On this day in History - Apr 08

• 0563 BC - Gautama Buddha, was born (d. 483 BC). Religious leader.
• 0217 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor dies (b. 0186) .
• 0956 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy dies.
• 1139 - Ruggero II é excomungado.
• 1141 - Matilde de Inglaterra, emperatriz consorte del Sacro Imperio, es reconocida como "dama de Inglaterra y de Normandía".
• 1143 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor dies (b. 1087) .
• 1271 - Siria, el sultán Baybars conquista el castillo de los Hermanos Hospitalarios de San Juan, hoy conocido como Krak de los Caballeros.
• 1320 - King Peter I of Portugal was born (d. 1367) .
• 1336 - Tamerlán, was born. Soberano mongol .
• 1341 - Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome .
• 1364 - King John II of France dies (b. 1319) .
• 1378 - Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI .
• 1378 - La elección de dos papas provoca el cisma de occidente que durará 39 años.
• 1455 - Se elije como papa al cardenal Alfonso de Borja, que llevará el nombre de Calixto III.
• 1460 - Nace Ponce de León, descubridor de La Florida.
• 1461 - Georg von Peuerbach, dies. Austrian astronomer.
  1492 - Lorenzo de Medici, Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic (b. 1449) .
• 1546 - El Concilio de Trento adopta la Vulgata como versión oficial de La Biblia.
• 1513 - Ponce de León toma posesión de Florida en nombre de los reyes de España .
• 1605 - Nascia o que veio a ser o Rei Filipe IV de Espanha, III de Portugal
• 1631 - Cornelis Janszoon de Heem, was born (d. 17 May 1695).Dutch painter specialized in Still Life.
• 1655 - Nascia Luis Guillermo I, margrave de Baden .
• 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, was born. Italian composer and violinist.
• 1695 - Johann Christian Günther was born. German poet.
• 1701 - Las Cortes Españolas reconocen a Felipe V de Borbón como rey de España.
• 1730 - Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
• 1736 - Pedro Vaz Rego dies (b. 1673). Composer.
• 1742 - José Basílio da Gama. Brasilien born, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)
• 1742 - The first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah, in Dublin.
• 1767 - Ayutthaya kingdom fell to Burmese invaders.
• 1776 - Nace Vasili Golovnin, oficial de la marina y explorador científico ruso.
• 1783- La zarina Catalina II anexa Crimea a Rusia.
• 1795 - August von Bethmann-Hollweg, was born.
• 1802 - Promulgación del concordato firmado entre Napoleón Bonaparte y el papa Pio VII.
• 1815 - Andrew Graham was born. († 05 Nov 1908). Irish astronomer.
• 1818 - Christian IX de Dinamarca, rey de Dinamarca .
• 1818 - August Wilhelm von Hofmann, was born. German Chemist.
• 1832 - Alfred Waldersee, was born. Prussian fieldmarshal.
• 1832 - Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
• 1835 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, dies. German erudit and politician.
  1838 - Iniciou-se a primeira carreia regular de transatlânticos, entre Bristol e Nova Iorque
• 1842 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer, was born. Wife of George Armstrong Custer .
• 1848 - Gaetano Donizetti, dies (b. 1797). Italian composer.
• 1859 - Edmund Husserl, was born (d. 1938). Philosopher.
• 1861 - Irving Ramsey Wiles, was born in Utica, New York (d. 1948). US painter, mostly of portraits.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield - Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign is thwarted by Confederate General Richard Taylor's forces at Mansfield, Louisiana.
• 1866 - Fritz Mackensen, was born. Germain painter .
• 1867 - Se inaugura en París, Francia, la primera Esposición Universal .
• 1867 - Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton, was born (d. 02 Sep 1943). Australian painter, specialized in Landscapes.
• 1868 - King Christian IX of Denmark was born (d. 1906) .
• 1869 - American Museum of Natural History opens (New York NY) .
• 1871 - Muere por contagio en sus servicios médicos durante la epidemia de fiebre amarilla, el Dr. Francisco Javier Muñiz, precursor de la paleontología argentina.
• 1872 - Ivan Bloch, was born (d. 1922) physician.
• 1874 - Stanisław Taczak, was born. Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (1918-1919) against the Germans (d.1960) .
• 1875 - King Albert I of Belgium was born (d. 1934) .
• 1876 - Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda", premieres in Milan .
• 1879 - Heinrich Reimers, was born.
• 1889 - Sir Adrien Boult, was born (d. 1983). English conductor.
• 1889 - nace Sir Adrian Boult, director de la BBC Symphony Orchestra.
• 1892 ou 1893?- Mary Pickford, was born (d. 1979). Actress, studio founder.
• 1892 - Richard Joseph Neutra, was born. Architect.
• 1893 - First recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania when the Geneva College Covenanters defeated the New Brighton YMCA.
• 1894 - Raymond Schwartz, was born. French comedian.
• 1895 - Manuel Pinheiro Chagas , dies (b. 13 Nov 1842 in Lisbon, Portugal). Writer.
• 1898 - Nascimento de Teresa Neumann. Mística.
• 1899 - Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.
• 1902 - Hermann Ahrens, was born. German politician.
• 1904 - John Richard Hicks, was born.
• 1904 - France and the United Kingdom sign the Entente cordiale.
• 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• 1905 - Helen Joseph, was born (d. 1992). Anti-apartheid activist.
• 1906 - Tratado de Algeciras entre a França e a Espanha, estabelecendo as respectivas zonas de controlo do Protectorado sobre Marrocos.
• 1910 - The Los Angeles Motordome opened near Playa del Rey, California.
• 1911 - Melvin Calvin, was born. American chemist.
• 1911 - Emil Cioran, was born (d. 1995). Philosopher and essayist.
• 1912 - Sonja Henie, was born (d. 1969). Olympic and World Champion figure skater .
• 1913 - The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified requiring direct election of Senators.
• 1914 - María Felix, was born. Mexican actress.1914 - US & Colombia sign a treaty concerning the Panamá Canal Zone .
• 1916 - In Corona, California, auto racer Bob Burman crashed through a crowd barrier at the last Boulevard Race, killing himself, his mechanic and a track policeman, and badly injuring five spectators.
• 1918 - World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York, New York's financial district.
• 1918 - Betty Ford, was born. Former First Lady of the United States
• 1919 - Ian Smith, was born. Former Prime Minister of Rhodesia
• 1921 - Franco Corelli, was born (d. 2003). Italian tenor.
• 1922 - Erich von Falkenhayn, dies. militar alemán.
• 1923 - Tom Ford,was born. American industrialist.
• 1925 - Helmut Schmid was born in Neu-Ulm, Germany (d. 18 July 1992). Actor.
• 1926 - Jürgen Moltmann, was born. Theologian.
• 1928 - John Gavin, was born. Actor.
• 1928 - Se juega el primer Clásico del fútbol peruano entre los equipos de Alianza Lima y Universitario de Deportes.
• 1929 - Walter Berry, was born. Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000) .
• 1929 - Jacques Brel, French singer and composer (d. 1978) .
• 1929 - Renzo de Felice, nascimento de, historiador italiano .
• 1929 - Los activistas favorables a la independencia de la India, Bhagat Singh y Batukeshwar Dutt, reparten octavillas y bombas en los pasillos de la Asamblea Central en Delhi sin causar heridos.
• 1929 - Indian Independence Movement At Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw handouts, and bombs in a corridor not to cause injury and courted arrest.
• 1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, dies. Swedish poet. Nobel Prize 1931.
• 1932 - Jean-Paul Rappeneau, realizador y escenarista francés .
• 1933 - Fred Ebb, was born. American composer .
• 1935 - Nace Avi Primor, diplomático y publicista israelí .
• 1935 - Nace Ted de Braak, cabaretista holanés .
• 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
• 1936 - Klaus Löwitsch, was born. German actor.
• 1936 - Robert Bárány, dies (b. 1876). Nobel Prize winner in medicine.
• 1937 - Seymour Hersh, American journalist .
• 1938 - Joe "King" Oliver, dies (b. 1885). Jazz musician.
• 1938 - Kofi Annan, was born. United Nations Secretary General .
• 1938 - Connie Stevens, was biorn. American singer and actress.
• 1938 - Em França, a Frente Popular dissolveu-se .
• 1940 - John Havlicek, was born basketball star .
• 1940 - Álvaro Domecq Romero was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain. Rejoneador bullfighter.
• 1941 - Muere Eugene-Marcel Prevost.
• 1941 - Nasce Vivienne Westwood, desenhadora de moda .
• 1942 - Roger Chapman, was born. British singer.
• 1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet Union forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
• 1943 - Miller Farr, was born. American football player.
• 1944 - Christoph Hein , was born. German writer .
• 1944 - Barbara Kingsolver, was born. American writer.
• 1945 - No brasil é fundado o Partido Social-Democrata (PSD) por interventores estaduais nomeados por Getulio Vargas durante o Estado Novo.
• 1945- Hans von Dohnanyi, morre. Jurista e lutador da resistencia alemã.
• 1945 - Melitta Gräfin Schenk von Stauffenberg, dies. German pilot and engineer.
• 1945 - Lizzi Waldmüller, dies. German actress.
• 1945 - At the POW camp at Flossenbürg, pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is hanged.
• 1945 - El pastor y teólogo Dietrich Bonhoeffer es colgado en el campo de prsioneros de guerra de Flossenbürg.
• 1946 - League of Nations assembles for last time .
• 1946 - Catfish Hunter, was born. Baseball pitcher .
• 1946 - Tim Thomerson, was born. American actor .
• 1947 - Steve Howe, was born. British musician.
• 1947 - Pascal Lamy, French politician.
• 1948 - Patty Pravo, was born. Italian singer.
• 1948 - Danuta Hübner, was born. Polish politician.
• 1949 - Reg Isidor, was born. British musician.
• 1949 - John Madden, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. English actor. Director.
• 1949 - Nasce Ulrich Salchow, patinador de patinagem artística sueco.
• 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, dies (b. 1890). Ballet dancer.
• 1950 - India y Pakistán firman el Pacto de Delhi .
• 1950 - Grzegorz Lato, was born. Former Polish footbal (soccer) player
• 1951 - Mel Schacher, was born. American musician.
• 1951 - Gerd Andres, was born. German politician.
• 1952 - In a radio address to the nation from the White House, President Harry S. Truman calls for the seizure of all steel mills in the United States in order to prevent a nationwide strike.
• 1953 - Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.
• 1954 - Gary Carter, was born. Baseball catcher .
• 1954 - Un avión de pasajeros a reacción, un Havilland DH 106 Comet, cae cerca de Nápoles produciendo 21 victimas mortales. Es el segundo en cuatro meses.
• 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, was born. Novelist
• 1957 - Andrea Ypsilanti, was born.
• 1957 - Egipto, se reabre el canal de Suez .
• 1959 - Se constituye el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo BID, organismo financiero con sede en Washington Estados Unidos, formado por todos los países pertenecientes a la Organización de Estados Americanos OEA.
• 1960 - John Schneider, was born. American actor
• 1963 - 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia", Anne Bancroft & Gregory Peck win
• 1963 - Julian Lennon, was born. Musician and singer
• 1964 - Se lanza el cohete estadounidense Gemini 1. .
• 1966 - OAO 1, the 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, is launched 1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of communist party .
• 1966 - Robin Wright Penn, was born in Dallas, Texas. USA Actress .
• 1966 - El comité central del partido comunista de la Unión Soviética elije de forma unánime a Leonid Brezhnev como secretario general.
• 1967 - In Vienna, Austria, Sandie Shaw wins the twelfth Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom singing "Puppet on a String".
• 1968 - Patricia Arquette, was born. Actress.
• 1968 - New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect .
• 1968 - 40th Academy Awards postponed to April 10th due to death of Martin Luther King Jr.
• 1969 - Nascimento de Arabella Kiesbauer. Apresentadora austríaca de televisão .
• 1971 - a 6 pound meteorite struck the home of Robert and Wanda Donahue in Wethersfield, Connecticut .
• 1972 - Kjell Isaksson, Suecia, bate con 5,51 m el record del mundo de salto de altura masculino.
• 1973- Pablo Picasso, [Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de Los Remedios Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso] Spanish painter and sculptor, born on 25 October 1881. Picasso is generally considered the greatest artist of the 20th century. He was unique as an inventor of forms, as an innovator of styles and techniques, as a master of various media, and as one of the most prolific artists in history. He created more than 20'000 works.
• 1973 - Durante la noche, se suceden 32 atentados en la isla de Chipre. Se ignora si son obra de los guerrilleros de George Grivas o de los secuaces del arzobispo Makarios.
• 1974 - At the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron breaks baseball great's Babe Ruth's record by hitting his 715th home run.
• 1975 - Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians manages his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
• 1975 - Vietnam War: After spending a week in South Vietnam, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Frederick Weyand gives a report to the U.S. Congress that South Vietnam will fall without additional military aid.
• 1975 - Anouk Teeuwe, was born. Dutch singer.
• 1975 - 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II", Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win.
• 1976 - Tieme Klompe, was born. Dutch soccer player .
• 1977- Mark Spencer, was born. Computer programmer .
• 1979 - People's Republic of China joins IOC .
• 1980 - Portugal: O Conselho da Revolução considera inconstitucional o diploma do governo da AD, dirigido por Sá Carneiro, que visa alterar a delimitação dos sectores público e privado.
• 1980 - Manuel Ortega, was born. Austrian singer .
• 1981 - Nascimento de Adam Brody , astro do cinema internacional, em San Diego, Califórnia-EUA.
• 1981 -Eric Rodgers dies (b. 25 Sep 1921). composer?
• 1981 - Morre Elvira Velez (nasceu em 19 November 1892 em Lisboa, Portugal). Actriz [ Pupilas do Senhor Reitor, As (1961); Encontro com a Vida (1960); Primo Basílio, O (1959); Agora É Que São Elas (1954) ; Três Mosqueteiros sketch, Comissário de Polícia, O (1953); Duas Causas (1953) ; Três Dias Sem Deus (1946) ; Um Homem às Direitas (1945) ; Sorte Grande (1938) ; Aldeia da Roupa Branca (1938) ].
• 1982 - Judy Star, was born. Pornographic film actress
• 1983 - Omar Bradley, dies b. 1893). General .
• 1984 - Taran Noah Smith, was born. Actor .
• 1985 - Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
• 1986 - Clint Eastwood is elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California receiving 72% of the vote (voter turnout was also doubled over the previous mayoral election).
• 1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid great controversy over racially-charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
• 1989 - South Africa In Johannesburg, the Progressive Federal Party, Independent party, National Democratic Movement and the force of "Ontevrede Afrikaners" or dissatisfied Afrikaners merged to form the Democratic Party.
• 1990 - Twin Peaks premieres.
• 1990 - Ryan White, dies (b. 1971). AIDS activist.
• 1990 - 54th Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278 .
• 1992 - Após testes de impressão digital, as autoridades alemãs e israelitas afirmam estar certos que o nazista Josef Mengele morreu no Brasil, em 1979.
• 1992 - Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces to the world that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
• 1993 - La República de Macedonia se convierte en miembro de la ONU.
• 1993 - Marian Anderson, dies (b. 1897). Singer.
• 1994 - Kurt Cobain, dies. Singer
• 1994 - Body of Kurt Cobain discovered in his Washington home.
• 1994 - Juan Pablo II inaugura la restaurada Capilla Sixtina, cuyas obras de restauración duraron trece años.
• 1994 - Japan's premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns .
• 1995 - Patricia Arquette / Nicolas Cage wed .
• 1996 - Ben Johnson, dies (b. 1918). Actor.
• 1997 - Laura Nyro, dies (B. 1947). Singer, composer.
• 2000 - Claire Trevor, dies (b. 1910). Actress.
• 2000 - A U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey crashes during landing at Marana, Arizona killing 19.
• 2001 - 65th Golf Masters Championship Winner: Tiger Woods
• 2002 - Maria Felix, dies, Mexican actress .
• 2002 - Ed McMahon files a US$20 million lawsuit against his insurance company and others regarding a toxic mold infecting McMahon's Beverly Hills, California home.
• 2003 - José Couso, camarógrafo español y Taras Prostyuk camarógrafo de Reuters, mueren como consecuencia del ataque de un tanque de Estados Unidos al Hotel Palestina de Bagdad.
• 2003 - Las tropas inglesas ocupan Bassora en la segunda guerra de Iraq.
• 2004 - Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
• 2003 - Anita Borg, dies, Computer scientist .
• 2003 - Maki Ishii, compositor japonés.
• 2003 - Nace Franz Rosenthal, orientalista alemán.
• 2004 - Nasce Herb Andress, actor austríaco.
• 2004 - En las elecciones de Argelia, la lucha entre el presidente saliente Abdelaziz Bouteflika y el ex primer ministro Ali Benflis, que ha dividido al Frente Nacional Argelino, se resuelve a favor del primero, bajo fuertes sospechas de fraude electoral.
• 2004 - Condoleeza Rice encargada de la seguridad interna de EEUU, declara ante los jueces que investigan las responsabilidades del gobierno por los ataques del 11 de septiembre.
• 2005 - Funeral of Pope John Paul II .