Historical Events In April - 08

1950  Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR on this day in history.   

1950  "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances on this day in history.   

1950  Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history first of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test   

1952  On April - 08 big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe &Gamow   

1952  Pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike on April - 08.   

1953  On April - 08 dag Hammarskjoeld chosen as secretary-general of UN   

1954  Army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC on this day in history.   

1954  On April - 08 uS Air Force Academy established   

1954  "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 perfs on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter   

1956  20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289 on April - 08.   

1957  Frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies   

1960  Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee on April - 08.   

1960  RCA (TV &Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched on this day in history.   

1960  U Nu elected premier of Burma on April - 08.   

1960  On this day in history neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties   

1961  Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye on this day in history.   

1961  "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 perfs on this day in history.   

1962  Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history nYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike   

1963  Soap operas "General Hospital" &"The Doctors" premier on TV on April - 08.   

1963  On April - 08 35th Academy Awards   

1963  On April - 08 len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies   

1964  On April - 08 john Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years   

1964  On this day in history unmanned Gemini 1 launched   

1965  Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1966  AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner on this day in history.   

1966  On April - 08 george Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79   

1968  On April - 08 the Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".   

1968  40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King on this day in history.   

1969  1st Baseball game in Canada on this day in history.   

1969  Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on April - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1605  On this day in history 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 April - 08.   

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

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

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on April - 08.