Page 5: Historical Events In April - 08

1911  On April - 08 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  On April - 08 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified   

1913  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On April - 08 betty Ford, First Lady of the United States   

1919  On April - 08 the birth of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia   

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

1920  Church disestablished in Wales on this day in history.   

1920  LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg on April - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history imperial Airways formed in Britain   

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 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 April - 08.   

1930  Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies on April - 08.   

1931  Jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball on April - 08.   

1931  On April - 08 "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  Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror on April - 08.   

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1320  On April - 08 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  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on April - 08.   

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

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

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

1605  On this day in history birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)   

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on April - 08.   

0217  On April - 08 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  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on April - 08.   

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on April - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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