Page 6: Historical Events In April - 08

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

1935  On April - 08 l Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta   

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

1935  On this day in history edwin Cannan, economist, dies   

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

1937  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia ൙ Tamblyn on April - 08.   

1937  M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera on this day in history.   

1937  On April - 08 the birth of Seymour Hersh, American journalist   

1937  On this day in history arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84   

1938  On this day in history baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY   

1938  On April - 08 harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies   

1939  US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war on this day in history.   

1939  On April - 08 aCV soccer team forms in Axes   

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  Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious on April - 08.   

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 April - 08.   

1941  Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history a Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in NYC   

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

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 April - 08.   

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

1946  On April - 08 400,000 US mine workers strike   

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

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

1946  On this day in history league of Nations assembles for last time   

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  Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies on April - 08.   

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

1948  Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40 on April - 08.   

1950  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Heem, painter   

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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