This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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April 8th, 2008	Event	Yi So-yeon became the first South Korean to fly in space.
April 8th, 2008	Death	Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (born in 1928)
April 8th, 2008	Death	John Button, Australian politician (born in 1933)
April 8th, 2008	Death	Stanley Kamel, American actor (born in 1943)
April 8th, 2007	Death	Carey W. Barber, a member of Governing Body of Jehovah s Witnesses (born in 1905)
April 8th, 2007	Death	Sol LeWitt, American artist (born in 1928)
April 8th, 2006	Event	Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
April 8th, 2006	Death	Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (born in 1923)
April 8th, 2005	Death	Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (born in 1926)
April 8th, 2005	Death	Onna White, Canadian choreographer (born in 1924)

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