What day of the week was April 8, 1968?

The day of the week April 8th, 1968 fell on was a Monday. There were 6 days until Easter Sunday.

Glenn Andreotta the American soldier (b. 1947) died on this day in 1968. As did Barbara Jane Harrison the English flight attendant (b. 1945) .

BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. As a result of her actions in the accident the Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.