Page 5: Historical Events In April - 09
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1908 Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England on this day in history.
1908 The birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter on April - 09.
1908 On this day in history fred Lohse, composer
1909 The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act on this day in history.
1909 Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio on this day in history.
1909 On April - 09 charles Conder, artist, dies
1910 On this day in history abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)
1911 Albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train) on this day in history.
1912 Steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200 on April - 09.
1912 On this day in history 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified on April - 09.
1913 On April - 09 brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
1914 First full color film shown "The World, The Flesh and the Devil" (London) on this day in history.
1914 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway main line is completed between Winnipeg, Melville, Edmonton, Jasper and Prince Rupert on this day in history.
1914 US &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone on April - 09.
1914 On April - 09 "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London
1914 On this day in history richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)
1916 Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history battle of Arras begins
1917 Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France
1917 Pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on April - 09.
1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops on this day in history.
1917 On April - 09 johannes Bobrowski, writer
1917 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on this day in history.
1918 Latvia proclaims independence on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)
1919 On April - 09 john Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)
1920 On April - 09 alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)
1921 Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet) on April - 09.
1922 On April - 09 carl Amery, writer
1923 Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin on April - 09.
1923 Bruno Kiefer, composer on this day in history.
1923 Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies on April - 09.
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