Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 8
April 8, 2025 is the 98th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aries is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 8
- 1093 –The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
- 1893 –The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
- 1904 –The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- 1916 –In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three, and badly injuring five, spectators.
- 1929 –Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
- 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.
- 1946 –The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
- 1953 –Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya’s British rulers.
- 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?
- 1896 –Yip Harburg, American lyricist (d. 1981)
- 1904 –Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (d. 1970)
- 1918 –Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. 1992)
- 1926 –Shirley Mills, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1929 –Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000)
- 1945 –Derrick Walker, British racing team owner
- 1949 –Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
- 1973 –Emma Caulfield, American actress
- 1984 –Ezra Koenig, American singer (Vampire Weekend)
- 1988 –Kim Myung-Sung, South Korean baseball player
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