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What happened in history on this day: April 8?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On April 8 in ...
- 1983 - John Sculley is hired at Apple Computer as president and chief executive officer. He is to receive $500,000 salary, $500,000 bonus, $1 million signing bonus, $1 million golden parachute clause, and options on 350,000 Apple shares.
- 1988 - IBM announces it will license its patents on the Micro Channel architecture to competitors.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. In the opening credits is "Bender's Humor by Microsoft Joke".
- 1933 - The Mickey Mouse film Ye Olden Days is released to theaters. Dippy Dog (Goofy) and Minnie Mouse also appear.
- 1933 - The Silly Symphony film Father Noah's Ark is released to theaters.
- 1949 - The Donald Duck film Sea Salts is released.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Von Drake in Spain, with Ludwig von Drake.
- 1973 - The Walt Disney Story attraction and film opens on Main Street at Disneyland.
- 1974 - The Treasure Island nature preserve pens to the public at Walt Disney World.
- 1992 - The Gambia issues five postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Chicago.
- 1992 - The Gambia issues ten postage stamps depicting Mickey Mouse as Christopher Columbus.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Holy Matrimony to theaters.
- 1999 - Discovery Island at Walt Disney World closes.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A sitting robotic Abraham Lincoln stands and talks, a reference to Disneyland's Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction.
- 2002 - Albania issues four postage stamps depicting Bambi and Thumper.
- 2006 - The Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast attraction opens at Disneyland Paris.
- 2008 - Disney announces plans for ten new animated films over the next four years.
- 1989 - The SCCA Corvette Challenge race series begins its second season, at the Dallas Grand Prix, in Texas.
- 2001 - At the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, Round Two of the SCCA - BFGoodrich Tires Trans-Am Series is held.
- Finishing 1st is the G2 Performance Parts #28 Corvette, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 6th is the Justin Bell GT Motorsports Experience #40 Corvette, driven by Justin Bell.
- Finishing 8th is the Banner Engineering #66 Corvette, driven by Ken Wilden.
- Finishing 10th is the Cenweld Corporation #23 Corvette, driven by Bob Ruman.
- Finishing 12th is the TWC Motorsport #8 Corvette, driven by Tom Coleman.
- Finishing 14th is the Stonier Transportation #59 Corvette, driven by Simon Gregg.
- Finishing 19th is the Preformed Line Products #49 Corvette, driven by Randy Ruhlman.
- 2017 - At the Long Beach Street Circuit in Long Beach, California, USA, the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach race is held, round 3 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 6th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C7.R driven by Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin.
- Finishing 5th in GT Le Mans class and 10th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C7.R driven by Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia.
- 1940 - (morning) The British government informs Norway that they are mining the leads along the coastal waters off Norway.
- 1940 - Operation Wilfred begins, as British forces lay mines off the Norwegian coast.
- 1940 - (about 0800 hours) British destroyer HMS Glowworm sinks German destroyer Bernd von Arnim off the Norwegian coast.
- 1940 - British destroyer Glowworm rams German heavy cruiser Hipper off the Norwegian coast, putting Hipper out of commission for several weeks for repairs. Glowworm sinks, with 31 survivors of a crew of 149.
- 1940 - The Argentine government issues a decree for the remaining crew of the Graf Spee to be interned on Martin Garcia Island, eight miles off the coast, due to recent disappearances of the men.
- 1940 - (afternoon) Two German ships are torpedoed off the Norwegian coast.
- 1940 - (evening) Norwegian coastal forts open fire on German warships, as a German invasion begins.
- 1941 - (0800 hours) German tanks enter Salonika.
- 1941 - The French Foreign Legion seizes the Eritrean port of Massaouah from Italian occupation.
- 1941 - German 14th Corps under General von Kleist captures Nis, Yugoslavia.
- 1941 - German forces break through the Metaxas Line in Greece.
- 1941 - German General Erwin Rommel sends his main force to Mechili, attacking from east and west, forcing the surrender of British forces.
- 1942 - (0755 hours) A floatplane from the Japanese battleship Haruna reports ships of the British Far Eastern Fleet dispersing 65 miles south of Ceylon.
- 1942 - (1055 hours) 85 D3A planes of the Japanese naval force off Ceylon (one light carrier and several other ships) attack and sink the British light carrier Hermes. This is the first sinking of an aircraft carrier by ship-based planes.
- 1942 - (1102 hours) Japanese planes of a naval force off Ceylon sink the Australian destroyer Vampire.
- 1944 - In Burma, Kohima is surrounded by Japanese forces.
- 1944 - Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan Konev cross the Pruth into Romania.
- 1945 - At Flossenburg concentration camp, in Germany, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris is tried in court and found guilty.
- 1945 - (evening) British bombers make a heavy attack on the Blohm and Voss submarine yards at Hamburg, Germany.
- 1991 - Guinea issues seven postage stamps depicting World War II battles.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Dr. Mario 64 video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US. Price is US$29.95.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A character says "Don't kill me yet! I'm starting to come down with Stockholm syndrome!".
- 1861 - Confederate authorities seize Dahlonega Mint.
- 1997 - Auctions by Bowers and Merena conducts the coin auction of the Louis E. Eliasberg Senior Collection.
- The Stickney pedigree 1804 Draped Bust silver dollar sells for US$1.815 million, a world record for a single coin at auction.
- An 1876-CC 20-cent coin, graded MS-65, sells for $148,500.
- An 1885 Trade dollar, Proof, finest of 5 known, sells for $907,500 to Jay Parrino.
- 1935 - Second Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282.
- 1941 - Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1943 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in four games.
- 1956 - 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Junior wins, shooting a 289.
- 1963 - Detroit Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the Chicago White Sox for US$25,000.
- 1966 - AFL chooses 36-year-old Al Davis as commissioner.
- 1966 - At the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, USA, the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers play baseball's first game on synthetic grass. The Monsanto chemical company provided the experimental playing surface of nylon grass, dubbed Astro Turf.
- 1969 - First Major League Baseball game in Canada - Montreal Expos beats New York Mets 10-9.
- 1969 - In their first game in Major League Baseball franchise history, the Montreal Expos defeat the New York Mets, 11-10 at Shea Stadium in New York.
- 1969 - National League baseball debut of San Diego padres, winning against Houston Astros 2-1 at Jack Murphy Stadium.
- 1969 - The Kansas City Royals play their first Major League Baseball game in the history of the franchise, beating the Minnesota Twins in 12 innings, 4-3.
- 1969 - The Seattle Pilots make their Major League Baseball debut defeating the California Angels, 4-3.
- 1972 - Alvin Kallicharran scores 100 in his first Test Cricket innings versus New Zealand.
- 1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 714 homers.
- 1979 - 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post.
- 1979 - People's Republic of China joins International Olympic Committee.
- 1980 - New York Islanders' Potvin's two shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Los Angeles Kings and set NHL record of two shorthanded playoff goals in one period.
- 1981 - New York Islanders score nine goals against Toronto Maple Leafs in playoffs.
- 1982 - Tracy Caulkins (19) wins her 36th US swimming title.
- 1984 - 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster.
- 1986 - Facing Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants' rookie Will Clark homers in his first major league at-bat.
- 1986 - The Seattle Mariners' Jim Presley hits two home runs in the ninth and tenth innings helping Seattle to beat the California Angels, 8-4 in a dramatic comeback victory on Opening Day.
- 1989 - One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott's debut, but lasts only 4 2/3 innings.
- 1990 - 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278.
- 1990 - Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1991 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker paralyzed in a car accident.
- 1991 - Major League Baseball umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement.
- 1991 - Oakland Athletics Stadium becomes first outdoor arena to ban smoking.
- 1993 - Cleveland Indians' Carlos Baerga is first to switch hit homeruns in same inning (vs New York Yankees).
- 1994 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Kent Mercker no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-0.
- 1995 - BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted.
- 1995 - Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1996 - Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title.
- 2006 - Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden, wins the Grand National at Aintree.
- 2007 - Zach Johnson wins the 2007 Masters Tournament.
- 2017 - At the Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, USA, the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach race is held, round 3 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype class and 1st overall is the Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 #10 Cadillac DPi driven by Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 6th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C7.R driven by Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 11th overall is the Riley Motorsports #50 Mercedes-AMG GT3 driven by Gunnar Jeannette and Cooper MacNeil.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Los Angeles Angels by score 13-6.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Cincinnati Reds by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Texas Rangers by score 10-8. The Rangers begin their 50th season.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Washington Nationals by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Miami Marlins by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Minnesota Twins by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Colorado Rockies by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Baltimore Orioles by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Oakland Athletics by score 9-5.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Boston Red Sox by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Winnipeg Jets by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Minnesota Wild by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Buffalo Sabres by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Tampa Bay Lightning by score 2-1.
- 1964 - Unmanned Gemini 1 launched.
- 1966 - OAO 1, the first orbiting astronomical observatory, is launched.
- 1993 - STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit.
- 2009 - The NASA Kepler satellite begins its 3.5-year mission of taking pictures in the Cygnus-Lyra region of space, comprising about 4.5 million stars. Scientists will look for dips in starlight indicating passing planets in front of parent stars.
- 2010 - Europe's Cryosat-2 spacecraft is launched aboard a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on a mission to map the Earth's ice cover, and successfully deployed into Earth's orbit.
- 2022 - SpaceX flight to the International Space Station carries three paying passengers who paid US$55 million each for a stay of more than a week.
- 1998 - A Force 5 tornado strikes the western portion of the Birmingham, Alabama area, killing 32.
- 1789 - First meeting of the US House of Representives, in New York City, New York, with F Muhlenberg first speaker.
- 1861 - Confederate authorities seize Dahlonega Mint in Georgia, CSA.
- 1864 - Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana; Federals routed by Confederate General Richard Taylor.
- 1869 - American Museum of Natural History opens (New York City, New York).
- 1893 - The Critic reports that the ice cream soda is the US national drink.
- 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square (after the New York Times).
- 1913 - The 17th amendment to the US Constitution, requiring direct election of senators, is ratified by the required 3/4 of states.
- 1914 - US and Colombia sign a treaty concerning the Panamá Canal Zone.
- 1935 - Works Progress Administration approved by US Congress.
- 1938 - The House of Representatives kills the Reorganization Bill.
- 1952 - US President Harry Truman seizes the steel mills to prevent a strike.
- 1956 - Six marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Island, South Carolina, USA.
- 1964 - Unmanned Gemini 1 launched.
- 1966 - At the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, USA, the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers play baseball's first game on synthetic grass. The Monsanto chemical company provided the experimental playing surface of nylon grass, dubbed Astro Turf.
- 1970 - US Senate rejects President Richard Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court.
- 1971 - First legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York).
- 1971 - In Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA a house is struck by a falling meteorite.
- 1975 - 47th Academy Awards - Godfather II, Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win.
- 1984 - 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins.
- 1985 - Amdahl releases UTS/V, first mainframe Unix operating system.
- 1985 - India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster.
- 1986 - American actor Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California.
- 1993 - STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit.
- 1994 - Smoking is banned in Pentagon and all US military bases.
- 1994 - Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, is found dead in Seattle, Washington. His death is believed to have been a suicide.
- 1997 - Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0.
- 1997 - The Stickney-Eliasberg pedigree US 1804 Draped Bust silver dollar sells for US$1.815 million, a record for a single coin at auction. A US 1885 Trade dollar, Proof, finest of 5 known, sells for $907,500 to Jay Parrino.
- 1998 - A Force 5 tornado strikes the western portion of the Birmingham, Alabama area, killing 32.
- 2002 - Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing changes its company name to 3M Company.
- 2009 - Pulte Homes in the USA announces it will buy rival Centex Corp in a US$1.3 billion all-stock deal to create the largest U.S. homebuilder.
- 2010 - US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign a landmark nuclear arms treaty in the Czech capital, Prague. The treaty commits the countries to each reduce the number of deployed strategic warheads to 1,550, 30 percent lower than the previous ceiling.
- 2022 - SpaceX flight to the International Space Station carries three paying passengers who paid US$55 million each for a stay of more than a week.
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