Page 5: Historical Events In April - 09

1908  Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England on April - 09.   

1908  The birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter on April - 09.   

1908  Fred Lohse, composer on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1913  On this day in history 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  On April - 09 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 April - 09 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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 09 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 April - 09.   

1918  On April - 09 latvia proclaims independence   

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

1919  John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC) on April - 09.   

1920  Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle) on April - 09.   

1921  Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet) on April - 09.   

1922  Carl Amery, writer on April - 09.   

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

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

1634  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 09.   

0093  On April - 09 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  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 this day in history edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38   

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

1492  Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies on April - 09.