Historical Events In April - 08

1950  On this day in history unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR   

1950  On April - 08 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances   

1950  On this day in history albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63   

1951  On this day in history first of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test   

1952  Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe &Gamow on April - 08.   

1952  Pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike on this day in history.   

1953  Dag Hammarskjoeld chosen as secretary-general of UN on April - 08.   

1954  Army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC on April - 08.   

1954  On April - 08 uS Air Force Academy established   

1954  "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 perfs on this day in history.   

1955  On April - 08 goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter   

1956  20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289 on this day in history.   

1957  On April - 08 frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies   

1959  On April - 08 gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies   

1960  Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee on this day in history.   

1960  On April - 08 rCA (TV &Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched   

1960  U Nu elected premier of Burma on April - 08.   

1960  On April - 08 neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties   

1961  Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye on April - 08.   

1961  "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 perfs on April - 08.   

1962  On this day in history accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France   

1963  NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike on this day in history.   

1963  On April - 08 soap operas "General Hospital" &"The Doctors" premier on TV   

1963  On this day in history 35th Academy Awards   

1963  Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies on April - 08.   

1964  John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years on this day in history.   

1964  Unmanned Gemini 1 launched on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70   

1966  AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner on this day in history.   

1966  George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history the Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".   

1968  On this day in history 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King   

1969  On April - 08 1st Baseball game in Canada   

1969  On this day in history arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78   

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

1460  On April - 08 birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

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

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

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  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.   

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 April - 08.   

1364  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on April - 08.   

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 April - 08.   

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on April - 08.