Page 5: 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  On April - 08 sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36)   

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

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

1914  On this day in history uS & Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone   

1914  John Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour) on this day in history.   

1916  Australian soldiers take up positions on the Western Front at Armentières, France on this day in history.   

1916  On April - 08 norway approves active & passive female suffrage   

1918  England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force on this day in history.   

1918  Establishment of the Repatriation Department on April - 08.   

1918  Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States on this day in history.   

1919  On April - 08 the birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia   

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

1920  On this day in history church disestablished in Wales   

1920  LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg on April - 08.   

1920  On April - 08 carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)   

1920  Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1921  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa on this day in history.   

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  On April - 08 edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)   

1924  Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co on this day in history.   

1924  On April - 08 imperial Airways formed in Britain   

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

1925  On April - 08 hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]   

1927  On April - 08 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 April - 08 zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies   

1931  On April - 08 jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball   

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

1931  On this day in history eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies   

1933  On this day in history nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses   

1933  On April - 08 manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror   

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1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on this day in history.   

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

1533  On this day in history birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on April - 08.   

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 08 birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)   

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

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on April - 08.   

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on this day in history.   

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  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on this day in history.   

1498  Death of Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 on April - 08.   

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.