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TODAY IN HISTORY

April 8

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Day 97 of 2026 | Week 15 | 262 days until Christmas πŸŽ…

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2024

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024: A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon's ascending node, visible across North America.

2
2020

Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.

3
2014

Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.

4
2010

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.

5
2005

A solar eclipse occurs, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

6
2002

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.

7
1993

The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56.

8
1990

The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis is elected in the Greek parliamentary election.

9
1975

Voyageurs National Park is established by the U.S. Congress

10
1974

Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth as the all-time leader in career home runs by hitting his 715th home run off of Al Downing at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1963 Alec Stewart

English cricketer (son of Micky

1963 Donita Sparks

American singer

1962 Adam Mole

British guitarist (Pop Will Eat Itself - "Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!")

1961 Richard Hatch

American reality television personality (Survivor)

1960 Greg Iles

German-American novelist (The Natchez Burning Trilogy)

1960 John Schneider

American actor (Bo Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard")

1959 John Wells

American fashion photographer and blogger (The Field Lab)

1959 Michael HΓΌbner

German track cyclist (World C'ship gold Sprint 1986 GDR

1957 Fred Smerlas

American football player

1956 Christine Boisson

French actress (Emmanuelle

1956 Jim Piddock

English actor

1956 Justin Sullivan

British rock singer-songwriter (New Model Army)

1955 Barbara Kingsolver

American novelist (The Poisonwood Bible)

1955 David Wu

Taiwanese-born American politician (Rep-D-Ore 1999-2011)

1955 Gerrie Coetzee

South African boxer (WBA heavyweight title 1983-84)

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