Page 5: Historical Events In April - 08

1911  On April - 08 douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian   

1912  Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 on April - 08.   

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

1914  On this day in history john Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour)   

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

1916  Norway approves active & passive female suffrage on April - 08.   

1918  On this day in history england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   

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 this day in history [Douglas] Ian Smith, premier of Rhodesia (1964-..)   

1920  On this day in history church disestablished in Wales   

1920  On this day in history 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 April - 08 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa   

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

1921  On this day in history 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  On April - 08 crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co   

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on April - 08.   

1925  First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1 on April - 08.   

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  On April - 08 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 April - 08 jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball   

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

1631  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Heem, painter   

0217  On April - 08 death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29   

0956  On this day in history death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy   

1143  John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1492  On April - 08 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 this day in history.   

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.