Born on 8 April 1956

At A Glance

8 April 1956 at a glance

Day of the week

8 April 1956 was a Sunday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“He” by Al Hibbler was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1956

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1956 was The Ten Commandments.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 April is Aries.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 April 1956 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for April is Diamond.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 April 1956 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 8 April

• 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.
• 1968 BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.

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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