What happend on 8th April

07.04
09.04
2005

Funeral of Pope John Paul II

2004

The famous Japanese economist and former professor at Waseda University graduate school Kazuhide Uekusa was arrested on the escalator of JR Shinagawa station because of trying to peep under a high school girl's skirt with his hand mirror.

2004

Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.

2002

Ed McMahon files a US$20 million lawsuit against his insurance company and others regarding a toxic mold infecting McMahon's Beverly Hills, California home.

2000

A U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey crashes during landing at Marana, Arizona killing 19.

1999

Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.

1994

Body of Kurt Cobain discovered in his Washington home.

1992

Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces to the world that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.

1990

Twin Peaks premieres.

1989

South Africa In Johannesburg, the Progressive Federal Party, Independent party, National Democratic Movement and the force of "Ontevrede Afrikaners" or dissatisfied Afrikaners merged to form the Democratic Party.