April 08

Saturday 08, 1989:

South Africa In Johannesburg, the Progressive Federal Party, Independent party, National Democratic Movement and the force of "Ontevrede Afrikaners" or dissatisfied Afrikaners merged to form the Democratic Party.

Tuesday 08, 1913:

The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified requiring direct election of Senators.

Friday 08, 1904:

Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.

Saturday 08, 1899:

Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.

Wednesday 08, 1767:

Ayutthaya kingdom fell to Burmese invaders.