April 8 in History

Historical Events on April 8

1271 In Syria, sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers.

1864 American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.

1918 World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.

1942 World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.

1943 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.

1950 India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.

1952 U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.

1960 The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.

2004 War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.

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Famous Birthdays on April 8

1859 Edmund Husserl

1919 Ian Smith

1932 Iskandar of Johor

1938 Kofi Annan

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Famous Deaths on April 8

217 Caracalla

1973 Pablo Picasso

1981 Omar Bradley

2013 Margaret Thatcher

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