Fait mathématique: 8862 is an uninteresting number.
Culture générale: 8862 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Date historique: April 5th is the day in 1609 that Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.