Historical Events In April - 09

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

1908  On this day in history the birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter  

1908  Fred Lohse, composer on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)  

1912  On this day in history steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200  

1912  On this day in history 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)  

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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  First full color film shown "The World, The Flesh and the Devil" (London) on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history grand Trunk Pacific Railway main line is completed between Winnipeg, Melville, Edmonton, Jasper and Prince Rupert.  

1914  On this day in history 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  On this day in history richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)  

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

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 April - 09.  

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  On this day in history vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops  

1917  On this day in history johannes Bobrowski, writer  

1917  Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on this day in history.  

1918  Latvia proclaims independence on April - 09.  

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  On April - 09 carl Amery, writer  

1923  On this day in history sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin  

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  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on April - 09.  

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  On this day in history death of yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty  

0491  On April - 09 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 this day in history 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