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
- 217 –Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
- 1271 –In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
- 1730 –Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
- 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 (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
- 1904 –Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- 1904 –The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- 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.
- 1987 –Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
- 1993 –The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.
- 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?
- 1818 –King Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)
- 1909 –John Fante, American novelist (d. 1983)
- 1921 –Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003)
- 1924 –Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English soldier and historian (d. 2006)
- 1938 –Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and former United Nations Secretary General
- 1943 –Miller Farr, American football player
- 1947 –Pascal Lamy, Director-General of WTO
- 1949 –Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
- 1954 –Gary Carter, American baseball player
- 1986 –Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
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