Page 5: 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 this day in history.   

1908  On April - 09 fred Lohse, composer   

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  On this day in history charles Conder, artist, dies   

1910  On this day in history abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)   

1911  On April - 09 albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)   

1912  Steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 April - 09.   

1914  On this day in history uS &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone   

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

1917  Battle of Arras begins on April - 09.   

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  Pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on April - 09.   

1917  Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops on April - 09.   

1917  Johannes Bobrowski, writer on this day in history.   

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

1918  On April - 09 latvia proclaims independence   

1918  Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) on this day in history.   

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

1920  On April - 09 alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)   

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

1922  Carl Amery, writer on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1498  On April - 09 birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)   

1597  On April - 09 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 this day in history.   

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

1648  On April - 09 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  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on April - 09.   

0491  On April - 09 death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor   

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  Death of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099) on this day in history.   

1483  On April - 09 edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38   

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on April - 09.   

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