Page 7: Historical Events In April - 08

1950  On April - 08 unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR   

1950  "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances on April - 08.   

1950  Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 on April - 08.   

1951  First of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe &Gamow   

1952  On April - 08 pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike   

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  US Air Force Academy established on April - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies   

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

1960  Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee on this day in history.   

1960  RCA (TV &Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched on April - 08.   

1960  U Nu elected premier of Burma on this day in history.   

1960  Neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties on April - 08.   

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

1961  On April - 08 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 perfs   

1962  On April - 08 accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France   

1963  NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike on this day in history.   

1963  On April - 08 soap operas "General Hospital" &"The Doctors" premier on TV   

1963  On April - 08 35th Academy Awards   

1963  On this day in history len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies   

1964  John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years on April - 08.   

1964  Unmanned Gemini 1 launched on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70   

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

1966  George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history the Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".   

1968  On April - 08 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King   

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 this day in history.   

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

1582  On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)   

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 08.   

1143  On April - 08 john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident   

1364  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on April - 08.   

1461  On this day in history death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)   

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