On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Racing, sport of kings and pastime of millions whose only castles are their homes, made a sensational start at Jamaica yesterday when the New York and Eastern season opened for a 181-day stand to be followed by a nine-day victory meeting.
LAKEWOOD, N.J., April 8 -- The Giants concluded their 1944 training activities here today under a sunny, summery sky that apparently so dazzled them they went toppling down to defeat before Gabby Hartnett's Jersey City Giants by a score of 4 to 2.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., April 8 -- Inspired, no doubt, by the presence of Gov. Walter E. Edge, the Yankees today buried the Athletics for the second time in two days on Bader Field under a shower of extra-base blows. The count was 8 to 5 at the end of a struggle witnessed by 1,516 fans.
draft officials term 4F job check request, not order
significance of Palau naval attack discussed
1944Joe Brinkman, American baseball player and umpire[†]
Joseph Norbert Brinkman is an American former umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League (AL) from 1972 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues from 2000 until his retirement during the 2006 season.
1944Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg, German shot putter[†]
Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg is a retired East German shot putter.
1944Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (born 1920)[†]
Yevgeniya Maksimovna Rudneva was the head navigator of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. Prior to World War II she was an astronomer, the head of the Solar Department of the Moscow branch of the Astronomical-Geodesical Society of the USSR.