Page 5: Historical Events In April - 08

1911  On April - 08 douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian   

1912  Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 April - 08.   

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

1916  Norway approves active & passive female suffrage on April - 08.   

1918  On April - 08 england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   

1918  On this day in history establishment of the Repatriation Department   

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

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

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

1920  Church disestablished in Wales on April - 08.   

1920  On this day in history lONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg   

1920  Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life) on this day in history.   

1920  Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 on April - 08.   

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

1921  On April - 08 alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served)   

1921  Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies on April - 08.   

1923  Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir) on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co   

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 08.   

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

1933  On this day in history 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  On April - 08 birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1541  On this day in history birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)   

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

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 April - 08 birth of cornelis de Heem, painter   

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on this day in history.   

0956  On this day in history death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy   

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  On April - 08 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  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.