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 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  Charles Conder, artist, dies on April - 09.   

1910  Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct) on April - 09.   

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  On April - 09 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified   

1913  On this day in history brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0   

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 April - 09.   

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

1916  On April - 09 vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62   

1917  Battle of Arras begins on this day in history.   

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

1917  On April - 09 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 April - 09.   

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

1917  On April - 09 johannes Bobrowski, writer   

1917  Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on April - 09.   

1918  On April - 09 latvia proclaims independence   

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

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

1922  On this day in history carl Amery, writer   

1923  On this day in history 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  On April - 09 birth of tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)   

1498  On April - 09 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  Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer was born on April - 09.   

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau   

1648  Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.   

1649  On April - 09 birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II   

0093  On April - 09 death of yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty   

0491  Death of Zeno, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.   

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on April - 09.   

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

1492  On April - 09 lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies