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Historical Events In April - 08

Friday, 29 March 2024

1935  On this day in history first radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  Edwin Cannan, economist, dies on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  Orissa constituted a province of British India on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia ൙ Tamblyn  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  The birth of Seymour Hersh, American journalist on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84 on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On April - 08 baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On April - 08 harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On this day in history aCV soccer team forms in Axes  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On April - 08 hMS GLOWWORM (Lt Cdr Gerard Roope+, awarded VC), sunk , NW of Trondheim in Norwegian Sea by German 8in-gunned heavy cruiser 'Admiral Hipper'. Detached from screen for British minelaying operations to search for man overboard at time of German invasion of Norway; 40 survivors. 'Hipper' damaged when rammed by 'Glowworm'  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Earle Graser, the eight-year voice of the radio program, "The Lone Ranger", died in an auto accident on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On this day in history a Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in NYC  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Alfred Mombert, writer, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  400,000 US mine workers strike on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On this day in history tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On this day in history united Nations assemble for first time  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  League of Nations assembles for last time on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On April - 08 the first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On April - 08 largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On this day in history soen Nakagawa & Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  On this day in history charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In April - 08

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1460  On April - 08 birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  On this day in history birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1631  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Heem, painter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In April - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0956  On April - 08 death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1143  On April - 08 john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1364  On this day in history jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1498  On April - 08 death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on April - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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