Page 8: Historical Events In April - 08

1970  On April - 08 john &Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations   

1970  L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara &1976 Kaverin on this day in history.   

1970  On April - 08 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances   

1970  On this day in history marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies   

1971  On April - 08 united Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership   

1971  US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere on April - 08.   

1971  1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York) on April - 08.   

1972  On this day in history 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico   

1972  Major league baseball players stages first collective strike on this day in history.   

1972  On April - 08 alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ   

1973  Japan allows its citizens to own gold on April - 08.   

1973  On this day in history thirty-two terrorist bombings in Cyprus take place.   

1973  Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record by collecting his 715th round-tripper.   

1974  On April - 08 pioneer Hall opens   

1974  Discovery Island opens on April - 08.   

1976  Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon, dies at 63 on April - 08.   

1976  On April - 08 n Chernykh discovers asteroid #2206 Gabrova, #2312 Duboshin, #2361 Gogol, #2606 Odessa, #2722 Abalakin, #2734 Hasek,   

1976  On April - 08 phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35   

1977  NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games on April - 08.   

1977  Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71 on April - 08.   

1978  Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 on April - 08.   

1979  On April - 08 iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah   

1980  On April - 08 wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist   

1981  On April - 08 e Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante   

1981  On April - 08 norman Taurog, dies   

1982  On this day in history uS formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama   

1984  8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA   

1986  US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history world oil prices dip below $10 a barrel   

1987  Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90 on April - 08.   

1988  Jim Jordan radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall on this day in history.   

1990  CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger on this day in history.   

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

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

1533  On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

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

1582  On April - 08 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  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Heem, painter   

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  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  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on this day in history.   

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

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