On this day — April 8

Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war.

A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon's ascending node, visible across North America.

leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.

visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.

Congress.

Forty-six children are killed.

As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.

users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.