APR 8 timeline

  • Micheal Landon

    Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas
  • Braves Game

    Braves Game
    Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0
  • WBA Boxling title

    WBA Boxling title
    Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft
    Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
  • 65th Golf Masters

    65th Golf Masters
    65th Golf Masters Championship:
  • Krygyzstani Riots

    Krygyzstani Riots
    Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months
  • Government Shutdown

    Government Shutdown
    One hour before the deadline, the U.S. Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 U.S. federal budget, avoiding a government shutdown
  • 'What Must Be Said'

    'What Must Be Said'
    German poet, Gunter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, is declared a persona non grata by the Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, over his poem, 'What Must Be Said.'
  • Masters Tournament

    Masters Tournament
    U.S. golfer Bubba Watson defeats Louis Oosthuizen at the 2012 Masters Tournament in a sudden-death playoff
  • Margaret Thatcher Death

    Margaret Thatcher Death
    Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, dies of a stroke at age 87 in London