April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
NATIONAL ZOO LOVERS DAY
NATIONAL ZOO LOVERS DAY
1820 – The ancient Greeks statue, 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.
1895 – In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional. The decision was superseded in 1913 by the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. So much for that.
1913 – The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law. Thus bypassing the original intent of Constitution to have the state legislatures elect Senators, making it more reflective of the division and distinction between the U.S. Senate and House.
1935 – The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
1942 – World War II: The 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.
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.
1952 – U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
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 (common business-oriented language).
1964 – As part of the NASA space program, Gemini 1 (unmanned test flight) is launched.
2004 – The War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
2004 – The War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
2005 – Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
2008 – The construction of the world's first building 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.
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.
BORN TODAY
1761 – William Joseph Chaminade, French priest, founded the Society of Mary (d. 1850)
1911 – Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1926 – Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
1951 – Joan Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
1761 – William Joseph Chaminade, French priest, founded the Society of Mary (d. 1850)
1911 – Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1926 – Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
1951 – Joan Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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