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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)
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From: New York City & Newport, RI
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posted 04-05-2006 07:19 AM
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Birthdates which occurred on April 05:
1588 Thomas Hobbes England, philosopher (Leviathan)
1595 John Wilson composer
1598 Laurentius Erhard composer
1626 Jan van Kessel Flemish painter
1643 Charles V Leopold Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria
1649 Elihu Yale England, philanthropist founded Yale
1698 Georg Gottfried Wagner composer
1725 Giacomo Casanova Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)
1727 Pasquale Ankossi composer
1732 Jean-Honoré Fragonard France, painter
1752 Sébastien Erard piano/harp manufacturer
1784 Ludwig [Louis] Spohr Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)
1788 Franz Pforr German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)
1795 Sir Henry Havelock British soldier (War in Afghánistán 1838-39)
1799 Vincenzo Fioravanti composer
1811 Jules Dupré landscape painter
1818 Lewis Baldwin Parsons Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
1820 Nadar [Félix Tournachon] French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist
1822 James Nagle Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1824 Sydney Thompson Dobell poet (The Roman)
1825 David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones Major General (Confederate Army)
1827 Joseph Lister England, physician (founded aseptic surgery)
1828 Pietro Plantania composer
1830 Alexander Muir Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (The Maple Leaf Forever)
1832 Jules-François Camille Ferry French statesman
1837 Algernon Charles Swinburne England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)
1838 Alpheus Hyatt US, invertebrate paleontologist
1839 Robert Smalls Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Representative-SC)
1839 Stanislaw Pilinski composer
1845 Jules M Cambon French Governor-General of Algeria/ambassador
1853 Alfonso Randano composer
1854 Vicente Goicoechea Errasti composer
1856 Booker Taliaferro Washington pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp)
1857 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)
1859 Wilhelm Harteveld composer
1862 Louis Ganne composer
1868 J F "Flooi" Du Toit cricketer (one Test South Africa 1892)
1869 Albert Roussel Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamande)
1869 Karl Wagenfeld Low German writer (Daud un Düwel)
1871 Jeanne Bougeois [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue)
1876 Viktor Patrick Vretblad composer
1882 Don Blackie cricketer (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46)
1885 Dimitrie Cuclin composer
1886 Jacques Handschin Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter)
1890 Fie Carelsen Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen)
1893 Clas Thunberg Finland, speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924, 28)
1893 Pál Szabó Hungarian farmer/author (Talpalatnyi Föld)
1899 William Hornby Steer barrister/judge
19-- Chao Li Chi actor (Falcon Crest)
19-- Cindy Weintraub New York NY, actress (Terry-Baker's Dozen)
19-- Shawn Stevens Morristown NJ, actor (Oliver Martin-Days of Our Lives)
19-- Willy Chirino Spanish singer
1900 Spencer Tracy Milwaukee WI, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)
1901 Chester Bowles Massachusetts, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal)
1901 Melvyn Douglas [Hesselberg] Macon GA, actor (Hud, Ghost Story)
1901 Alexander Alexeieff Russian/French painter/graphic artist
1903 Thomas Baron Pitfield composer
1905 Bill Raisch one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive)
1905 Jef Maes composer
1906 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock English agronomist
1907 J Zeldenrust Dutch pathologist/anatomist
1908 Bette Davis Lowell MA, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel)
1908 George Schick Prague Czechoslovakia, conductor (Chicago Symphony)
1908 Grady Sutton Chattanooga TN, actor (Pruitts of South Hampton)
1908 Herbert von Karajan Austria, Berlin Philharmonic conductor/Nazi
1908 Mary Hemingway writer (Ernest Hemmingway Biography)
1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli New York NY, film producer (James Bond)
1909 Gerald Bond cricketer (one Test South Africa vs England 1938, 0 & 0-16)
1911 Goddard Lieberson Hanley Staffordshire England, recording exec
1911 Gordon Jones Alden IA, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello)
1912 John Le Mesurier Bedford England, actor (Jabberwocky, Dad's Army)
1913 Alan Cheales dominican priest
1914 Frederick Angus Armstrong journalist
1916 Gregory Peck La Jolla CA, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur)
1916 Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn
1916 Bernard Baily comic artist
1917 Richard Yardumian Philadelphia PA, composer (Come Creator Spirit)
1917 Robert [Albert] Bloch US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho)
1919 Sir Douglas Henley British auditor-general
1920 Arthur Hailey Luton England, novelist (Hotel, Airport)
1920 Barend Biesheuvel Dutch premier (1971-73)
1921 Lady Fisher founder (British Women Caring Trust)
1921 Robert Q Lewis New York NY, TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show)
1921 Les Jackson cricket bowler (England twice, 1949 & 1961)
1922 Christopher Hewett Worthing Sussex England, actor (Mr Belvedere, The Producers)
1922 Gale Storm Bloomington TX, actress (My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show)
1922 Tom Finney British soccer star
1922 Harry Freedman composer
1923 Nguyen Van Thieu president of South Vietnam (1965-75)
1923 Stanley Orme chairman (British Labour Party)
1923 Ernest Mandel Belgian philosopher/economist
1923 Michael V Gazzo Hillside NJ, actor (Cookie, Fear City)
1924 Mart Kempers Dutch graphic artist/sculptor
1925 Oldrich Flosman composer
1926 Roger Corman Detroit MI, producer/director (Little Shop of Horrors)
1926 Milton O Thompson astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15)
1927 John Gilbert MP
1928 Will Gaines jazz dancer
1928 David Farquhar Andress composer
1928 Michael Bryant London England, actor (Sakharov, Girly)
1928 Peter Moore Principal (London Business School)
1928 Tony Williams Elizabeth NJ, singer (Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights)
1929 Nigel Hawthorne actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II)
1929 Hugo Claus Flemish writer/director (Cool Lover, Sugar)
1931 Denis Lawton director (London University Institute of Education)
1934 Frank Gorshin Pittsburgh PA, impressionist/actor (Riddler-Batman)
1934 Tina Maria Stone runner (1 year distance record of 15,472 miles)
1934 Stanley Turrentine jazz saxophonist (Wonderland)
1935 Donald Lynden-Bell British astronomer
1935 Peter Grant rock band manager
1936 John Albert professor (Master of University College Oxford)
1936 John White composer
1936 Michael Livesay British Admiral/president (RN College Greenwich)
1937 Colin Powell Bronx NY, General/advisor to President George Bush (Nat Security Affairs)/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93)/Secretary of State (2001- )
1937 Stuart May senior partner (Theodore Goddard)
1938 Colin Bland cricketer (South African bat Maybe the best cover field)
1938 Ronald Anthony White Jr singer
1939 David Winters London England, choreographer (Steve Allen Comedy Hour)
1939 Lonnie White vocalist (Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Shop Around)
1939 Andrew Buxton CEO (Barclays Bank)
1940 Aliza Kashi Israel, actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular)
1941 David LaFlamme New Britain CT, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
1941 Michael Moriarty Detroit MI, actor (Ben Stone-Law & Order, Bang the Drum Slowly, Q, Stuff)
1941 Dave Swarbrick rocker (Fairport Convention)
1941 Eric Burdon England, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1941 Roman Balayan Nerke Azerbaijan, director (Filer, Biryuk)
1942 Allan Clarke Salford Lancashire England, rock vocalist (Hollies-The Air That I Breathe)
1942 Arthur Barrett cricketer (West Indies leggie early 70's)
1943 Jonathan Lynn Bath England, actor (Danny-Doctor in the House)
1943 Max Gail Detroit MI, actor (Barney Miller, Whiz Kids, DC Cab, Normal People)
1944 Dave Holland heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law)
1944 Ann [Elizabeth] Maxwell US, sci-fi author (Jaws of Menx)
1944 Crispian St Peters rocker
1944 James Buckley CEO (Baltic Exchange)
1944 Nicholas Caldwell rocker (Whispers)
1944 Peter T King (Representative-Republican-NY)
1944 Willeke van Ammelrooy Amsterdam, actress (Cidke de Rat, Antonia)
1946 Jane Asher Paul McCartney's former girlfriend/actress (Deep End)
1946 Jennifer Penney ballerina
1946 Larry Frederick Wendt composer
1946 Robert E McKee CEO/managing director (Conoco-UK)
1949 Dr Judith Arlene Resnik Akron OH, astronaut (STS 41D, 51L-Chal disaster)
1950 Agnetha Fältskog Jonkoping Sweden, rocker (ABBA-Waterloo)
1950 Franklin R Chang-Diaz Costa Rica, PhD/astronaut (STS 61C, 34,46,60,75)
1950 Mildred Douglas Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
1951 Everett Morton rocker (English Beat)
1951 Roosevelt Ferguson Arkansas, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1953 John Buchanan cricketer (Queensland batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995)
1954 Christopher S Nelson New Orleans LA, actor (Sons & Daughters)
1954 Stan Ridgeway rocker (Mosquito-Garage Sale)
1955 Janice Long British radio host (Crash FM)
1955 Renate Bruemmer astronaut/cosmonaut
1957 Vince Gill Norman OK, country singer (When I Call Your Name)
1958 Cammie Lusko Los Angeles CA, Guinness' World Strongest Woman
1958 Johan Kriek South Africa, tennis player (US Indoor 1982)
1963 Jimmy Osmond singer (Donny & Marie Show)
1964 Martha Faulconer Indianapolis IN, golfer (1993 ShopRite LPGA-5th)
1964 Robert "Bob" Kaehler Burlingame CA, rower (Olympics-5th-1992, 96)
1966 Brent Hughes New Westminster Canada, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1966 Larry Norman Toronto Ontario Canada, canoeist (Olympics-92, 96)
1966 Scott Dill NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings)
1968 Gianna Amore Warwick RI, playmate (August, 1989)
1968 Tasia Valenza New York NY, actress (Dottie Thornton Martin-All My Children)
1970 Erlan Sagymbayev hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
1970 Tim Jacobs NFL running back (Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins)
1971 Bob Kuberski NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1971 Finidi George soccer player (Ajax)
1971 Stuart Peele Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 Shigemasa Ito WLAF offensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1973 Ed Hobbs WLAF RB (London Monarchs)
1973 Emile Palmer WLAF DT (London Monarchs)
1973 Estefania Knuth Barcelona Spain, LPGA golfer (1992 French International)
1973 Spencer Folau NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Baltimore Ravens, Rhein Fire)
1973 Tony Banks quarterback (St Louis Rams)
1973 Yutaka Kawaguchi hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1974 Mike DuHaney New Haven CT, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 Rick Terry NFL defensive tackle (New York Jets)
1975 Nikki Dryden Calgary Alberta, 800 meter swimmer (Olympics-6th-92, 96)
1976 Ike Hilliard NFL wide receiver (New York Giants)
1976 Ryan Drese San Francisco CA, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1977 JoAnn Sevin Dubois PA, air pistol (Olympics-1996)
1977 Sevilay Ozturk Miss Turkey-Universe (1996)
2173 Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd New Amsterdam, Arcturus (Star Trek)
Deaths which occurred on April 05:
0828 Nicephorus patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77
1258 Julian of Cornillon/Liege Flemish visionary/saint, dies
1270 Ramban Nachmanides Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies
1531 Richard Roose boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop
1649 John Winthrop 1st Governor Massachusetts Bay Colony, dies at 61
1673 François Caron Admiral/Governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72
1684 William Brouncker 2nd viscount/1st president of Royal Society, dies
1693 Anne M L of Orléans duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65
1695 George Savile 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61
1697 Charles XI King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41
1712 John Luyken poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63
1723 J Fischer von Erlach Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66
1732 Johann Christian Schieferdecker composer, dies at 52
1765 Edward Young English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81
1794 Georges-Jacques Danton French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34
1794 Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles French author/politician, dies
1811 Robert Raikes founder of Sunday Schools, dies
1820 Henrik C Cras lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81
1869 Daniel Bakeman last surviving veteran of the Revolutionary War, dies at 109
1871 Georg Andreas Henkel composer, dies at 66
1878 Wilhelm Speyer composer, dies at 87
1884 John Wisden publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies
1896 John Rogers Thomas composer, dies at 66
1900 Comte de Villebois-Marevil French/South African General, dies in battle
1907 Anton G van Hamel founder (Roman philosphy in Netherlands), dies at 65
1908 Gaetano Coronaro composer, dies at 55
1918 Paul Vidal de la Blanche French geographer, dies at 73
1921 Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58
1922 Charles F A Woeste Belgian count/minister of Justice, dies at 85
1923 George Edward Stanhope Molyneúx Herbert 5th Earl of Carnarvon/egyptologist, dies at 56
1928 Jane Ellen Harrison scholar/archaeologist, dies
1928 Roy Kilner cricketer (9 Tests for England 1924-26), dies at 38
1934 Salvatore Di Giacomo composer, dies at 74
1935 Emil Mlynarski composer, dies at 64
1939 William Cooper cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies
1944 Isolde Kurz German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90
1944 Willy Derby [Dieben] singer (Hello Bandoeng), dies
1945 Huldreich Georg Fruh composer, dies at 41
1946 Vincent Millie Youmans US composer (Tea For Two), dies from tuberculosis at 47
1951 Edward Rigby dies at 72
1952 Henri Vandeputte Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75
1954 Claude Delvincourt composer, dies at 66
1958 Jozef Brems Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87
1960 Alma Kruger actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88
1963 Jacobus JP Old architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73
1963 Julius Harrison composer, dies at 78
1964 Douglas MacArthur US General (Pacific theater-WWII), dies at 84
1966 Sven Fleuron writer, dies at 91
1968 Lois Andrews dies of lung cancer at 44
1969 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier French author (La Peur), dies at 73
1969 Rómulo Gallegos Venezuela author/President (1947-48), dies at 84
1970 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn oboist/conductor, dies at 78
1972 Brian Donlevy actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73
1972 Isabel Jewell dies at 62
1974 William Hudson actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49
1975 Chiang Kai-shek Nationalist Chinese leader, dies from a heart attack at 87
1975 Inez Courtney dies at 67
1975 Victor Marijnen Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at 58
1976 Howard Hughes reclusive billionaire, dies at 72
1977 John Marriott dies at 83
1981 Bob "Bear" Hite rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36
1981 Cornelis Verolme Dutch ship builder, dies at 80
1982 Abe Fortas Supreme court justice, dies at 71
1984 Arthur Travors Harris marshal of British RAF, dies
1984 Theo Koomen Dutch sportscaster, dies in auto-accident at 54
1985 Tyrell Johnson cricketer (West Indies left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies
1986 Colin McCool cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wickets), dies
1986 Manly Wade Wellman sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82
1988 Alf Kjellin Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies
1990 Nico Scheepmaker Dutch columnist/poet, dies at 59
1991 John Tower (Senator-Republican-TX), dies in a plane crash at 65
1991 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr USN/astronaut (STS 33), dies at 43
1992 Anthony "Tony" Papa big band leader, dies at 65
1992 Sam Walton Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74
1992 Samuel H Reshevsky Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80
1994 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff winemaker, dies at 92
1994 Aubrey J Watson Sr bishop, dies at 65
1994 Marlon Riggs US writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37
1994 Roy Smeck guitarist/banjoist, dies at 94
1995 Christian Pineau French politician, dies
1996 Peter Nailor civil servant/historian, dies at 67
1997 Allen Ginsberg beat poet, dies at 80
1997 Alparslan Turkes Turkish politician (MHP), dies
On this day...April 5 EVENTS
2348 -BC- Noah's ark grounded, Mount Ararat (calculated date)
0823 Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France
1058 Bishop John "Minchio", [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X
1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights
1242 Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia
1566 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition
1585 Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch
1603 New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London
1614 2nd parliament of King James I begins session (no enactments)
1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe
1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England
1648 Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
1722 Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island
1739 French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty
1751 Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden
1753 British Museum forms (opens in 1759)
1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
1768 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)
1792 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto
1803 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D
1806 Isaac Quintard patents apple cider
1812 British storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish
1814 Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes
1815 Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)
1861 Federals abandon Fort Quitman TX
1862 Siege of Yorktown VA
1865 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville VA (Appomattox Campaign)
1874 Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus", premieres in Vienna
1881 Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty
1887 Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of The Copper Beeches" (BG)
1893 Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
1894 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville PA
1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Empty House" (BG)
1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the 3 Students" (BG)
1895 Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices
1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens
1900 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails
1902 Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte", premieres in Paris France
1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland & England kills 25
1905 James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire", premieres in London
1906 St Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland"
1908 British premier Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns
1911 Waldorf W Aster acquires the Daily Observer
1911 MCC tour match vs Jamaica finishes in a tie
1915 Jess Willard defeats Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title
1915 French begin Woëvre-offensive
1916 French troops occupy Bois de Caillette
1919 Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann
1919 Polish Army executes 35 young Jews
1919 Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana
1922 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions
1922 WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions
1923 Firestone Company puts their inflatable tires into production
1925 Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election
1925 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer
1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in the 100 & 200 meter freestyle
1929 Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact
1930 England out for 849 vs West Indies Kingston, Sandham out for 325
1932 Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions
1935 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election
1936 Tupelo MS virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die
1938 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland
1939 Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory
1941 In San Francisco, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days
1943 Allies bomb Mortsel
1944 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse
1945 Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
1945 Almelo Netherlands freed
1946 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony
1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1949 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham IL)
1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins
1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1953 WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"
1955 Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him
1959 Art Wall wins golf's Masters
1959 23rd Golf Masters Championship Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284
1961 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Jack Paar Show"
1961 Dutch Governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council
1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to an altitude of 54,600 meters
1962 Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC
1962 Manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp
1962 St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands
1963 Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me)
1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa
1964 1st driverless trains run on the London Underground
1964 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1965 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews win
1965 Lava Lamp Day celebrated
1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Fort Pierce-Vero Beach FL (IND) 1st broadcast
1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
1967 Philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds
1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens
1968 US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled
1970 WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy
1971 Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole
1971 US Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life
1971 WNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
1972 Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub
1973 NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19)
1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter
1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)
1974 Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai
1975 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely
1975 "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 performances
1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England
1976 Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London
1977 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter
1979 Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper
1979 Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
1981 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
1981 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falkland Islands war
1982 St Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season
1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
1983 New York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment
1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
1984 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances
1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121 meters)
1986 2 US soldiers & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin discotheque bombing
1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullman
1987 Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
1987 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1989 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo
1989 Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak
1989 Solidarity granted legal status in Poland
1990 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminaries
1990 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity
1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1991 Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan
1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched
1991 US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq
1991 Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23
1992 Comedian Sam Kinison marries live-in girlfriend Malika Souiri
1992 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea Stadium
1992 "Search & Destroy" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 46 performances
1992 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62
1992 4th Seniors Golf Tradition Lee Trevino
1992 Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International
1992 Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution & dissolved Congress
1992 Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president
1992 Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome Randy "Macho Man" Savage beats Ric Flair for title, Hulk Hogan disqualifies Sid Justice
1993 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71
1993 Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to New York Mets 3-0
1993 Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1993 Crowd of 73,293 watches New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 9-1
1993 Florida Marlins 1st game - beat Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3
1993 Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad
1994 "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden NYC for 347 performances
1994 Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak
1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
1996 Marlon Brando makes anti-semitic remarks about hollywood on Larry King
1997 Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
2063 Earth's 1st contact by extra-terrestrials (Vulcan); according to Star Trek
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Bob Maar
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posted 04-06-2006 06:22 AM
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Birthdates which occurred on April 06:
1483 Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio] Urbino Italy, painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)
1631 Vincenzo De Grandis composer
1660 Johann Kuhnau composer
1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
1672 Andre Cardinal Destouches composer
1708 George Reuter composer
1741 Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort French playwright (Maximes)
1752 Johann Friedrich Kranz composer
1757 Alessandro Rolla composer
1773 James Mill Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India)
1778 Joseph Funk composer
1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)/Mrs Robert Browning
1810 Philip Gosse intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)
1812 Aaron Bernstein writer
1812 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer
1815 Friedrich Robert Volkmann composer
1818 Francis Henry Brown composer
1819 Johann A H Scheler Belgian librarian
1823 Joseph Medill St John New Brunswick Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
1826 Gustave Moreau French painter
1828 Charles William Field Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1830 James Augustine Healy Macon GA, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
1833 Johan H C Kern Dutch linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
1835 Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer
1844 Joseph Ludwig composer
1860 René Lalique French jewel designer
1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)
1866 Butch Cassidy [Robert Parker] US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)
1869 Louis Raemakers Dutch draftsman/painter
1871 Alexander grandson of England's Queen Victoria
1878 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer
1878 Erich Mühsam writer
1883 Mien Labberton Dutch poetress
1884 Walter Huston Toronto Ontario Canada, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre)
1885 Carlos Leon Salzedo composer
1888 Daniel Andersson Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)
1889 Barry Macollum Northern Ireland
1889 Gabriela Mistral writer
1890 André L Danjon French astronomer
1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider)
1892 Lowell Thomas Woodington OH, newscaster (High Adventure)
1892 Donald Wills Douglas US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas)
1892 Mateusz Glinski composer
1896 Juan Tomas Perez composer
1898 Bobby Gilbert Pennsylvania, actor (Rebel Set, Marcus Welby MD)
1900 Andrés Sas Perú, composer
1900 Leo Robin US writer (Thanks For the Memory)
1901 Willem Pelemans Flemish composer/music reviewer
1902 Gertrude Short Cincinnati OH, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus)
1903 Harold Edgerton foremost high-speed photographer
1903 Mickey Cochrane baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 average)
1904 Kurt G Kiesinger German chancellor (Wherever They May Be)
1906 John Betjeman English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion)
1908 Vano Il'ich Muradov [Muradeli] Russia, composer
1910 Desmond Dreyer British Admiral
1911 Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate composer
1912 Endre Szekely composer
1912 Wilhelmus H L "Willem" Tollenaar actor/director (Don Carlos)
1914 George Reeves Ashland KY, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind)
1917 Julian Faber CEO (Willis Faber)
1917 Walter "Shakey" Horton Mississippi, harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin')
1918 Joan Bernard Principal (Trevelyan College, Durham)
1918 Karen Verne Berlin Germany, actress (Madame X)
1920 Bernard Carter British painter/etcher
1921 Andrew Welsh Imbrie composer
1921 Franta Belsky British sculptor
1921 Lord Moore of Wolvercote
1922 Barry Levinson Baltimore MD, director (Homicide@Life on the Street, Avalon, Rain Man, Diner)
1925 Arthur D Larsen tennis champion (US Open-1950)
1925 John Knox British supreme court justice
1925 Marcus Worsley Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
1926 Ian Paisley North Ireland, clergyman/MP
1927 David Ingram Vice-Chancellor (University of Kent at Canterbury)
1927 Gerry Mulligan British saxophonist/orchestra leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
1928 Joi Lansing Salt Lake City UT, actress (Bob Cummings Show)
1928 James Dewey Watson chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)
1929 "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster
1929 André Previn Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/composer/pianist
1929 Arthur S Taylor Jr US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers)
1929 Edison Vasalievich Denisov composer
1929 Li Yuan-chia artist
1929 Willis Hall British writer
1931 Ivan Dixon New York NY, actor (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes)
1931 Joan Carlyle British soprano
1933 Dudley Sutton British actor (Leather Boys, Brimstone & Treacle)
1934 Antonius Geesink Holland, judo (Olympics-gold-1964)
1934 Reijo Jyrkiainen composer
1935 John Pepper Clark Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat)
1936 Manfred Schoof composer
1937 Billy Dee Williams Harlem New York NY, actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back, Double Dare)
1937 Merle Haggard Bakersfield CA, country singer (Death Valley Days)
1937 Tom Veivers cricketer (Australian off-spinner in the 60's)
1938 Paul Daniels British magician
1938 Roy Thinnes Chicago IL, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest, General Hospital)
1940 Anne Campbell MP
1940 Homero Aridjis Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
1941 Hans W Geissendorfer Augsburg Germany, director (Sternsteinhof)
1942 Phil Austin comedian (Firesign Theater)
1943 Susan Tolsky Houston, actress (Madame's Place, Here Come the Brides)
1943 Harry Conroy trade unionist
1943 Joaquin Agostinho Portuguese cyclist
1943 Roger Cook investigative journalist/broadcaster
1944 John Stax rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down)
1944 Judith McConnell Pittsburgh PA, actress (Sophia-Santa Barbara)
1944 [Holly] Michelle [Gilliam] Phillips Long Beach CA, singer (Mama & Papas)/actress (Knots Landing)
1944 Felicity Palmer British mezzo-soprano
1945 Bob Marley reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman)
1945 Rodney Bickerstaffe trade unionist
1946 Paul Beresford MP
1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga Dutch MP (VVD)
1947 Tony Connor Romford Essex England, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1949 Jane Actman New York NY, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show)
1949 Mary Maples Dunn college president (Smith College)
1950 Dennis E Eckart (Representative-Democrat-OH, 1981- )
1951 Ralph Cooper Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
1952 Marilu Henner Chicago IL, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Evening Shade)
1952 Udo Dirkshneider heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
1952 Judith McConnell actress (Sophia Capwell-Santa Barbara)
1953 Janet Lynn ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1954 Judi Bowker Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans)
1956 Dilip Vengsarkar cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92)
1956 Mudassar Nazar cricketer (son of Nazar Mohammad Pakistani bat)
1957 Maurizio Damilano Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
1959 Dianne Brill Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night)
1961 Mike Schuchart Omaha NE, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Tour Championship)
1961 Rory Bremner impressionist
1962 Stan Cullimore bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
1963 Lorenzo Lynch NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders)
1964 Johnny Dee heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra)
1964 Bill Brooks NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1965 Rica Reinisch German Democratic Republic, 100 meter/200 meter backstroke (Olympics-gold-1980)
1965 Gerald Diduck Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1965 Virginia Lee Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1966 Kymberly Paige Newport Beach CA, playmate (May 1987)
1967 John Ratzenberger Bridgeport CT, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers)
1967 Derrick Fenner NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1968 Chris Anderson Australian high jumper (Olympics-96)
1969 Ari Meyers San Juan Puerto Rico, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie)
1969 Andy Harmon NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 Bret Boone El Cajon CA, infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
1969 Brian Williams NBA center/forward (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers)
1970 Olaf Kolzig Johannesbourg Saf, NHL goalie (Washington Capitals)
1970 Oliver Miller NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors)
1971 Anthony Redmon guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 Tamara Henry Miss Arkansas-USA (1997)
1971 Tom Sorensen Racine WI, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1971 Vivian Y Herding Albuquerque NM, Miss New Mexico-America (1996)
1972 Jason Hervey actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years)
1972 Dickey Simpkins NBA forward (San Francisco Warriors, Chicago Bulls)
1972 Donald Blair CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1972 Hurvin McCormack NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
1973 Donnie Edwards linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
1973 Randall Godfrey linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1975 Damon Phillip Pampolina rapper/drummer (Party)
1976 Candace [Helaine] Cameron Bure Panorama City CA, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House)
1976 Soleil Moon Frye Glendora CA, actress (Punky Brewster)
1976 Simon Coombes Melbourne Victoria Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1979 Ali Burr Miss North Carolina Teen-USA (1997)
1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor son of English prince Michael
1980 Matthew Thomas Carey actor (Once You Meet a Stranger)
Deaths which occurred on April 06:
0885 Methodius Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies
0912 Nottker "the Stamelaar" benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71
1199 Richard I the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
1252 Peter of Verona [Peter Martyr] Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45
1348 Petrarch's Laura dies of plague
1362 Jacques de Bourbon count of Marche, killed in battle
1472 Pieter Bladelin Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
1489 Hans Waldmann Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded
1490 Matthias Corvinus king of Hungary, dies
1520 Raphael [Sanzio] artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday
1528 Albrecht Dürer German painter/graphic artist, dies in Nürnberg Germany at 56
1551 Joachim Vadianus Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66
1590 Francis Walsingham English Secretary of State, dies at about 57
1593 Henry Barrow English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged
1593 John Greenwood English Congressionalist, hanged
1605 John Stow British historian, dies
1674 Charles de Méan Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69
1707 Willem Van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73
1779 Tommaso MFS Traetta Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52
1782 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, dies at 90
1805 Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, dies at 56
1817 Bonaventura Furlanetto composer, dies at 78
1822 Franz Xaver Partsch composer, dies at 62
1829 Niels H Able Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26
1838 José B de Andrada e Silva premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74
1854 William Strickland US architect, dies
1862 Adley Hogan Gladden Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 51
1862 Albert Sidney Johnston US Confederate General, dies in battle at 59
1865 John Austin Wharton US Confederate General-Major, dies at 36
1865 Reuben B Boston US Confederate cavalry Colonel, dies in battle
1884 Emanuel Geibel writer, dies at 68
1906 Alexander L Kielland Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57
1913 Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer, dies on 78th birthday
1919 Stefan Surzynski composer, dies at 63
1926 Giovanni Amendola antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43
1931 Giuseppi Radiciotti composer, dies at 73
1935 Edward Arlington Robinson US poet, dies
1939 Robert Courtneidge British theater producer, dies
1940 Andres Isasi composer, dies at 49
1945 Benjamin M Telders president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42
1947 Vaclav Kapral composer, dies at 58
1949 Stanley Christopherson cricketer (1884, MCC President during WWII), dies
1951 Halfdan Cleve composer, dies at 71
1961 Jules J B V Bordet Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90
1962 J C Heldring Dutch businessman, dies at 74
1966 Julia Faye actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73
1968 Bobby Hutton US Black Panther leader, shot to death
1971 Igor F Stravinsky Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies in New York at 88
1972 Heinrich Lübke West Germany President (1959-69), dies at 77
1974 Willem Dudok Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89
1976 Ruth P Thomson writer, dies
1978 Nicolas Nabokov composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
1978 Reinoud Anders Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65
1979 M Marie Widlow softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61
1979 Milton Ager US composer, dies at 85
1981 Bob "The Bear" Hite singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
1983 Ana Maria Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
1984 Jimmy Kenndy British songwriter (South of the Border), dies
1984 Ral Donner singer/narrator, dies at 41
1990 Lady Nancy Hawkes (1946 best-dressed woman) dies at 73
1990 Ronald E Evans astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
1991 Bill Ponsford cricketer (Test average 48 22, 1st-class average 65 18), dies
1992 Isaac Asimov science fiction writer (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72
1992 Molly Picon yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94
1993 Divya Bharati "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19
1993 Hedi Amira Nouira PM of Tunisia (1970-80), dies
1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, assassinated
1994 Cyprian Niayamira President of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated
1994 Dick Cary jazz musician, dies at 77
1994 Juvénal Habayarimana President of Rwanda (1973), assassinated
1994 Patricia Louise Dalton chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at 75
1994 Theo Bosch humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54
1995 Vieno J Sukselainen PM of Finland (1959-61), dies
1996 Greer Garson actress (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 92
1997 Jack Kent Cooke NFL owner (Washington Redskins), dies at 84
On this day...April 6 Events
0648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks
0402 Battle at Pollentia Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten
0610 Lailat-ul Qadar, the night the koran descended to Earth
0774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy
1106 Fire in Venice
1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura
1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France
1516 A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este
1634 Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaçao"
1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by John of Riebeeck
1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter
1664 France & Saksen sign alliance
1672 France declares war on Netherlands
1712 Slave revolt in New York
1722 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards
1724 Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs
1727 Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover
1757 English king George II fires minister William Pitt Sr
1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York NY
1815 English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed
1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organize Mormon church in Seneca County, New York
1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo IL
1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality
1849 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophète", premieres in Paris France
1859 US recognizes Liberal government in México's War of the Reform
1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
1866 G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) is established
1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife
1869 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented
1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Speckled Band" (BG)
1886 City of Vancouver British Columbia Canada incorporated
1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga
1889 George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time
1890 French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan
1893 Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision in St Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history)
1893 Mormon temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
1896 1st modern Olympic games begin in Athens Greece; American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in modern history
1900 James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1903 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws)
1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
1909 1st credit union established in US
1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson
1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
1924 Italian fascists receive 65% of vote of parliament
1924 Völkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern
1925 1st film shown on an airplane (British Air)
1926 Stanley Cup Montréal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1
1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed
1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
1931 1st Scottsboro (Alabama) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
1931 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
1936 Tornado kills 203 & injures 1,800 in Gainesville GA
1936 3rd Golf Masters Championship Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285
1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett
1939 US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Islands (Pacific)
1939 Great Britain & Poland sign military pact
1941 Italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British & Ethiopian forces
1941 8th Golf Masters Championship Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280
1941 Beginning of 3 day bombardment of Belgrade (17,000 die)
1941 British General Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
1943 British & US offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazi's
1945 Coevorden freed from Nazi's
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
1947 11th Golf Masters Championship Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament, shooting a 281
1947 1st Tony Awards Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win
1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Secretary of State Dean Acheson
1952 16th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament, shooting a 286
1954 Montréal Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 seconds in playoff game against Detroit Red Wings
1954 TV Dinner is 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances
1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Yemen failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
1957 NYC ends trolley car service
1957 USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-the Masters
1959 31st Academy Awards "Gigi", Susan Hayward & David Niven win
1964 Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite
1966 Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
1968 Gunpowder stock at a sporting-goods store explodes, killing 43 (Virginia)
1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio TX
1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis
1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number
1973 US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter & Saturn
1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16
1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction CO
1975 Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capital 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson)
1975 "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1975 "The Night That Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore NYC after 75 performances
1976 1st quadraphonic movie track "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1977 Judge rules the Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inning & 193 to win Ranji Trophy
1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1980 Post It Notes are introduced
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1983 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Semifinals- Islanders hold 1-0 lead
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; 1st time 11 people in space
1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
1985 Bombay beats Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under General Swarreddahab
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours
1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
1988 New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to New York Islanders 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
1988 North pole explorer Matthew Henson buried next to Robert Peary in Arlington
1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
1991 New York-New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giants Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use
1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
1992 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0
1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
1992 Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship
1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
1992 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Duke beats Michigan 71-51
1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0
1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0
1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo
1992 US Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow)
1993 Florida Marlins 1st loss ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers)
1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out
1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs Wade) resigns
1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis & himself
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
1995 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
1997 "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1997 9th Seniors Golf Tradition Gil Morgan wins
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge
1997 Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
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Birthdates which occurred on April 07:
1506 St Francis Xavier Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan
1534 José de Anchieta Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians)
1613 Gerard Dou Dutch painter (Night School)
1622 Louise Hollandine daughter of King Frederik V & Elizabeth Stuart
1629 Juan José of Austria, Spanish General/Governor of Netherlands
1648 Ferdinand van Kessel Flemish painter
1694 Coelestin Praelisauer composer
1699 Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer composer
1727 Henri Hardouin composer
1727 Michel Adanson French biologist (Natural History of Sénégal)
1745 Georg Druschetzky composer
1748 Georg Wenzel Ritter composer
1756 Charles Felix King of Sardina (1821-31)
1763 Domenico Dragonetti composer
1768 Karl Theodor Toeschi composer
1770 William Wordsworth England, poet laureate (The Prelude)
1772 F M Charles Fourier French socialist
1775 Francis C Lowell founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill
1780 William Ellery Channing US, Unitarian clergyman
1786 William Rufus DeVane King (D) 13th US Vice President (1853)
1801 Henry Eagle Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
1803 Flora Tristan writer
1805 Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Governor-SC, Confederacy), died in 1869
1819 Hubert Leonard composer
1820 György Klapka Hungarian General/MP (Komárom-castle)
1822 Gershom Mott Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 Johann Hermann Berens composer
1841 Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanicus
1841 Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys painter
1847 J P Jacobsen writer
1851 Otto Adolf Klauwell composer
1858 Adrien H Gerhard Dutch socialist politician (SDAP)
1859 Walter Camp Connecticut, father of American football (Yale)
1860 W K Kellogg a real corn flake
1869 David Grandison Fairchild US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to US
1870 Gustav Landauer German socialist
1870 Joseph Ryeland Belgian composer/Baron
1872 William Monroe Trotter famous African
1878 C M M Hathorn cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)
1878 Jozef C Bittremieux Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God)
1882 Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger cricketer (belated Australian representative 1928-33)
1882 Kurt von Schleiger German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33)
1884 Charles Dodd English new testament authority
1884 Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal Dutch politician/resistance fighter
1889 Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Desolación, Tenderness)/Nobel 1945
1890 Marjory Stoneman Douglas environmentalist (1st Lady of Everglades)
1893 Allan W Dulles US diplomat/CIA head 1953-61 (Germany's Underground)
1893 Irene Castle dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement)
1894 Gerald Brenan English writer
1895 Eduardo Toldra composer
1895 Lewis B Combs naval commander/civil engineer
1896 Benny Leonard lightweight boxing champion (1917-25)
1897 Walter Winchell Harlem New York NY, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables)
1897 Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud composer
1899 Robert Marcel Casadesus French pianist/composer (Prix Diémer)
19-- Elaine Miles actress (Marilyn-Northern Exposure)
19-- Morris Johnson Jr drag race car driver
19-- Shane rocker (Electric Angels-I Believe, Whiplash)
1900 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson England, 50K walker (Olympics-bronze-1952)
1903 Willi Forst Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rössl)
1908 Percy Faith conductor (Summer Place)
1908 Le Duan Vietnamese politician
1912 John Adrian Hope politician/businessman
1912 Valère Depauw Flemish writer
1914 Sydney Thompson rock climber
1915 Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] Philadelphia PA, singer (Ain't Nobody's Business)
1915 Henry Kuttner US, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were, Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner)
1917 R G Armstrong Birmingham AL, actor (T.H.E. Cat)
1918 Peanuts Hucko Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1918 Ronald Howard Norwood England, actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style)
1918 C B Bertie Clarke cricketer (Barbados & West Indian leg-spinner)
1918 Peter Aryans [PCJ Vander] Dutch radio actor (Shoot Out)
1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy, épée (Olympics-gold-1952)
1919 Ralph Flanagan Loraine OH, orchestra leader (Let's Dance)
1920 Ravi Shankar Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)
1920 Terence Edward Armstrong polar geographer
1922 Kenneth Howard Peacock composer
1924 Nick Perito Denver CO, orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show)
1924 Harry Cordon comic/host (Fred Haché Show)
1924 Ikuma Dan composer
1926 Johannes Rood Dutch immunologist (Eurotransplant)
1928 Alan J Pakula director (All the President's Men, Klute)
1928 James [Scott Bumgarner] Garner Norman OK, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
1928 James White UK, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer)
1930 Andrew Sachs actor (Manuel-Fawlty Towers)
1931 Donald Barthelme Philadelphia PA, writer (Snow White, Sadness)
1931 Daniel Ellsberg whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot
1932 Louis "Mr Bo" Collins Indianola MS, blues singer (If Trouble Was Money)
1933 Wayne Rogers Birmingham AL, actor (MASH, House Calls, Chiefs)
1934 Ian Richards Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Montgomery-Ike)
1935 Hodding Carter III press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
1935 Bobby Bare Irontown OH, country singer (Detroit City)
1935 Yvonne Fedderson co-founder (Childhelp USA)
1937 [Big] Charlie Thomas New York NY, jazz/rock singer (Drifters)
1938 Freddie Hubbard Indianapolis IN, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
1938 Yvonne Lime Glendale CA, actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis)
1938 [Edmund G] Jerry Brown Jr San Francisco CA, (Governor-Democrat-CA, 1975-83)
1939 David Frost Tenderdon England, TV host (That Was the Week That Was)
1939 Donald L Holmquest Dallas TX, astronaut
1939 Francis Ford Coppola Detroit MI, film maker (Godfather, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti)
1940 Jan Wilhelm Morthenson composer
1940 Patricia Paay Dutch singer (You are not hip)
1942 Edda Barends actress (Arthur & Eva)
1943 Roberta Shore [Schourup] Monterey Park CA, actress/singer (Virginian)
1943 Dennis Amiss cricketer (prolific English batsman)
1943 Mick Abrahams Luton Bedfordshire England, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-This Was)
1943 Spencer Dryden New York NY, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice)
1946 Bill Kreutzmann Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots)
1946 Barbara Benary composer
1947 Patricia Bennett US singer (He's So Fine)
1949 John Oates guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl)
1951 Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink] New York NY, folk singer (Society's Child, At 17)
1951 John Dittrich Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1952 Bruce Gary Burbank CA, rock drummer (Knack-My Sharona)
1952 Jane Frederick US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-1976)
1953 Everard Endt US, yachting (Olympics-gold-1952)
1954 Donna White LPGA golfer
1954 Jackie Chan martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx)
1954 Tony Dorsett NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys, Heisman Trophy)
1955 Andrea Fisher artist
1956 Gail Lee Hirata LPGA golfer
1958 Alexandra Neil Boston MA, actress (Rose-Guiding Light)
1958 Tony Ayre rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
1960 Simon Climie rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes)
1962 Andy Hampsten Columbus OH, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1962 Bonny Warner Mount Baldy CA, lugist
1962 Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor actor (In the Heat of the Night)
1964 Helen Wadsworth S Wales, golfer (Curtis Cup 1990)
1964 Joe Durant Pensacola FL, Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open-7th)
1965 Alexander Mronz Cologne Germany, tennis star
1965 Kaushik Amalean cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88)
1966 Teri Ann Linn Honolulu HI, actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful)
1967 Steve Wisniewski NFL guard (Oakland Raiders)
1968 Bill Bellamy actor (Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker)
1968 Don[ald] Smith North Tonawanda NY, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
1969 Clark Sheehan Denver CO, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 Jeremy Lincoln NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks)
1969 Peggy Clasen St Paul MN, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1969 Ricky Bones Salinas Puerto Rico, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees)
1969 Ricky Watters NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 Alexander Karpovtsev Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers)
1970 Kevin Smith NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1971 Cara Kendra Bernosky Miss Pennsylvania-USA (1997)
1971 Mark Thompson Russellville KY, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1971 Stephen Brimacombe Australian 100 meter/200 meter (Olympics-96)
1971 Victor Kraatz Berlin Germany, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champions-4th)
1972 Greg Clark tight end (San Francisco 49ers)
1972 Joanne Brown Australian softball catcher/1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
1972 Lovett Purnell wide receiver (New England Patriots)
1972 Malcolm Huckaby NBA guard (Miami Heat)
1972 Shana Williams Bridgeton NJ, long jumper/heptathlete
1974 Anita Maxwell WNBA forward (Cleveland Rockers)
1975 Beverly Peele super model (Elle)
1975 Ronde Barber cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975 Tiki Barber running back (New York Giants)
1975 Victoria Adams "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist (Spice Girls)
1976 Erich Goldmann Dingolfing Germany, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1978 Siobhan Drake-Brockman Bunbury Australia, tennis star (1994 Port Pirie)
Deaths which occurred on April 07:
0030 Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate, according to astronomer Schaefer)
0924 Berengarius I Emperor of Italy, murdered
1444 John Capreolus French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50
1498 Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), dies at 27
1524 Philip of Burgundy bishop of Utrecht, dies
1614 El Greco Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown)
1719 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67
1766 Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch classicist, dies at 81
1767 Franz Sparry composer, dies at 51
1768 Michel Mathieu composer, dies at 78
1778 Johann Balthasar Kehl composer, dies at 52
1783 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer composer, dies at 71
1789 Abdül-Hamid I 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at 64
1789 Peter Camper anatomist/animal scholar, dies at 66
1803 [François Dominique] Toussaint L'Ouverture Haitian revolutionary, dies
1810 Pieter L van de Kasteele Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 61
1833 Antoni Henryk Radziwill Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57
1842 Henrik A Bjerregaard Norwegian writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50
1850 William Lisle Bowles English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87
1858 Anton Diabelli Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76
1862 Sydney Nelson composer, dies at 62
1871 Alexander grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old
1871 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff Austrian Admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43
1875 Georg Herwegh writer, dies at 57
1877 Errico Petrella composer, dies at 63
1880 Diederich Krug composer, dies at 58
1881 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte Corsican MP, dies at 65
1884 Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80
1891 P[hineas] T Barnum US circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 80
1917 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras composer, dies at 53
1932 Erv A Kelley US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
1933 Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered
1934 William Monroe Trotter civil rights activist/journalist, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston
1943 Jovan Ducic Serbian poet (Blue Legends), dies at 72
1950 Walter Huston dies at 66
1955 Theda Bara actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62
1958 Judge Jackson composer, dies at 75
1958 Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov composer, dies at 58
1961 Marian Jordan radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62
1961 Jesus Guridi composer, dies at 74
1961 Yusef Greiss composer, dies at 61
1967 Anne Morrison Chapin dies in West Hollywood
1968 Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champion, dies in race car at 32
1970 Josina Machel wife of Mozambique's 1st President Samora Machel, dies
1971 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges (Olympics-gold-1928, 32), dies at 74
1972 "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
1972 Abeid Karume Tanzanian sheik/President, murdered
1972 Victor Wong actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65
1973 Nick Stuart bandleader, dies of cancer at 69
1976 Mary Margaret McBride TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76
1977 Siegfried Buback German Federal Republic procureur-General, murdered Attorney-General
1978 Ernest Kanitz composer, dies at 83
1979 Bruno Apitz writer, dies at 78
1982 Brenda Benet actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
1983 Gavin Gordon television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
1984 Samuel G Engel screenwriter/poet, dies of heart failure at 79
1984 Frank Church (Senator-Democrat-OH, 1957-81), dies at 59
1987 Maxine Sullivan [Williams] American actress (Going Places), dies at 75
1988 Cesar Bresgen Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74
1989 Tikhon Toropets patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123(?)
1992 Alix Talton former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72
1992 Clovis Ruffin fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at 46
1992 Rick Emery dies after long illness at 39
1993 Max Croiset Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80
1993 Richard Schmiechen dies of AIDS at 45
1993 S C (Billy) Griffith cricketer (England 1948-49, MCC secretary), dies
1994 Agathe Uwilingiyimana PM of Rwanda, assassinated
1994 Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann German/US historian, dies at 85
1994 Arthur Gordon Clough journalist, dies at 59
1994 Evert Hartman Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56
1994 François de Grossouvre President Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76
1994 Kurt Cobain grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27
1994 Lee Brilleaux British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41
1995 Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb architect, dies at 68
1996 Ian Spurling ballet designer, dies at 59
On this day...April 7 EVENTS
0451 Attila's Hun's plunder Metz
1118 Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
1348 Prague U, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV
1456 Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik
1498 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence Italy
1509 France declares war on Venice
1521 Inquisitor-General Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books
1521 Magelhaes' fleet reaches Cebu
1584 Ieper surrenders to duke Van Parma
1625 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander
1645 Michael Cardozo becomes 1st Jewish lawyer in Brazil
1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa
1655 Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII
1712 Slave revolt (New York NY)
1724 Johann S Bach's "John Passion" premieres in Leipzig
1788 1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta
1798 Territory of Mississippi is organized
1805 Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself)
1818 General Andrew Jackson conquers St Marks FL from Seminole Indians
1827 English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches
1831 Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil
1860 Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe
1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee; Island #10 falls
1863 Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter
1865 Battle of Farmville VA
1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face" (BG)
1891 Nebraska introduces the 8 hour work day
1901 SDAP demands General voting right/abolishing First Chamber
1902 Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms
1906 Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police & banking business
1917 De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos", premieres in Madrid
1917 James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her", premieres in London
1919 1st parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks
1922 Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome", leased to Harry F Sinclair
1923 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in NYC) by Dr K Winfield Ney
1923 Workers Party of America (NYC) becomes official communist party
1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres & kills 2 (San Luis Obispo CA)
1926 Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose
1927 Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington DC to New York NY
1928 44-year old New York Ranger General Manager Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, & beats Montréal Maroons 2-1
1931 Seals Stadium opens in San Francisco
1933 Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment
1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
1933 1st 2 Nazi anti-Jewish laws, bar Jews from legal & public service
1934 In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspends his campaign of civil disobedience
1939 Italy annexes Albania
1940 1st black to appear on US stamp (Booker T Washington)
1940 7th Golf Masters Championship Jimmy Demaret beats Lloyd Mangrum, shooting a 280
1941 British Generals O'Connor & Neame captured in North Africa
1942 Heavy German assault on Malta
1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule
1943 Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini meet for an Axis conference in Salzburg
1943 British/US troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
1943 Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded in allied air raid
1944 General Montgomery speaks to Generals about invasion plan
1945 1st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers
1945 US B-17's bombs range at Lüneburg
1945 US planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide mission; superbattleship Yamato & four destroyers are sunk
1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR
1946 10th Golf Masters Championship Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282
1948 World Health Organization established by UN
1949 Rogers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1928 performances)
1951 American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament
1951 15th Golf Masters Championship Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280
1951 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
1953 Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden elected 2nd UN General-Secretary
1954 German government refuses to recognize DDR
1954 President Dwight Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China
1954 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany GA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco
1956 10th NBA Championship Philadelphia Warriors beat Fort Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1
1957 21st Golf Masters Championship Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283
1957 Last of New York's electric trolleys completes its final run
1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at Los Angeles Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
1959 Radar 1st bounced off sun, Stanford CA
1959 Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
1962 Umrigar slams 172 vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes
1962 Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail
1963 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
1963 27th Golf Masters Championship Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
1963 Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
1965 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs Pakistan
1966 US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor (whoops!)
1967 Israeli/Syrian border fights
1967 Tom Donahue, San Francisco dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM)
1969 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
1969 Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material
1969 Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yankees 8-4
1970 "Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds", premieres in NYC
1970 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy", John Wayne & Maggie Smith win
1970 Milwaukee Brewers (former Seattle Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0
1971 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by Supreme Court
1971 President Richard Nixon orders Lieutenant Calley (My Lai) free
1971 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals
1973 Cleveland sets day-game & opening-game attendance records of 74,420
1973 Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs West Indies Georgetown
1974 Herb Gardner's "Thieves", premieres in NYC
1976 Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping
1977 Consumer Product Safety Commission bans the flame-retardant chemical "TRIS"
1977 Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5
1978 President Jimmy Carter defers production of the neutron bomb
1978 Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in NYC
1978 US Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976
1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water
1979 Houston Astro Ken Forsch pitches no-hitter against Atlanta Braves, 6-0
1979 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers
1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 seconds
1981 Belgium Eyskens government forms
1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 1-New York Islanders 8-Preliminary-Islanders hold 1-0 lead
1982 Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested
1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave & Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk
1983 Washington Capitals 4-New York Islanders 2-Patrick Division Semifinals-series tied 1-1
1983 WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event
1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
1984 Detroit Tiger Jack Morris pitches no-hitter against Chicago White Sox, 4-0
1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade
1985 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller
1985 New Jersey General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards
1986 Wrestlemania II at 3 locations, Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy
1987 National Museum of Female Physicians opens in Washington DC
1988 New Jersey Devils 3-2 over New York Islanders, 1st NHL playoff round tied 1-1
1988 Gerrit John Heijns murderer, arrested
1988 Russia announces it will withdraw its troops from Afghánistán
1988 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand; Appeals court eventually overrules
1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths
1990 Farm Aid IV concert
1990 Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma
1990 John Poindexter (National Security Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal
1990 Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary NHL playoff
1990 BPAA US Open by Ron Palombi Jr
1991 George Washington Bridge raises toll from $3.00 to $4.00
1991 Wrestlemania VII scheduled in Los Angeles CA, actually performed 03/24
1991 "Big Love" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 41 performances
1991 "Shadowlands" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 169 performances
1991 3rd Seniors Golf Tradition Jack Nicklaus
1991 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
1991 Compton Gamma Ray Observatory orbits Earth
1993 Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie homerun (Shea Stadium, New York)
1994 "Medea" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 82 performances
1994 1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2
1994 New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6
1994 Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton
1994 Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion
1994 Vatican acknowledges Holocaust (Nazi's killing Jews) for 1st time
1995 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
1996 8th Seniors Golf Tradition Jack Nicklaus wins
1996 Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls vs Pakistan, Singapore
1996 Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic
1996 Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fort Myers FL on WRXK 96.1 FM
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Birthdates which occurred on April 08:
0563 -BC- Gautama Buddha (as celebrated in Japan-Kambutsue)
1460 Ponce de León San Tervas de Campos Spain, Spanish conqueror/explorer, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida
1533 Claudio Merulo organist/composer
1582 Phienas Fletcher poet
1605 Philip IV king of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)
1605 Louis de Vadder Flemish painter
1614 El Greco [Domenikos Theotokopoulos] Iráklion Crete Greece, painter (View of Toledo)
1631 Cornelis de Heem painter
1642 Gerard Callenbach Dutch Admiral
1655 Louis Willem I Margrave (Baden-Baden)
1692 Giuseppe Tartini Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)
1695 Johann C Günther writer
1697 Pierre Prowo composer
1708 Georg Zarth composer
1726 Lewis Morris Bronx NY, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
1731 William Williams Lebanon CT, US merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1741 José B da Gama Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)
1756 Joseph Gehot composer
1775 Adam A earl von Neipperg Austrian General/Napoleon's wife Marie lover
1776 Thaddaus Weigl composer
1783 John Claudius London England, horticulturist
1798 Dionysios Solomos poet
1816 Frederick William Burton painter
1818 Christaan IX king of Denmark (1863-1906)
1828 George Baird Hodge Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1831 Allard Pierson Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet
1832 Alfred von Waldersee Prussian fieldmarshal
1843 Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], composer
1850 William Henry Welch US, pathologist, founded John Hopkins
1859 Edmund Husserl Germany, philosopher (founded Phenomenology)
1869 Harvey Cushing US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies)
1875 Albert I von Saksen-Coburg king of Belgium (1909-34)
1878 Rudolf Nelson composer
1880 Victor Schertzinger composer/director (Uptown NY)
1881 Fernand Lamy composer
1885 Dimitrios Levidis composer
1886 Margaret A Barnes writer
1887 Walter Connolly Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)
1889 Sir Adrian Boult Chester England, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
1892 Richard J Neutra Austrian/US architect (Who Built America?)
1893 Mary Pickford [Gladys Louise Smith] Toronto Ontario Canada, actress (Poor Little Rich Girl, Daddy Long Legs)
1893 Grace Cunard Columbus OH, silent screen actress (Resurrection)
1893 Henri Puvrez Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit)
1895 Bert I[ra] Gordon Kenosha WI, diector/producer (Empire of the Ants, Magic Sword, Amazing Colossal Man)
1895 Sigurdur Thordarson composer
1896 Karl Hermann Pillney composer
1897 Herbert Eimert German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel)
1898 E Y "Yip" Harburg [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist/librettist
1898 Achiel H Acker Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58)
1898 Cecil [Maurice] Bowra British classics expert (Greek experience)
1902 Josef Krips Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symphony 1954-63)
1902 Arthur Wellard cricketer (big hitting Somerset & England batsman)
1903 Ilka Chase New York NY, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien)
1904 John Antill composer
1904 John R Hicks British economist (Nobel 1972)
1905 George Baxter Paris France, actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged)
1905 Hans Scherfig Danish marxist/writer (Idealister, Frydenholm)
1905 Helen B M Fennell Joseph anti-apartheid writer (Side by Side)
1905 Pierre Wigny Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61) [or 4/18]
1906 Charles J B Jonckheere Flemish poet/writer (Mirror of the Sea)
1907 Maurice Stacey chemist
1908 Neil Lawson British high court judge
1909 George Dixon trumpet/sax
1909 Olavi Pesonen composer
1909 William James Millar Mackenzie political scientist
1910 George Musso NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
1910 Wendell Bill cricketer (New South Wales bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930)
1911 Douglas Hyde socialist/Christian
1911 Émile Michel Cioran Romania, writer (The Trouble With Being Born, Anathemas and Admirations)
1911 Melvin Calvin US chemist (photosynthesis, Nobel 1961)
1912 Sonja Henie Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympics-gold-1928,32,36)
1912 Josef Gabcík Czechoslovakia, resistance fighter (attacked Heydrich)
1913 H Ernst bishop (Breda Netherlands)
1914 John Cameron cricketer (brother of Jimmy, West Indies vice-captain 1939 England tour)
1919 [Douglas] Ian Smith premier of Rhodesia (1964-..)
1920 Carmen [Mercedes] McRae New York NY, US jazz singer/pianist (Downbeat's New Star of 1954)
1920 Erik Pausin Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
1921 Alfie Bass London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served)
1921 Betty [Bloomer] Ford 1st lady (1975-76)/namesake for Betty Ford Clinic
1921 Jan Novak composer
1921 Virginia O'Brien Los Angeles CA, actress/singer (Gus, Ziegfeld Follies, Thousands Cheer)
1923 Edward Mulhare Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1923 Franco Corelli Ancona Italy, tenor (Don José-Carmen)
1925 Shecky Greene Chicago IL, comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat)
1928 Eric Porter London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps)
1928 John Gavin Los Angeles CA, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale)
1928 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus CEO (NVSH)
1928 Monty Sunshine jazz bandleader (Gotta Travel On)
1929 Jacques Brel Brussels Belgium, songwriter/singer/actor (Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Pain in the A__)
1929 Renzo de Felice historian
1929 Walter Berry Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig
1929 William K Everson film historian
1930 Dorothy Tutin London England, actress (Importance of Being Earnest, Cromwell)
1930 John Bartholomew Tucker Pennsylvania, TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island)
1930 John Reardon New York NY, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus)
1930 Mary Moore principal (St Hilda's College, Oxford)
1930 Julien Van Remoortere [Piet Mortelman], Flemish writer (Fist)
1932 John Gavin Los Angeles CA, actor (Felony, Jennifer, House of Shadows)
1933 Fred Ebb lyricist (Cabaret)
1933 Jaroslav Smolka composer
1935 Donald Thompsett cricket umpire
1935 Albert G Bustamante (Representative-Democrat-TX, 1985- )
1935 Elizabeth Barrett-Connor epidemiologist (Living legacy award-1984)
1936 Klaus Lowitsch Berlin, actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun)
1937 Seymour Hersh award winning investigative reporter (New York Times)
1937 Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg property trader
1938 Lory Patrick Beckley WV, actress (Trina-Tales of Wells Fargo)
1938 Barton Keith McLean composer
1938 Mohammad Farooq cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65)
1940 John Havlicek Martin's Ferry OH, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics)
1941 Peggy Lennon Los Angeles CA, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1942 Douglas Trumbull director (Silent Running, Brainstorm)
1942 Eduard Visser Dutch writer (Fyffes are now called Chiquita)
1943 J P Kavanaugh racehorse trainer
1943 Michael Bennett aids victim/choreographer (A Chorus Line)
1943 Robby Weaver actor (Stone)
1943 Tony Banks English politician (Labour Party)
1943 William Garth Morrison Chief scout
1943 Carol Lavell Fairfax VT, equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
1944 Anthony Farrar Hockley military historian
1944 Roger Chapman Leicester Leicestershire England, rock vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment)
1944 Christoph Hein Heinzendorf Silesia (now in Poland), writer
1944 Hywel Bennett South Wales, actor (Family Way, Shelley)
1944 Santiago Jimenez Jr US accordionist (El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin)
1945 Ian White Member of European Parliament for Bristol
1946 Jim "Catfish" Hunter major-league pitcher (A's, Yankees)
1946 Stuart Pankin Philadelphia PA, comedian (Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs)
1947 Cindy Pickett Norman OK, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere)
1947 Peter Banks England, guitarist (Yes)
1947 Steve Howe London England, rock guitarist (Asia, Yes-Roundabout)
1947 Gerald McRaney Collins MS, actor (Rick-Simon & Simon, Major Dad)
1947 Hsiao-hsien Hou director (Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster)
1947 Thomas D Delay (Representative-Republican-TX, 1985- )
1948 Richard Alan Litchfield Massachusetts, bank robber (FBI most wanted)
1949 Jim Lampley Hendersonville NC, newscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1951 Mel Schachter rocker (Grand Funk Railroad)
1952 Adam Woods rock drummer/pianist (Fixx)
1954 Gary Carter catcher (Montréal Expos, New York Mets)
1954 John Schneider Mount Kisco NY, actor (Bo-Dukes of Hazzard)
1955 John Campbell harness racer (3-time winner of Hambletonian)
1957 Michael Spound Santa Monica CA, actor (Dave-Hotel)
1959 Martin John Weston Worcester England, cricketer
1959 Franklyn Stephenson cricketer (great all-rounder)
1962 Izzy Stradlin [Jeff Isabelle] Lafayette IN, guitarist (Guns N' Roses-Welcome to the Jungle)
1963 Julian Lennon Liverpool England, John's son/singer (Too Late for Goodbyes)/subject of Beatles' "Hey Jude"
1963 Alec James Stewart Merton England, cricketer (son of Mickey/opening bat/occasional wicket keeper)
1963 Erica Terwillegar Nelsonville NJ, lugist
1963 Terry Porter NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
1964 Biz Markie rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television)
1964 Valinda Hilleary Littleton CO, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-9th-1993)
1966 Robin [Virginia] Wright Penn Dallas TX, actress (Jenny-Forrest Gump, Kelly-Santa Barbara, Princess Bride)
1967 Kenneth [Kenny] Charlie Griffith Benjamin St John's Antigua, cricketer (West Indies like his namesake)
1968 Don Davey NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1968 Patricia Arquette New York NY, actress (Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3)
1969 Steve Jackson NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 Derek D Brown Washington DC, team handball right wing (Olympics-1996)
1970 Gerald Vaughn CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1970 Harold Bishop NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns)
1971 Edward Fryatt Rochdale England, Nike golfer (1994 NCAA West Regional)
1971 Marc Peers Edmonton Alberta, tornado yachter (Olympics-96)
1972 Damon Watts NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 Isaac Davis NFL guard (San Diego Chargers)
1972 Katrina Powell Canberra Australia, field hockey striker (Olympics-96)
1973 Alex Gonzalez Miami FL, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1973 Joel Davis guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
1973 Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue Auckland New Zealand, 50 meter/100 meter swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976 Jim Farnum Honolulu HI, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
1981 Rebecca Wilson Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1984 Taran Noah Smith San Francisco CA, actor (Mark Taylor-Home Improvement)
Deaths which occurred on April 08:
0217 Caracalla [Marcus Aurelius Antoniius] Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29
1143 John II Comnenus Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident
1364 Jan II the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
1492 Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico" ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
1498 Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
1537 Willem Aerts Flemish architect, dies
1629 Willem Teellinck Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50
1697 Niels Juel Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht), dies at 67
1736 Pedro Vaz Rego composer, dies at 63
1759 François de La Croix composer, dies at 76
1778 Pieter Teyler van der Hulst Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76
1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat mathematician dies
1844 Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, dies at 72
1848 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti Italian composer, dies at 50
1851 John Parry composer, dies at 75
1853 Jan W Pieneman historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73
1858 Anton Diabelli Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76
1861 Elisha G Otis US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50
1863 Joseph Netherclift composer, dies at 70
1865 John Park composer, dies at 61
1870 Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68
1871 Charles-Louis Hanssens composer, dies at 68
1889 Henry Jupp cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for England in 1877), dies
1890 Junius Morgan philanthropist, dies at 76
1894 Bankim C Chattopadhyaya writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55
1897 Heinrich von Stephan UK politician, dies
1897 George Garrett composer, dies at 62
1902 Sipyagain Russian minister of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated
1914 Jakub Arbes Czechoslovakia, author (Andél Miru), dies at 73
1919 Roland baron Eötvös Hungarian physicist, dies at 70
1920 Charles Tomlinson Griffes US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35
1921 Earnest von Possart German actor/stage manager, dies
1931 Eric Axel Karlfeldt poet, dies
1935 Edwin Cannan economist, dies
1937 Arthur William Foote US organist/composer, dies at 84
1937 William Henry Hadow composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77
1938 Harold Baumgartner cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies
1941 Eugène-Marcel Prévost novelist, dies
1942 Alfred Mombert writer, dies
1943 Richard Sears 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 81
1943 Paul Colin Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed
1947 Henry Ford US industrialist (Ford cars), dies
1948 Josef B Kjellgren Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40
1950 Albert Ehrenstein Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63
1950 Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London
1957 Frank Chester cricketer (distinguished 1-armed England Test ump), dies
1959 Gustave Charlier Belgian literature historian, dies
1963 Len Tuckett cricketer (no runs no wickets in 1 Test for S A), dies
1965 Erik A Blomberg Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70
1965 Jack Durston cricketer (one Test for England, 4-102 & 1-34), dies
1965 Lars Hanson Swedish actor (Flesh & Devil), dies after illness at 78
1966 George Creten Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79
1969 Arthur Walter Kramer composer, dies at 78
1969 Denton Cooley got 1st fully artificial heart, dies at 48
1970 Marie V Felix Prince of Luxemburg, dies
1973 Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies near Mougins France at 91
1976 Phil Ochs rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35
1977 Frank Milan actor (The Witness), dies at 71
1978 Ford C Frick baseball commissioner, dies at 83
1981 General Omar Bradley last 5-star General, dies in New York at 88
1981 Norman Taurog dies
1981 Omar Bradley last US 5-star General, (Normandy) dies in New York at 88
1987 Francis C Denebrink US Naval officer (WWI, WWII, Korea) dies at 90
1990 Ryan White hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18 - The Ryan White Foundation was founded later in 1991 by Jeanne White and Phil Donahue
1990 Doreen Sloane dies
1990 Jose De Vega dies of AIDS at 56
1992 Nelson Olmstead dies at 78
1993 Arleen Whelan dies of stroke at 78
1993 H Earnest bishop of Breda, dies
1993 Marian Anderson US contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96
1994 Frank Wells president (Disney), dies in helicopter crash
1994 Irene Eisinger singer, dies at 91
1994 Walter Arnold German theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
1995 Maurice Allom cricketer (14 Test wickets-New Zealand debut hat-trick), dies
1996 Basil Hembry farmer/campaigner, dies at 80
1996 Ben Johnson cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77
1996 Charles Donald Adams singer, dies at 67
1997 Laura Nyro singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49
On this day...April 8 Events
1195 Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaäk II as Byzantine emperor
1341 Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome
1378 Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI
1455 Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
1500 Battle at Novara King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza
1716 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia & marries Czar Peter the Great's niece
1730 1st Jewish congregation in US consecrates synagogue, "Shearith Israel, NYC"
1759 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain
1781 Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379
1783 Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim
1789 House of Representives 1st meeting
1801 Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews
1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported & -controlled
1832 Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro
1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York NY)
1848 1st battle at Gioto Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
1848 Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro
1861 US mint at Dahlonega GA seized by confederacy
1862 John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser
1864 Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by General Richard Taylor
1865 General Robert E Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in Virginia
1869 American Museum of Natural History opens (New York NY)
1876 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda", premieres in Milan
1879 Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers
1879 Milk is sold in glass bottles for 1st time
1893 The Critic reports that the ice cream soda is our national drink
1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1904 Great Britain & France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter
1908 Lord Herbert Henry Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British Prime Minister
1912 Steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200
1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
1914 US & Colombia sign a treaty concerning the Panamá Canal Zone
1916 Norway approves active & passive female suffrage
1920 LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg
1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London
1931 Dmitri Shostakovich's ballet "The Arrow", premieres
1933 Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror
1935 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress
1935 2nd Golf Masters Championship Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282
1935 Bartóks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington DC
1939 ACV soccer team forms in Axes
1939 King Zog I of Albania, flees
1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
1941 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1942 A Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire", premieres in NYC
1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau
1943 Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma
1943 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
1945 Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi General Christiansen flees Netherlands
1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
1948 Soen Nakagawa & Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in San Francisco
1950 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
1952 President Harry Truman seizes the steel mills to prevent a strike
1953 Dag Hammarskjöld chosen as Secretary-General of UN
1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway for 270 performances
1956 20th Golf Masters Championship Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289
1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Island SC
1956 M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon
1960 Netherlands & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties
1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
1961 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 performances
1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France
1963 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia", Anne Bancroft & Gregory Peck win
1963 Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000
1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
1966 OAO 1, the 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, is launched
1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of communist party
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
1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King Jr assassination
1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms
1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Montréal Expos beats New York Mets 10-9
1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres & Pilots win their 1st games
1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
1970 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances
1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs | | |
