è successo un 08 Aprile

1904 : Times Square


On April 8, 1904 in New York after the installation of the New York Times on the Long Acre Square area, the newspaper's owner persuaded the mayor to rename the place Times Square.

1953 : Mau Mau


On April 8, 1953, Jomo Kenyatta, President of the movement Kenya African Union was sentenced to seven years hard labor by the colonial British for his involvement in the organization of the rebel Mau Mau movement.
Jomo Kenyatta became Prime Minister in 1963 and President of Kenya in 1964. He is considered as the founding father of the country.

1986 : Clint Eastwood elected mayor


On April 8, 1986, Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel in California with 72% of the votes.

1990 : Premiere of Twin Peaks on ABC


On April 8, 1990, the highly anticipated surreal television series Twin Peaks by David Lynch, with Kyle MacLachlan in the role of FBI agent Dale Cooper in charge of finding out who killed Laura Palmer, is scheduled on the American channel ABC.

2010 : New START Treaty between U.S. and Russia


On April 8, 2010, Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev signed a new treaty limiting nuclear weapons in Prague in the Czech Republic to replace the now expired START Treaty signed in 1991.

Novità del giorno : 08 Aprile

International Day of the Roma
April 8 is International Day of the Roma, to commemorate the London meeting of 1971 where the Roma community has adopted its flag, blue and green with a red wheel, and its anthem, Djelem, Djelem. Roma are the largest minority in Europe.

Citazione del giorno : 08 Aprile

Clint Eastwood
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Compleanni : 08 Aprile

Giuseppe Tartini, Compositore italiano (1692)
Harvey Cushing, Neurochirurgo americano (1869)
Albert I, Re dei Belgi (1875)
Mary Pickford, Attrice canadese (1892)
Andrew Irvine, Alpinista britannico (1902)
Helen Joseph, Attivista anti-apartheid sudafricana (1905)
Melvin Calvin, Chimico americano, premio Nobel (1911)
Alois Brunner, Criminale di guerra austriaco, comandante del campo di internamento Drancy (1912)
Sonja Henie, Pattinatore norvegese (1912)
Jan Novák, Compositore ceco (1921)
Edward Mulhare, Attore irlandese (1923)
Jacques Brel, Cantante belgo (1929)
John Gavin, Attore americano (1931)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Regista francese (1932)
Kofi Annan, Diplomatico ghanese, settimo Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite (1938)
Vivienne Westwood, Fashion designer inglese (1941)
Michael Bennett, Coreografo e ballerino americano (1943)
Jean Benguigui, Attore francese (1944)
Jean-Pierre Pernaut, Giornalista francese (1950)
Christine Boisson, Attrice francese (1956)
Izzy Stradlin, Musicista americano (Guns N' Roses) (1962)
Julian Lennon, Musicista inglese (1963)
Michael Jones, Rugby player di Nuova Zelanda (1965)
Robin Wright, Attrice americana (1966)
Patricia Arquette, Attrice americana (1968)
Patricia Girard, Atleta francese (1968)
Khaled Badra, Calciatore tunisino (1973)
Khaled Badra, Calciatore tunisino (1973)
Emma Caulfield, Attrice americana (1973)
Derek Keith Barbosa (Chino XL), Rapper americano (1974)
Anouk, Cantante olandese (1975)
Frédérick Bousquet, Nuotatore francese (1981)
Royston Drenthe, Calciatore olandese (1987)

Ci hanno lasciato un 08 Aprile

Gaetano Donizetti, Compositore italiano (1848)
Elisha Otis, Costruttore di ascensori americano (1861)
Pablo Picasso, Pittore spagnolo (1973)
Omar Bradley, Generale americano (1981)
Pyotr Kapitsa, Fisico russo, Premio Nobel (1984)
Ben Johnson, Attore americano (1996)
Claire Trevor, Attrice americana (2000)
Sol LeWitt, Artista americano (2007)
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