Page 6: Historical Events In April - 08

1935  On April - 08 first radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY   

1935  L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta on this day in history.   

1935  On April - 08 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282   

1935  Edwin Cannan, economist, dies on this day in history.   

1936  Orissa constituted a province of British India on April - 08.   

1937  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia ൙ Tamblyn on this day in history.   

1937  M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera on April - 08.   

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

1937  Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1938  Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY on this day in history.   

1938  Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies on April - 08.   

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

1939  ACV soccer team forms in Axes on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 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  On April - 08 germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious   

1941  Earle Graser, the eight-year voice of the radio program, "The Lone Ranger", died in an auto accident on April - 08.   

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

1941  On April - 08 joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title   

1942  On April - 08 a Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in NYC   

1942  On April - 08 alfred Mombert, writer, dies   

1943  Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma on this day in history.   

1943  Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands   

1946  On this day in history 400,000 US mine workers strike   

1946  On this day in history tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii   

1946  On April - 08 united Nations assemble for first time   

1946  League of Nations assembles for last time on April - 08.   

1947  On April - 08 the first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.   

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

1947  On this day in history henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies   

1948  Soen Nakagawa & Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF on this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45   

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1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on April - 08.   

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

1533  On this day in history birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on April - 08.   

1582  On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet   

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

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 this day in history death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29   

0956  On this day in history death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy   

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 this day in history.   

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on April - 08.   

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on April - 08.   

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