Historical Events In April - 08

1911  On April - 08 douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian   

1912  Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 on April - 08.   

1912  Sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36) on April - 08.   

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 April - 08.   

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

1918  Establishment of the Repatriation Department on this day in history.   

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

1919  The birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia on this day in history.   

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

1920  On this day in history church disestablished in Wales   

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

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

1921  Alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served) on April - 08.   

1921  On April - 08 earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies   

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

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

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on April - 08.   

1925  On April - 08 first planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1   

1925  Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] on April - 08.   

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

1929  On April - 08 indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.   

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

1931  On this day in history jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball   

1931  "White Horse Inn" opens in London on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

0956  On April - 08 death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy   

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  On April - 08 death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

1537  On this day in history willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies