April 8 is the 98th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Pungenday, Discord 25, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.6.19 by the Mayan Long Count
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On this day in history: 1093 – The new Winchester Cathedral was dedicated. 1820 – The Venus de Milo was discovered. 1895 – In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the US Supreme Court declared unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional. 1911 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity. 1913 – The 17th Amendment to the US Constitution, becames law requiring direct election of US Senators. 1935 – The WPA was formed.Unbelievably, it was not "market based". 1946 – Électricité de France, was formed by the nationalisation of electricity producers, transporters and distributors. 1959 – A team led by Grace Hopper met to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be COBOL. 1961 – An explosion sank the MV and killed 238. The British eventually blamed Russia rebels, but produced no evidence. 1970 – The Israeli air force bombeds an Egyptian primary but only killed forty-six children. 2008 – The world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines was completed in Bahrain.
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Born this day in: 1859 – Edmund Husserl, mathematician and philosopher 1896 – Yip Harburg, lyricist 1905 – Helen Joseph, activist 1917 – Winifred Asprey, mathematician and computer scientist 1922 – Carmen McRae, singer, songwriter, pianist, and actress 1927 – Ollie Mitchell, trumpet player and bandleader 1929 – Jacques Brel, singer-songwriter and actor 1937 – Seymour Hersh, journalist and author 1941 – J. J. Jackson, singer, songwriter, and arranger 1944 – Deke Richards, songwriter and producer 1947 – Steve Howe, guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1949 – Brenda Russell, singer, songwriter, and keyboard player 1951 – Mel Schacher, bass player 1951 – Joan Sebastian, singer, songwriter, and actor 1962 – Izzy Stradlin, guitarist and songwriter 1963 – Julian Lennon, singer, songwriter, and photographer Died this day in: 1950 – Vaslav Nijinsky, dancer and choreographer 1973 – Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor 1993 – Marian Anderson, singer 1997 – Laura Nyro, singer,songwriter, and pianist
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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: International Romani Day Hana Matsuri (Japan)
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Music goes here, iirc, well,
Winchester Cathedral
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Venus de Milo
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Yip Harburg
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Carmen McRae
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Ollie Mitchell
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Jacques Brel
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J. J. Jackson
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Deke Richards
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Steve Howe
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Brenda Russell
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Mek Schacher
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Julian Lennon
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Marian Anderson
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Laura Nyro
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