8 Aprile

The **8t o Aprile** is the 98t day o the year (99t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 267 days ti come.

## Events

* 217 - Assassination o Roman Emperor Caracalla.
* 1904 - The Unitit Kinrick an Fraunce sign the Entente Cordiale.
* 1906 - Auguste Deter, the first-kent Alzheimer's disease patient, dees.
* 1911 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
* 1924 - Sharia coorts are banned in Turkey.
* 1933 - In a referendum, a majority o voters in Wastren Australie chooses tae secede frae Australie; the result is nae recognisit.
* 1953 - Kenyan Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convictit bi the kintra's Breetish rulers.
* 1973 - Airtist Pablo Picasso dees agit 91.
* 1986 - Film director Clint Eastwood is electit Mayor o Carmel-bi-the-Sea in Californie.
* 1992 - Tennis champion Arthur Ashe propales that he haes AIDS.
* 1993 - The Republic o Macedonie jyns the Unitit Naitions.
* 1994 - The body o rock muisicker an Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is discoverit; he wis 27 year auld.
* 2005 - The funeral o Pape John Paul II taks place in Roum.
* 2013 - Margaret Thatcher, umwhile Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick, dees agit 87.
* 2018 - A suspectit chemical attack in Douma, Sirie, kills aroond 70 fowk.

## Births

* 1605 - Philip IV o Spain/III o Portugal (d. 1665)
* 1783 - John Claudius Loudon, Scots botanist an gairden designer (d. 1843)
* 1818 - Christian IX o Denmark (d. 1906)
* 1849 - William Cowie, Scots ingineer, mariner an businessman (d. 1910)
* 1859 - Edmund Husserl, Austrick-German philosopher (d. 1938)
* 1875 - Albert I o Belgium (d. 1934)
* 1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer an screenwriter (d. 1979)
* 1911 - Melvin Calvin, American biochemist (d. 1997)
* 1912 - Sonja Henie, Norse skater (d. 1969)
* 1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady o the Unitit States (d. 2011)
* 1919 - Ian Smith, Prime meenister o Rhodesie (d. 2007)
* 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian sangster an actor (d. 1978)
* 1938 - Kofi Annan, umwhile Secretar-General o the Unitit Naitions (d. 2018)
* 1941 - Vivienne Westwood, Inglis fashion designer 
* 1944 - Tariana Turia, New Zealand politeecian
* 1950 - Grzegorz Lato, Pols fitbawer
* 1951 - Geir Haarde, umwhile Prime meenister o Iceland
* 1955 - Jim Fleeting, Scots fitbawer
* 1958 - Steve Paterson, Scots fitbawer
* 1960 - Gordon Chisholm, Scots fitbawer
* 1964 - Dordi Nordby, Norse curler
* 1966 - Robin Wright, American actress
* 1968 - Patricia Arquette, American actress
* 1972 - Lisa Cameron, Scots politeecian
* 1981 - Kelly Schafer, Scots curler
* 1986 - Igor Akinfeev, Roushie fitbawer

## Daiths
* 217 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 188)
* 1364 - John II o Fraunce (b. 1319)
* 1800 - James Stuart-Mackenzie, Scots politeecian (b. 1717)
* 1820 - Thomas Douglas, 5t Yerl o Selkirk, Scots peer (b. 1771)
* 1835 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German statesman (b. 1767)
* 1848 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian componer (b. 1797)
* 1879 - James Nicol, Scots geologist (b. 1810)
* 1906 - Auguste Deter, first-kent Alzheimer's disease patient (b. 1851)
* 1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swadish writer (b. 1864)
* 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Roushie dancer an choreographer (b. 1890)
* 1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spainyie penter an sculptor (b. 1881)
* 1984 - Pyotr Kapitsa, Roushie pheesicist (b. 1894)
* 1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)
* 2013 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (b. 1925)

## Halidays

* Buddha's Birthday (Japan)
* Internaitional Romani Day