Page 7: Historical Events In April - 08

1950  Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR on this day in history.   

1950  "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances on this day in history.   

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

1951  First of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test on April - 08.   

1952  On this day in history big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe &Gamow   

1952  On April - 08 pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike   

1953  Dag Hammarskjoeld chosen as secretary-general of UN on April - 08.   

1954  On this day in history army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC   

1954  On this day in history uS Air Force Academy established   

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

1955  Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter on April - 08.   

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

1957  Frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies on this day in history.   

1959  Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies on April - 08.   

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

1960  On this day in history rCA (TV &Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched   

1960  On April - 08 u Nu elected premier of Burma   

1960  On April - 08 neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties   

1961  On this day in history jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye   

1961  "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 perfs on this day in history.   

1962  Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history nYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike   

1963  On this day in history soap operas "General Hospital" &"The Doctors" premier on TV   

1963  35th Academy Awards on this day in history.   

1963  On April - 08 len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies   

1964  John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years on April - 08.   

1964  Unmanned Gemini 1 launched on April - 08.   

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

1966  On April - 08 aFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner   

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  On this day in history 1st Baseball game in Canada   

1969  Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 on April - 08.   

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1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on April - 08.   

1460  On this day in history birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

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

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

1582  On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident   

1364  On April - 08 jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44   

1461  On April - 08 death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)   

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on this day in history.   

1498  On April - 08 death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

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