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Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage
SS Great Western of 1838, was an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship, the first steamship purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic, and the initial unit of the Great Western Steamship Company. She was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1837 to 1839. -
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Events of April 8th
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Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time
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"White Horse Inn" opens in London
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Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
Was a World War I German seaplane ace who claimed shooting down twenty planes and an airship; thirteen of those victories were confirmed. During World War II, he was the commander of the German Wehrmacht in the Netherlands; he was convicted for war crimes after the war. -
Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
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204th and final episode of "All in the Family"
an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended. That sitcom lasted another four years, ending its run in 1983. -
4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins
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Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
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One hour before the deadline, the U.S. Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 U.S. federal budget, avoiding a government shutdown
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Microsoft ends support for its Windows XP operating system; the system was first released in 2001
