Historical Events In April - 09

1908  Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England on April - 09.   

1908  The birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter on April - 09.   

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  Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)   

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

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

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

1913  On April - 09 brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0   

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

1914  Grand Trunk Pacific Railway main line is completed between Winnipeg, Melville, Edmonton, Jasper and Prince Rupert on April - 09.   

1914  US &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone on this day in history.   

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

1914  Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes) on this day in history.   

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

1917  Battle of Arras begins on this day in history.   

1917  Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on April - 09.   

1917  On April - 09 lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

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 this day in history johannes Bobrowski, writer   

1917  On this day in history edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I   

1918  On April - 09 latvia proclaims independence   

1918  Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) on this day in history.   

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

1920  Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle) on April - 09.   

1921  On this day in history frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)   

1922  Carl Amery, writer on this day in history.   

1923  On April - 09 sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin   

1923  Bruno Kiefer, composer on this day in history.   

1923  Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies on this day in history.   

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

1498  On April - 09 birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)   

1597  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1648  Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.   

1649  James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II was born on this day in history.   

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on April - 09.   

0491  On this day in history death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor   

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on April - 09.   

1024  Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies on this day in history.   

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

1483  On April - 09 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  Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies on April - 09.