Page 5: Historical Events In April - 09

1908  On April - 09 herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England   

1908  On this day in history the birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter   

1908  On April - 09 fred Lohse, composer   

1909  The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio   

1909  Charles Conder, artist, dies on April - 09.   

1910  On this day in history abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)   

1911  Albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train) on April - 09.   

1912  Steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200 on April - 09.   

1912  On April - 09 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)   

1913  On April - 09 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified   

1913  On this day in history brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0   

1914  On this day in history first full color film shown "The World, The Flesh and the Devil" (London)   

1914  On this day in history grand Trunk Pacific Railway main line is completed between Winnipeg, Melville, Edmonton, Jasper and Prince Rupert.   

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

1914  "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London on April - 09.   

1914  On April - 09 richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)   

1916  On this day in history vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62   

1917  On April - 09 battle of Arras begins   

1917  On this day in history capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

1917  Lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on this day in history.   

1917  On April - 09 pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

1917  Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops on April - 09.   

1917  On April - 09 johannes Bobrowski, writer   

1917  Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on April - 09.   

1918  Latvia proclaims independence on April - 09.   

1918  On this day in history jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)   

1919  On April - 09 john Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)   

1920  Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle) on this day in history.   

1921  Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet) on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history carl Amery, writer   

1923  Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin on this day in history.   

1923  On April - 09 bruno Kiefer, composer   

1923  On this day in history mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies   

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1336  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on this day in history.   

1498  John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1597  On this day in history birth of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)   

1611  On this day in history birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer   

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on this day in history.   

1634  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on April - 09.   

1648  On April - 09 birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)   

1649  On this day in history birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II   

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on this day in history.   

0491  Death of Zeno, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.   

0715  On this day in history constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies   

1024  On April - 09 benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies   

1137  Death of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099) on April - 09.   

1483  On this day in history edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38   

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on April - 09.   

1492  On April - 09 lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies