This is our day guide for Sunday April 8th 2018 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on April 8th 2018
International: Orthodox Easter Day
Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.Not a Public Holiday
International: Orthodox Lent
Great Lent marks the start of the Easter cycle in the Orthodox Christian Church| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for April 8th 2018 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 98 of 2018 | |
| 267 days left in 2018 | |
| Week 14 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1974 - Baseball legend Hank Aaron scores a historic home run at Atlanta Stadium. | |
| 1953 - Twelve passengers die and many are injured when a London Underground Central line train, heading eastbound to Epping, ploughs into a stationary train waiting in the tunnel between Stratford and Leyton. | |
| 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos. | |
| 1749 - Charles Wesley - Preacher and Hymn-writer - marries Sarah Gwynne. |
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