Page 5: 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  Fred Lohse, composer on April - 09.   

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

1909  On this day in history domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio   

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

1910  Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)   

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

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

1913  17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified on April - 09.   

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

1914  On April - 09 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 this day in history.   

1914  Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes) on this day in history.   

1916  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62 on April - 09.   

1917  Battle of Arras begins on this day in history.   

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

1918  On this day in history latvia proclaims independence   

1918  Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) on April - 09.   

1919  On this day in history john Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)   

1920  Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle) on this day in history.   

1921  On April - 09 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  On this day in history birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)   

1597  On this day in history birth of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)   

1611  On April - 09 birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer   

1627  On this day in history birth of johann Kaspar Kerll, composer   

1634  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on April - 09.   

1648  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0093  On this day in history death of yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty   

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

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

1484  On April - 09 death of edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)   

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