Page 6: Historical Events In April - 08

1935  On this day in history first radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY   

1935  L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta on April - 08.   

1935  On this day in history 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282   

1935  On April - 08 edwin Cannan, economist, dies   

1936  On this day in history orissa constituted a province of British India   

1937  On April - 08 k Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia ൙ Tamblyn   

1937  On April - 08 m Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera   

1937  The birth of Seymour Hersh, American journalist on this day in history.   

1937  Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84 on April - 08.   

1938  Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY on April - 08.   

1938  On this day in history harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies   

1939  On April - 08 uS recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war   

1939  ACV soccer team forms in Axes on April - 08.   

1940  On April - 08 hMS GLOWWORM (Lt Cdr Gerard Roope+, awarded VC), sunk , NW of Trondheim in Norwegian Sea by German 8in-gunned heavy cruiser 'Admiral Hipper'. Detached from screen for British minelaying operations to search for man overboard at time of German invasion of Norway; 40 survivors. 'Hipper' damaged when rammed by 'Glowworm'   

1940  Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history earle Graser, the eight-year voice of the radio program, "The Lone Ranger", died in an auto accident.   

1941  Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay) on this day in history.   

1941  Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title on April - 08.   

1942  A Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1942  Alfred Mombert, writer, dies on April - 08.   

1943  On this day in history hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma   

1943  On April - 08 paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed   

1945  US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II on this day in history.   

1945  On April - 08 nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands   

1946  400,000 US mine workers strike on April - 08.   

1946  Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii on this day in history.   

1946  United Nations assemble for first time on this day in history.   

1946  League of Nations assembles for last time on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history the first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.   

1947  Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed on April - 08.   

1947  On April - 08 henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies   

1948  Soen Nakagawa & Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF on April - 08.   

1948  On this day in history josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40   

1950  On April - 08 charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45   

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1320  On April - 08 birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)   

1460  Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida was born on April - 08.   

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

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

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

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 April - 08.   

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

0956  On April - 08 death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy   

1143  On April - 08 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 April - 08.   

1461  On this day in history 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 April - 08.   

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