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| April 8th |
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| About April 8th 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 calendar year. Births 1910 - George Musso, Hall of Fame offensive lineman 1918 - Betty Ford, former First Lady of the United States 1938 - Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General 1946 - Catfish Hunter, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher 1947 - Tom DeLay, former U.S. House Majority Leader 1955 - Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator (Wisconsin) 1963 - Julian Lennon, musician, son of John Lennon Deaths 1993 - Marian Anderson, contralto Events 1913 - The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, requiring a direct election of senators. 1946 - The League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, holds their final meeting. 1952 - In an act later ruled illegal by the United States Supreme Court, President Harry S. Truman orders the seizure of steel mills to avert a strike. 1964 - The Supremes record their first number 1 single, "Where Did Our Love Go". 1974 - Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, breaking the record held by Babe Ruth for 39 years. 1975 - Frank Robinson makes his debut as Major League Baseball's first black manager. 1990 - The television series Twin Peaks starring Kyle MacLachlan premiered on ABC television. 1992 - Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has acquired AIDS from a blood transfusion during heart surgery. 2009 - Four Somali pirates seized the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama and took Captain Richard Phillips hostage, who had surrendered himself for the safety of his crew. Phillips would be rescued on April 12th, 2009 by U.S. Navy SEALS. |
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