April 8
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April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 267 days remain until the end of the year.
- 811 CE - Birth of Imam al-Jawad (a) (Rajab 10, 195)
- 1897 CE - Demise of Mirza Abu l-Hasan Jilwa (Dhu l-Qa'da 6, 1314)
- 1996 CE - Demise of Sayyid Murtada Husayni Mar'ashi Najafi.[1] (Dhu l-Qa'da 19, 1416)
- 1980 CE - Martyrdom of al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, a Shi'a jurist, an exegete of the Qur'an, thinker and also a political activist in Iraq. (Jumada I 22, 1400)
- 1980 CE - Martyrdom of Bint al-Huda al-Sadr, the sister of al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr. (Jumada I 22, 1400)
- 2013 CE – Demise of 'Abd al-Hadi al-Fadli a Shia scholar and one of the influential figures of the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. (Jumada I 27, 1434 AH)
- ↑ Ḥāʾirī, Rūzshumār-i shamsī, 1386Sh, p.51.