8 April It Happened Today

217    Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated.

1889 Birth of British conductor Sir Adrian Boult.

1893 Birth of Canadian born actress Mary Pickford.

1904 Britain and France sign the Entente Cordiale.

1950 Death of Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky.

1973 Death of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso.

1986 Clint Eastwood gains victory in the vote for Mayor of the town of Carmel in California.