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April 8th is the 98th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar (99th in high). 267 days to the end of the year.

Events
217 C.E., the Roman Emperor Caracala was killed by Pretorian prefect Makrin, who inherited him on the throne.
In 1195 the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angel was blinded and imprisoned.
1378
In 1455

1820.
1838
1893 "Knyaz Ferdinand I married Princess Maria-Louise Burbonne-Parmska in Pianore, Italy, a commemorative medal was established on this occasion (Piano Medal).
In 1899, Martha Place became the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.
1904
In 1904, the United Kingdom and the Third Republic signed the Heart Agreement setting the beginning of the Antante.
1939
1940 - World War II: Britain and France declared that they had mined the territorial waters of Norway to prevent them from being used by Nazi German ships.
1941 at Galichki Khan in Skopje, IMRO activists discussed the announcement of a single Macedonia under a German protectorate.
1942 - World War II: During the siege of Leningrad, the USSR troops launched the railway link with Leningrad.
1949
1961,
1973
1990
In 1992, the UN and the European Union announced April 8th as International Roma Day.
1994
2001 The results of the official census in Bulgaria (7 799 000 people) were announced.
2001
The funeral ceremony of Pope John Paul II was held in 2005.

Born

1605
1692 "Jusepe Tartini, Italian violinist, composer († 1770)
In 1695 "John Christian Gunther, a German poet († 1723)
1736
1818 "Cristian IX, King of Denmark († 1906)
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1859
1870
1875
1892 - Mary Pickford, American actress († 1979)
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