Page 5: Historical Events In April - 08

1911  Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200   

1912  On this day in history sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36)   

1913  17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified on April - 08.   

1913  H Ernst, bishop (Breda Neth) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history uS & Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone   

1914  On this day in history john Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour)   

1916  On this day in history australian soldiers take up positions on the Western Front at Armentières, France   

1916  On this day in history norway approves active & passive female suffrage   

1918  England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force on April - 08.   

1918  On this day in history establishment of the Repatriation Department   

1918  On this day in history betty Ford, First Lady of the United States   

1919  The birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia on this day in history.   

1919  [Douglas] Ian Smith, premier of Rhodesia (1964-..) on this day in history.   

1920  Church disestablished in Wales on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history lONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg   

1920  Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life) on this day in history.   

1920  On April - 08 charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35   

1921  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa on April - 08.   

1921  On April - 08 alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served)   

1921  On April - 08 earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies   

1923  On April - 08 edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)   

1924  On April - 08 crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co   

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on this day in history.   

1925  First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1 on this day in history.   

1925  Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice   

1929  On April - 08 indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.   

1930  On this day in history zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies   

1931  On April - 08 jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball   

1931  On April - 08 "White Horse Inn" opens in London   

1931  Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies on April - 08.   

1933  On this day in history nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses   

1933  On this day in history manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror   

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1320  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)   

1460  On April - 08 birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1541  On April - 08 birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)   

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on April - 08.   

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.   

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on this day in history.   

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on April - 08.   

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on this day in history.   

1143  John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on this day in history.   

1364  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on April - 08.   

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies   

1498  On April - 08 death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on April - 08.