On This Day: April 8th

Operation Eternal Darkness: Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war.

Solar eclipse: A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon's ascending node, visible across North America.

Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.

Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.

A solar eclipse occurs, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.

The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56.

The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis is elected in the Greek parliamentary election.

Voyageurs National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.