This Day In History
April 08
Buddhists celebrate birth of Gautama Buddha John Adams arrives in Paris to replace Silas Deane Elizabeth Bacon Custer is born in Michigan Confederates rout Union at Battle of Mansfield Britain and France sign Entente Cordiale California road race kills five FDR signs Emergency Relief Appropriation Act WPA established by Congress Russians attack Germans in drive to expel them from Crimea Defiant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is hanged McCarthy publicly attacks Owen Lattimore Kenyatta jailed for Mau Mau uprising Barbara Kingsolver is born North Vietnamese forces open a third front Aaron hits his 715th home run Aaron sets new home run record Weyand reports to Congress Waltrip beats Petty in last-lap thriller Omar Bradley dies Twin Peaks premieres on ABC Kurt Cobain is found dead Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty
Buddhists celebrate birth of Gautama Buddha John Adams arrives in Paris to replace Silas Deane Elizabeth Bacon Custer is born in Michigan Confederates rout Union at Battle of Mansfield Britain and France sign Entente Cordiale California road race kills five FDR signs Emergency Relief Appropriation Act WPA established by Congress Russians attack Germans in drive to expel them from Crimea Defiant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is hanged McCarthy publicly attacks Owen Lattimore Kenyatta jailed for Mau Mau uprising Barbara Kingsolver is born North Vietnamese forces open a third front Aaron hits his 715th home run Aaron sets new home run record Weyand reports to Congress Waltrip beats Petty in last-lap thriller Omar Bradley dies Twin Peaks premieres on ABC Kurt Cobain is found dead Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty
