Born on 8 April 1945

At A Glance

8 April 1945 at a glance

Day of the week

8 April 1945 was a Sunday.

Top Film of 1945

One of the highest-grossing films worldwide released in 1945 was The Bells of St. Mary's.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 April is Aries.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 April 1945 fell in the Year of the Rooster.

Birthstone

The birthstone for April is Diamond.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 April 1945 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 8 April

• 1933 The Australian state of Western Australia votes to secede from the federation in a non-binding referendum, although efforts to implement the result prove unsuccessful.
• 1940 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.
• 1959 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• 1959 The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• 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.

Famous people born on 8 April

• Patricia Arquette, American actress and director (born 1968)
• Chris Kyle, American sniper and memoirist (1974–2013)
• Robin Wright, American actress, director, producer (born 1966)
• Julian Lennon, English singer-songwriter (born 1963)

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