Page 6: Historical Events In April - 08

1935  First radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY on April - 08.   

1935  L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta on this day in history.   

1935  On April - 08 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282   

1935  On April - 08 edwin Cannan, economist, dies   

1936  On this day in history orissa constituted a province of British India   

1937  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia ൙ Tamblyn on April - 08.   

1937  M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history the birth of Seymour Hersh, American journalist   

1937  On this day in history arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84   

1938  On April - 08 baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY   

1938  On this day in history harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies   

1939  On this day in history uS recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war   

1939  ACV soccer team forms in Axes on April - 08.   

1940  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' on this day in history.   

1940  Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious on April - 08.   

1941  On April - 08 earle Graser, the eight-year voice of the radio program, "The Lone Ranger", died in an auto accident.   

1941  On this day in history navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)   

1941  Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1942  A Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in NYC on April - 08.   

1942  Alfred Mombert, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1943  Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma on April - 08.   

1943  Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history uS forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II   

1945  On April - 08 nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands   

1946  400,000 US mine workers strike on April - 08.   

1946  On April - 08 tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii   

1946  On this day in history united Nations assemble for first time   

1946  League of Nations assembles for last time on April - 08.   

1947  On this day in history the first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.   

1947  On April - 08 largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed   

1947  On this day in history henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies   

1948  Soen Nakagawa & Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF on this day in history.   

1948  On April - 08 josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40   

1950  Charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 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  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on April - 08.   

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

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on April - 08.   

1605  On this day in history birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter   

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.   

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  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on this day in history.   

1143  John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on April - 08.   

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  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 April - 08.   

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