Soyuz MS-18 is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying three members of the Expedition 64 crew to the International Space Station. Date: April 9, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)

Burmese military and security forces commit the Bago massacre, during which at least 82 civilians are killed. Date: April 9, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)

The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale. Date: April 8, 1904 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1904 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Australian state of Western Australia votes to secede from the federation in a non-binding referendum, although efforts to implement the result prove unsuccessful. Date: April 8, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: April 8, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)

South African Airways Flight 201: A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people. Date: April 8, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people. Date: April 8, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank. Date: April 8, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: April 8, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: April 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)