BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 09: Kylie Jenner attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic,)
On This Day: What happened on 08 April?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. Every day is worth remembering.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 09: Kylie Jenner attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic,)
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 08 April, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
1954 | South African Airways Flight 201 (SA201) crashed in the Mediterranean Sea killing 7 crew members and 14 passengers.
1970 | 46 children were killed and 50 wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombed Bahr el-Baqar primary school in Egypt.
2016 | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh won the Djibouti presidential elections by 87%. He’s been in office since 1999.
2017 | Abdoulaye Idrissa Maiga, was named the new prime minister by Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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DEATHS
2014 | Namibian diplomat and first Ambassador to Egypt, Andrew Intamba (67)
2016 | Zimbabwean politician and educator, Victoria Chitepo (88)
2020 | Zimbabwean cricket player, Jackie du Preez (77)
BIRTHDAYS
1938 | South African businessman, Allan Gray
1949 | South African operatic tenor, Fanie de Jager
1983 | South African tennis player, Andrew Anderson
1987 | South African netball player, Tsakane Mbewe
SPORT
2012 | Masters Tournament: South African professional golfer Louis Oosthuizen finish as runner-up at the sudden-death playoff, he was defeated by Bubba Watson.
ENTERTAINMENT
2020 | Kylie Jenner at the age of 22 was revealed to be the world’s youngest self-made billionaire by Forbes. Her business is valued at roughly $1.2 billion (over R21 billion).
AFRICA FACT
The tallest statue in Africa the “African Renaissance” stands 49m tall on the top of a 100m high hill, is located near the airport in Dakar, Senegal.
