Historical Events on April 8.

1.  1831, 8th April: Famous social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy arrived in England.

2.  1838, 8th April: The Great Western steam-powered ship sailed from Bristol, England, and arrived in New York a fortnight later. This is the first fireboat to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

3.  1857, 8th April: Mangal Pandey, a soldier of the 1857 rebellion, was executed.

4.  1911, 8th April: Dutch physicist Hike Onnes discovered superconductivity.

5.  1921, 8th April: Acharya Vinoba Bhave established Paunar Ashram at Wardha.

6.  1929, 8th April: Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt bombed the Central Assembly in Delhi.

7.  1950, 8th April: India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Agreement.

8.  1993, 8th April: The Republic of Macedonia joined the United Nations.

9.  2005, 8th April: An estimated 4 million people attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 8.

1.  1924: Kumar Gandharva, an Indian classical singer.

2.  1928: Ranjit Desai, a popular Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.

3.  1938: Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations.

4.  1950: Bijay Mohanty, an Indian film actor of Odia Cinema.

5.  1979: Amit Trivedi, an Indian music director, singer, and lyricist.

6.  1983: Allu Arjun, an Indian film actor.

7.  1988: Nithya Menen, an Indian actress, and singer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 8.

1.  1894: Bankimchandra Chatterjee, an Indian novelist, poet, and journalist. 

2.  1953: Walchand Hirachand Doshi, an Indian industrialist.

3.  1973: Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer.

4.  2013: Margaret Thatcher, a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

5.  2015: D. Jayakanthan, as an Indian writer, journalist, orator, film-maker, critic, and activist.