Historical Events In April - 08

1950  Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR on April - 08.  

1950  On April - 08 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances  

1950  Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 on April - 08.  

1951  On April - 08 first of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test  

1952  Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe &Gamow on this day in history.  

1952  Pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike on this day in history.  

1953  Dag Hammarskjoeld chosen as secretary-general of UN on this day in history.  

1954  Army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC on April - 08.  

1954  On April - 08 uS Air Force Academy established  

1954  "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 perfs on April - 08.  

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1955  On April - 08 goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter  

1956  On April - 08 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289  

1957  On this day in history frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies  

1959  On this day in history gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies  

1960  Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee on this day in history.  

1960  RCA (TV &Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched on this day in history.  

1960  On April - 08 u Nu elected premier of Burma  

1960  Neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties on this day in history.  

1961  Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye on April - 08.  

1961  On April - 08 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 perfs  

1962  On April - 08 accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France  

1963  On April - 08 nYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike  

1963  Soap operas "General Hospital" &"The Doctors" premier on TV on this day in history.  

1963  35th Academy Awards on April - 08.  

1963  On this day in history len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies  

1964  On this day in history john Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years  

1964  On April - 08 unmanned Gemini 1 launched  

1965  On April - 08 erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70  

1966  AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner on this day in history.  

1966  On April - 08 george Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79  

1968  On April - 08 the Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".  

1968  On this day in history 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King  

1969  1st Baseball game in Canada on April - 08.  

1969  Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 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 this day in history.  

1533  On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer  

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on April - 08.  

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

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

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on April - 08.  

0956  On April - 08 death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy  

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 this day in history.  

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

1492  On this day in history 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  On this day in history willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies