Page 7: Historical Events In April - 08

1950  On this day in history unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR   

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

1950  On April - 08 albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63   

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

1952  On April - 08 big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe &Gamow   

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

1953  On this day in history dag Hammarskjoeld chosen as secretary-general of UN   

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

1954  On April - 08 uS Air Force Academy established   

1954  "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 perfs on this day in history.   

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

1956  20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289 on this day in history.   

1957  Frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies on April - 08.   

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

1960  On this day in history mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee   

1960  On April - 08 rCA (TV &Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched   

1960  U Nu elected premier of Burma on this day in history.   

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

1961  Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye on this day in history.   

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

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

1963  On April - 08 35th Academy Awards   

1963  Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies on this day in history.   

1964  On April - 08 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  On this day in history aFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner   

1966  George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79 on April - 08.   

1968  The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna" on this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 08 birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)   

1460  On April - 08 birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

1533  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 08.   

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

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

1537  On this day in history willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies