Page 5: Historical Events In April - 09
Friday, 18 July 2025
1908 On this day in history herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England
1908 The birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 April - 09 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 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 "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 April - 09 battle of Arras begins
1917 On this day in history capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France
1917 On this day in history lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France
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 Johannes Bobrowski, writer on April - 09.
1917 On April - 09 edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1918 Latvia proclaims independence on this day in history.
1918 Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) on April - 09.
1919 On April - 09 john Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)
1920 On this day in history alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)
1921 Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet) on April - 09.
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 Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies on April - 09.
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