April 8 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). There are 267 days remaining.
My natal anniversary today.
Looking at the worthies I share the day with, I have to think the Buddha offsets Tom Delay. And I get Sonja Henie, Jacques Brel, Julian Lennon, and Robin Wright Penn. The NY Times says that Tony Perez, Jack Bruce, and David Byrne will also cut the cake today.
The BBC has a headline claiming Kurt Cobain killed himself on April 8, but the story makes clear it was the 6th. The NYT notes the the first smallpox vaccination was administered on this date in 1796 and that Lewis and Clark left St Louis with the Corps of Discovery 202 years ago today.