Historical Events In April - 08

1911  On this day in history douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian   

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

1912  Sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36) on this day in history.   

1913  On April - 08 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified   

1913  On this day in history h Ernst, bishop (Breda Neth)   

1914  On April - 08 uS & Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone   

1914  On April - 08 john Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour)   

1916  Australian soldiers take up positions on the Western Front at Armentières, France on April - 08.   

1916  Norway approves active & passive female suffrage on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   

1918  Establishment of the Repatriation Department on April - 08.   

1918  On April - 08 betty Ford, First Lady of the United States   

1919  The birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia on April - 08.   

1919  [Douglas] Ian Smith, premier of Rhodesia (1964-..) on this day in history.   

1920  Church disestablished in Wales on April - 08.   

1920  On April - 08 lONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg   

1920  On this day in history carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)   

1920  On this day in history charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35   

1921  On April - 08 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa   

1921  On this day in history alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served)   

1921  Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies on this day in history.   

1923  Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir) on April - 08.   

1924  Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co on April - 08.   

1924  On this day in history imperial Airways formed in Britain   

1925  First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1 on this day in history.   

1925  Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice   

1929  Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies   

1931  Jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball on this day in history.   

1931  "White Horse Inn" opens in London on April - 08.   

1931  Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1933  Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses on this day in history.   

1933  Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror on April - 08.   

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

1460  Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida was born on April - 08.   

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

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on April - 08.   

1582  On this day in history birth of phienas Fletcher, poet   

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on April - 08.   

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.   

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on April - 08.   

0217  On April - 08 death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29   

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on April - 08.   

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  On this day in history death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)   

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  On April - 08 willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies