Historical Events In April - 09

1908  On this day in history herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England  

1908  On April - 09 the birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter  

1908  Fred Lohse, composer on this day in history.  

1909  The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act on this day in history.  

1909  On April - 09 domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio  

1909  Charles Conder, artist, dies on April - 09.  

1910  Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct) on April - 09.  

1911  On April - 09 albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)  

1912  On April - 09 steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200  

1912  On April - 09 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)  

1913  On this day in history 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified  

1913  Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 on April - 09.  

1914  On this day in history first full color film shown "The World, The Flesh and the Devil" (London)  

1914  Grand Trunk Pacific Railway main line is completed between Winnipeg, Melville, Edmonton, Jasper and Prince Rupert on April - 09.  

1914  On April - 09 uS &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone  

1914  "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London on April - 09.  

1914  Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes) on April - 09.  

1916  On this day in history vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62  

1917  Battle of Arras begins on this day in history.  

1917  On April - 09 capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France  

1917  Lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France  

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 April - 09.  

1918  Latvia proclaims independence on April - 09.  

1918  Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) on this day in history.  

1919  On April - 09 john Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)  

1920  On this day in history alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)  

1921  On this day in history frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)  

1922  Carl Amery, writer on this day in history.  

1923  On April - 09 sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin  

1923  Bruno Kiefer, composer on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies  

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1336  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on April - 09.  

1498  John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550) was born on April - 09.  

1597  On April - 09 birth of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)  

1611  Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer was born on April - 09.  

1627  On April - 09 birth of johann Kaspar Kerll, composer  

1634  On April - 09 birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau  

1648  On April - 09 birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)  

1649  James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II was born on April - 09.  

0093  On April - 09 death of yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty  

0491  On April - 09 death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor  

0715  On this day in history constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies  

1024  On April - 09 benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies  

1137  Death of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099) on April - 09.  

1483  On April - 09 edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38  

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on this day in history.  

1492  On April - 09 lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies