Page 5: Historical Events In April - 08

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

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

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

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

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

1916  Norway approves active & passive female suffrage on this day in history.   

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

1918  Establishment of the Repatriation Department on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 08.   

1920  Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 on April - 08.   

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 April - 08 earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies   

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

1925  Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] on April - 08.   

1927  Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice on April - 08.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1933  Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses on April - 08.   

1933  On April - 08 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 this day in history birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On April - 08 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 this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44   

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

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  On this day in history willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies