Page 5: Historical Events In April - 09

1908  Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England on this day in history.   

1908  On April - 09 the birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter   

1908  Fred Lohse, composer on April - 09.   

1909  The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act on April - 09.   

1909  On April - 09 domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio   

1909  On April - 09 charles Conder, artist, dies   

1910  Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct) on April - 09.   

1911  On this day in history albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)   

1912  On April - 09 steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200   

1912  1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard) on April - 09.   

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

1913  On this day in history brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0   

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

1914  On April - 09 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  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 April - 09.   

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

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

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

1917  On this day in history johannes Bobrowski, writer   

1917  Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on April - 09.   

1918  Latvia proclaims independence on April - 09.   

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

1919  John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC) on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)   

1921  Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet) on April - 09.   

1922  Carl Amery, writer on this day in history.   

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

1923  Bruno Kiefer, composer on this day in history.   

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

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1336  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on this day in history.   

1498  On April - 09 birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)   

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  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on April - 09.   

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

1024  On April - 09 benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies   

1137  On this day in history death of william X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)   

1483  On this day in history 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.