Page 5: Historical Events In April - 08

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

1912  Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1918  On this day in history establishment of the Repatriation Department   

1918  Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States on this day in history.   

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 April - 08 church disestablished in Wales   

1920  On April - 08 lONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg   

1920  On April - 08 carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)   

1920  On April - 08 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  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  First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1 on April - 08.   

1925  On this day in history hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]   

1927  On April - 08 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 April - 08 zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies   

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

1931  "White Horse Inn" opens in London on this day in history.   

1931  Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies on April - 08.   

1933  On April - 08 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  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)   

1460  Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida was born on April - 08.   

1533  On this day in history birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

1541  On April - 08 birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)   

1582  On this day in history birth of phienas Fletcher, poet   

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  On April - 08 birth of cornelis de Heem, painter   

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1498  On this day in history death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

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