April 8
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Art and culture
- 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
- 1867 - The first World's Fair is inaugurated in Paris.
- 1966 - Death of God as pronounced (with question mark) by American Time magazine.
- 1990 - Twin Peaks aired for the first time in the United States
- 2007 - ArtandPopularCulture.com founded
Births
- 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770)
- 1859 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938)
- 1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. 1979)
- 1892 - Richard Neutra, American architect (d. 1970)
- 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
- 1941 - Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
- 1944 - Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
Deaths
- 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (b. 1890)
- 1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (b. 1881)
- 2006 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1923)
Births
- 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian French-speaking author-composer, considered by many a poet as well.
Deaths
- 1998 - Anatole Dauman, French film producer
Notes
- Jean-Jacques Pauvert (born April 8, 1926) is a French publisher,
- Waldemar Fydrych (born April 8, 1953), also known as "Major," is a Polish activist
- Douglas Trumbull
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