Historical Events In April - 08

1911  On this day in history douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian  

1912  On April - 08 steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200  

1912  On April - 08 sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36)  

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

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

1914  On April - 08 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  On this day in history england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force  

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1918  On April - 08 establishment of the Repatriation Department  

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

1919  The birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia on April - 08.  

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

1920  Church disestablished in Wales on April - 08.  

1920  LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg on this day in history.  

1920  Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life) on this day in history.  

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

1921  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa on April - 08.  

1921  Alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served) on this day in history.  

1921  Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history 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  First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1 on April - 08.  

1925  Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] on this day in history.  

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

1929  On April - 08 indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.  

1930  Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies on this day in history.  

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  Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies on April - 08.  

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

1933  On this day in history manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror  

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1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on April - 08.  

1460  On April - 08 birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida  

1533  On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer  

1541  On this day in history birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)  

1582  On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet  

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on April - 08.  

1605  On April - 08 birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)  

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

1143  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on this day in history.  

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

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

1537  On April - 08 willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies