Today in History: April 8, tennis great Arthur Ashe announces AIDS diagnosis

This day is Tuesday April the th day of There are days left in the year The present day in history On April tennis great Arthur Ashe publicized at a New York news conference that he had AIDS having contracted HIV from a blood transfusion in Also on this date In the Venus de Milo statue likely dating to the nd century B C E was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos Related Articles In the modern day in History April Rwandan genocide begins In current times in History April United States enters World War I In the present day in History April FDR establishes Civilian Conservation Corps Colorado lawmakers introduce bill to expand protections for undocumented immigrants At present in History April Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis In the U S Senate passed - the th Amendment to the U S Constitution abolishing slavery The House of Representatives passed it in January the amendment was ratified and adopted in December In an explosion at the Banner Coal Mine in Littleton Alabama claimed the lives of men greater part of them convicts leased out from prisons In the th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified providing for electoral process of U S senators by state residents as opposed to state legislatures In Cuba released that Cuban exiles tried for their roles in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion were convicted of treason and sentenced to years in prison In Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his th career home run in a encounter against the Los Angeles Dodgers latest Babe Ruth s home run record that had stood since In Ryan White the teenager whose battle with AIDS drew national attention and led to greater understanding and de-stigmatization of those suffering from the infection died in Indianapolis at age In President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty in Prague In a -day lockdown was lifted in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the global COVID- pandemic began Currently s Birthdays Journalist Seymour Hersh is Songwriter-producer Leon Huff is Rock musician Steve Howe Yes is Sports broadcaster Jim Lampley is Sen Ron Johnson a Republican from Wisconsin is Author Barbara Kingsolver is Actor John Schneider is Guitarist Izzy Stradlin Guns N Roses is Singer Julian Lennon is Actor Dean Norris is Actor Robin Wright is Actor Patricia Arquette is Actor Taylor Kitsch is Boxer Gennady Golovkin is NFL wide receiver CeeDee Lamb is Actor Skai Jackson is