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 April - 09.   

1908  Fred Lohse, composer on this day in history.   

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

1909  Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio on April - 09.   

1909  Charles Conder, artist, dies on April - 09.   

1910  On this day in history abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)   

1911  On April - 09 albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)   

1912  Steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200 on April - 09.   

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 April - 09.   

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

1914  Grand Trunk Pacific Railway main line is completed between Winnipeg, Melville, Edmonton, Jasper and Prince Rupert on April - 09.   

1914  US &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone on April - 09.   

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

1914  On April - 09 richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)   

1916  On April - 09 vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62   

1917  Battle of Arras begins on this day in history.   

1917  Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on April - 09.   

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

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

1917  On this day in history vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops   

1917  Johannes Bobrowski, writer on April - 09.   

1917  Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history latvia proclaims independence   

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

1919  On this day in history john Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)   

1920  On April - 09 alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)   

1921  On April - 09 frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)   

1922  Carl Amery, writer on this day in history.   

1923  On April - 09 sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin   

1923  On April - 09 bruno Kiefer, composer   

1923  Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1597  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On April - 09 birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer   

1627  On this day in history birth of johann Kaspar Kerll, composer   

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

1648  On this day in history birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)   

1649  James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II was born on April - 09.   

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on this day in history.   

0491  Death of Zeno, Byzantine Emperor on April - 09.   

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on April - 09.   

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

1137  On April - 09 death of william X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)   

1483  Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies