Historical Events
1925 - World’s fair opens in Chicago
1934 - Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament
1963 - Dr James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant
1982 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women’s Golf International
1992 - Start of South Africa’s 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
1994 - Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold
Famous Birthdays
1839 - Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)
1855 - Josef Gruber, composer
1913 - Susan Bosence, textile designer
1939 - Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
1950 - Bill Sudderth III, trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
1962 - Shirlie Hollman, rocker (Pepsi and Shirley-All Right Now)
Famous Deaths
1674 - John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620)
1853 - William King, US VP, dies a month after his inauguration
1928 - Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58
1939 - Theo Mann, actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at 88
1949 - Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philosopher, dies
1983 - Alan Melville, cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies
Historical Events
1900 - 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession
1937 - Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd and Petunia Pig, debut
1942 - 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg
1968 - A’s 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Balt Orioles
1977 - “I Love My Wife” opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
1986 - IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
Famous Birthdays
1797 - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor
1932 - Ramsay Melhuish, diplomat
1948 - Viscount Bridport
1950 - L. Scott Caldwell, American actress
1951 - Olivia Hussey, Buenos Aires, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Death on Nile)
1958 - Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut
Famous Deaths
1843 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
1937 - Yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910)
1960 - Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
1986 - Bessie Head, writer, dies
1988 - Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90
1996 - Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86
Historical Events
1929 - Cleve Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
1939 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
1942 - Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
1958 - French govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
1981 - Columbia space shuttle returns [04/24]
1987 - August Wilson’s “Fences” wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama
Famous Birthdays
1881 - Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
1889 - Charlie Chaplin, (Tramp), comedian (City Lights)/IBM salesman
1906 - Pigmeat Markham, Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In)
1945 - Tom Allen, American politician
1952 - Peter Westbrook, St Louis Mo, US fencer (Olympic-bronze-88, 92, 96)
1952 - Michel Blanc, French actor
Famous Deaths
1198 - Duke Frederick I of Austria
1988 - Abu Jihad, [Khalil al-Wazzir], PLO-leader, murdered
1989 - Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies
1993 - John P W Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77
1994 - Ralph Waldo Ellison, US writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80
1995 - Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child slave labourer, activist (b. 1982)
Historical Events
1776 - Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy
1793 - Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note
1918 - Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents
1953 - WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1983 - Tokyo Disneyland opens
1997 - Fire sweeps through a campsite of Muslims making the Hajj pilgrimage; the official death toll is 343.
Famous Birthdays
1793 - Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers
1935 - Gene Cherico, bassist
1936 - Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
1947 - Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn and Chapman)
1954 - Emmanuel, Mexico City Mexico, spanish singer
1971 - Rich McKenzie, NFL linebacker (Cleve Browns)
Famous Deaths
1719 - Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76
1863 - Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90
1898 - Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader
1995 - Cleo Brown, pianist, dies at 91
2001 - Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
2003 - Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (b. 1941)
Historical Events
1544 - Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d’Enghien beat Swiss
1799 - Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1906 - Pres Theodore Roosevelt denounces “muckrakers” in US press
1944 - Freighter “Fort Stikene” explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
1950 - Doorne’s Auto factory opens in Netherlands
1959 - (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC
Famous Birthdays
1862 - Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
1902 - Menachem A Schneerson, rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews)
1904 - John Gielgud, London England, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man)
1930 - George W Gekas, (Rep-R-PA, 1983- )
1969 - Tim Roberts, NFL defensive end (NE Patriots)
1975 - Avner Dorman, Israeli composer
Famous Deaths
1552 - Laurentius Andreae, [Lars Andersson], Swedish church reformer, dies
1934 - Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape), dies
1948 - Walter P Reuther, Pres (United Auto Workers), shot at his home
1950 - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (b. 1879)
1964 - Rachel L Carson, US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56
2008 - Ollie Johnston, the last living member of Disney’s Nine Old Men. (b. 1912)
Historical Events
1256 - The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.
1556 - Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope
1863 - Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled in NY is 1st orthopedic hospital
1960 - Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
1983 - Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago
1994 - Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal, doesn’t occur
Famous Birthdays
1547 - Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)
1802 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (d. 1884)
1915 - R N Coote, Bishop (Colchester)
1939 - Barbara-Rose Collins, (Rep-D-Michigan)
1941 - Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist, Nobel laureate
1942 - Ataol Behramoglu Turkish poet and writer.
Famous Deaths
1635 - Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)
1904 - Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War and Peace), dies
1942 - Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58
1961 - John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist (b. 1935)
2002 - Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (b. 1928)
2005 - Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (b. 1959)
Historical Events
1545 - French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1934 - Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph
1935 - Germany prohibits publishing “not-Arian” writers
1938 - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1954 - Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1961 - 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4
Famous Birthdays
1793 - Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary
1883 - Imogen Cunningham, photographer (1965 ASMP award)
1898 - Lily Pons, American soprano (d. 1976)
1915 - Emil [Theodore] Petaja, US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane)
1920 - H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
1937 - Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player
Famous Deaths
1814 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
1942 - Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80
1972 - Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89
1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
1990 - Henry Kendrick, dies
1994 - Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
Historical Events
1952 - The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
1958 - Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)
1959 - “Jamaica” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances
1972 - Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
1975 - JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1983 - 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280
Famous Birthdays
1492 - Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
1867 - John P Lotsy, Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics)
1876 - Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)
1973 - Monica Chala, Miss Universe-Ecuador (1996)
1974 - Tricia Helfer, Canadian model and actor
1980 - Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1034 - Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife
1906 - James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at 58
1908 - Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
1992 - Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)
1992 - James Brown, actor (Rip-Adv of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72
2007 - Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954)
Historical Events
1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
1872 - Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22
1884 - US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
1962 - 1st baseball game at LA’s Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds
1975 - Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1995 - NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
Famous Birthdays
1864 - Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA
1900 - Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)
1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
1951 - Mark Roth, bowler (4-time PBA Player of Year)
1961 - Jeb Adams, Hollywood Calif, actor (Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep)
1970 - Mike Mushok, American musician
Famous Deaths
1848 - Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69
1954 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1954 - Auguste Lumière, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81
1975 - Walker Evans, US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71
1979 - Henriette P “Hetty” Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91
1992 - Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38
Historical Events
1917 - Battle of Arras begins
1935 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
1962 - 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
1966 - Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
1968 - German DR adopts constitution
1983 - Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
Famous Birthdays
1634 - Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau
1894 - Ernest Kanitz, composer
1898 - Earl “Curly” Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers)
1932 - Peter Moores, director (Littlewoods)
1965 - Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov Czech, model (Playboy-Aug 87)
1978 - Vesna Pisarovi?, Croatian singer
Famous Deaths
1024 - Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies
1654 - Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1588)
1893 - Disma Fumagalli, composer, dies at 66
1916 - Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62
1948 - Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b. 1903)
1996 - Sandy Becker, NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74
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