Page 5: Historical Events In April - 09

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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1336  On this day in history birth of tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)   

1498  On April - 09 birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)   

1597  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on April - 09.   

1611  Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau   

1648  Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) was born on April - 09.   

1649  On this day in history birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II   

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on this day in history.   

0491  On this day in history death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor   

0715  On April - 09 constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies   

1024  Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies on April - 09.   

1137  On April - 09 death of william X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)   

1483  On this day in history edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38   

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on April - 09.   

1492  On this day in history lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies