Historical Events In April - 09

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

1908  On this day in history the birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter   

1908  On April - 09 fred Lohse, composer   

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

1909  Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio on this day in history.   

1909  On April - 09 charles Conder, artist, dies   

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

1911  Albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train) on April - 09.   

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

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

1913  17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified on this day in history.   

1913  On April - 09 brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0   

1914  First full color film shown "The World, The Flesh and the Devil" (London) on April - 09.   

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

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

1914  On April - 09 "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London   

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

1917  On April - 09 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  Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops on this day in history.   

1917  Johannes Bobrowski, writer on April - 09.   

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

1918  On April - 09 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  Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle) on April - 09.   

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

1922  Carl Amery, writer on April - 09.   

1923  On this day in history sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin   

1923  On this day in history bruno Kiefer, composer   

1923  Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies on April - 09.   

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1336  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on April - 09.   

1498  On this day in history birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)   

1597  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on April - 09.   

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

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on April - 09.   

1634  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on this day in history.   

1648  Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.   

1649  On April - 09 birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II   

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