Page 5: Historical Events In April - 08

1911  On April - 08 douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian   

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

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

1913  17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified on April - 08.   

1913  On this day in history h Ernst, bishop (Breda Neth)   

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

1914  John Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour) on April - 08.   

1916  On this day in history australian soldiers take up positions on the Western Front at Armentières, France   

1916  On April - 08 norway approves active & passive female suffrage   

1918  England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force on April - 08.   

1918  Establishment of the Repatriation Department on April - 08.   

1918  Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States on April - 08.   

1919  The birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia on this day in history.   

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

1920  On April - 08 church disestablished in Wales   

1920  On this day in history lONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg   

1920  On this day in history carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)   

1920  Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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

1921  Alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served) on April - 08.   

1921  Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies on April - 08.   

1923  Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir) on April - 08.   

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

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history 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 April - 08 automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice   

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

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

1931  On this day in history jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball   

1931  "White Horse Inn" opens in London on April - 08.   

1931  On April - 08 eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies   

1933  On April - 08 nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses   

1933  Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror on this day in history.   

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1320  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)   

1460  On this day in history birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

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 April - 08.   

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

0217  On this day in history death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29   

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on this day in history.   

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

1364  On this day in history jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44   

1461  On April - 08 death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)   

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on this day in history.   

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.