Historical Events In April - 08

1911  On this day in history douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian   

1912  Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 on this day in history.   

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

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

1913  On this day in history h Ernst, bishop (Breda Neth)   

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

1914  On April - 08 john Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour)   

1916  Australian soldiers take up positions on the Western Front at Armentières, France on April - 08.   

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

1918  On April - 08 england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   

1918  Establishment of the Repatriation Department on this day in history.   

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

1919  On this day in history the birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia   

1919  [Douglas] Ian Smith, premier of Rhodesia (1964-..) on April - 08.   

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 April - 08.   

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  Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co on this day in history.   

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on April - 08.   

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

1925  On April - 08 hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]   

1927  Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice on this day in history.   

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  Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies on this day in history.   

1931  Jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball on this day in history.   

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

1931  On this day in history eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies   

1933  On April - 08 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  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on this day in history.   

1460  Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida was born on this day in history.   

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

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of phienas Fletcher, poet   

1605  On this day in history birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter   

1605  On this day in history birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)   

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

0217  On April - 08 death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29   

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on April - 08.   

1143  On this day in history john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident   

1364  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

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

1498  Death of Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 on this day in history.   

1537  On April - 08 willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies