April 08

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1820	The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.	The Velvet Underground	Venus in Furs	The Velvet Underground & Nico
2	1886	William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.	Morrissey	Irish Blood, English Heart	You are the Quarry
3	1904	British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law.	Melt Banana	Circle-Jack (Chase the Magic Words, Lego, Lego)	Charlie
4	1918	World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.	David Bowie	Cracked Actor	Aladdin Sane
5	1935	The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.	Amon Tobin	At Work	Monthly Joint Series
6	1943	U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.	Death Threat	The Price You'll Pay	Last Dayz
7	1952	U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.	The Elected	Fireflies in a Steel Mill	Sun, Sun, Sun
8	1992	Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.	John Vanderslice	When it Hits My Blood	Cellar Door
9	2008	The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.	The Beach Boys	Let the Wind Blow	Smiley Smile / Wild Honey

(Historical facts about April 08 are from Wikipedia.)