Farr , American football player 1943 - James Herbert , English author and illustrator 1943 - Chris Orr , English painter and illustrator 1944 - Hywel Bennett , Welsh actor 1944 - Odd Nerdrum , Swedish-Norwegian painter and illustrator 1945 - Derrick Walker , Scottish businessman 1945 - Jang Yong , South Korean actor 1946 - Catfish Hunter , American baseball player 1946 - Tim Thomerson , American actor and producer 1947 - Tom DeLay , American lawyer and politician 1947 - Steve Howe , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1947 - Robert Kiyosaki , American businessman, co-founded Cashflow Technologies 1947 - Pascal Lamy , French businessman and politician, European Commissioner for Trade 1947 - Larry Norman , American singer-songwriter, and producer 1948 - Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone , Scottish academic and politician 1949 - K. C. Kamalasabayson, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 39th Attorney General of Sri Lanka 1949 - John Madden , English director and producer 1949 - Brenda Russell , African-American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player 1949 - John Scott , English sociologist and academic 1950 - Grzegorz Lato , Polish footballer and coach 1951 - Gerd Andres , German politician 1951 - Geir Haarde , Icelandic economist, journalist, and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Iceland 1951 - Mel Schacher , American bass player 1951 - Joan Sebastian , Mexican singer-songwriter and actor 1952 - Ahmet Piriştina , Turkish politician 1954 - Gary Carter , American baseball player and coach 1954 - Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco 1954 - G.V. Loganathan, Indian-American engineer and academic 1955 - Ricky Bell , American football player 1955 - Gerrie Coetzee , South African boxer 1955 - Ron Johnson , American businessman and politician 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver , American novelist, essayist and poet 1955 - David Wu , Taiwanese-American lawyer and politician 1956 - Michael Benton , Scottish-English paleontologist and academic 1956 - Christine Boisson , French actress 1956 - Roman Dragoun , Czech singer-songwriter and keyboard player 1956 - Jim Piddock , English actor, producer, and screenwriter 1957 - Fred Smerlas , American football player and radio host 1958 - Detlef Bruckhoff , German footballer 1958 - Tom Petranoff , American javelin thrower and coach 1959 - Alain Bondue , French cyclist 1960 - John Schneider , American actor and country singer 1961 - Richard Hatch , American reality contestant 1961 - Brian McDermott , English footballer and manager 1962 - Paddy Lowe , English engineer 1962 - Izzy Stradlin , American guitarist and songwriter 1963 - Tine Asmundsen , Norwegian bassist 1963 - Julian Lennon , English singer-songwriter 1963 - Terry Porter , American basketball player and coach 1963 - Donita Sparks , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1963 - Alec Stewart , English cricketer 1963 - Seth Tobias , American businessman 1964 - Biz Markie , American rapper, producer, and actor 1964 - John McGinlay , Scottish footballer and manager 1965 - Steven Blaney , Canadian businessman and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of Public Safety 1965 - Michael Jones , New Zealand rugby player and coach 1966 - Iveta Bartošová , Czech singer and actress 1966 - Mark Blundell , English race car driver 1966 - Andy Currier , English rugby league player 1966 - Charlotte Dawson , New Zealand-Australian television host 1966 - Dalton Grant , English high jumper 1966 - Mazinho , Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager 1966 - Harri Rovanperä , Finnish race car driver 1966 - Evripidis Stylianidis , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior 1966 - Robin Wright , American actress, director, producer 1967 - Kenny Benjamin , Antiguan cricketer 1968 - Patricia Arquette , French-Canadian Russian/Polish Jewish-American actress and director 1968 - Patricia Girard , French runner and hurdler 1968 - Tracy Grammer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1971 - Darren Jessee , American singer-songwriter and drummer 1972 - Paul Gray , American bass player and songwriter 1972 - Sergei Magnitsky , Russian lawyer and accountant 1973 - Khaled Badra , Tunisian footballer 1973 - Emma Caulfield , American actress 1974 - Toutai Kefu , Tongan-Australian rugby player 1974 - Nnedi Okorafor , Nigerian-American author and educator 1975 - Anouk , Dutch singer 1975 - Francesco Flachi , Italian footballer 1975 - Timo Pérez , Dominican-American baseball player 1975 - Funda Arar , Turkish singer 1977 - Ana de la Reguera , Mexican actress 1977 - Mehran Ghassemi , Iranian journalist and author 1977 - Mark Spencer , American computer programmer and engineer 1978 - Daigo , Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and voice actor 1978 - Bernt Haas , Austrian-Swiss footballer 1978 - Rachel Roberts , Canadian model and actress 1978 - Jocelyn Robichaud , Canadian tennis player and coach 1978 - Evans Rutto , Kenyan runner 1979 - Alexi Laiho , Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1979 - Amit Trivedi , Indian singer-songwriter 1980 - Manuel Ortega , Austrian singer 1980 - Katee Sackhoff , American actress 1980 - Mariko Seyama , Japanese announcer, photographer, and model 1981 - Frédérick Bousquet , French swimmer 1981 - Ofer Shechter , Israeli model, actor, and screenwriter 1982 - Gennady Golovkin , Kazakhstani boxer 1982 - Brett White , Australian rugby league player 1983 - Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova , Russian runner 1984 - Michelle Donelan , British politician 1984 - Ezra Koenig , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1984 - Pablo Portillo , Mexican singer and actor 1984 - Taran Noah Smith , American actor 1985 - Patrick Schliwa , German rugby player 1985 - Yemane Tsegay , Ethiopian runner 1986 - Igor Akinfeev , Russian footballer 1986 - Félix Hernández , Venezuelan-American baseball player 1987 - Royston Drenthe , Dutch footballer 1987 - Jeremy Hellickson , American baseball player 1987 - Sam Rapira , New Zealand rugby league player 1988 - Jenni Asserholt , Swedish ice hockey player 1988 - Kim Myung-sung , South Korean baseball player 1990 - Kim Jong-hyun , South Korean singer 1993 - Viktor Arvidsson , Swedish ice hockey player 1993 - Zac Santo , Australian rugby league player 1994 - Josh Chudleigh , Australian rugby league player 1995 - Cedi Osman , Turkish professional basketball player 1997 - Saygrace , Australian singer and songwriter 1997 - Arno Verschueren , Belgian professional football playerDeaths 217 - Caracalla, Roman emperor 622 - Shōtoku , Japanese prince 632 - Charibert II, Frankish king 894 - Adalelm , Frankish nobleman 944 - Wang Yanxi , Chinese emperor 956 - Gilbert , Frankish nobleman 967 - Mu'izz al-Dawla , Buyid emir 1143 - John II Komnenos , Byzantine emperor 1150 - Gertrude of Babenberg , duchess of Bohemia 1321 - Thomas of Tolentino , Italian-Franciscan missionary 1338 - Stephen Gravesend , bishop of London 1364 - John II , French king 1450 - Sejong the Great , Korean king 1461 - Georg von Peuerbach , German mathematician and astronomer 1492 - Lorenzo de' Medici , Italian ruler 1551 - Oda Nobuhide , Japanese warlord 1586 - Martin Chemnitz , Lutheran theologian and reformer 1608 - Magdalen Dacre , English noble 1612 - Anne Catherine of Brandenburg 1691 - Carlo Rainaldi , Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto 1697 - Niels Juel , Norwegian-Danish admiral 1704 - Hiob Ludolf , German orientalist and philologist 1704 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1709 - Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen , German nobleman 1725 - John Wise , American minister 1735 - Francis II Rákóczi , Hungarian prince 1848 - Gaetano Donizetti , Italian composer 1860 - István Széchenyi , Hungarian statesman and reformer 1861 - Elisha Otis , American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company 1870 - Charles Auguste de Bériot , Belgian violinist and composer 1894 - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay , Indian journalist, author, and poet 1906 - Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 1919 - Loránd Eötvös , Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education 1920 - Charles Griffes , American pianist and composer 1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt , Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate 1936 - Róbert Bárány , Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1936 - Božena Benešová , Czech poet and novelist 1941 - Marcel Prévost , French novelist and playwright 1942 - Kostas Skarvelis , Greek guitarist and composer 1947 - Olaf Frydenlund , Norwegian target shooter 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky , Polish dancer and choreographer 1959 - Marios Makrionitis , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens 1961 - Joseph Carrodus , Australian public servant 1962 - Juan Belmonte , Spanish bullfighter 1965 - Lars Hanson , Swedish actor 1969 - Zinaida Aksentyeva , Ukrainian astronomer 1973 - Pablo Picasso , Spanish painter and sculptor 1974 - James Charles McGuigan , Canadian cardinal 1979 - Breece D'J Pancake , American short story writer 1981 - Omar Bradley , American general 1983 - Isamu Kosugi , Japanese actor and director 1984 - Pyotr Kapitsa , Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1985 - John Frederick Coots , American pianist and composer 1990 - Ryan White , American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act 1991 - Per Ohlin , Swedish musician 1992 - Daniel Bovet , Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1993 - Marian Anderson , American operatic singer 1994 - François Rozet , French-Canadian actor 1996 - Ben Johnson , American actor and stuntman 1996 - León Klimovsky , Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter 1996 - Mick Young , Australian politician 1997 - Laura Nyro , American singer-songwriter and pianist 2000 - František Šťastný , Czech motorcycle racer 2000 - Claire Trevor , American actress 2002 - María Félix, Mexican actress 2002 - Harvey Quaytman , American painter 2004 - Werner Schumacher , German actor 2005 - Onna White , Canadian choreographer and dancer 2006 - Gerard Reve , Dutch author and poet 2007 - Sol LeWitt , American painter and sculptor 2008 - Kazuo Shiraga , Japanese painter 2009 - Richard de Mille , American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist 2009 - Piotr Morawski , Polish mountaineer 2010 - Malcolm McLaren , English singer-songwriter 2010 - Teddy Scholten , Dutch singer 2011 - Hedda Sterne , Romanian-American painter and photographer 2012 - Blair Kiel , American football player and coach 2012 - Jack Tramiel , Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International 2012 - Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist 2013 - Mikhail Beketov , Russian journalist 2013 - Annette Funicello , American actress and singer 2013 - Sara Montiel , Spanish-Mexican actress and singer 2013 - José Luis Sampedro , Spanish economist and author 2013 - Margaret Thatcher , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2014 - Emmanuel III Delly , Iraqi patriarch 2014 - Karlheinz Deschner , German author and activist 2014 - Ivan Mercep , New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum 2015 - Jayakanthan , Indian journalist and author 2015 - Rayson Huang , Hong Kong chemist and academic 2015 - Sergei Lashchenko , Ukrainian kick-boxer 2015 - David Laventhol , American journalist and publisher 2015 - Jean-Claude Turcotte , Canadian cardinalHolidays and observances Buddha's Birthday , also known as Hana Matsuri , "Flower Festival" Christian feast day: * Anne Ayres * Constantina * Julie Billiart of Namur * Perpetuus * Walter of Pontoise * William Augustus Muhlenberg * April 8 Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April International Romani Day
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