Historical Events In April - 08

1881  On April - 08 fernand Lamy, composer   

1884  On April - 08 the birth of Harry S.Truman, Former American President   

1885  Dimitrios Levidis, composer on April - 08.   

1886  On this day in history william Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.   

1886  On this day in history margaret A Barnes, writer   

1887  Walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl) on April - 08.   

1889  On April - 08 adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor/composer (BBC Sym Orch)   

1889  Henry Jupp, cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for Engl in 1877), dies on this day in history.   

1890  Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 on April - 08.   

1892  A Charlois discovers asteroid #331 Etheridgea on April - 08.   

1893  The birth of Mary Pickford, American actress on April - 08.   

1893  The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink on this day in history.   

1893  Grace Cunard, Columbus OH, silent screen actress (Resurrection) on April - 08.   

1894  On April - 08 bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55   

1895  On this day in history bert I Gordon, NY   

1896  Karl Hermann Pillney, composer on this day in history.   

1897  Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel) on this day in history.   

1897  George Garrett, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese   

1898  On this day in history achiel H Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58)   

1902  On this day in history arthur Wellard, cricketer (big hitting Somerset & England batsman)   

1902  Sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated on April - 08.   

1903  Ilka Chase, NYC, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien) on this day in history.   

1904  Gr Brit & France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter on this day in history.   

1904  John Antill, composer on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history british East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya   

1905  On this day in history george Baxter, Paris France, actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged)   

1906  On April - 08 charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer (Mirror of the Sea)   

1907  Maurice Stacey, chemist on this day in history.   

1908  On April - 08 lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier   

1908  On this day in history neil Lawson, British high court judge   

1909  George Dixon, trumpet/sax on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk   

1910  On April - 08 george Musso, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)   

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1320  On this day in history 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  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on April - 08.   

1541  On April - 08 birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)   

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 08 birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter   

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

1631  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Heem, painter   

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  John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on this day in history.   

1364  On this day in history jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44   

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on April - 08.   

1492  On this day in history lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies   

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