Historical Events In April - 09

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

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

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  On this day in history domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio  

1909  On April - 09 charles Conder, artist, dies  

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  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)  

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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  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  US &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone on April - 09.  

1914  On this day in history "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 April - 09.  

1917  Battle of Arras begins on April - 09.  

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

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

1917  On this day in history vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops  

1917  Johannes Bobrowski, writer on April - 09.  

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

1918  On April - 09 latvia proclaims independence  

1918  On April - 09 jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)  

1919  On April - 09 john Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)  

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

1921  On April - 09 frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)  

1922  On April - 09 carl Amery, writer  

1923  Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin on this day in history.  

1923  On April - 09 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  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 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  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  On April - 09 birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II  

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

1024  On April - 09 benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies  

1137  On April - 09 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  On April - 09 death of edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)  

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