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 this day in history fred Lohse, composer   

1909  The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act on April - 09.   

1909  On April - 09 domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio   

1909  On April - 09 charles Conder, artist, dies   

1910  On April - 09 abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)   

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

1912  On this day in history steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200   

1912  On this day in history 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)   

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

1913  Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 on this day in history.   

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

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

1914  US &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone on April - 09.   

1914  "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London on this day in history.   

1914  Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes) on April - 09.   

1916  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1917  Battle of Arras begins on April - 09.   

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

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

1917  Pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops   

1917  On April - 09 johannes Bobrowski, writer   

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

1918  On April - 09 latvia proclaims independence   

1918  Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) on April - 09.   

1919  John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC) on April - 09.   

1920  On this day in history alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)   

1921  Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet) on April - 09.   

1922  Carl Amery, writer on April - 09.   

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

1923  On this day in history bruno Kiefer, composer   

1923  Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies on April - 09.   

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

1611  On April - 09 birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer   

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on April - 09.   

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

1648  Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) was born on April - 09.   

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

0093  On this day in history death of yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty   

0491  On April - 09 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  On this day in history death of edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)   

1492  Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies on this day in history.