What Happened In April 2008 In History

Historical Events for April, 2008

• 3rd » ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
• 6th » 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activities .
• 20th » Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an American Championship Car Racing named Indy car race.
• 22nd » The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
• 30th » Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia, are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia or Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, one of his sist

Famous Birthdays on April in 2008

• 16th » Princess Eléonore of Belgium

Famous Deaths for April 2008

• 1st » Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1921)
• 2nd » Paul Arden, English author (b. 1940)
• 2nd » Ray Poole, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
• 4th » Francis Tucker, South African race car driver (b. 1923)
• 5th » Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923)
• 7th » Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 7th » Mark Speight, English television host (b. 1965)
• 8th » Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley, English clergyman and politician (b. 1928)
• 8th » John Button, Australian politician (b. 1933)
• 8th » Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
• 11th » Merlin German, American sergeant (b. 1985)
• 12th » Cecilia Colledge, English figure skater (b. 1920)
• 12th » Patrick Hillery, Irish politician, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923)
• 12th » Jerry Zucker (businessman) called Jerry Zucker, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949)
• 13th » John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and educator (b. 1911)
• 14th » Miguel Galván, Mexican actor (b. 1957)
• 14th » Tommy Holmes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1918)
• 14th » Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (b. 1912)
• 15th » Sean Costello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1979)
• 15th » Benoît Lamy, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
• 15th » Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (b. 1921)
• 16th » Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
• 16th » Joseph Solman, American painter (b. 1909)
• 17th » Aimé Césaire, Caribbean-French poet and politician (b. 1913)
• 17th » Danny Federici, American organist and accordion player (E-Street Band) (b. 1950)
• 18th » Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist (b. 1907)
• 19th » John Marzano, American baseball player (b. 1963)
• 19th » Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian cardinal (b. 1935)
• 20th » VL Mike, American rapper (Chopper City Boyz) (b. 1976)
• 20th » Monica Lovinescu, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 22nd » Ed Chynoweth, Canadian businessman (b. 1941)
• 22nd » Paul Davis (singer) or Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 24th » Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)
• 25th » Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (b. 1921)
• 27th » Marios Tokas, Cypriot singer-songwriter (b. 1954)
• 29th » Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (b. 1906)
• 30th » John Cargher, English-Australian journalist (b. 1919)

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