This Day In History

April 8

St. Julia

1513  Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.
1895  US Supreme Court finds income tax unconstitutional. All monies collected were ordered refunded.
1946  League of Nations assembled for last time.
1952  President Truman seized the steel industry to avert a strike.

1950  Ballet dancer Vaslau Nijinsky dies in London.
1974  Atlantic Braves Baseball Player Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record.

1893  Actress Mary Pickford (Smith)
1918  Wife of 38th President Betty Ford (Bloomer)
1922  Jazz Singer Carmen McRae
1922  Tenor Franco Corelli
1946  Oakland A's Baseball Pitcher Jim 'Catfish' Hunter
1963  Singer and Son of John & Cynthia Lennon, Julian Lennon

1956

• The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter

• No, Not Much! - The Four Lads

• Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

• Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

1960

• Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith

• Stuck on You - Elvis Presley

• Greenfields - The Brothers Four

• He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves

1979

• I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

• What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers

• Lady - Little River Band

• I Just Fall in Love Again - Anne Murray

1988

• Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson

• Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx

• Get Out of My Dreams, Get into My Car - Billy Ocean

• Love Will Find Its Way to You - Reba McEntire

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