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  The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act on April - 09.   

1909  On this day in history domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio   

1909  On this day in history charles Conder, artist, dies   

1910  On April - 09 abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)   

1911  Albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train) on this day in history.   

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

1912  1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history grand Trunk Pacific Railway main line is completed between Winnipeg, Melville, Edmonton, Jasper and Prince Rupert.   

1914  US &Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London   

1914  Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes) on this day in history.   

1916  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62 on April - 09.   

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 April - 09.   

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

1917  On April - 09 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 April - 09.   

1921  On this day in history frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)   

1922  On this day in history carl Amery, writer   

1923  Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin on April - 09.   

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 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  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On April - 09 birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer   

1627  On this day in history birth of johann Kaspar Kerll, composer   

1634  On April - 09 birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau   

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 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 this day in history.   

1024  Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies on this day in history.   

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

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