Historical Events In April - 09

1908  On April - 09 herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England   

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

1908  On April - 09 fred Lohse, composer   

1909  The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act on April - 09.   

1909  Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history 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 April - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

1913  On April - 09 brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0   

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 this day in history.   

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  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1917  Battle of Arras begins on April - 09.   

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

1917  Lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on April - 09.   

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

1917  Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops on this day in history.   

1917  Johannes Bobrowski, writer on April - 09.   

1917  On April - 09 edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I   

1918  On this day in history latvia proclaims independence   

1918  On this day in history jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)   

1919  On this day in history 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 April - 09.   

1923  Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin on April - 09.   

1923  On this day in history bruno Kiefer, composer   

1923  On April - 09 mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies   

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1336  On April - 09 birth of tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)   

1498  John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1597  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

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

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on April - 09.   

1634  On April - 09 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 this day in history.   

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

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on April - 09.   

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

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on April - 09.   

1024  On this day in history benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies   

1137  On this day in history death of william X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)   

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 April - 09.   

1492  Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies on this day in history.