Page 5: Historical Events In April - 09

1908  On April - 09 herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England   

1908  The birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history fred Lohse, composer   

1909  On this day in history the U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.   

1909  On this day in history domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio   

1909  On April - 09 charles Conder, artist, dies   

1910  Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct) on this day in history.   

1911  Albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200   

1912  On this day in history 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)   

1913  17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified on April - 09.   

1913  Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history first full color film shown "The World, The Flesh and the Devil" (London)   

1914  On this day in history grand Trunk Pacific Railway main line is completed between Winnipeg, Melville, Edmonton, Jasper and Prince Rupert.   

1914  On this day in history uS &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone   

1914  "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London on this day in history.   

1914  Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes) on April - 09.   

1916  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62 on April - 09.   

1917  On April - 09 battle of Arras begins   

1917  On this day in history capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

1917  On this day in history lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

1917  Pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on April - 09.   

1917  On April - 09 vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops   

1917  Johannes Bobrowski, writer on April - 09.   

1917  On April - 09 edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I   

1918  Latvia proclaims independence on April - 09.   

1918  Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) on this day in history.   

1919  On April - 09 john Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)   

1920  Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)   

1922  On April - 09 carl Amery, writer   

1923  Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin on this day in history.   

1923  On April - 09 bruno Kiefer, composer   

1923  On this day in history mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies   

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1336  On April - 09 birth of tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)   

1498  John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550) was born on April - 09.   

1597  On April - 09 birth of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)   

1611  On this day in history birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer   

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau   

1648  On April - 09 birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)   

1649  On this day in history birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II   

0093  On April - 09 death of yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty   

0491  On April - 09 death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor   

0715  On this day in history constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies   

1024  Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies on April - 09.   

1137  Death of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099) on this day in history.   

1483  On April - 09 edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38   

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on April - 09.   

1492  Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies on April - 09.