Page 7: Historical Events In April - 08

1950  On April - 08 unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR   

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

1950  Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

1952  On this day in history pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike   

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  On this day in history goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter   

1956  On this day in history 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  Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies on April - 08.   

1960  On April - 08 mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee   

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

1960  On this day in history u Nu elected premier of Burma   

1960  On this day in history neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties   

1961  On April - 08 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 April - 08.   

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 April - 08.   

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  John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years on this day in history.   

1964  Unmanned Gemini 1 launched on April - 08.   

1965  Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history george Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79   

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

1968  On April - 08 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 this day in history birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

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

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

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on April - 08.   

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

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on this day in history.   

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on this day in history.   

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on April - 08.   

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

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  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on April - 08.   

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