Historical Events In April - 08

1911  Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian on April - 08.  

1912  Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 on April - 08.  

1912  On this day in history sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36)  

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

1913  On April - 08 h Ernst, bishop (Breda Neth)  

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

1914  John Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour) on this day in history.  

1916  On April - 08 australian soldiers take up positions on the Western Front at Armentières, France  

1916  On this day in history norway approves active & passive female suffrage  

1918  On April - 08 england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force  

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1918  Establishment of the Repatriation Department on April - 08.  

1918  On April - 08 betty Ford, First Lady of the United States  

1919  On this day in history the birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia  

1919  [Douglas] Ian Smith, premier of Rhodesia (1964-..) on April - 08.  

1920  On this day in history church disestablished in Wales  

1920  On April - 08 lONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg  

1920  Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life) on April - 08.  

1920  On this day in history charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35  

1921  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa  

1921  On April - 08 alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served)  

1921  On this day in history earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies  

1923  On April - 08 edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)  

1924  Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co on this day in history.  

1924  On April - 08 imperial Airways formed in Britain  

1925  On April - 08 first planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1  

1925  On April - 08 hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]  

1927  On this day in history automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice  

1929  Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest on this day in history.  

1930  On this day in history zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies  

1931  Jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball on this day in history.  

1931  On this day in history "White Horse Inn" opens in London  

1931  On this day in history eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies  

1933  On this day in history nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses  

1933  Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror on April - 08.  

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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  On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer  

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on April - 08.  

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on this day in history.  

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

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on this day in history.  

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  On April - 08 death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy  

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  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on April - 08.  

1498  Death of Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 on April - 08.  

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.