Page 5: Historical Events In April - 08

1911  Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian on April - 08.   

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

1914  On April - 08 uS & Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone   

1914  John Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour) on April - 08.   

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

1916  Norway approves active & passive female suffrage on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   

1918  Establishment of the Repatriation Department on April - 08.   

1918  Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States on April - 08.   

1919  On April - 08 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  LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg on April - 08.   

1920  Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life) on April - 08.   

1920  Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 on April - 08.   

1921  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa   

1921  On this day in history alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served)   

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

1923  Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir) on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co   

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on April - 08.   

1925  First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1 on April - 08.   

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

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

1929  Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest on this day in history.   

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

1931  Jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball on April - 08.   

1931  "White Horse Inn" opens in London on April - 08.   

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

1933  Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses on this day in history.   

1933  Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror on this day in history.   

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

1460  On this day in history birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on April - 08.   

1541  On this day in history birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)   

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

1605  On April - 08 birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter   

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on this day in history.   

1631  On April - 08 birth of cornelis de Heem, painter   

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 April - 08.   

1364  On April - 08 jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44   

1461  On April - 08 death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)   

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

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

1537  On this day in history willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies