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Author Topic: On This Date in History Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-05-2006 07:19 AM                        Rated G 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  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-06-2006 06:22 AM                        Rated G 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)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-07-2006 06:15 AM                        Rated G 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  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-08-2006 10:38 AM                        Rated G 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 New Zealand 1974 Discovery Island opens 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th homerun, breaks Babe Ruth's record 1975 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II", Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win 1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3) 1977 Israel premier Yitzhak Rabin resigns 1979 204th & final episode of "All in the Family" 1979 "Carmelina" opens at St James Theater NYC for 17 performances 1979 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post 1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC 1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings & set NHL record of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period 1981 Islanders score 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs 1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-New York Islanders 4-Preliminary; Islanders hold 2-0 lead 1982 Tracy Caulkins (19) wins her 36th US swimming title 1984 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster 1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards Lonely Lady wins 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 1985 "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 performances 1985 Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix 1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel CA 1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, 52, was defrocked by the Assemblies of God following the disclosure of his involvement with a prostitute. (Swaggart was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but had returned after only three months.) 1989 Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman 1989 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 innings 1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV 1990 "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances 1990 54th Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278 1990 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties 1990 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas 1991 Oakland A's Stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking 1991 "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 88 performances 1991 Jockey Bill Shoemaker paralyzed in a car accident 1991 Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement 1992 "Five Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill theater on Broadway for 445 performances 1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue 1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit homeruns in same inning (vs Yankees) 1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit 1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-0 1994 Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic 1994 Japan's premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns 1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases 1995 BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted 1995 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title 1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands 2001 65th Golf Masters Championship  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-09-2006 09:07 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 09: 1598 Johann Crüger German organist/composer/music theorist 1611 Giacomo Maria Predieri composer 1627 Johann Kaspar Kerll composer 1634 Albertine Agnes princess of Orange-Nassau 1649 James Scott Duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II 1716 Johann Georg Zechner composer 1717 Georg Matthias Monn composer 1754 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer 1754 Pieter Paulus Dutch lawyer/CEO (National Convention) 1757 Wojciech Boguslawski composer 1785 Sibrand Acker Stratingh Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835) 1794 Theobald Böhm flautist/composer 1798 Giuditta Pasta [Negri] soprano 1802 Elias Lönrot folklorist 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel designer of 1st transatlantic steamer 1806 Louis count of Barrthyányi premier of Hungary 1812 Randolph Barnes Marcy Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 1821 Charles-Pierre Baudelaire France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil) 1826 Thomas Hewson Neill Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 1830 Eadweard Muybridge England, pioneered study of motion, photography 1835 Leopold II King of Belgians (1865-1909) 1847 Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti composer 1847 Francis William Davenport composer 1848 F A MacKinnon cricketer (later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon) 1848 Helena Lange German feminist 1850 Herman Zumpe composer 1851 C E Arthur Wichmann German/Dutch geologist (Netherlands Indies) 1854 Seaborn M Denson composer 1855 Gyula Reviczky Hungarian author/poet 1861 Charles Holroyd painter/etcher 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz Germany, experiment with AC electricity 1865 Erich Ludendorff General (Germany) 1871 Arthur Fickenscher composer 1872 Léon Blum statesman 1872 Léon Blum French premier (People's front government) 1874 Julius Bittner Austrian composer (Little Violet) 1879 Gerald Festus Kelly artist 1883 Renzo Bossi composer 1884 Franco Vittadini composer 1888 Sol Hurok theatrical impresario 1888 Florence Smith Price US composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932) 1889 Efrem Zimbalist Rostov-on-Don Russia, composer/concert violinist 1891 John Gobau Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights) 1894 Ernest Kanitz composer 1895 Mance Lipscomb Navasota TX, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper) 1895 Michel Simon [Francois], Geneva Switzerland 1895 Rudolf Kattnigg composer 1898 Earl (Curly) Lambeau NFL coach (Green Bay Packers) 1898 Paul Robeson Philadelphia PA, singer (Old Man River)/actor/football player 1898 Julius Patzak Austrian tenor singer 19-- Christopher Durham actor (Ryan's Hope) 19-- Vincent Bufano New York NY, actor (Turtle-Flatbush, Rick-Eischied) 1900 Allen Jenkins Staten Island NY, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit) 1902 Frantisek Suchy composer [or April 21, 1891] 1903 Ward Bond Benkelman NE, actor (Quiet Man, Fort Apache, Seth-Wagon Train) 1903 Willem Pée Belgian linguist 1904 Lyle Latell Elma IA, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon) 1905 J William Fulbright (Senator-Democrat-AR) 1906 Antal Dorati Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29) 1906 Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell MP (Labour Party) 1908 Fred Lohse composer 1908 Victor Vasarely Hungarian/French painter/author (Op Art) 1909 Domenico Enrici Apostolic Nuncio 1909 Robert Murray Halpmann dancer 1909 Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky composer 1909 Robert Helpmann Mount Gambier Australia, actor (Second Time Lucky) 1910 Abraham A Ribicoff (Senator-Democrat-CT) 1910 Sharon Lynn Weatherford TX, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast) 1911 Lord Deramore architect 1911 Albert Remy Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train) 1914 Richard Young CEO (Boosey & Hawkes) 1917 Vincent O'Brien racehorse trainer 1917 Johannes Bobrowski writer 1918 Jörn Utzon Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) 1919 John Presper Eckert co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC) 1920 Art Van Damme Norway MI, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz) 1920 David Walker Professor of Law (Glasgow University) 1920 Alexander Moulton English bicycle designer (folding bicycle) 1920 F Don Miller Racine WI, Boxing coach (Olympics-1956) 1921 Frankie Thomas New York NY, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet) 1922 Gerald Moverley Roman Catholic bishop (Hallam) 1922 Michael Palliser head of British diplomatic service 1922 Carl Amery writer 1923 Bruno Kiefer composer 1924 Harald Heilmann composer 1925 Tom Jackson British union leader (Post Office) 1925 Michael Richardson vice CEO (N M Rotschild) 1926 Graham Hills principal (Strathclyde University, England) 1926 Lord Fitt MP (Belfast Ireland) 1926 Michael Ogden QC 1926 Harris Wofford (Senator-Republican-PA) 1926 Hugh [Marston] Hefner Chicago IL, magazine publisher (Playboy) 1928 Brian Cubbon British senior civil servant 1928 Floyd D Spence (Representative-Republican-SC, 1971- ) 1928 Tom Lehrer parody/folk singer (That Was The Week That Was) 1929 Harvey Lichtenstein president (Brooklyn Academy of Music) 1931 Bill Gilbert Washington DC, sports author (They Also Served, The Big E) 1931 Martin Rogers director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies) 1932 Carl Perkins Jackson TN, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes) 1932 Jim Fowler Albany GA, naturalist (Wild Kingdom) 1932 Paul Krassner comic strip cartoonist (MAD Magazine)/founder (Yippies) 1932 Peter Moores director (Littlewoods) 1932 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Degtyaryov cosmonaut 1933 Richard Rose Professor of Public Policy (Strathclyde University) 1933 Gian Maria Volontè [John Welles] Milan Italy, actor (Fistful of Dollars) 1933 Jacques Molicard translator/navigator 1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo Paris France, actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique) 1935 Avery Schreiber Chicago IL, comedian (My Mother the Car) 1935 Aulis Sallinen composer 1936 Michael Somare British foreign affairs minister (Paupa & New Guinea) 1936 Jerzy Maksymiuk composer 1937 Valerie Singleton British broadcaster 1937 Barrington J[ohn] Bayley UK, sci-fi author (Collision Course) 1939 Michael Learned Washington DC, actress (Olivia-The Waltons, Nurse) 1940 Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov Russian cosmonaut 1941 Hannah Gordon actress (Oh Alfie) 1942 Brandon De Wilde Brooklyn NY, actor (Jamie, Wild in the Sky) 1942 Earl F Hillard (Representative-Democrat-AL) 1942 Galina A Kulakova USSR, nordic skier (Olympics-3 golds-1972, holds 9 world titles) 1943 Terry Knight rock vocalist (Gloria, Terry Knight & the Pack) 1944 Gene Parsons Los Angeles CA, rock drummer (Byrds, Gene Clark Group) 1945 Gus Hardin [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa OK, country singer 1946 Les Gray vocalist (Mud-The Cat Crept In) 1946 Philip Wright rocker (Paper Lace) 1946 Alan [Philip Eric] Knott Belvedere Kent England, great English cricket wicketkeeper (1967-81) 1948 Chico Ryan Arlington MA, rock vocalist (Sha Na Na) 1949 Steve Gadd jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz) 1950 Nathan Cook Philadelphia PA, actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel) 1950 Ehtesham-ud-din cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82) 1950 Kenneth D Cockrell Austin TX, astronaut (STS 56, 69, 80) 1952 Magnar Am composer 1953 Hal Ketchum Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night) 1954 Dennis Quaid Houston TX, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff) 1957 Ednita Nazario Ponce Puerto Rico, Spanish singer 1957 Sevériano Ballesteros Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88) 1958 Tony Sibson boxer 1959 Dave Innis Bartlesville OK, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) 1961 Mark Kelly Dublin Ireland, rock keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel) 1961 Kirk McCaskill Kapuskasing Ontario Canada, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) 1962 Freddie Joe Nunn NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts) 1962 Jeff Turner NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies) 1964 Shane Robinson Adelaide SA, Australasia golfer 1965 Paulina Porizkova Prostejov Czechoslovakia, model/Sports Illustrated swimsuit covergirl 1965 Hal Morris Fort Rucker AL, infielder (Cincinnati Reds) 1965 Helen Alfredsson Goteborg Sweden, LPGA golfer (1993 Dinah Shore) 1965 Paolo Cane Itaty, tennis star 1966 Cynthia Nixon New York NY, actress (Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief) 1966 Oliver Barnett NFL defensive end (San Francisco 49ers) 1967 Graeme Lloyd Australia, pitcher (New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers) 1968 Janne Ojanen Tampere Finland, hockey forward (Team Finland) 1968 Terry Brands Omaha NE, 125½ lbs/57 kg freestyle wrestler/identical twin of Tom (Olympics-96) 1968 Tom Brands Omaha NE, 136½ lbs/62 kg freestyle wrestler/identical twin of Terry (Olympics-gold-96) 1969 Amy Feng Tianjin China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96) 1969 Karl Krikken cricketer (Derbyshire 1989-, wicketkeeper) 1969 Timothy Young Philadelphia PA, rower (Olympics-silver-1996) 1970 Chuck Bradley CFL/WLAF tackle (British Columbia Lions, Barcelona Dragons) 1970 Neal Caloia Torrance CA, free pistol (Olympics-1996) 1970 Olaf Kolzig Johannesburg SAF, NHL goalie (Team Germany, Washington) 1971 Wang Yang youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 (Olympics-1988) 1971 Anthony Redmon NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals) 1971 Austin Peck Hawaii, actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives) 1971 Derwin Gray NFL center (Indianapolis Colts) 1971 James Hundon wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals) 1971 Mujaahid Maynard Brooklyn NY, 105½ lbs/48 kg greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-96) 1972 Brian DeMarco NFL tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1972 Craig Jones Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1972 Jeff Wilkins kicker (St Louis Rams) 1972 Jeffrey van As soccer player (MVV) 1972 Karen Clark Calgary Alberta, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-silver-96) 1974 Ben Bordelon tackle (San Diego Chargers) 1974 Kevin Mathis cornerback (Dallas Cowboys) 1974 Sharon Pelletier Madawaska ME, Miss Maine-America (1996) 1979 Keshia Knight Pulliam Newark NJ, actress (Rudy-Crosby) 1980 Kristin Lee Bethesda MD, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96) 1990 Marston Glenn Hefner son of Hugh Hefner & Kimberley Conrad Deaths which occurred on April 09: 0715 Constantine I Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies 1024 Benedict VIII [Theophylactus van Tusculum] Pope (1012-24), dies 1483 Edward IV King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38 1492 Lorenzo de' Medici Florentine statesman, dies 1553 François Rabelais French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49 1557 Michael Agricola Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies 1626 Francis Bacon Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies 1681 Alfonso Marsh composer, dies at 54 1747 Simon Fraser (Lord Lovat) 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England 1754 Christian von Wolff German philosopher, dies at 75 1761 William Law theologian, dies 1765 Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77 1793 Ernestus Weinrauch composer, dies at 62 1804 Jacques Necker financier/statesman, dies 1806 Willem V Batavus prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 58 1807 John Opie England, painter/illustrator; Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45 1821 Felix Maximo Lopez composer, dies at 78 1850 William Prout physician/chemist, dies 1851 Antoine-Charles Glachant composer, dies at 80 1852 John Howard Payne actor/playwright (Fair Warning), dies 1862 George W Johnson US planter/Confederate (Governor-KY), dies at about 50 1865 Thomas Alfred Smyth Irish/US Union General-Major, dies at 32 1879 Ernst Friedrich Richter composer, dies at 70 1882 Dante Gabriel Rossetti poet/pre-Raphaelite painter, dies at 53 1882 Jules Quicherat French historian/archaeologist (Mélanges), dies at 66 1886 Joseph V von Scheffel German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60 1893 Disma Fumagalli composer, dies at 66 1904 Isabella II Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73 1909 Charles Conder artist, dies 1916 Vicente Goicoechea Errasti composer, dies at 62 1917 Edward Thomas poet, killed in WWI 1923 Mauritius H Binger director/producer (Living Ladder), dies 1931 Paul Antonin Vidal composer, dies at 67 1933 Sigfrid Karg-Elert composer, dies at 55 1939 Emilio Serrano y Ruiz composer, dies at 89 1940 Mrs Patrick Campbell English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies 1944 Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer, dies at 59 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer German theologist/antifascist, hanged 1945 Hans Oster German Major-General/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged 1945 Hans von Dohnanyi "July 20th plotter", hanged 1945 Theodor Haecker German cultural philosopher (Mensch?), dies at 65 1945 Wilhelm Canaris Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged 1947 Konrad Friedrich Noetel composer, dies at 43 1948 Jorge Elecier Gaitán Colombian politician, murdered 1951 Sadiq Hidajat Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies 1951 Vilhelm F K Bjerknes Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89 1954 Philip Greeley Clapp composer, dies at 65 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright US architect (Guggenheim Museum, New York), dies at 89 1961 Zog I [Ahmed Zogu] King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65 1962 Juan Belmonte famed bullfighter, dies at 70 1966 Sutan Sjahrir premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at 57 1976 Akio Yashiro composer, dies at 46 1976 Phil Ochs singer (Draft Dodger Rag), commits suicide at 35 1979 Staats Cotsworth dies at 71 1980 Kathleen Burke dies 1982 Wilfrid Pelletier symphony conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85 1982 Robert H G Havemann German chemist/dissident, dies 1984 Basil Henry Blackwell British publisher, dies 1986 Jean Mogin Belgian poet, dies at 64 1988 Brook Benton singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies of meningitis at 56 1988 Dave Prater rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50 1991 Maurice Binder title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73 1992 Gale McGee Senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77 1992 Ruth Hammond dies in her sleep at 96 1993 Wouter Perquin journalist/Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 74 1994 Cornelis N "Cor" van Dis Jr Dutch MP (1971-94), dies at 71 1994 Keith Watson British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59 1994 Marcel Ichac French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87 1994 Raouf Khayrat Egyptian General-Major, murdered 1995 James Bullock colliery manager, dies at 92 1996 James William Rouse US builder (shopping malls), dies at 81 1996 Maisie Fitter editor/conservationist, dies at 83 1996 Richard Thomas Condon author, dies at 81 1996 Sandy Becker NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74 1997 Helene Hanff author (84 Charing Cross Road), dies at 80 1998 Tammy Wynette [Virginia Wynette Pugh] country singer (Stand By Your Man), dies from a blot clot at 55 On this day...April 9 Events 0715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans 1388 Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army 1454 Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi 1474 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians 1483 Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England 1538 Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union 1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II 1609 Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact 1621 Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends 1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais Royal, Paris France) 1682 Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1691 French troops occupy Mons 1770 Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) 1783 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India 1808 Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace 1814 Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance 1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Philadelphia PA) 1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain 1833 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough NH) 1838 National Galley opens in London 1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities 1865 Federals capture Fort Blakely AL 1865 Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox 1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto 1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada 1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves 1872 Samuel R Percy patents dried milk 1878 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn 1894 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz 1906 Intercalated Games opens in Athens - special Olympic gathering that helped get the Olympic movement back on track 1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard) 1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for New York 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 1914 1st full color film shown "The World, The Flesh & the Devil" (London) 1914 Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in México 1917 Battle of Arras begins 1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops 1918 Latvia proclaims independence from Russia 1923 Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman", premieres in Dublin 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital 1927 Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences 1928 Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil" 1928 Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed", premieres in Pasadena 1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss 1928 Turkey passes separation of church & state 1931 Chicago's Cy Wentworth beats Montréal Canadiens at 13:50 of the 6th period 1932 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games 1935 Stanley Cup Montréal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games 1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial 1940 German cruiser Blücher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die 1940 Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WWII (Denmark surrenders) 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame 1942 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan 1944 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae 1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier 1946 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1947 Atomic Energy Commission is formed 1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year 1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 1949 UN International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages 1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance 1950 14th Golf Masters Championship Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283 1950 4th Tony Awards Cocktail Party & South Pacific win 1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia 1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue 1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping 1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy", premieres in Washington DC 1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators) 1959 Bill Sharman hits an NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot 1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury 1959 13th NBA Championship Boston Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games; this is Celtics' 8th consecutive title 1960 14th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3; this is Celtics' 9th consecutive title 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle 1962 Arnold Palmer wins his 3rd Masters golf tournament 1962 JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington DC's new Stadium 1962 26th Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280 1962 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story", Sophia Loren & Max Schell win 1963 Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed honorary U.S. citizen in White House ceremony 1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun 1965 Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in UK 1965 India & Pakistan engage in border fight 1966 Anaheim Stadium for the California Angels opens 1966 Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris France 1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out 1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down 1967 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances 1967 31st Golf Masters Championship Gay Brewer Jr wins, shooting a 280 1968 Minnesota's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1968 Ralph Abernathy elected to head Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1968 German Democratic Republic adopts constitution 1968 Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta GA 1969 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol) 1969 Chicago Cubs' Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Philadelphis Phillies 11-3 1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles 1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK 1972 "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 506 performances 1972 36th Golf Masters Championship Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286 1972 Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs West Indies 1972 USSR & Iraq sign friendship treaty 1973 Otto Kerner, former Governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme 1973 37th Golf Masters Championship Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283 1973 Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam 1974 San Diegp Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies & gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life" 1976 US & Russia agree on the size of nuclear tests for peaceful use 1977 Communist party legally allowed in Spain after 40 years 1978 Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in seperate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter) 1978 42nd Golf Masters Championship Gary Player wins, shooting a 277 1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, & 13-5 (each with a grand slam) 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins 1979 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter", Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win 1980 Kings tie NHL record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a period vs Islanders 1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 1980 Belgium's Marten's government resigns 1981 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0 1982 Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth 1983 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot 1984 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment", Robert Duvall & Shirley Maclaine win 1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game 1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive the killed Bobby Ewing character 1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game 1987 Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champion 1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round 1988 US imposes economic sanctions on Panamá 1988 "Les Miserables", opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka 1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car 1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament 1989 53rd Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283 1989 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic 1989 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Cleveland 1989 Washington DC march supporting 1973 Roe vs Wade decision (allow abortions) 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with the Yankees 1990 New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC) 1991 Georgia SSR votes to secede from the USSR 1991 Release of Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 1992 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Nederlander theater on Broadway 1992 John Major, (Conservative Party) elected Prime Minister of England 1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges 1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in the 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) 1992 Florida drops rape charges against New York Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman 1992 US Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drugs 1992 William O Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Montréal Expos 1994 BPAA US Open by Justin Hromek 1994 Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30) 1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit 1995 "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances 1995 59th Golf Masters Championship Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274 1997 Cleveland Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion 1997 NFL announces it will give $3 million to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl" 2000 64th Golf Masters Championship Vijay Singh wins with 10-under-par 278  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-10-2006 06:02 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 10: 0401 Theodosius II the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor 1512 James I king of Scotland (1513-42) 1569 Emilia van Nassau daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon 1583 Hugo Grotius Holland, jurist, father of international law 1633 Werner Fabricius composer 1695 Balthazar Huydecoper Dutch translator/historian 1737 François Giroust composer 1755 Samuel Hahnemann German physician/originator of homeopathy 1778 William Hazlitt Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic 1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) 1794 Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry opened Japan 1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) 1806 Leonidas Polk Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1808 Auguste Franchomme composer 1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb Brigadier General (Confederate Army) 1827 Lewis Wallace Major General (Union volunteers)/lawyer/diplomat/author (Ben Hur) 1829 William Booth founder (Salvation Army) 1833 David McMurtrie Gregg Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) 1833 James Edward Rains Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1847 Joseph Pulitzer Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World) 1847 Charles Swinnerton Heap composer 1854 Jozef M T Orelio baritone 1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney mathematician/puzzle maker 1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert German pianist/composer (Golem) 1864 Tully Marshall Nevada City CA 1868 George Arliss London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess) 1877 Alfred Kubin writer 1880 Frances Perkins 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor) 1882 Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel theologist (Fear & Religion) 1886 Val[entine] Paul Denver CO, silent film actor (Red Red Heart, Lair of the Wolf) 1887 Bernardo A Houssay Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947) 1887 Heinz Tiessen composer 1891 Tim McCoy Saginaw MI 1892 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt German anthropologist (Rassenkunde) 1892 Victor de Sabata Trieste Italy, conductor/composer (Il Macigno) 1894 Ben Nicholson English painter/sculptor (Circle) 1896 Edith Day Minneapolis MN 1898 Hans Ehrke German writer/poet (Narrenspiegel, Füer) 19-- Claudette Nevins Birmingham AL, actress (Dark Side of Innocence) 19-- Dale Pulde drag race car driver 19-- Lee Weaver Fort Lauderdale FL, actor (Bill Cosby, Easy Street) 1900 Jean Duvieusart premier (Belgium 1950) 1903 Clare Boothe Luce former US ambassador to Vatican 1903 Nick Stuart Romania, bandleader 1905 Jan H van Roijen diplomat/Netherlands foreign minister 1906 Kathleen Major principal (St Hilda's College, England) 1906 Fud Livingston composer 1906 Lili Darvas Budapest Hungary, actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron) 1907 Pete Desjardins US, platform/springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1928) 1908 Aidan Crawley CEO (London Weekend TV) 1910 Abu-Bakr Khairat composer 1910 David Gilroy Bevan politician 1910 Eddy Duchin Cambridge MA, society pianist/bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra) 1911 Maurice Schumann French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu) 1912 Clarke Hinkle NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers) 1912 Martin Denny rocker/actor (Forbidden Island) 1912 Roy Hofheinz engineer (Houston Astrodome) 1913 Stefan Heym German/US author (Crusaders, Family Benda) 1914 E A V "Foffie" Williams cricketer (West Indies all-rounder 1939-48) 1914 Jack Badcock cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's) 1915 Harry Morgan Detroit MI, actor (December Bride, MASH, Dragnet) 1915 Leo Vroman Dutch/US poet/biologist 1917 Robert Burns Woodward organic chemist (Nobel 1965) 1921 Chuck Connors Brooklyn NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa) 1921 Sheb Wooley Erick OK, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw) 1921 Peter Herbert Penwarden priest 1923 Floyd M Simmons actor/decathlete (Olympics-bronze-1948, 52) 1923 John Watkins cricketer (South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57) 1924 Lee Bergere Brooklyn NY, actor (Joseph-Dynasty) 1924 Johanna M van de Berg actress (What See I?) 1926 Jacques Casterede composer 1926 Johnnie Tillmon civil rights activist (National Welfare Rights Association) 1927 "Alvin" Junior Samples Cummings GA, country performer (Hee Haw) 1929 Max [Carl Adolf] Von Sydow Lund Sweden, actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape) 1929 Dusan Radic composer 1930 Lord Morton of Shauna, Senator (College of Justice, Scotland) 1930 Shuja-ud-Din cricketer (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62) 1931 Marcel van Maele Belgian poet 1932 Adrian Henri poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts) 1932 Hari Rhodes Cincinnati OH, actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots) 1932 Omar Sharif [Michael Shalhoub] Alexandria Egypt, actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secret) 1932 Delphine Seyrig Beirut Lebanon, actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages) 1932 Mae Heriwentha Faggs Starr New Jersey, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1952) 1932 Nathaniel Nelson rocker (Flamingos) 1933 [Ponciano] Poncie Ponce Maui HI, actor (Kazuo Kim-Hawaiian Eye) 1933 Philip Corner composer 1933 Robert Rhodes James historian (Gallipoli) 1934 David Halberstam New York Times international correspondent (New York Times/Pulitzer 1964) 1934 Zsolt Durko composer 1935 Jorge Mester México City México, conductor (Louisville Orchestra 1967-79) 1935 Patrick Garland director (Doll House) 1936 John Madden NFL coach (Oakland Raiders)/sports commentator (CBS, FOX) 1936 Michael Naylor insurance broker 1936 Robert "Bobby" Smith US singer (Spinners) 1937 Stan Mellor British racehorse trainer/jockey 1938 Don Meredith Mount Vernon TX, NFL quarterback (Cowboys)/Mon Night Football 1939 Alan Rothenberg US Soccer president (1990- ) 1939 Daniel Oliver New York NY, CEO (Federal Trade Commission) 1940 Gloria Hunniford British broadcaster/actress (Old Curiosity Shop) 1941 Paul Theroux American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast) 1944 Danny Woods US musician (CEO of the Board) 1945 Vera Misevich USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympics-gold-1980) 1946 Armand [Herman van Loenhout] singer (Blommenkinders) 1947 Bunny Waller vocalist/percussionist (Bob Marley & Wailers) 1947 Karl Russell rocker 1948 Thomas Spencer Member of European Parliament (Conservative) 1949 Frank de Leeuw Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color) 1950 Dave Peverett rocker (Foghat) 1950 Eddie Hazel US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You) 1951 Mark Roth bowler (4-time PBA Player of Year) 1951 Steven Seagal Detroit MI, actor (Above the Law, Hard to Kill) 1953 David Moorcroft British athlete 1953 Terre Roche rocker (Roches) 1954 Jouko Törmänen Finland, 90 meter ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1980) 1954 Peter MacNicol Dallas TX, actor (John Cage-Ally McBeal, Alan Birch-Chicago Hope, Dragonslayer, Sophie's Choice) 1955 Cary Middlecoff golfer (Masters) 1958 Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds Indianapolis IN, singer/producer/songwriter (Boyz II Men, Bobby Brown) 1959 Brian Setzer Massapequa Park NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Stray Cats) 1960 Julie Fulton Evanston IL, actress (Lime Steel) 1961 Jeb Adams Hollywood CA, actor (Lieutenant Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep) 1961 Olivia Brown Frankfurt German Federal Republic, actress (Detective Trudy Joplin-Miami Vice) 1962 Cathy Turner Rochester NY, short track skater (Olympics-gold-1994 1962 Jukka Tammi hockey goaltender (Team Finland Olympics-bronze-1998) 1962 Steve Tasker wide receiver (Buffalo Bills) 1963 Warren DeMartini heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt) 1963 Claire Smith Ottawa Ontario Canada, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96) 1963 Kirk Lowdermilk NFL center (Indianapolis Colts) 1963 Marvin Freeman Chicago IL, pitcher (Colorado Rockies) 1963 Mike Devereaux Casper WY, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles) 1964 Alan "Reni" Wren English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold) 1964 Felicia Collins Albany NY, guitarist (David Letterman) 1964 Manon Bollegraf den Bosch Netherlands, tennis star (semi 1996 Australian doubles) 1965 Karen Booker WNBA center (Utah Starzz) 1965 Tim "Herb" Alexander US funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok soda) 1966 Neil Smith NFL defensive end (Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1967 Donald Dufresne Rimouski, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers) 1967 Kay Whitmore Sudbury, NHL goalie (New York Rangers) 1969 Billy Jacoby Flushing NY, actor (Brad-Silver Spoons, Maggie) 1969 William Jayne actor (Mikey Randall-Parker Lewis Can't Lose) 1969 Dennis Vial Sault Ste-Marie Canada, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators) 1969 Wayne Lammle WLAF kicker/punter (Scotland Claymores) 1970 Enrico Ciccone Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks) 1970 J J McCleskey NFL safety (New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals) 1970 Sean Gilbert defensive tackle (Washington Redskins) 1970 Wesley Barnett St Joseph MO, Olympic weightlifter (Pan Am-silver-1987) 1971 Karl Williams wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1971 Mihai Bagiu Timisoara Romania, US gymnast (Olympics-96) 1971 Nana Miyagi Seattle WA, tennis star (1995 final Surabaya doubles) 1972 Maurice Harrell NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers) 1972 Richard Wearne Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1972 Sue Merz Greenwich CT, ice hockey defense (USA, Olympics-98) 1974 Sherry Johnson Owatonna MN, Miss Minnesota-America (1996) 1975 Eric Den Besten Bettendorf IA, rower (Olympics-1996) 1975 Floris Prince of Netherlands 1975 Steve Washburn Ottawa, NHL center (Florida Panthers) 1977 Claudia Delpin Miss Chile-Universe (1997) 1978 Jessica Davis Greenbrae CA, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-27th-96) 1984 Zoe Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child 1988 Haley Joel Osment Los Angeles CA, actor (Cole Sear-The Sixth Sense, Trevor 'Trev' McKinney-Pay It Forward) Deaths which occurred on April 10: 0879 Louis II the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies 0947 Hugo van Arles count of Arles/king of Italy, dies 1008 Notger bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies 1362 Machteld countess of Holland, dies 1533 Frederik I King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 1585 Gregory XIII [Ugo Buoncampagni] Italian Pope (1572-85), dies 1640 Agostino Agazzari Italian composer, dies at 61 1640 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau daughter of Willem I, dies at 60 1712 Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77 1723 Claude F Tserclaes South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at 74 1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer, dies at 58 1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti Italian composer, dies at 94 1760 Gerard George Clifford head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 1784 Simon Fokke book illustrator, dies at 71 1807 Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbüttel duchess of Saxon-Weimar, dies 1810 Konrad Back composer, dies at 60 1825 Paul-Louis Courier (Méré), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53 1848 Godert AGP baron van Capellen Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace US lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at 40 1863 Giovanni B Amia Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 1885 John H Scholten theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne English poet, dies at 72 1911 Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis composer, dies at 35 1919 Emiliano Zapata Mexican leader, murdered at 39 1920 Moritz B Cantor German mathematician, dies at 90 1920 Tryggve Andersen Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53 1927 Ivo Bligh cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies 1929 Edmond Thieffry Belgium, WWI pilot, dies at 36 1932 André Baillon Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 1937 Algernon Ashton composer, dies at 77 1938 Nana Annor Adjaye Pan-Africanist, dies in West Nzima Ghana 1939 Alfredo Panzini Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75 1945 Hendrik N Werkman resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63 1954 Auguste Lumière French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81 1954 Ludwig Curtius German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79 1955 Oskar Frederik Lindberg composer, dies at 68 1956 Clarence Beaumont 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75 1956 Bozidar Sirola composer, dies at 66 1956 Jozef Szulc composer, dies at 81 1958 Chuck Willis rocker, dies at 30 1960 Arthur Benjamin Australian composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 1961 Irene Warfield silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65 1962 Stuart Sutcliffe original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage at 21 1965 Linda Darnell dies from burns received in a fire at 41 1966 Christian J Modeste Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71 1966 Evelyn Waugh British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62 1970 Charles Paton dies at 96 1974 Patricia Collinge dies at 81 1974 Roger Bastide French sociologist, dies at 76 1975 Marjorie Main actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85 1975 Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse actress (But a Dream), dies at 86 1975 Walker Evans US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71 1979 Henriëtte P "Hetty" Beck actress (Dodendans), dies at 91 1979 Nino Rota Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67 1980 Kay Medford actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65 1983 Issam Sartawi PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered 1983 Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin Swedish physiologist, dies at 78 1984 Nate Nelson R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday 1984 Ray Middleton dies at 75 1986 Joseph P Addabbo US defence specialist/(Senator-D), dies at 61 1988 Cliff Gladwin cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies 1989 Joan Barry dies at 85 1991 Natalie Schafer actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer 1991 Kevin Peter Hall actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35 1992 Sam Kinison loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38 1993 Chris Hani Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 1994 James L Lyons jazz promoter, dies at 77 1994 Victor Afanasiev Russia, editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71 1995 Chen Yun Vice-Premier of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies 1995 Glyn Jones writer, dies at 90 1995 Gunter Guillaume German politican, dies 1995 Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards singer/actor (Colorado Ranger), dies at 44 1995 Morarji Desai PM of India (1977-79), dies 1996 Jessica Dubroff attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7 On this day...April 10 0837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth 0847 St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0879 Louis III, crowned King of France 1500 France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan 1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen 1516 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice 1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz 1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg 1656 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon 1694 Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale 1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing 1741 Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz 1790 US Patent system is established 1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth 1815 Austria declares war on realm of Naples 1816 2nd Bank of US chartered 1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens 1825 Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at León 1835 Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile 1841 New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley 1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh PA 1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York NY); sold rights for $100 1863 Rebel General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin TN 1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of México 1865 At Appomattox, General Lee issues General Order #9, his last 1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms 1868 British defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala 1868 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem" 1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 1871 William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted 1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans 1872 Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to April 22 1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC 1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London 1878 California State Cable Car Railroad Company starts service 1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii) 1884 US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo 1887 President Abraham Lincoln is re-buried with his wife in Springfield IL 1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen 1896 Greek runner Spiridon Loues wins 1st modern Olympic marathon in Athens (2:58:50) 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st & last voyage 1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1 1913 Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings 1916 1st professional golf tournament held 1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers 1923 Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin 1924 Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play 1925 F Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby" 1925 Czarina re-christens Stalingrad (now Volgograd) 1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald 1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced 1930 George Headley scores 223 vs England at Kingston 1932 Paul von Hindenburg re-elected President of Germany 1934 Stanley Cup Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1 1935 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London 1936 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena 1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany 1938 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France 1938 New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license 1939 Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews 1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania 1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government" 1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica 1942 Cigarettes & candy rationed in Holland 1943 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape Nazi's 1943 General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia 1944 "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously 1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazi's 1945 NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge 1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer 1945 General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland" 1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug 1945 US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa 1945 William Schuman & Antony Tudors ballet "Undertow" premieres in NYC 1946 1st election for Japanese Diet 1947 Jackie Robinson became the 1st black in modern major league baseball (Dodgers) 1947 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned 1948 Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek 1949 13th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282 1953 "House of Wax", 1st 3-D movie is released (New York NY) 1953 7th NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1 1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely 1955 19th Golf Masters Championship Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279 1955 9th NBA Championship Syracuse Nationals beat Fort Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3 1955 Dr Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine 1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs 1956 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 1957 John Osborne's "Entertainer", premieres in London 1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns 1957 Suez canal reopens for all traffic 1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test 1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco 1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda 1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill 1960 24th Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1961 25th Golf Masters Championship Gary Player wins, shooting a 280 1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel 1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to President John F Kennedy about New Guinea 1961 New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to Chicago White Sox 1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt 45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th homerun 1962 1st baseball game at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Cincinnati Reds 1963 Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston 1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project 1967 39th Academy Awards - "Man For All Seasons", E Taylor & P Scofield win 1968 "George M!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances 1968 40th Academy Awards - "Heat of the Night", Rod Steiger & Katharine Hepburn win 1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 1st baseball game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phillies beat Montréal Expos 4-1 1971 US table tennis team arrives in People's Rebublic of China 1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars 1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons 1973 BEA Vanguard Turboprop flight to Basel Switzerland, crashes into wooded hillside during landing, killing 107 of 143 1973 Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Texas Rangers 1973 Pakistan suspends constitution 1974 American Boccaccio Association is established 1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir 1974 Magicians Penn & Teller 1st meet 1975 New York Rangers score 8 goals against New York Islanders in playoffs 1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yankees win 9-7 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title 1977 41st Golf Masters Championship Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276 1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite 1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inning game (3:17) 1978 Formation of the Major Indoor Soccer League is announced 1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian 1979 J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres 1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded 1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament 1981 France performs nuclear test 1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton Oilers in the 3rd period, win in OT 6-5 1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-New York Islanders 1 (OT) - Preliminary - Islanders hold 2-1 lead 1983 Washington Capitals 3-New York Islanders 6 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Islanders win series 3-2 1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit 1983 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race 1983 Jordan's King Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO 1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle 1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1984 US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors 1985 At 80, Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission 1985 Washington Capitals 4-New York Islanders 3 (OT) - Patrick Division Semifinals - Capitals hold 1-0 lead 1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 70 performances 1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan 1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1988 Herschel Walker performs the Fort Worth Ballet 1988 New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2 1988 52nd Golf Masters Championship Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281 1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards Leonard Part 6 wins 1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic 1989 Intel corp announces shipment of the 80486 chip 1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards Hank Williams Jr, Alabama win 1989 H J Heinz, Van Camp Seafood & Bumble Bee Seafood say they will not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins 1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan 1990 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown 1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd & 42nd St, New York NY) 1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138 1991 Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal 1991 Martin Zubero swims world record 200 meter backstroke (1:52.51) 1992 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at the Hague, Netherlands 1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days 1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka 1993 BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr 1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (New York Islanders) after 38 straight loses 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak 1994 "Les Miserables", opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka Japan 1994 58th Golf Masters Championship Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279 1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 performances 1995 NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-11-2006 06:22 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 11: 1370 Frederick I the Warlike elector of Saxony 1586 Pietro Della Valle composer 1602 Johann Neukrantz composer 1638 Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer 1661 Antoine Coypel French painter/poet 1681 Anne Danican Philidor composer 1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret composer 1715 John Alcock composer 1722 Christopher Smart English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols) 1735 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye composer 1769 Johann Georg Lickl composer 1770 George Canning (C) British PM (1827) 1772 Manuel José Quintana Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo) 1775 Charles-François Dumonchau composer 1779 Louise Reichardt composer 1793 Nicolaas C Kist Dutch church historian/archivist 1794 Edward Everett Dorchester MA, (Governor-MA), statesman/orator 1801 Claude Tillier French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin) 1815 Klara Fey German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein) 1825 Ferdinand Lassalle French politician/founder (Allgemeiner) 1837 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth Colonel (Union Army), died in 1861 1838 Joseph Leopold Rockel composer 1840 John Conrad Nordqvist composer 1854 Hugh Massie cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's) 1856 Arthur Shrewsbury cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent) 1856 Constantly Lievens Flemish missionary in India 1859 Basil Harwood composer 1862 Charles Evans Hughs 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41) 1862 William W Campbell US astronomer/director Lick Observatory 1866 Carla Ford Henry's wife 1867 John P Lotsy Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics) 1879 Leendert Round Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo) 1881 Harvey Bartlett Gaul composer 1883 Leonard Mudie England, actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence) 1888 Donald Calthrop London, actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express) 1889 Nick La Rocca US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag) 1893 Dean G Acheson statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53) 1893 Johannes T Thijsse Dutch founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft) 1897 Caspar Neher German set designer/librettist 1898 Lou Holtz comedian/actor (Follow the Leader) 1899 Percy L Julian chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis) 19-- Cathie Shirriff Toronto Ontario Canada, actress (Ripley's Believe It or Not, Shaping Up) 1901 Glenway Wescott American writer (Apartment in Athens) 1901 Adriano Olivetti Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter) 1901 Theodor Rogalski composer 1902 Quentin Reynolds New York NY, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI) 1904 Arthur Ernest Mourant haematologist 1904 Paul McGrath Chicago IL, actor (Witness, No Time for Love) 1907 Paul Douglas Philadelphia PA, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night) 1907 William Henry Swinburne music teacher 1908 Karel Ancerl Czechoslovakia, conductor (Prague/Toronto) 1908 Leo Rosten writer/humourist 1908 Masura Ibuka industrialist 1910 Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spínola General/President of Portugal 1910 Henry William Collins artist 1911 Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz Poland, sprinter (Olympics-gold-32, won 41 AAU track titles) 1912 John Larkin Oakland CA, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High) 1913 Oleg Cassini Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy) 1915 [Hanlon] Pat Clarke cyclist 1916 Alberto E Ginastera Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi) 1916 Dan Fortmann NFL guard (Chicago Bears) 1916 Howard Koch producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II) 1918 Cameron Mitchell actor (Hombre, How to Marry a Millionaire) 1918 Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber journalist 1918 Richard Wainwright MP 1918 William Perrie British prison governor 1919 Hugh Carey (Governor-Democrat-NY) 1919 Raymond Carr Warden (St Antony's College Oxford) 1920 Marlen Haushofer writer 1921 Jeff Stollmeyer cricketer (West Indies batsman pre/post-war) 1921 Virginia O'Brien Los Angeles CA, actress (Francis in the Navy) 1921 Viscount Buckmaster 1922 Alexander Raichev composer 1922 Antoine Blondin writer 1925 Johan van Zonderen painter 1925 Oscar De Ville CEO (Meyer International) 1925 Rik Kuijpers Belgian director (Sea gulls die in the harbor) 1926 Gervase de Peyer clarinettist 1926 Robert Hall Lewis composer 1927 Domenico Guaccero composer 1928 Ethel [Skakel] Kennedy Chicago IL, wife of Bobby 1929 Lawrence Coughlin (Representative-Republican-PA, 1969- ) 1930 Carl Franklin Richmond CA, actor (Fantastic Journey) 1930 Nicholas F Brady US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93) 1930 Clive Exton scriptwriter & playwright 1930 James Alan Ferman secretary (British Board of Film Classification) 1930 Joseph Burnett-Stuart CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings) 1930 Kazuo Fukushima composer 1930 W G [Bill] Hefner (Representative-Democrat-NC, 1975- ) 1931 John[ny] Sheffield Pasadena CA, actor (boy in many Tarzan movies) 1932 F Gregory Neubeck USAF pilot 1932 Joel Grey [Joe Katz] Cleveland OH, actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution) 1932 Max Schubel composer 1933 Tony Brown Charleston WV, newsman (Tony Brown's Journal) 1934 Mark Strand American poet/editor/translator (Another Republic) 1934 Dame Anne Poole chief nursing officer (Department of Health) 1934 Richard A Garland artist/photographer 1935 Pierre Kartner [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song) 1935 Richard Berry musician 1936 Janet Allen Headmistress (Benenden School) 1938 Michael Deaver politician/influence peddler (S&L scandal) 1939 Louise Lasser New York NY, actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!) 1941 Frederick "Rick" Hauck Long Beach CA, astronaut (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26) 1941 David Lyle Boren (Senator-Democrat-OK, 1979- ) 1942 Anatoli Nikolayevich Berezovoi Enem Adygeya Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5) 1943 E J Dommering Dutch lawyer 1943 Elmer R Wilsoe Island mayor (Curaçao) 1944 John Milius writer (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday) 1944 R J B Knight deputy director (National Maritime Museum) 1945 Robert Fripp guitarist (King Crimson) 1947 Peter Riegert New York NY, actor (Americathon, Animal House, Crossing Delancey) 1947 Michael Hindley British Member of European Parliament 1947 Michael Wright Vice-Chancello, (Aston University) 1947 Ulrich Edel Neuenburg am Rhein West Germany, film director (The Little Vampire, Body of Evidence) 1948 Ellen Goodman syndicated columnist 1950 Bill Irwin Santa Monica, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall) 1951 Robbie House rocker (Snuff) 1952 Michael Daly Toronto Ontario Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 British Columbia Winter Tour) 1954 Chris Difford rocker (Squeeze) 1955 Michele Scarabelli Montréal Québec Canada, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas) 1955 Piers J Sellers Sussex England, PhD/astronaut 1957 Everton Mattis cricketer (West Indies batsman early 80's) 1958 [William] Stuart Adamson Manchester England, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland) 1958 John Castellanos San Diego CA, actor (John Silva-Young and Restless) 1958 Sally Clark Feilding New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-silver-96) 1961 Lucky Vanous Lincoln NE, model (GQ, Diet Coke) 1962 André Wasiman soccer player (FC Volendam) 1962 Terry Hoage NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals) 1963 Eddy Moya El Paso TX, actor 1963 Elizabeth Smylie Perth Australia, tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City) 1966 Dave Richards NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons) 1966 Kara McGaw Toronto Ontario Canada, softball rightfielder (Olympics-96) 1966 Lisa Stansfield English pop singer (Around the World) 1966 Mark Higgs NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals) 1966 Steve Scarsone Anaheim CA, infielder (San Francisco Giants) 1967 Lachlan Dreher Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-silver-92, 96) 1967 Mark Seay NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles) 1967 Stefan Johnstown Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km) 1967 Wendel Suckow Marquette MI, luger (Olympics-1994) 1968 Eric Moten NFL guard/tackle (San Diego Chargers) 1969 Gavin Briant cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993) 1969 J Nick Adamson Freeport Bahamas, US laser yachter (Olympics-21st-1996) 1969 Janeth Arcain WNBA forward (Houston Comets) 1969 Jesse Campbell NFL safety (New York Giants, Washington Redskins) 1970 Delroy Pearson Romford Essex England, rocker (Five Star-Between the Lines) 1970 Joe Vitiello Cambridge MA, infielder (Kansas City Royals) 1970 Sean Bergman Joliet IL, pitcher (San Diego Padres) 1970 Trevor Linden Medicine Hat, NHL right wing (Canucks, New York Islanders) 1972 Avo Avetisyan WLAF defensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals) 1972 Dietrich Jells wide receiver (New England Patriots) 1972 Kunihiko Sakurai hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) 1972 Nicole Levesque WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting) 1972 Ted Johnson linebacker (New England Patriots) 1973 Blake Brockermeyer NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers) 1973 Monica Chala Miss Ecuador-Universe (1996) 1973 Reggie Tongue NFL safety (Kansas City Chiefs) 1974 Alex Corretja Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16) 1974 Sascha van Wissen Dutch soccer player (MVV) 1975 Terry Cousin NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears) 1978 Victor Sikora soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) 1984 ? 1st deep freeze baby, in Australia Deaths which occurred on April 11: 0678 Donus Italian Pope (676-78), dies 1034 Romanus III Argyrus Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife 1240 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies 1500 Michael T Marullus Greeks poet, drowns 1512 Gaston de Foix French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle 1648 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern composer, dies at 53 1729 Manuel de Egues composer, dies at 71 1783 Nikita I Panin Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64 1810 Jakob Zupan composer, dies at 75 1812 Gottlieb Schick German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35 1838 Pieter L Uys South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 1839 John Galt Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59 1842 John England bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies 1853 Louis Emmanuel Eadin composer, dies 1854 Karl Adolph von Basedow German Democratic Republic (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55 1875 Heinrich Schwabe discoverer of 11-year sunspot cycle, dies 1881 Kristian Mandrup Elster Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40 1887 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky composer, dies at 54 1901 Ivar Christian Hallstrom composer, dies at 74 1902 Hendrik Potgieter South African Boer General, dies in battle 1903 Gemma Galgani Italian saint, dies at 25 1906 James A Bailey circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58 1906 Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon Russian-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies 1916 Richard Harding Davis journalist, dies at 52 1918 Arthur Ochse cricketer (WWI played for South Africa in 1889 aged 19), dies 1921 Virginia O'Brien Los Angeles CA, actress (Francis in the Navy) 1921 Augusta Victoria Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies 1936 Mitya Stillman composer, dies at 44 1939 SS Van Dine [William Huntingdon Wright] detective writer, dies at 50 1945 Kamiel van Baelen Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29 1952 Wadi' Sabra composer, dies at 76 1961 Francis de Bourguignon composer, dies at 70 1969 Ludvig Irgens Jensen composer, dies at 74 1970 Cathy O'Donnell dies at 66 1970 John H O'Hara US journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at 65 1973 Ted Decorsia actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69 1974 Curt Conway dies 1975 Dorothy Patten dies at 70 1976 Liam Dunn dies a 59 1977 Jacques Prévert French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at 77 1980 Charlotte Henry dies 1980 Florence Lake dies 1981 Marie Ney dies at 85 1983 Dolores Del Rio actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78 1985 Enver Hoxha party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76 1987 Erskine Caldwell novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83 1987 Kent Taylor actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79 1987 Primo Levi Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67 1988 David Prater US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 1988 Jeff Donnell actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies of a heart attack at 66 1989 Henk van Galen Last Dutch journalist, dies at 68 1990 Barbara Ann Miller dies 1991 Tom Rosqui dies at 62 1992 Adele Dixon singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83 1992 Eve Merriam poet (Inner City Mother Goose), dies of cancer at 75 1992 James Brown actor (Rip-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72 1993 Mohammed el-Himi Brigadier-General of Egyptian police, murdered 1993 Rachmon Nabiyev President of Tadzjikistan (1973..92), dies at 63 1994 Johan Block Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64 1996 Daniel Wolf journalist, dies at 80 1996 Edwin Clarke historian/neurologist, dies at 76 1996 Jessica Dubroff hoped to be youngest to fly across US, crashed at 7 1996 Louis Osman artist/goldsmith/craftsman, dies at 82 1996 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet advertising magnate, dies at 89 1997 Michael Dorris writer, commits suicide at 52 On this day...April 11 Events 0672 Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0678 Donus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI 1512 Battle at Ravenna France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army 1551 English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland 1564 England & France sign Peace of Troyes 1564 Liege Prince-Bishop Robert van Bergen resigns 1567 Dutch Prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda 1579 Venlo joins Union of Utrecht 1580 Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht 1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III 1689 William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain 1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty 1801 Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans", premieres in Leipzig 1814 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba 1830 Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini 1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria 1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans 1862 Rebels surrender Fort Pulaski GA 1863 Battle of Suffolk VA (Norfleet House) 1865 Battle of Mobile AL - evacuated by Confederates 1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction 1876 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks is organized 1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan 1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ontario, 180 die 1881 Spelman College founded 1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station 1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumour spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews 1895 Anaheim completes its new electric light system 1898 President William McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration 1899 Treaty of Paris is ratified, ending war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US 1900 US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut 1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa 1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity 1907 New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards 1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid 1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", premieres 1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox 1921 Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax 1921 KDKA broadcast the 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) 1921 Turkestan ASSR is established in Russian SFSR 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1924 WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions 1924 Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections 1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco 1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent 1927 Chilean General Carlos Ibáñez names himself president 1929 KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions 1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam 1933 Hermann Göring becomes premier of Prussia 1936 Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes", premieres in NYC 1936 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations 1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England 1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazi's 1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets 1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized 1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft 1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague 1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald, Germany 1945 SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen 1945 US captures Tsugen Shima 1945 US troops conquers Mülheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen 1948 12th Golf Masters Championship Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279 1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco 1950 US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia 1951 President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur 1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare 1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open 1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for West Indies uninterrupted 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria 1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically 1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires 1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (San Francisco) 1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances 1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day homerun 1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory 1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) 1961 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village 1961 Israel begins the Adolf Eichman WWII crimes trial 1961 15th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1 1961 Austrian 4th & last government of Raab resigns 1962 New York Mets make a losing debut 1963 John XXIII encyclical "On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty" 1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty) 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 performances 1965 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000 1965 29th Golf Masters Championship Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1966 30th Golf Masters Championship Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288; Jack Nicklaus is the 1st man to win consecutive Masters 1967 Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress & reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 1967 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances 1967 Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead", premieres 1968 President Lyndon Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act 1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president 1968 West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration 1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover NH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 South African President Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970 1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance 1971 35th Golf Masters Championship Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279 1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore MD (IND) begins broadcasting 1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to the FCC 1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test 1974 WWII war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1975 JP Parise 11 second OT goal-Islanders 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers 1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewers) 1976 40th Golf Masters Championship Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271 1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" 1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him 1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen 1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton 1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 5-New York Islanders 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2 1982 46th Golf Masters Championship Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284 1983 NASA launches RCA-F 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards Inchon! wins 1983 47th Golf Masters Championship Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280 1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi", Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win 1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair 1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth 1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam 1984 General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union 1985 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 1 (OT)-Patrick Division Semifinals- Capitals hold 2-0 lead 1986 Dodge Morgan completes nonstop sail solo around the world in 150 days 1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 million km 1986 KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM 1986 A Canadain 1921 50¢ piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000 1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals 1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) 1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens 1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalee, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers 1989 Philadelphia Flyers score short-handed into an empty net beating Capitals 8-5 1990 California Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle Mariners, 1-0 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary 1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winners (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) 1991 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television" 1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands 1991 UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration 1991 "Miss Saigon", opens at Broadway Theater NYC 1992 Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 7-5, in 19 innings 1992 BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence 1992 Cleveland Indians set team record for long game lose to Boston Red Sox (19 innings - 6½ hours) 1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne) 1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris France 1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 1993 57th Golf Masters Championship Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277 1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100 meter backstroke (51.43 seconds) 1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as President of Kalmukkie 1996 "King & I", premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 performances 1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season 1999 63rd Golf Masters Championship  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-12-2006 06:31 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 12: 1500 Joachim Camerarius [Liebhard Kammerer] German humanist 1573 Jacques Bonfrère Dutch bible expert 1579 François de Bassompierre marshal of France 1626 Paul Hainlein composer 1692 Giuseppe Tartini composer, Istria 1695 Caspar Burman historian/mayor (Utrecht Netherlands) 1716 Felice de' Giardini composer 1722 Pietro Nardini composer 1724 Lyman Hall US physician (signed Declaration of Independence) 1727 Gaspare Gabellone composer 1760 Juan Manuel Olivares composer 1764 Dirk van den Boetzelaer regent of Holland 1769 Giovanni Agostino Perotti composer 1777 Henry Clay [the Great Compromiser] US politician 1788 Johann Erik Nordblom composer 1791 Francis Preston Blair newspaper editor (Washington Globe) 1792 John George Lambton London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham) 1793 Ferdinand I the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary 1794 Germinal P Dandelin Belgian mathematician (geometry) 1801 Henry de Cock Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader 1801 Josef Franz Karl Lanner Austria, composer/violist 1802 François MP Liberman French relig leader (Congregation of Heart) 1815 Henry Hugo Pierson composer 1823 Aleksandr Ostrovsky Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) 1827 Edward Mollenhauer composer 1831 Constantin Meunier Belgian painter/sculptor 1831 George Burgwyn Anderson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) 1831 Grenville Mellen Dodge Major General (Union volunteers) 1838 John Shaw Billings US, librarian/army physician 1839 Victorin de Joncieres composer 1840 Edmond Audran composer 1851 Emil Liebling composer 1852 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann German mathematician 1856 William M Conway English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen) 1863 Raul d'Avila Pompeia Brazilian writer (Boarding School) 1869 Henri-Désiré Landru French sex murderer 1871 Ioannis Metaxas Greek General/dictator (1936-41) 1878 Richard B Goldschmidt German/US zoologist 1879 Frederick G Melcher US, publisher/editor/founded children book week 1883 Imogen Cunningham photographer (1965 ASMP award) 1884 Otto Meyerhof Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922) 1885 Robert Délaunay French painter 1889 Pierre-Étienne Flandin French premier (1934-35)/Minister of Foreign affairs 1892 Johnny Dodds early jazz clarinettist 1894 Francisco H Craveiro Lopes Portuguese General/President (1951-58) 1898 Sir Grantley H Adams President of Barbados 1902 Louis J M Beel premier of Netherlands (1946-48, 58-59) 1903 Jan Tinbergen Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel 1969) 1904 Harald James Penrose pilot 1905 Inger J Hagerup-Halsír Norwegian poet 1908 Carlos Lleras Restrepo President of Colombia 1908 John T Hughes Bishop to Forces 1908 Virginia Cherrill actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious) 1910 Jürgen Rausch German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys) 1911 Darrell A Amyx US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics) 1911 Geoff Chubb cricketer (South Africa pace bowler vs England 1951-52 aged 40) 1912 Georges Franju France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage) 1912 Herbert Mills singer, (Mills Brothers) 1912 Eric Feldary Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep) 1912 Harold Maguire British air marshal 1913 Gabor Jodal composer 1915 Emil [Theodore] Petaja US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane) 1916 Brian Connell writer/broadcaster 1917 M Marie Widlow St Louis MO, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957) 1917 Vinoo Mankad cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time) 1918 Edward John Stanley 18th Earl of Derby, English landowner/multi-millionaire 1919 Istvan Anhalt composer 1919 Lady Ricketts CEO (National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux) 1919 Maurice Girodias French publisher 1919 Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin hero 1920 Robert Fizdale Chicago IL, pianist (Misia) 1920 H R Hewitt CEO (Johnson Matthey) 1921 A W Mabbs archivist 1923 Ann Miller [Lucille Ann Collier] Houston TX, dancer/actress (On the Town) 1923 Maria Callas opera singer (Carmen) 1923 E C Meade British chartered accountant 1924 Julius Moormann student/resistance fighter (WWII) 1924 Sergiu Natra composer 1925 Johnny Jordan England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice) 1927 Jane Withers Atlanta GA, actress (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber) 1927 Patrick Meehan petty criminal 1928 Brooklyn Supreme Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg) 1928 Hardy Kruger Berlin Germany, actor (Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right) 1928 Uwe Kitzinger president (Templeton College-Oxford) 1929 Elspet Gray (Lady Rix), actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko) 1930 Betty Clooney Maysville KY, singer (Jack Paar Show) 1930 Bryan Magee writer 1930 Lou A de Graaf Dutch Assistant Secretary of Social Affairs (VDA) 1930 Uwe Kitzinger president (Templeton College, Oxford) 1931 Billy Vaughn Glasgow KY, singer (Chapel by the Sea) 1931 Martin Boykan composer 1932 Tiny Tim [Herbert Butros Khaury] New York NY, singer (Tip Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me) 1932 Henri Lazarof composer 1932 Jack Gelber US, playwright (Connection, Apple) 1933 Montserrat Caballé Barcelona Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boheme) 1935 Wendy Savage obstetrician/gynaecologist 1936 Charles Napier actor (Night Stalker, Rambo) 1936 Kennedy A Simmonds premier (St Kitts & Nevis, 1983-95) 1937 Igor Petrovich Volk Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12) 1937 Raymond Ceulemans Belgian world champion billiards player 1939 Alan Ayckbourn London, playwright 1940 Herbie Hancock Chicago IL, pianist (I Thought it was You) 1941 Julio B Euson Aruban singer (I Use the Soap) 1942 Frank Bank Hollywood CA, actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver) 1942 Bill Bryden theatre director 1942 Daniel Winslow Schmidt composer 1943 Charles Ludlam New York NY, playwright/actor (Big Easy) 1944 John Kay [Joachim F Krauledat] Tilsit East Prussia Germany, rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World) 1944 Karel Kryl folk singer 1945 Hilary Nicolle educationist 1946 Ed[ward] O'Neill Youngstown OH, actor (Michael Mooney-Big Apple, Al Bundy-Married with Children) 1946 Peter L de Baan Dutch actor/director/playwright (Leonce & Lena) 1946 René Krijnen Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques) 1947 Dan Lauria actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) (1947 approximately) 1947 David Letterman Indianapolis IN, comedian (Late Night) 1947 Wayne Northrop Sumner WA, actor (Michael-Dynasty) 1948 Raphick Jumadeen cricketer (West Indies slow left-armer of the 70's) 1950 David Cassidy New York NY, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family) 1950 Tom Werner owner (San Diego Padres)/producer (Roseanne, Cosby Show) 1951 Jakson Spires rock drummer/songwriter (Blackfoot) 1952 Alexis Arguello Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champion) 1952 Fred McCarren Butler PA, actor (Free Country, Amanda's) 1952 J D Nicholas English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores) 1954 Marvin Johnson US, middleweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1972) 1954 Pat Travers Toronto Ontario Canada, rock guitarist (Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights) 1956 Andy Garcia [Andrés Arturo García Menéndez] Havana Cube, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die) 1956 Alexander Briley vocalist (YMCA-Village People) 1956 Doris Baaten Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien) 1958 Tony James rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) 1958 Will Sergeant rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon, Heaven Up Here) 1959 Elissa Leeds New York NY, actress (Cissy-Dorothy) 1959 Pascal Barré France, sprint relay team/twin brother of Patrick (Olympics-bronze-1980) 1959 Patrick Barré France, sprint relay team/twin brother of Pascal (Olympics-bronze-1980) 1961 D D Verni heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter) 1961 Julius Kariuki Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympics-gold-1988) 1964 Mike Macfarlane Stockton CA, catcher (Kansas City Royals) 1965 Elaine Zayak New Jersey, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984) 1966 Jeffrey Hunter WLAF defensive end (London Monarchs) 1966 Lorenzo White NFL running back (Cleveland Browns) 1966 Theo Blanco WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals) 1967 Bobby Abrams NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots) 1967 Donna Andrews Lynchburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore) 1967 Kirk Everist Houston TX, water polo driver (Olympics-96) 1967 Mellow Man Ace [Ulpiano Sergio Reyez] Havana Cuba, Spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong) 1968 Adam Graves Toronto Ontario Canada, NHL left wing (New York Rangers) 1968 Alicia Coppola actress (Lorna Devon-Another World) 1968 Neal Fort CFL tackle (Montréal Alouettes) 1969 Michael Jackson NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens) 1970 Patrick Brugnoli hockey forward (Team Italy 1998) 1971 Shannen Doherty Memphis TN, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210) 1971 Fernando Meligeni Argentina, tennis star 1971 Kent Manderville Edmonton, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers) 1971 Tyrone Chatman CFL linebacker (British Columbia Lions) 1973 Antonio Osuna Sinaloa México, pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1973 Claudia Jordan Miss Rhode Island-USA (1997, top 10) 1973 Pamela Polk Berlin WI, Miss Wisconsin-America (1996) 1974 Kabir Khan cricketer (Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- ) 1974 Roman Hamrlik Gottwaldov Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Lightning, Olympics-gold-98) 1975 Marcie Alberts WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers) 1975 Sofie Rahman Miss Hong Kong-Universe (1996) 1978 Eddie Robinson actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing) 1979 Claire Danes New York NY, actress (Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo & Juliet) Deaths which occurred on April 12: 0352 Julius I pope (337-52), dies 1550 Claude of Lorraine duke of Guise, dies at 53 1555 Johanna de Wanzinnige Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 1690 Miguel Gomez Camargo composer, dies at 71 1704 John Hudde 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 1748 William Kent English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies 1760 Baron Ernst Gottlieb composer, dies at 64 1777 Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon French writer (Le sopha), dies at 70 1788 Carl Joseph Toeschi composer, dies at 56 1788 Carlo Antonio Campioni composer, dies at 67 1795 Rainieri de Calzabigi Italian literary, dies at 80 1797 Josef Antonin Stepan composer, dies at 71 1817 Charles Messier "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects", dies 1828 Jean Henri Appelius Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 1845 Henry M baron the Kock officer/politician, dies at 65 1859 John Emde German evangelist, dies at about 84 1864 Thomas Green US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 50 1878 William M "Boss" Tweed New York politician, dies 1896 Alexander Ritter composer, dies at 62 1909 Hermann Kotzchmar composer, dies at 79 1910 William G Sumner US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 1912 Clara Barton organized American Red Cross, dies at 90 1914 Josef Nesvera composer, dies at 71 1922 Frantisek Ondricek composer, dies at 64 1938 Feodor Chaliapine Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65 1938 Serafín Alvarez Quintéro Spanish playwright (Piropos), dies at 67 1942 Johannes E Akkeringa Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd US President (1933-1945, Democrat), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs GA at 63 1946 August Borms Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67 1946 F Guicciardi writer, dies 1947 Christian F L Leipoldt South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies 1951 Harold Vincent Milligan composer, dies at 62 1954 Pim [Willem JH] Mulier Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89 1956 José Moscardo Ituarte Spanish General (Alcázar 1936), dies at 77 1959 Ernest Willem Mulder composer, dies at 60 1959 James Gleason dies at 76 1961 Nils-Eric Fougstedt composer, dies at 50 1961 Philippine "Pine" Belder [Mary de Klerk] actress, dies at 93 1965 Linda Darnell US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43 1966 Sumokil President of Republic South Moluccas, executed 1972 C W Ceram [Kurt Marek] German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57 1972 Henri Potiron composer, dies at 89 1974 Carl Jaffe dies at 72 1975 Joséphine Baker US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergère), dies at 68 1976 Paul Ford actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 1977 Philip K Wrigley baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82 1980 William R Tolbert Jr Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup 1980 Stanley De Silva cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies 1981 Hans Chemin-Petit composer, dies at 78 1981 Hendrik F Andriessen Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88 1981 Joe Louis [Brown bomber] US heavyweight champion (1937-49), dies at 66 1984 Ruth Taylor actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 1987 Ewan Calague economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 1988 Alan Stewart Paton writer, dies 1989 Abbie Hoffman yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 1989 Sugar Ray Robinson [Walker Smith Jr] world welterweight champion (1946-51)/5-time middleweight champion, dies of Alzheimers at 67 1990 Henry Kendrick dies 1991 James Schuyler US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies 1992 Joe Medwick vocalist, dies at 61 1993 Isaac Rojas Vice President of Argentina (1955-58), dies 1993 Patience Jarvis dies of melanoma at 56 1994 Harry la Fontaine Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 1994 Jean Carmet dies at 72 1994 Q T Macon blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60 1995 Chris Pyne trombonist, dies at 56 1996 Marthe Robert essayist/translator, dies at 82 1996 Nancy Sheehan writer, dies at 69 1996 William Wilkinson businessman/conservationist, dies at 63 1997 George Wald scientist, dies at 90 On this day...April 12 Events 0352 St Julius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1065 Pilgrims under bishop Günther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem 1111 Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor 1204 4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople 1229 Queen Blanche of Castilië & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace 1385 Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stout's daughter Margaretha (10) 1545 French king François I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed 1583 William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny 1606 England adopts the Union Jack as its flag 1648 University of Harderwijk Netherlands solemn opens 1654 England, Ireland & Scotland unite 1709 1st edition of Tattler magazine in England 1713 Dutch State-General signs peace with France Netherlands loses Orange Princedom 1770 Townsend Acts repealed 1776 Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina 1782 Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies British fleet beats French 1787 Philadelphia's Free African Society forms 1811 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment WA 1826 Weber's opera "Oberon", premieres in London 1844 Texas became a US territory 1857 Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published 1858 1st US billiards championship is held in Detroit (Michael J Phelan wins) 1859 Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of San Francisco incorporates 1861 Fort Sumter SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting the Civil War 1862 James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw GA 1862 Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski GA 1863 Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche LA 1864 Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow TN 1864 Battle of Blair's Landing LA 1869 North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law 1872 Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia KY (1 dead/$1,500) 1877 British annex Transvaal, in South Africa 1877 Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game 1883 French troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal 1887 Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm", premieres in Oslo 1892 George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter 1893 Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi 1894 British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa 1896 Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens) 1898 Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay to Navy 1905 Hippodrome arena opens (New York NY) 1905 French Dufaux brothers test helicopter 1907 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns 1908 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea MA 1909 Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens 1911 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3 hours 56 minutes) 1917 Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St New York NY (Demolished in 1982) 1917 Domenico Scarlatti & Jean Cocteau's ballet premieres in Rome 1919 British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms 1927 General Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai 1928 Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 1930 4th Test Cricket West Indies vs England ends in a draw after nine days 1930 Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days 1931 Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager 1931 Spanish voters reject the monarchy 1932 Emmanuel Chabriers & Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo 1933 Moffatt Field commissioned 1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington NH, 231 mph 1935 "Your Hit Parade", debuts on radio 1935 Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers 1935 Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar 1938 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (New York) 1938 Stanley Cup Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 1940 NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards 1940 Italy annexes Albania 1941 Stanley Cup Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games 1941 Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler 1942 9th Golf Masters Championship Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280 1942 Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan 1943 Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa 1943 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed 1944 Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind", premieres in NYC 1945 Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands 1945 Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd US President 1945 Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis" 1946 Syria gains independence from France 1951 Israeli Knesset officially designates April 13 as Holocaust Day 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament 1952 Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government 1953 Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston 1953 17th Golf Masters Championship Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274 1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Bill Haley & the Comets record "Rock Around the Clock" 1954 Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll" 1954 18th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead beats Ben Hogan to win his 3rd Masters tournament, shooting a 289 1954 8th NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3 1954 Belgian Van Houtte government resigns 1955 1st game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2 1955 Salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched 1956 Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon 1957 Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record 1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test 1958 12th NBA Championship St Louis Hawks beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2 1958 Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk 1959 13th Tony Awards J B & Redhead win 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1959 France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria 1960 Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debut the "Exploding Scoreboard" 1960 Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass" 1961 Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner 1961 Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1) 1961 3rd Grammy Awards Theme From a Summer Place wins, Ray Charles wins 4 1962 San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (San Francisco Bay area) 1963 Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK 1963 Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators 1964 28th Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276 1964 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational 1965 1st National League game at Houston's Astrodome (Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Astros 2-0) 1966 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pittsburgh Pirates beat Atlanta Braves 3-2 1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his Corvette into a parked truck 1966 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam 1969 Simon & Garfunkel releases "The Boxer" 1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio 1973 France recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Sudan adopts constitution 1973 Swaziland suspends constitution 1975 Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved" 1976 India set 403 to win by West Indies; they get them, 6 wickets 7 overs spare 1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth 1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams) 1980 US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games 1980 BCMA (Black Consciousness Movement of Azania) forms 1981 Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched 1981 45th Golf Masters Championship Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic 1981 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation 1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot 1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor 1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1985 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn 1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines 1987 Texaco files for bankruptcy 1987 51st Golf Masters Championship Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285 1987 Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55) 1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic 1988 Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of the Baltimore Orioles 1988 New Jersey Devils 4-2 over New York Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round 1988 Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life) 1988 Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs CA 1989 Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through 1989 3rd Soul Train Music Awards Anita Baker wins 1990 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgiveness 1990 Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers 1990 James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months 1991 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs 1991 US announces closing of 31 major US military bases 1991 Nepalese Congress party wins general elections 1992 "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 137 performances 1992 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61 1992 Earthquake rocks Germany 1992 Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France 1992 Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN 1992 Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1 1992 New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962 1992 Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle 1992 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship Lee Trevino wins 1992 56th Golf Masters Championship; Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275 1992 Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz 1998 62nd Golf Masters Championship Mark O’Meara wins  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 06:55 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 13: 1519 Catherine de Médici Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II 1545 Elisabeth van Valois French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II 1593 Thomas Wentworth London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland 1626 Aert Jansz van Nes Lieutenant-Admiral, baptised 1648 Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon French mystic (quiétisme) 1713 Pierre de Jelyotte composer 1729 Thomas Percy English literary/bishop of Dromore 1732 Frederick Lord North (C) British PM (1770-82) 1733 Johann Heinrich Zang composer 1743 Thomas Jefferson Shadwell VA, (D-R) 3rd US President (1801-09) 1749 Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt Dutch count/Vice-Admiral 1756 Louis H J Condé French prince 1762 Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth) 1762 Karl Friedrich Horn composer 1771 Adam FJA van der Duyn Dutch Governorernor (South Holland) 1771 Richard Trevithick Illogan Cornwall England, inventor (steam locomotive) 1784 Cornelis Smit Dutch ship builder 1791 Félix Earl de Merode Belgian minister of War/Finance 1799 Heinrich F L Rellstab German music theorist 1799 Joseph Rastrelli composer 1810 Félicien C David French composer (Perle du Brésil, Désert) 1816 William Sterndale Bennett composer 1817 Alphonse Wauters Belgian historian/archivist (Brussels) 1822 Leroy Augustus Stafford Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1822 William Stephen Walker Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 1828 Joseph B Lightfoot English theologist/bishop of Durham 1830 Eduard Lassen composer 1832 James Wimshurst British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) 1847 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk Governor-General (Netherlands East-Indies) 1849 Enrique José Varona Cuban sociologist/psychologist 1852 Frank W Woolworth 5¢ & 10¢ King (Woolworths) 1854 Richard T Ely US economist (Hard Times) 1860 James Ensor Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen) 1865 Heinrich Reinhardt composer 1867 Sammy Woods cricket bowler (Australia & England Rugby wing-forward) 1868 John Blackwood McEwen composer 1872 A Roda Roda writer 1873 Theodore Morse composer 1881 Ludwig Binswanger Swiss psychiatrist (Über Ideenflucht) 1883 Alexander Alexandrov composer 1883 Demjan Bednyi writer 1885 György Lukács Hungarian philosopher (Zerstörung der Vernunft) 1885 Pieter S Gerbrandy Dutch lawyer/premier in London (1940-45) 1886 Ethel Leginska composer 1892 Arthur Harris Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF 1892 Robert A Watson-Watt England, physicist (radar) 1894 Ludvig Irgens Jensen composer 1895 Olga Rudge violinist 1895 Olof R Jändel Swedish poet 1899 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer 1899 Alfred Moser Butts game inventor (Scrabble) 1899 Alfred Schutz Austrian/US architect/philosopher 19-- Jean Carol Hillsdale NJ, actress (Nadine-Guiding Light) 19-- Michael Leon actor (Pete Jannings-Days of Our Life) 19-- Richard Karron New York NY, actor (Fatso, Charlie & Company, Teacher's Only) 19-- Ruben Rabassa Havana Cuba, Spanish personality 1901 René-Jean Pleven French premier (1950-52) 1902 Philippe de Rothschild Paris France, manager (Bordeaux Vineyard) 1902 Godfrey Kenton actor (Well's Theater) 1903 Rex Evans actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker) 1904 Georges Yves Marie Congar dominican Theologian cardinal 1906 Samuel Beckett Irish playwright (Waiting for Godot/Nobel 1969) 1906 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman US jazz saxophonist (Eel) 1907 Harold Stassen West St Paul MN, (Governor-Republican-MN) perennial presidential candidate 1909 Eudora Welty Jackson MS, novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973) 1909 Jan Veldkamp Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI) 1909 Mervyn Hugh Cowie willife conservationist 1911 Nino Sanzogno composer 1912 Roy Winsor Chicago IL, producer (Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life) 1913 Bernard Chacksfield Air Vice-Marshal 1913 David Donald Albritton Danville AL, high jumper (Olympics-silver-1936) 1915 Bert [Albert L F] Peleman [Dirk Dyckmans], Flemish writer 1915 R N Coote Bishop (Colchester) 1915 Stephan Hermlin writer 1915 Stephen Roberts CEO (British Milk Marketing Board) 1915 Tom Greenshields sculptor 1918 Audrey Barker writer 1919 Howard Keel [Harry Clifford Leek] Gillespie IL, actor/singer (7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Kiss Me Kate) 1919 Madalyn Murray O'Hair American atheist (opppsed prayer in school) 1920 Liam Cosgrave leader (Fine Gael Party) 1921 Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza industrialist 1921 Carlo Prosperi composer 1921 James Wilson British Lieutenant-General 1921 Maxwell Henley Harris Australian poet/publisher (Gift of Blood) 1922 John Braine English novelist (Life at the Top) 1922 John George Vanderbile Henry Spencer-Churchill [11th Duke of Marlborough] English large landowner 1924 Stanley Donen Columbia SC, film director/producer (Bedazzled, Damn Yankees) 1925 Frank Chamberlain CEO (Test & County Cricket Board) 1925 Frank Neville Hosband Robinson physicist 1925 Hilda Dianda composer 1926 Don [James Yarmy] Adams New York NY, actor/comedian (Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out) 1926 Godfrey Kenton actor 1927 Mari Blanchard Long Beach CA, actress (Kathy-Klondike) 1927 Lord Wedderburn of Charlton QC 1927 Maurice Ronet Nice France, actor (Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love) 1927 Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie conservation scientist 1929 Marilynn Smith Topeka KS, LPGA golfer (1972 Pabst Open) 1930 Justice Harman 1931 Beverley Cross playwright 1931 Michael Burchill actor 1932 Barney Simon theatre director/writer 1932 Karl Kroeger composer 1933 Shani Wallis Ireland, singer/actress (Oliver) 1933 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Senator-D-CO) 1934 Horace Kay US singer (Tams-You Lied to Your Daddy) 1934 Siegfried Matthus composer 1935 Erich von Däniken author (Chariots of the Gods) 1935 Lyle Waggoner Kansas City KS, actor (Carol Burnett Show, Wonder Woman) 1935 Kenneth Hayr air marshal 1935 Peter Heap diplomat 1937 Lanford Wilson US playwright (Hot L Baltimore) 1937 Edward Fox London England, actor (M-Never Say Never Again) 1937 Peter M Harris Official Solicitor (Supreme Court) 1938 Frederic Rzewski Westfield MA, composer (Spacecraft) 1938 John Weston diplomat 1939 Paul Sorvino Brookyn NY, stage/screen actor, (Law and Order, Reds, Goodfellas, A Touch of Class, That Championship Season, An American Millionaire, The Mating Dance, Skyscraper, King Lear) 1939 Barbara-Rose Collins (Representative-Democrat-MI) 1939 Seamus Heaney poet 1939 Wijnie Jabaaij Dutch MP (PvdA) 1940 Lester Chambers Flora MS, vocalist (Chambers Brothers-Time Has Come Today) 1941 Margaret Price Tredegar Wales, soprano (Pamlina-Die Zauberflöte) 1942 Bill Conti Providence RI, composer (For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV) 1943 Bill Koch US skier 1943 Eve Graham rocker (New Seekers) 1944 Brian Pendleton Wolverhampton West Midlands England, rocker (The Pretty Things) 1944 Charles Burnett director (When it Rains, Glass Shield) 1944 Jack Casady Washington DC, rock bassist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane) 1944 Michael Saunders barrister 1945 Lowell George rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero) 1945 Tony Dow Hollywood CA, actor (Wally-Leave it to Beaver) 1945 Carlos Gimenez Argentina/Venezuela, founder (Theater festival of Caracas) 1945 Edward J Caruthers Jr Troy AL, high jumper (Olympics-silver-1968) 1945 Raymond van Geytenbeek Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques) 1945 Stacy Johnson US singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone) 1946 Al Green Forest City AR, singer (Lets Stay Together) 1946 Jim Pons rocker (Mothers Of Invention) 1946 Roy Loney rocker (Flaming Groovies) 1948 Amy Robinson Trenton NJ, writer/actress (Mean Streets) 1948 Kathleen Battle US soprano (Tannhäuser) 1948 Peter Swevel rocker 1949 Philippe Petit Nemours France, juggler/aerialist 1949 Jean-Jacques Favier Kehl Germany, astronaut (STS 78) 1950 Terry Lester Indianapolis IN, actor (Royce Keller-As The World Turns, Mason Capwell-Santa Barbara, Jack Abbott-Young & Restless) 1950 Riff West rock bassist (Molly Hatchet) 1950 Ron Perlman Bronx NY, actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast) 1951 Beatrix "Trixie" Schuba Austria, figure skater (Olympics-gold-1972) 1951 Jack Quinn (Representative-Republican-NY) 1951 Max Weinberg rock drummer (E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show) 1951 Peabo Bryson Greenville SC, R&B vocalist (I'm So into You) 1951 Peter Davison actor (Dr Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three) 1952 Jonjo O'Neill racehorse trainer 1953 Stephen Byers MP 1954 Barbara Roche MP 1954 Jimmy Destri rock keyboardist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture) 1955 Kabaka of Buganda 1955 Louis Johnson Los Angeles CA, rock bassist/vocalist (Brothers Johnson) 1956 Michael Nikolay German Democratic Republic, gymnast (Olympics) 1957 Saundra Santiago Bronx NY, actress (Gina-Miami Vice) 1957 Wayne Lewis keyboardist, (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 1957 Gary Kroeger Cedar Falls IA, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Return of Shaggy Dog) 1958 Randy Piper heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild) 1959 Vicki Witt Lansing MI, playmate (August 1978) 1961 Tammy Stephens Arlington TX, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel) 1963 Gary Kimovich Kasparov USSR, world chess champion (1985- ) 1963 Jan Willem van Ede Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, PSV) 1963 Mark Leiter Joliet IL, pitcher (San Francisco Giants) 1964 Bill D'Angelo heavy metal rocker 1964 Page Hannah Chicago IL, actress (Kate Riley-Fame) 1964 Davis Milton Love III Charlotte NC, PGA golfer (1987 MCI Heritage) 1964 Doug Strange Greenville SC, infielder (Seattle Mariners) 1964 Jose Rijo pitcher (New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds) 1965 Quinn Early NFL wide receiver (New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills) 1966 Rodney Smith Washington DC, 149½ lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-92, 96) 1967 Dana Barros NBA guard (Boston Celtics) 1968 Tami Lyn Jameson Minneapolis MN, team handball goalie/twin sister of Toni (Olympics-92, 96) 1968 Ted Washington NFL nose tackle (Buffalo Bills) 1968 Toni Lee Jameson Minneapolis MN, team handball back court/twin sister of Tami (Olympics-96) 1969 Harold Pruett rocker (Outsiders-Time Won't Let Me) 1970 Rick Schroder Staten Island NY, actor (Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling) 1970 Eddie Robinson NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Jacksonville Jaguars) 1970 Monty Brown NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills) 1970 Ramona Reuter Miss New York-USA (1997) 1971 Corey Yothers Los Angeles CA, actor (Off the Rock) 1971 Charles Outlaw NBA forward (Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic) 1972 Dave Wohlabaugh NFL center/guard (New England Patriots) 1972 Jeroen Thesseling pop bassist (Pestilence, Spheres) 1972 Mariusz Czerkawski Radomsko Pol, NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers) 1972 Mike Kennedy Vancouver British Columbia Canada, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars) 1973 Aaron Hayden NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1973 Dave Wohlabaugh corner (New England Patriots) 1974 Sergei Gonchar Chelyabinsk Russia, NHL defenseman (Capitals, Olympics-silver-1998) 1976 Everton Matambanadzo Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler (vs Pakistan 1996) 1976 Jonathan Brandis Danbury CT, actor (Lucas Wolenczak-seaQuest DSV, Never Ending Story II) 1978 Grace Murray Tubbs Miss Montana Teen-USA (1996) 1979 Monica Ivey Miss Hawaii Teen-USA (1996) 1991 Dylan Frances Penn Los Angeles CA, daughter of Sean Penn & Robin Wright 1992 Jet Travolta daughter of John Travolta & Kelly Preston Deaths which occurred on April 13: 0799 Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi Longobardisch writer, dies 1475 Matteo Palmieri Italian writer (Città di Vita), dies at 69 1517 Tuman Bey last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged 1638 Henri II duke of Rohan-Gié, French hugenot leader, dies at 58 1695 Jean de La Fontaine poet, dies 1722 Charles Leslie Irish controversialist, dies 1728 Johann Christoph Schmidt composer, dies at 63 1742 Giovanni Veneziano composer, dies at 59 1756 Johann T Gottlieb Goldberg German klavecinist/composer, dies at 29 1794 Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort French playwright, commits suicide at 53 1806 Jean-Jacques Bachelier French painter, dies at about 82 1822 Gaetano Valeri composer, dies at 61 1825 Josef Gelinek composer, dies at 66 1826 Franz Danzi composer, dies at 62 1831 Ferdinand Kauer composer, dies at 80 1864 Johann Schneider composer, dies at 74 1868 Theodorus [Kasa] emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide 1873 Carlo Coccia composer, dies at 90 1886 Karoly Thern composer, dies at 68 1903 Derk J A Haspels Dutch actor, dies at 65 1904 Vasili Vereshtshagin Russian painter (War & Peace), dies 1910 William Orchardson British painter, dies 1928 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre composer, dies at 36 1932 Johannes T de Visser 1st Dutch minister of Education, dies at 75 [or 14th] 1936 Demertzis Greek premier, dies 1941 Annie Jump Cannon US astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77 1942 Henk Sneevliet leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58 1944 Cecile Chaminade composer, dies at 86 1944 Paul Hazard French literature historian, dies at 65 1946 William Henry Bell composer, dies at 72 1949 C V France dies at 80 1952 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at 79 1959 Eduard A van Beinum Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57 1959 Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout Giant of Rotterdam (2.375 meters tall), dies at 38 1967 Luis Somoza Debayle President of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44 1973 Alexandre A M Stols publisher/typographer (Schoone Book), dies at 73 1974 Stanley Smith actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at 71 1975 Larry Parks actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 60 1975 N'garta Tombalbaye President Chad, dies 1978 Paul McGrath actor (The Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74 1984 Christopher Wilder FBI's "most wanted man", accidentally kills self 1986 Stephen Stucker actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies 1990 Luis Trenker dies at 97 1990 Ronald Ibbs dies 1992 Brian Oulton dies at 84 1992 Wallace Stegner novelist (Pulitzer 1972), dies at 84 1992 Walter Stuart Surridge cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at 74 1993 Barry Karas dies of leukemia at 49 1993 Henny Budie Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies 1993 Max Tripels Dutch attorney/MP, dies at 72 1994 Donald Benjamin Harden archaeologist, dies at 92 1994 Nikolai Afanassyevich Kryuchkov actor (Telegram), dies at 83 1994 P J Engels Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 70 1994 Robert O van Gennep Dutch publisher (Guevara, Mandèl), dies at 56 1994 Rudolf Hrusinsky Czechoslovakia, actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 72 1994 Taleb Ali al-Suheil Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64 1995 Edward Firth Henderson arabist, dies at 77 1995 Lawrence Allan Laurie Scott script writer, dies at 87 1996 Denis Sargan econometrician, dies at 71 1996 George Mackey Brown poet, dies at 74 1996 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke criminal, dies at 64 1997 Ann Craft researcher/writer, dies at 53 1997 George Wald scientist (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina), dies at 80 On this day...April 13 Events 0837 Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years 0989 Battle at Abydos Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas 1055 Bishop Gebhard van Eichstätt named Pope Victor II 1111 Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II 1180 Republic day of Gelnhausen 1204 Crusaders occupy Constantinople 1241 Battle at Theiss Mongols beat Hungarian King Béla IV 1346 Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy 1367 Battle at Nájera Spain Castilië & England beat Aragón & France 1517 Osmaanse army occupies Cairo 1556 Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope 1598 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots 1640 English Short Parliament forms (- May 5) 1668 John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate 1741 Dutch people protest bad quality of bread 1741 Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich 1742 George Frideric Händel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin) 1759 French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen 1796 1st elephant arrives in US from Bengal India 1796 Battle at Millesimo Italy Napoleon beats Austrians 1808 William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects the tap dance 1829 English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia 1842 Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope 1849 Hungarian Republic proclaimed 1860 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento CA 1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates 1863 Battle of Irish Bend LA (Fort Bisland) 1863 Hospital for Ruptured & Crippled in New York is 1st orthopedic hospital 1865 Battle of Raleigh NC 1869 Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) 1870 Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC 1873 Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish LA (60 blacks killed) 1882 Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia 1883 Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism 1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" (BG) 1902 JC Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer WY 1904 Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin 1904 Battle at Oviumbo Africa Herero's chase away German army 1906 Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos & Vasco da Gama 1908 Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's & Phillies) 1911 Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames 1912 Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) 1914 1st Federal League Game Baltimore Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2 1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital 1919 Amritsar Massacre - British Army fires on hundreds of Indian Nationalist rioters in India 1920 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed 1923 Army wins the 1st college three-weapon fencing championship 1924 Greek plebiscite for a republic 1925 Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St New York NY 1926 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout 1926 Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam 1927 Stanley Cup Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games & 2 ties 1928 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hünefeld-Köhl) 1932 Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms 1933 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale) 1933 Stanley Cup New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 1934 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments 1934 US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act 1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece 1938 Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life", premieres in NYC 1939 W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands", premieres in NYC 1940 Cornelious Warmerdam becomes the 1st man to pole vault 15 feet, Berkeley CA 1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed 1940 Stanley Cup New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2 1941 Heavy German assault on Tobruk 1941 Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect 1943 FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial 1943 Catholic University Nijegen closes 1943 Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn 1944 South Carolina rejects black suffrage 1944 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games 1944 Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany 1945 Allies occupy Wien (Vienna) 1945 Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Netherlands from Nazi's 1945 US marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa 1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage & price freeze over 1946 Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champion Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham AL 1948 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus 1949 Minneapolis beats Washington, 4 games to 2, for the NBA championship 1949 3rd NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 2 1953 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0 1954 Baltimore Orioles 1st game, lose to Tigers in Detroit 3-0 1954 Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game 1954 Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist 1955 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis AL (state record) 1956 KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City OK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in the US is temporarily halted 1957 "Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances 1957 11th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3 1957 11th Tony Awards Long Days Journey into the Night & My Fair Lady win 1958 12th Tony Awards Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win 1959 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1959 Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics from voting for communists 1959 USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit 1960 France becomes the 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara 1960 Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit 1961 UN General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid 1961 "Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances 1962 Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new National League record 1962 US steel industry forced to give up price increases 1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit 1963 Pittsburgh Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game 1964 New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day 1964 Sidney Poitier becomes 1st black man to win Oscar for best actor 1964 36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones", Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win 1964 Ian D Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia 1965 Beatles record "Help" 1965 Lawrence Bradford Jr (age 16), of NYC became 1st black congressional page 1965 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits 1966 Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s 1969 33rd Golf Masters Championship George Archer wins, shooting a 281 1970 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon 1970 34th Golf Masters Championship Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279 1970 Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis is freed 1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener; Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation 1972 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins 5-New York Islanders 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead 1975 39th Golf Masters Championship Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276 1975 Chad military coup by General Odingar 1975 Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war 1976 1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Washington 1976 Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes 1978 New York Yankees defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day; Jackson slugs a 3-run homerun in the 1st inning, & the field is showered 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours 1979 Christian Turks occupy St Jansbasiliek 1979 Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda 1980 "Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 3,388 performances 1980 "Reggae" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 21 performances 1980 44th Golf Masters Championship Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275 1980 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic 1980 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation 1980 "TASS" denounced US boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics 1981 Washington Post's Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for "Jimmy's World" (later admits story was a hoax and returns prize) 1981 Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart" 1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-New York Islanders 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Islanders win series (3-2) 1983 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault 1983 Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago 1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth 1984 Pete Rose becomes 1st National League to get get 4,000 hits in a career 1984 India beats Pakistan by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah 1985 Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 1985 Washington Capitals 1-New York Islanders 2-Patrick Division Semifinals- Capitals hold 2-1 lead 1985 Katrin Dörre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30) 1985 Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania 1986 Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record 1986 Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue 1986 Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second 1986 50th Golf Masters Championship Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279 1986 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic 1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit homeruns off San Francisco starter Roger Mason 1987 Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999) 1988 Italy government of De Mita forms 1989 "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances 1990 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis 1990 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1 1991 BPAA US Open by Pete Weber 1992 "Two Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 performances 1992 American Airlines reduces its 1st-class fares 20%-50% 1992 Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver & Dallas 1992 Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood 1992 Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team 1992 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands 1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 1992 Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie 1993 "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances 1993 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1993 Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia", premieres in London 1994 President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death 1994 Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal, doesn't occur 1994 United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India 1995 Yankees beat the Mets 2-0 1996 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 1996 Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup champions New Jersey Devils from playoff 1997 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city - San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets & Oakland A's vs New York Yankees in New York 1997 "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances 1997 48th time opposing pitchers hit homeruns, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes 1997 61st Golf Masters Championship Tiger Woods at 21 (270-18 under par) 1997 Hartford Whalers last NHL game 1997 NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game 1997 Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 07:00 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 14: 1578 Philip III king of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621) 1592 Abraham Elsevier book publisher/publisher 1629 Christiaan Huygens Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) 1676 Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer 1710 Marie A C de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer 1718 Emanuele Barbella composer 1721 William August [Duke of Cumberland] English army leader 1723 John Wainwright composer 1738 Duck of Portland (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09) 1762 Giuseppe Valadier Italian architect/archaeologist 1770 George Canning London, British PM (1827) 1782 Carlo Coccia composer 1797 Adolphe Thiers 1st President of 3rd French Republic (1871-77) 1803 Friedrich von Amerling Austrian painter 1809 George W Vreede Dutch lawyer/politician 1813 Junius S Morgan US, merchant/philanthropist (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 1819 Charles Halle pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orchestra) 1820 Harry Thompson Hays Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 1831 Gerhard Rohlfs German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia 1832 James Hewett Ledlie Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 1842 Sven August Korling composer 1843 Gustave Leon Huberti composer 1852 Henrique Oswald composer 1857 Edgar Stillman Kelley Sparta WI, composer (Gulliver) 1862 Pyotr A Stolypin premier Russia (1906-11) 1866 Anne Mansfield Sullivan US, educated Helen Keller 1870 Syd Gregory cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912) 1873 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer composer 1874 Count Alexander of Athlone, Governor-General (South-Africa/Canada) 1876 Murray Bisset cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910) 1877 Daniël Plooy Dutch new testament scholar 1879 James Branch Cabell American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads) 1881 Anton Wildgans Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater) 1886 Edward C Tolman US psychologist (behaviorism) 1886 Ernst R Curtius German literature historian 1889 Arnold Toynbee England, historian (A Study of History) 1889 Efim D Bogoljubov Russian chess player 1889 James Stephenson actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew) 1892 Giorgio Cesana Italy, coxswain, (Olympics-gold-1906) 1892 Vere G Childe British archaeologist/prehistorian 1895 Mary Marquet St Petersburg Russia, actress (Matter of Resistance) 1895 Wiktor Labunski composer 1897 Barbara Baroness Wootton of Abinger English Lower house leader 1898 Lee Tracy Atlanta GA, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye) 19-- John Diaquinto Brooklyn NY, actor (Varges-Wild Side) 1900 Salvatore Baccaloni Rome, actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby) 1901 Alfred West champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits) 1901 Martin Kessel writer 1902 Menachem A Schneerson rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews) 1904 Sir John Gielgud London England, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man) 1904 Lionel Birkett cricketer (West Indies vice-captain on Australian tour 1930-31) 1904 Reinout W van Bemmelen Dutch geologist 1904 Sonia Gaskell Russian/Netherlands choreographer 1905 Frits Philips Dutch engineer/CEO (Philips) 1905 Holmesdale Charles "Slinger" Nitschke cricket batsman (South Australia & Test) 1906 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz King Saudi-Arabia (1964-75) 1906 Hunter Johnson composer 1907 François "Doc" Duvalier dictator of Haiti 1907 Otto F A H van Nispen Dutch mayor (Pannerden)/MP (KVP) 1907 Phyllis Konstam London England, actress (Murder, Skin Game) 1910 Werner Wolf Glaser composer 1912 Belinda Quirey dance historian/teacher 1912 Piet van Egmond Dutch organist/conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra) 1912 Robert Doisneau photographer 1913 John Howard Cleveland OH, actor (Dave-My Three Sons) 1913 Everhard van Royen Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica) 1913 Jean Fournet French conductor 1916 Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari cricketer (India 1947-48) 1916 Denis ApIvor composer 1916 Emerson Buckley composer 1917 Valerie Hobson North Ireland, actress (Great Expectations) 1918 Mary Healy New Orleans, actress (2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife) 1920 Eduardo Maturana composer 1920 John Paul Stevens Supreme Court Justice 1922 David Alexandrovich Toradze composer 1922 Maria Luisa Bemberg film maker 1923 William Darling journalist 1924 Shorty Rogers [Milton M Rajonsky] composer 1925 Abel Muzorewa bishop/premier (Rhodesia) 1925 Bill Harris US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin') 1925 H G Kischenchand cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52) 1925 Rod Steiger West Hampton NY, actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker, Chosen) 1926 Jan Carl Christian Maegaard composer 1927 Gloria Jean Buffalo NY, actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break) 1927 Dany Robin actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta) 1928 Robert Mugabe President (Zimbabwe, 1988- ) 1929 William Edgar Thornton Faison NC, MD/astronaut (STS-8, 51-B, sk:49) 1930 Bradford Dillman San Francisco CA, actor (Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer) 1930 Jay Robinson New York NY, actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop) 1930 George W Gekas (Representative-Republican-PA, 1983- ) 1933 Buddy Knox Happy TX, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey) 1933 Morton Subotnick Los Angeles CA, composer (Wild Bull) 1934 Bruce Pairaudeau cricketer (West Indies opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut) 1935 Joan Darling Boston MA, actress (Frieda-Owen Marshall) 1935 Loretta Lynn Butcher's Hollow KY, country singer (Coal Miner's Daughter) 1936 Robert Herman Nichols Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1986 Showdown) 1938 Gloria Dean Randle Scott educator/president (Beaumont College) 1939 Jennifer Fowler composer 1940 Patricia Bruder Brooklyn NY, actress (Ellen-As the World Turns) 1940 George Takei actor (Hikaru Sulu-Star Trek) 1941 Julie Christie Assam India, actress (Dr Zhivago) 1941 Pete Rose Cincinnati OH, baseball player/manager (Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors) 1941 Anatoli Pavlocich Fyodorov cosmonaut 1941 Ryan O'Neal actor (Love Story, Paper Moon) 1942 Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 35, T-5) 1943 Clarice Elaine Gaylord director of research grants (EPA) 1943 Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach Dutch MP (CDA) 1945 Ritchie Blackmore England, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple) 1945 Uwe Beyer German Democratic Republic, shot-putter (Olympics-gold-1976) 1945 Derek Leckenby rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter) 1945 Steve Martin Waco TX, writer/actor (Jerk, Housesitter) 1946 Patrick Fairley guitarist (Marmalade-Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da) 1946 Tom Monteleone American writer (Dark Star & Illumination) 1947 Bob Massie cricketer (Australian swing bowler, 16 wickets on debut vs England 1972) 1948 Chester G Atkins (Representative-Democrat-MA) 1948 John Shea North Conway NH, actor (Honeymoon, New Life, Lois & Clark) 1948 Larry Ferguson Nassau Bahamas, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) 1948 Ty Grimes rocker (Captain Beefheart Band Drums 1950 Randolph Powell Iowa City IA, actor (Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run) 1950 Anna M "Ansje" Beentjes actress (Blindgangers) 1951 Matima Kinuani Mpiosso musician 1952 Kenny Aaronson rocker 1953 Irina Rudolfovna Pronina Russian cosmonaut 1954 Bruce Sterling US, sci-fi author (Involution Ocean, Schismatrix) 1955 Simone Griffeth Savannah GA, actress (Death Race 2000, Bret Maverick, Amanda's) 1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Prince of Monaco 1958 Michael Patrick Hulbert Elmira NY, PGA golfer (1989 British Columbia Open) 1960 Brian Forster rocker (Partridge Family Drums) 1960 Pat Symcox cricketer (South African off-spinner 1993- ) 1961 John Clarke South Bend IN, actor (Michael-Days of Our Lives) 1962 James Carpenter Canton CT, fencer-epee (Olympics-96) 1963 Cynthia Cooper WNBA guard (Houston Comets/Olympics-gold-1988) 1963 Meg Mallon Natick MA, LPGA golfer (1991 US Women's Open) 1964 Allen James Sacramento CA, 50K walker (Olympics-24th-92, 96) 1964 Greg Battle CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1964 Jim Grabb Tucson AZ, tennis star 1965 Craig McDermott cricket pace bowler (tireless Australian since 1984) 1965 Stan Humphries NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers) 1966 David Justice baseball player (Atlanta Braves)/husband of Halle Barry 1966 Greg Maddux San Angelo TX, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1966 Greg Myers Riverside CA, catcher (Minnesota Twins) 1966 Ricky Andrews WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire) 1967 Marla Wynne Easton PA, Miss Pennsylvania-America (1991) (top 10) 1967 Barret Martin rocker (Screaming Trees) 1967 Jeff Finley Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets) 1967 Steve Chiasson Barrie, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames) 1968 Anthony Michael Hall Boston MA, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Breakfast Club) 1968 Andrew Trim Sydney New South Wales Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) 1968 Jesse Levis Philadephia PA, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers) 1969 Brad Ausmus New Haven CT, catcher (Detroit Tigers) 1969 Brad Pennington Salem IN, pitcher (California Angels) 1969 David Archibald Chilliwack, NHL center (Ottawa Senators) 1969 Mark Macon NBA guard (Detroit Pistons) 1969 Tim Roberts NFL defensive end (New England Patriots) 1970 Brian Stablein NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) 1970 Jan Siemerink Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Steve Avery Trenton MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1971 Antonio London NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions) 1971 Gregory Zaun Glendale CA, catcher (Baltimore Orioles) 1972 Jason Mallett CFL safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1972 Zev Lumelski WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals) 1974 Mike Allen Lambert Honolulu HI, volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics-96) 1975 Petra Begerow Germany, tennis star (1996 quarter Hilton Head) 1976 Baedon Choppy Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96) 1976 Jason Wiemer Kimberley, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar actress (Kendall-All My Children, Buffy) Deaths which occurred on April 14: 0711 Childebert III king of French, dies at about 27 0911 Sergius III Italian Pope (904-11), dies 1099 Conrad bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death 1240 Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales, dies 1427 John IV duke of Brabant, dies 1433 Liduina van Schiedam Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53 1471 Richard Neville Warwick 2nd earl of Salisbury, dies at 42 1552 Laurentius Andreae [Lars Andersson] Swedish church reformer, dies 1574 Christoffel Palts German General strategist, dies in battle 1574 Hendrik count of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle 1574 Louis earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at 35 1655 Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, dies at 39 1692 Carlos de Gurrea Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies 1695 Jean de la Fontaine French poet (Fables), dies at 73 1759 Georg Frideric Händel organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74 1764 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow Danish astronomer, dies at 84 1768 François de Cuvilliés Belgian architect of Bayern, dies 1813 Joachim Nicolas Eggert composer, dies at 34 1843 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 1874 Hermanus J Abbring Dutch author/engineer on Curaçao, dies at 86 1888 William Fisk Sherwin composer, dies at 62 1913 Karl Hagenbeck German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at 68 1914 Paul Ehrenreich German etnologist/mythologist, dies at 58 1915 James Hutton Brew "Pioneer of West African Journalism", dies 1917 Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 1924 Louis H Sullivan architect (Wainwright building St Louis), dies at 67 1924 Roland Napoleon Bonaparte French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at 65 1925 Pieter D van Essen Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54 1930 W Majakowski writer, dies at 36 1934 Gerald du Maurier British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape), dies 1934 Karl Dane dies at 57 1941 Jack Edmonson Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies 1943 Asser B Kleerekoper SDAP-Second-Member of parliament, dies at 62 1943 Geoffrey Turton Shaw composer, dies at 63 1948 Gerhard Anschütz German professor, dies at 81 1948 Walter P Reuther President (United Auto Workers), shot at his home 1949 Joseph A Cushman US paleontologist, dies at 68 1953 Emmanuel K de Bom Flemish writer (Scheldelucht), dies at 84 1960 Archibald McIndoe plastic surgeon, dies 1964 Earle Hodgins actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at 64 1964 Bert McGirr cricketer (2 Tests for New Zealand, 51 runs), dies 1964 Rachel L Carson US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56 1965 Leonard Mudie dies of heart ailment at 82 1965 Perry E Smith US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged 1965 Robert E Hickok US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged 1971 Armand Spitz developer of small educational planetarium, dies 1973 Magda Janssens Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons), dies at 88 1973 Minna Gombell dies in Santa Monica CA 1975 Fredric March actor, (Inherit the Wind, The Iceman Cometh, Death of a Salesman), dies from cancer at 77 1976 Maude Prickett actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60 1976 Gerard Romsée Flemish nationalist, dies at 74 1977 Riekus Waskowsky Dutch poet, dies at 44 1980 Tom Fadden actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84 1983 Nina Dumbadze Russian discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1952), dies at 64 1983 Pete Farndon rock bassist (Pretenders), dies 1983 Willem F Bon Dutch composer, dies at 42 1985 Reginald Beane pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63 1985 Enver Hoxha Albanian leader (1944-85), dies 1986 Jean Genêt French, playwright (Lesson Nègres), dies at 75 1986 Simone de Beauvoir French author (Deuxième Sexe), dies at 86 1987 Karl Holler composer, dies at 79 1988 Herbert Reynolds Inch composer, dies at 83 1988 Johan Franco composer, dies at 79 1989 Lance Pierre cricketer (Test West Indies vs England 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies 1990 Martin Kessel writer, dies on 89th birthday 1990 Peter Dunn actor (Invaders from Mars) dies 1992 David Miller dies of cancer at 82 1992 Sammy Price US boogie-woogie pianist, dies 1993 Jo Boer Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir, dies at 85 1993 Sam Ntombani ANC-Secretary in Soweto South-Africa, shot to death 1994 Harry Touw Dutch comic (Fred Haché Show), dies at 70 1994 Selometsi Baholo vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered 1995 Brian Coffey poet, dies at 89 1995 Burl Ives folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 85 1995 Donald Keech entrepreneur, dies at 74 1995 James Daniel "Danny" Turner saxophonist, dies at 75 1995 Michael Scott Montague Fordham jungian analyst educator, dies at 89 1996 Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi politician, dies at 91 1996 Gaylord Birch drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at 50 1996 Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill record producer, dies at 80 1996 Mervyn Levy artist/critic, dies at 81 1996 William K Everson film historian, dies at 67 On this day...April 14 Events 0193 Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome 0754 Pact of Quierzy between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte 0972 Notger becomes bishop of Liege 0979 Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England 1028 German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king 1191 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III 1471 Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick 1536 English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries 1544 Battle at Carignano French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss 1570 Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits 1574 Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau 1611 Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi) 1614 Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe 1629 England & France sign Peace of Susa 1671 Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin 1756 Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia Indians 1775 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia PA 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars 1799 Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews 1809 Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 1814 Napoleon abdicated & was banished to Elba 1818 US Medical Corp forms 1828 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard 1836 Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin 1841 Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue", published 1847 Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum 1853 Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape 1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published 1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco CA from St Joseph MO 1861 Formal Union surrender of Fort Sumter 1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army 1862 Battle of Fort Pillow TN 1863 William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press 1865 Mobile AL is captured 1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth 1868 South Carolina voters approve constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 1871 Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills 1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act 1872 San Francisco organizes Bar Association 1883 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé", premieres in Paris France 1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG) 1890 Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Washington DC) 1894 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures) 1895 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony 1896 John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan", premieres (NYC) 1900 Veteran's Hospital at Fort Miley is established 1900 President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris France 1902 Marie & Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium 1903 Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (New York NY) 1904 George Bernard Shaw's "Candida", premieres in London 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press 1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London 1910 President William Howard Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day 1912 The Titanic, launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes iceberg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia at approximately 11:30pm, and sinks early the next morning (1500+ death toll) 1912 Pan American Union forms 1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights 1914 Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern 1915 A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter 1915 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1917 Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0 1918 Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane) 1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama & Mississippi 1921 NHL Championship Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games 1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route 1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin 1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters 1925 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN) 1928 Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between San Francisco & Los Angeles 1928 Stanley Cup New York Rangers beat Montréal Maroons, 3 games to 2 1930 Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe", premieres in NYC 1931 Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII 1931 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2 1932 Bizet, Massine & Miró's "Jeux d'Enfants", premieres in Monte Carlo 1935 Sandstorm ravages US midwest (Dust Bowl) 1939 John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" published 1940 Allied troops land in Norway 1940 RCA demonstrates its new electron microscope in Philadelphia 1941 1st massive German raid in Paris France, 3,600 Jews rounded up 1941 King Peter leaves Yugoslavia 1942 Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of US east coast 1943 Generals Alexander/Eisenhower/Anderson/Bradley discuss assault on Tunis 1943 James Gow & A d'Usseau's "Tomorrow the World", premieres in NYC 1944 Freighter "Fort Stikine" explodes in Bombay India, killing 960+ 1944 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz 1944 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet 1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government 1945 American B-29 incendiary raids on Tokyo & damage the Imperial Palace 1945 Arnhem/Zwolle freed from Nazis 1945 US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa 1945 US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa 1946 "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater NYC after 167 performances 1946 Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th & final homerun 1948 A flash of light is observed in the crater Plato on the Moon 1948 NYC subway fares jump from 5¢ to 10¢ 1948 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games 1948 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1949 International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg's last judgment 1950 1st edition of British strip "Eagle" 1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands 1953 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1953 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos 1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke MA (ABC) begins 1954 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for political asylum in Canberra 1955 Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform 1955 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Canadiens, 4 games to 3 1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder 1956 "Plain & Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances 1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship 1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open 1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere 1959 (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Washington DC 1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines IA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 607 performances 1960 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile 1960 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games 1961 1st live television broadcast from the Soviet Union 1961 Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua 1961 US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered 1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam 1962 Georges Pompidou becomes President of France 1963 George Harrison is impressed by the unsigned group "Rolling Stones" 1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk 1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 General Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes President of Togo 1967 In the Vietnam War, US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time 1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch 1968 Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card 1968 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden, Knicks beat San Diego Clippers 1968 32nd Golf Masters Championship Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277 1968 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open 1969 1st major league baseball game outside US played in Montréal Québec Canada 1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College 1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 1969 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver", Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn/Barbra Streisand win 1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 119 performances 1971 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site 1971 President Richard Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China 1971 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies", premieres in NYC 1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation 1972 "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 4 performances 1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal 1974 38th Golf Masters Championship Gary Player wins, shooting a 278 1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1978 WRR-AM in Dallas TX changes call letters to KAAM 1978 David Hare's "Plenty", premieres in London 1978 Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia 1979 Susan Horvath, of Pennsylvania, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year 1980 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida 1980 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer", Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win 1980 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song) 1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth 1983 New York Islanders tie own record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a period vs New York Rangers 1983 North Carolina State beats Houston for NCAA basketball title 1983 New York Rangers 1-New York Islanders 4-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 1-0 lead 1983 President Ronald Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue 1984 Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Netherlands 1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st playoff penalty shot 1985 Washington Capitals 4-New York Islanders 6-Patrick Division Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2 1985 "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC 1985 49th Golf Masters Championship Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282 1985 Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09) 1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru 1985 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic 1985 Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart 1986 US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya 1986 21st Academy of Country Music Awards George Strait, Alabama, Reba McEntire 1986 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown 1986 Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200 1987 Turkey asks to join European market 1988 New Jersey Devils 6-5 over New York Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2 1988 "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances 1988 USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghánistán sign Afghánistán treaty 1989 1,100,000,000th Chinese born 1989 In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury 1991 "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 performances 1991 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC 1991 55th Golf Masters Championship Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277 1991 Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars) 1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc 1992 UN-imposed embargo against Libya takes effect 1992 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC on Broadway for 1143 performances 1992 "Les Miserables", opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester 1992 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft 1993 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript 1994 Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley announce plans to divorce 1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis operated on for a bleeding ulcer 1994 New Jersey Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points 1994 US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die 1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah 1995 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship 1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance 1996 60th Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276 1996 Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games 2002 66th Golf Masters Championship  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 07:07 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 15: 1452 Leonardo da Vinci Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary 1469 Nanak 1st guru of Sikhs 1588 Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise] French linguist 1637 Valentin Molitor composer 1651 Domenico Gabrielli composer 1682 John van Huysum Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) 1684 Catherine I empress of Russia (1725-27) 1688 Johann Friedrich Fasch composer 1689 Ferdinand Zellbell composer 1707 Leonhard Euler Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) 1741 Charles Willson Peale US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) 1757 George Knowil Jackson composer 1766 Friedrich Bouterwek German philosopher/critic 1793 Friedrich Struve Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers 1800 Sir James Clark Ross explorer (British Antarctic) 1809 Hermann Günther Grassmann mathematician 1812 Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau painter 1814 John Lothrop Motley US, historian/author (Rise of the Dutch Republic) 1820 Evander McNair Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 1821 Emerson Brown Joseph (Confederacy), died in 1894 1822 Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana Major General (Union volunteers) 1827 Julius Tausch composer 1829 Mary Harris Thompson 1st American woman surgeon 1837 Horace Porter Brevet Brigadier General (Union Army), died in 1921 1843 Carl Eilhardt composer 1843 Henry James New York NY, US/British writer/critic (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians) 1845 Dave Gregory cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captainain) 1850 John Munroe Longyear US, capitalist/bank president 1856 Jean Moréas [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet 1858 Anton G O Ridder Van Rappard Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher 1858 Emile Durkheim French sociologist (Division du travail social) 1874 Johannes Stark Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919) 1875 Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty) 1878 Robert Walser writer 1882 Giovanni Amendola Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo) 1888 Florence Bates San Antonio TX, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama) 1889 Asa Philip Randolph labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union) 1889 Thomas Hart Benton Neosho MO, painter/muralist (Lonesome Road) 1891 Alvin P[leasant Delaney] Carter Maces Springs VA, vocalist (Carter Family) 1891 Vaino Raitio composer 1891 Wallace Reid St Louis MO, actor/director/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man) 1894 Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith Empress of Blues (over 200 songs) 1895 Corrado Alvaro Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte) 1895 Harry F V Edward British Guiana, 100 meter/200 meter runner (Olympics-bronze-1920) 1897 Marian Jordan actress (Molly-Fibber McGee & Molly) 1898 Nini de Boël Flemish operette singer (White Horse) 19-- Art Ford New York NY, DJ (Art Ford Show) 19-- Derrel Maury Los Angeles CA, actor (Mario-Joanie Loves Chachi, Apple Pie) 19-- Rod McCary St Cloud MN, actor (Bobby-Harper Valley PTA) 1901 Joe Davis English snooker/billiards-world champion (1927-46) 1903 John Williams England, actor (Niles-Family Affair, Dial M for Murder) 1903 Erich Arendt German writer 1906 A J "Sandy" Bell South Africa cricket fast bowler (16 Tests 1929-35) 1906 Susan Walker vice CEO (WRVS) 1907 Gerald Abrahams Liverpool, author (Teach Yourself Chess) 1907 Nicholas Tinbergen Netherlands/British biologist/zoologist (Nobel 1973) 1908 Eden Ahbez songwriter 1908 Louise Chaplin actress 1910 Lord Grey of Naunton chancellor (Ulster University) 1911 Jacob Fresco Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument) 1912 Kim II Sung President of North Korea (1945-94) 1912 Peter Menzies CEO (British Electricity Council) 1914 John Gregory dancer 1915 Ernest Borneman sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist 1917 Hans Conried Baltimore MD, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy) 1917 Pietro Grossi composer 1918 John Baragrey Haleyville AL, actor (Creeper, Colossus of New York) 1919 Clive Beadon airman 1919 Elizabeth Catelett sculptor/lithographer 1919 Meriol Trevor novelist/biographer (Civil Prisoners) 1920 Richard von Weizsäcker baron/President (Germany, 1984-94) 1921 Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 3) 1921 Norman Ewart Thurston musician 1922 Harold Washington 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87) 1922 Michael Ansara Lowell MA, actor (Cochise-Broken Arrow, Centennial) 1923 Douglas Wass CEO (Equity & Law Life Assurance Company) 1924 Neville Marriner Lincoln England, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra 1978) 1924 John Grigg British historian 1927 Abha Gandhi servant to Gandhi 1928 Norma Merrick Sklarek 1st black woman architect in New York & California 1928 Richard Evans British diplomat 1929 Adrian Cadbury candy manufacturer (Cadbury, Schweppes) 1929 Jocelyn Barrow deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards) 1930 Vigdis Finnbogadóttir President of Iceland (1980- ) 1930 Elijah Barayi head of South Africa union centre (COSATU) 1931 Florian Zabach Chicago IL, violinist (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) 1931 Kenneth Bloomfield BBC governor (Ireland) 1931 Tomas G Tranströmer Swedish psychologist/poet (Mörkerseende) 1932 David Bolton director (British Royal United Service for Defense) 1932 Nikolai Stepanovich Porvatkin Russian cosmonaut 1933 Elizabeth Montgomery Los Angeles CA, actress (Samantha/Serena-Bewitched) 1933 Roy Clark Meherrin VA, country singer (Hee Haw) 1933 Boris Strugatski USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of Troika) 1935 Gene Cherico bassist 1936 Hector Quintanar composer 1936 Jack Noreiga cricketer (9-95 West Indies vs India 1971) 1936 Maurice Shock rector (Lincoln College in Oxford) 1937 Earl Russell historian 1938 Carles Marsden professor (neurology) 1939 Claudia Cardinale Tunis, actress (Blindfold, 8½, Pink Panther) 1939 Marti Wilder father of rocker Kim Wilde 1940 Edy Hubacher Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1972) 1940 Jeffrey Archer England, (Tory-Commons)/author (Matter of Honor) 1940 Phil Lesh Berkeley CA, bassist (Grateful Dead-Truckin') 1940 Robert Walker Jr New York NY, actor (Ceremony, Don Juan 73, Ensign Pulver) 1941 Howard L Berman (Representative-Democrat-CA, 1983- ) 1942 Julie Sommars Fremont NE, actress (Governor & JJ, Herbie Goes to MC) 1942 Kim Il Jong son of North Korean President Kim Il Sung (1972-94) 1942 Walter Raphael Hazzard Wilmington DE, basketball (Olympics-gold-1964) 1943 Riem de Wolff Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds) 1944 Dave Edmunds Cardiff Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You) 1944 Dzhokhar Dudayev separatist leader 1944 Gerard Schoenaker Dutch singer (Les Baroques) 1945 Jos F B van Rey Dutch MP (VVD) 1946 Wayne Gilchrest (Representative-Republican-MD) 1947 Michael DeBello singer (Maniac) 1947 Wooly Wolstenholme keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest) 1947 Bojoura [Raina GB van Melzen] Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver 1947 DeDe Lind Los Angeles CA, playmate (August 1967) 1947 Linda Bloodworth-Thomason TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown) 1947 Mike Chapman Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman) 1950 Amy Wright Chicago IL, actress (Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist) 1951 Hansel Cuba, Spanish personality 1951 Marsha S Ivins Baltimore MD, astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81) 1951 Heloise II columnist (Heloise's Helpful Hints) 1951 John L Phillips Fort Belvoir VA, PhD/astronaut 1952 Sam McMurray actor (Tracey Ullman) 1954 Emmanuel México City México, Spanish singer 1955 Barbara Barrow LPGA golfer 1955 Enith Salle Brigitha Netherlands, 100 meter/200 meter swimmer (Olympics-bronze-1976) 1956 Michael Cooper NBA star (Los Angeles Lakers) 1956 Gregory J Harbaugh Cleveland OH, astronaut (STS 39, 54, 71, 82) 1957 Evelyn Ashford Shreveport LA, 100 meter runner (Olympics-4 gold-1976, 84) 1958 John Bracewell New Zealand cricketer (premiere spinner of 80's) 1958 Matt Reid rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away) 1959 Emma Thompson Paddington London England, actress (Henry V, Howards End, Oscar-1992) 1959 Kevin Lowe Lachute, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers) 1960 Marvin Clyde Goodwin New Orleans LA, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 1960 Philip Belgian prince/husband of princess Paola 1961 Lynne Austin Plant City FL, playmate (July 1986) 1961 Tiina Lillak Finland, javelin thrower (Olympics-silver-1984) 1963 Manoj Prabhakar cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler) 1963 Teresa Wentzel DeWitt Fort Bragg NC, double trap (Olympics-1996) 1964 Lydie Denier St Nazaire France, actress (General Hospital, Blood Relation) 1964 Nadeem Abbasi cricketer (three Tests for Pakistan vs India 1989) 1965 Anthony Miller NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys) 1965 Kevin Stevens Brockton, NHL left wing (Los Angeles Kings) 1965 Mark Dennis NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers) 1965 Michele Redman Zanesville OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Star Bank-3rd) 1965 Soichi Noguchi Yokohama Japan, astronaut 1966 Andrei Olhovskiy Moscow Russia, tennis pro 1966 Graeme Clark bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around) 1966 Samantha [Karen] Fox East End London England, singer (Touch Me, I Wanna Have Some Fun) 1967 Dara Torres Beverly Hills CA, US Olympic swimmer (Olympics-gold-84) 1967 Lance Zeno NFL/WLAF corner (Rams, Scottish Claymores) 1967 Mark Mortimer actor (Nick Hudson-Another World) 1967 Suzy Green Detroit MI, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon-26th) 1968 Billy Brewer Fort Worth TX, pitcher (New York Yankees) 1968 Stacey Williams Philadelphia PA, model (SI Swimsuit 1996) 1969 Chris Smith Indianapolis IN, Nike golfer (1993 British Columbia Open-8th) 1969 Jeromy Burnitz Westminster CA, outfielder (Cleveland Indians) 1969 Michael Jones NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders, St Louis Rams) 1969 Phillippi Sparks NFL cornerback (New York Giants) 1970 Darrin Smith NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles) 1971 Craig Whelihan NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers) 1971 Derek Brown NFL running back (New Orleans Saints) 1971 Guivi Sissaouri Tbilisi Georgia, Canada freestyle wrestler (Olympics-silver-96) 1971 Jason Sehorn NFL cornerback/safety (New York Giants) 1971 Rich McKenzie NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns) 1971 Tim Tindale NFL running back (Buffalo Bills) 1972 Peter Billingsley New York NY, actor (Real People) 1972 Melvin Johnson NFL safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1972 Ricky Otero Vega Baja Puerto Rico, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies) 1972 Ronald Cherry NFL tackle (Detroit Lions) 1972 Vickie Johnson WNBA guard/forward (New York Liberty) 1973 Jeremy Burkett NFL/WLAF tight end (New York Giants, Barcelona Dragons) 1974 Marena Bencomo Miss Universe-2nd place (Venezuela, 1997) 1974 Mike Quinn quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1974 Sergei Krivokrasov Angarsk Russia, NHL right wing (Blackhawks, Olympics-silver-98) 1977 Lisa Bell Rockford IL, figure skater (1997 Midwestern Senior Champion) 1982 Mark Pugh rocker (Another Bad Creation) 1982 Mark Mizzark [Marlis Pugh], Akron OH, rapper (Another Bad Creation) Deaths which occurred on April 15: 1220 Adolf I archbishop of Cologne, dies 1415 Manuel Chrysoloras Byzantine leader/diplomat (Erotèmata), dies 1472 Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 1502 Jan IV Chalon prince of Orange, dies 1605 Boris Godunov tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1607 Cornelius Kilianus Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 1610 Johan van Duivenoorde mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 1659 Simon Dach German poet, dies 1719 Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at 76 1756 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer, dies at 29 1764 Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles Marquis de Pomador, dies 1765 Michail von Lomonosov Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 1772 Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi, dies at 73 1788 Giuseppi Bonno composer, dies at 77 1811 Ernest Louis Muller composer, dies at 70 1824 Theodorus F van Capellen Vice-Admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 1853 Johann Leopold Fuchs composer, dies at 67 1863 Jan Nepomuk Kanka composer, dies at 90 1865 President Abraham Lincoln dies, at 7:22 am, morning after being shot by John Wilkes Booth 1866 William Jackson composer, dies at 51 1888 Matthew Arnold English poet, dies at 65 1891 Stephen Albert Emery composer, dies at 49 1911 Georg Knorr German engineer, dies 1916 Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanist, dies at 75 1920 Jacob van Stolk Azn art collector, dies at 74 1924 Eduardo Caudella composer, dies at 82 1925 John Singer Sargent US portrait painter, dies at 69 1926 Frank Iredale cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 807 runs at 36 68), dies 1927 Francesco Gaeta Italian poet (Di Giacomo), dies at 47 1929 Antonio Smareglia composer, dies at 74 1937 Nikolai Artzibushev composer, dies at 79 1938 César Vallejo Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46 1942 Robert Musil Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61 1943 Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri composer, dies at 62 1947 Wolstenholme rocker, dies 1949 Wallace Beery US actor (The Champ), dies at 64 1954 Juan Vicente Lecuna composer, dies at 54 1956 Emile Nolde [Hansen] German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88 1958 Estelle Taylor dies at 64 1962 Clara Blandick committed suicide at 80 1962 Esther Minciotti dies at 74 1965 Syd Chaplin dies at 80 1966 Joseph Crehan dies of stroke at 81 1967 Antonio de Curtis Toto comedian, dies of heart attack at 69 1968 Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky composer, dies at 73 1969 Victoria von Battenberg wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81 1972 Otto Brenner German trade union leader, dies at 64 1975 Richard Conte actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65 1975 Charles Marshall dies 1975 John B McKay US test pilot (X-15), dies 1976 Gerald Smith antisemite/catholic (National Christian Crusade), dies at 78 1980 Jean-Paul Sartre existentialist philosopher/writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74 1980 Marshall Reed actor (Fred Asher-Lineup), dies at 62 1980 Paul Langton actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76 1980 Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75 1981 French Duynstee Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 1982 5 Muslim extremist murderers of Egyptian President Sadat executed 1982 Arthur Lowe British actor (Captain Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at 66 1982 Louis M de Guiringaud Fren forgn minister (1976-78), commits suicide at 70 1983 Rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68 1983 Gyula Illyes Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80 1984 Tommy Cooper comedian, dies at 61 1986 Tim McIntire actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42 1986 Jean Genet French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75 1986 Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin cosmonaut, dies at 76 1988 Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at 81 1988 Kenneth Williams dies at 61 1989 Hu Yaobang General Secretary of Chinese Commnist Party, dies 1989 Charles Vanel dies at 96 1990 Greta Garbo actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at 84 1991 Marjorie Warfield dies at 88 1991 Martin Ashe dies 1993 George Ives dies at 111 1993 H H "Bull" Alexander cricketer (Test for Australia 1933, average 154), dies 1993 Leslie Charteris British mystery writer (Saint), dies at 85 1993 William Bakewell dies of leukemia at 84 1994 John Curry English figure skater (Olympics-gold-76), dies of AIDS at 44 1995 Cleo Brown pianist, dies at 91 1995 Denis Harding soldier, dies at 79 1997 Sam Moskowitz San Francisco fandom historian, dies at 76 1997 Zdenek Mlynar Secretary of Czechoslovakian Communist Central Committee (1968), dies On this day...April 15 Events 0069 Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy 1045 British Army liberates Belsen concentration camp 1205 Battle at Adrianople Bulgaria beats Emperor Boudouin of Constantinople 1250 Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue 1450 French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War 1493 Columbus meets with King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella 1581 Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal 1594 Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague) 1595 Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Broth 1621 Hugo the Great arrives in France 1632 Swedish & Saxon army beat Earl Tilly 1654 England & Netherlands signs peace treaty 1689 French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain 1697 Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden 1715 Uprising of Yamasse-Indians in South Carolina 1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar 1729 Johann S Bachs "Matthäus Passion" premieres in Leipzig 1738 Bottle opener invented 1776 Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy 1784 1st balloon flight in Ireland 1788 England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty 1793 Bank of England hands out 1st £5-note 1800 James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole 1817 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford CT) 1850 City of San Francisco incorporated 1851 Earl G Andrássy sentenced to death in Hungary 1853 Protestant church questions king Willem III Roman Catholic bishops 1858 Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists 1861 Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by President Abraham Lincoln 1864 General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden AR 1865 Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl 1870 Last day US silver coins allow to circulate in Canada 1874 New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1877 1st telephone installed Boston-Somerville MA 1878 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap 1892 General Electric Company forms & is incorporated in New York 1895 Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record) 1896 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece 1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours 1900 International Exposition opens in Paris France 1901 1st British motorized burial 1902 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On the Church in the US" 1909 New York Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers 1909 Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo 1910 William Howard Taft is 1st US President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game 1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning 1911 Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St New York NY 1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM in North Atlantic as the band plays on 1915 New York Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Brooklyn, 2-0 1915 Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo", premieres in Madrid 1918 Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents 1920 New Canadian small cent coin is released 1921 Black Friday-Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1922 Poodle Dog Restaurant closes 1922 Frederick Banting, John MacLeod & Charles Best discover insulin 1923 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC) 1924 WHO-AM in Des Moines IA begins radio transmissions 1924 Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead 1925 NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 1927 Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 homeruns of season (off A's Howard Ehmke) 1927 Switzerland & USSR agree to diplomatic relations 1928 Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco) forms 1931 The 1st walk across America backwards began 1937 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3 games to 2 1939 Albert Lebrun elected President of France 1940 British troops land at Narvik Norway 1941 1st helicopter flight of 1 hour duration, Stratford CT 1942 George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta 1943 Metropolitan Life Insurance issues a $225 million check to Chase 1945 FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home 1945 British & Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen 1945 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum 1945 US troops occupy concentration camp Colditz 1947 Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut 1947 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1948 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, Arabs defeated 1948 Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created 1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City UT (ABC) 1st broadcast 1949 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri 1951 Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curaçao 1952 1st B-52 prototype test flight 1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card 1952 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings sweep Montréal Canadiens in 4 games 1952 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953 WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore; beat White Sox 3-1 1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow 1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock AR (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines IA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants (Illinois) 1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs Post Office $41 million 1958 10th Emmy Awards Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt win 1958 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0 1959 Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour 1959 US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles resigns 1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw University 1961 "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1375 performances 1962 US national debt above $300,000,000,000 1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 8 performances 1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (Bridge-Tunnel measures 17.6 miles (28.4 km) and is considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex) 1964 Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia 1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold 1965 James Baldwin's "Amen Corner", premieres in NYC 1966 The Rolling Stones release "Aftermath" 1966 KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu HI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 performances 1968 Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings 1969 North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea 1970 "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 8 performances 1970 Libyan leader Qadhafi launches "Green Revolution" 1970 WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez Puerto Rico ([M]) begins broadcasting 1970 WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce Puerto Rico ([P]) begins broadcasting 1971 "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances 1971 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton", George C Scott & Glenda Jackson win 1972 Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Carole King & Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President 1973 Walt Disney Story opens 1973 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1974 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11 1974 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39 1974 Military coup in Niger, President Diori Hamani deposed 1975 1st appearance of the San Diego Chicken 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-New York Islanders 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead 1975 Gabon amends constitution 1976 Yankee Stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0 1977 1st baseball game at Montréal's Olympic Stadium 1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna Italy 1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1979 43rd Golf Masters Championship Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280 1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story 1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, & landscape display 1983 New York Rangers 0-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 2-0 lead 1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens 1984 "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances 1984 48th Golf Masters Championship Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1984 Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing 1985 Geoff Smith wins his 2nd straight Boston Marathon 1985 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06 1985 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05 1985 South Africa will repeal sex & marriage laws against whites & non-whites 1986 US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing 1986 Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs England in Antigua Test Cricket 1987 "Barbara Cook A Concert For Theatre, Grand Hotel, and The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Ambassador NYC for 13 performances 1987 Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy", premieres in NYC 1988 Meteorite explode above Indonesia 1988 Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles", premieres in NYC 1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England 1989 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries 1989 Then largest lottery in North America ($69 million) drawn in Illinois 1989 Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests 1989 Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48) 1990 "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV 1990 Greenidge & Haynes make 298 opening stand (v England), their best 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary 1991 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week 1991 "Secret Garden" opens at St James Theater NYC for 706 performances 1991 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18 1991 95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06 1991 East-Europe Bank forms in London 1991 Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa 1991 Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assists with 9,898 1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road 1991 Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins) 1992 Billionaire Leona Helmsley is sent to jail for tax evasion 1992 Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight Show 1992 Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx loses its accreditation 1992 New York Islander, Al Arbour, coaches the most NHL games (1,438) 1992 William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy & DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame 1994 Indians lose 1st game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City wins 2-1 1994 Robert F Kennedy Jr (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson 1994 WMMS-FM's Jeff & Flash, & entire station staff, are fired 1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 1 performance 1996 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9 1996 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 1997 America OnLine, begins service in Japan 1997 Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 07:12 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 16: 1628 Cornelis Evertsen de Young Vice Admiral of Zealand 1635 Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter 1648 John Luyken poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre) 1652 Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40) 1660 Hans Sloane England, physician/naturalist; founded British Museum 1673 Francesco Feroci composer 1682 John Hadley mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope) 1696 Giovanni Battista Tupolo Italian painter 1697 Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer 1703 Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castra singer/duke 1728 Joseph Zwart Scottish chemist/physicist 1800 Jozef Stefani composer 1800 William Chambers author/publisher (Basis of Communication & Coding) 1808 Caleb Blood Smith Secretary of Interior (Union), died in 1864 1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson Major General (Confederate Army) 1820 Georg Curtius German classical linguist 1821 Ford Maddox Brown painter 1823 Mother Joseph [Esther Pariseau] religious leader (US capital) 1823 Orlando Bolivar Wilcox Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1907 1832 John A Neuhuys painter 1838 Karel Bendl composer 1844 Anatole France writer (Thaïs, The Wickerwork Woman)/Nobel 1921 1850 Herbert Baxter Adams US, historian (American Historical Association) 1851 Ernst Josephson Sweden, artist 1861 Isaac Murphy US jockey (won 628 races) 1867 José de Diego Puerto Rico, patriot/Puerto Rican Secretary of Justice 1867 Wilbur Wright of aeronautical fame (Wright Brothers) 1868 Joel Angel Russian musicologist/composer 1868 Spottiswoode Aitken Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home) 1871 John Millington Synge Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the Sea) 1871 Martin Lunssens composer 1878 R E "Tip" Foster cricketer (287 on debut England vs Australia SCG 1903) 1881 Edward Frederick Wood 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46) 1882 Seth Bingham composer 1885 Leo Weiner Hungary, composer (Fasching) 1886 Ernst Thälmann German communist presidential candidate 1886 Jekabs Graubins composer 1886 Konstantin Mostras composer 1889 Charlie Chaplin [The Little Tramp] Lambeth London England, comedian/actor/director (City Lights) 1893 Federico Mompou composer 1893 Joseph Yasser composer 1897 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree composer 1897 Jaap Vranken Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater) 1897 John B Glubb British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs) 1898 Marian Jordan Peoria IL, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly) 1900 Polly Adler Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home) 1901 Karel Albert Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen) 1901 Leo Poos nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents) 1904 Clifford Case (Senator-Republican-NJ) 1904 Lily Pons Draguignan France, soprano/diva (Hitting a New High) 1904 Fifi D'Orsay Montréal Québec Canada, actress (Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary) 1905 John Lee-Barber Admiral 1906 Pigmeat Markham Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In) 1906 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis Dutch soccer star/writer 1906 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar Dutch peace activist 1906 Marion Lloyd Vince Brooklyn NY, fencer (National champion 1928, 31) 1909 Herman Uyttersprot Flemish literature historian 1911 Christine McIntyre actress (3 Stooges movies) 1911 William Stearn botanist 1912 David Langton Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship) 1912 John Halas animator 1913 Les Tremayne London, actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds) 1913 Constance Shacklock opera singer 1913 Lord Aberconway CEO (John Brown & Company) 1914 John Hodiak Pittsburgh PA, actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat) 1915 Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman head of Dutch traffic & water 1915 Gerard McLarnon actor/writer 1918 Spike Milligan Ahmed Nagar India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers) 1919 Merce Cunningham choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus) 1920 Barry Nelson Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband) 1920 John William Farr Detroit MI, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List) 1920 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb prison governor 1920 Kees Scherer Dutch photographer (World Press Photo) 1921 Peter Ustinov London England, actor (Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd) 1922 Kingsley Amis London England, novelist (Lucky Jim, The James Bond Dossier) 1922 Christopher Samuel Youd UK, sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy) 1922 Leo Tindermans British statesman 1924 Geoffrey Johnson Smith actor (Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games) 1924 Henry Mancini Cleveland OH, composer/conductor (Pink Panther) 1924 John Harvey-Jones CEO (ICI) 1926 Barbara Tizzard British educator 1927 Peter Mark Richman Philadelphia PA, actor (Andrew-Dynasty) 1927 Joseph Ratzinger German theologist/dogmaticus 1928 Dick [Night Train] Lane NFL defensive back (St Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions) 1929 Roy Hamilton singer (You'll Never Walk Alone) 1930 Herbie Mann Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin') 1930 Frank Page British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer) 1930 John Robson British ambassador (Norway) 1931 Edie Adams [Elizabeth Edith Enke] Kingston PA, actress/Mrs Ernie Kovacs (Ernie Kovacs Show, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Haunting of Harrington House) 1931 Piet de Visser economist/Dutch MP (PvdA) 1932 Imre Polyak Hungary, featherweight (Olympics-gold-1964) 1932 Vince Hill singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose) 1933 Perry Botkin Jr New York NY, orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show) 1933 Joan Bakewell British broadcaster/actress (Cold Comfort Farm) 1933 Joseph Bottoms Santa Barbara CA, actor (Blind Date, Braker) 1934 Brian Peppiatt joint CEO (SG Warburg Securities) 1934 Geoffrey Owen British editor (Financial Times) 1934 Richard Kenshaw British broadcaster 1934 Robert Stigwood producer (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) 1935 Bobby Vinton Pittsburgh PA, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue) 1935 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler blues singer/guitarist 1936 James Rand British judge (Advocate General) 1938 Michael Hirst chief constable (Leicestershire England) 1939 Dusty Springfield [Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien] Hampstead London England, rock vocalist (Growing Pains) 1939 Donald MacCormick British broadcaster 1939 John DeLaFose zydeco Musician 1939 Margaretha de Boer Dutch minister (PvdA) 1939 Reinier Lucassen Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union) 1940 Margrethe II queen of Denmark (1972- ) 1940 David Holford cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers West Indies leg-spin all-rounder) 1940 Lord Camoys deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd) 1940 Paul Cox actor (Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me) 1940 Stephen Lawrence Pruslin composer 1941 Cliff Stearns (Representative-Republican-FL) 1943 Ewald Vanvugt author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love) 1943 Johnny Watkins cricketer (New South Wales leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Australia) 1943 Ruth Madoc actress (Hi Di Hi) 1944 Dennis Russell Davies composer 1945 Goran Antunac Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975) 1945 Stefan Grossman New York NY, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie) 1947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [Lew Alcindor] NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers) 1947 Gerry Rafferty Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street) 1950 David Graf Lancaster OH, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6, Councilman Nash-He's the Mayor) 1951 John Bentley rocker 1952 Peter Westbrook St Louis MO, US fencer (Olympics-bronze-88, 92, 96) 1953 Jay O Sanders Austin TX, actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski) 1955 Ellen Barkin Bronx NY, actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love, Switch) 1955 Charlotte Morrison English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1955 Henri Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg 1956 David M Brown Arlington VA, Commander USN/astronaut 1956 Marty Dickerson Middletown OH, golfer (1994 ShopRite Classic-22nd) 1958 Philip Bainbridge British cricketeer 1959 Anne Kursinski equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96) 1962 David Pate Los Angeles CA, tennis star 1962 Ian MacKaye rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac) 1962 Jeanne Golay Coral Gables FL, cyclist (Olympics-16th-92, 96) 1963 Jimmy Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Donnie & Marie) 1963 Nick Berry Britain, actor (Wicksy-EastEnders) 1963 Garry Galley Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres) 1963 Hu Na China, tennis star 1963 Salim Malik cricketer (memorable Pakistani & Essex batsman) 1964 Dave Pirner rocker (Soul Asylum) 1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly Wichita KS, (Bo-Days of our Live) 1965 Jon Cryer actor (Pretty in Pink, Superman IV) 1965 Caren Kemner Quincy IL, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-bronze-92, 96) 1965 Gerardo rocker 1965 Martin Lawrence comedian (Martin) 1966 Lewis Tillman NFL running back (Chicago Bears) 1967 Charles Evans NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings) 1968 Grace Kim Korea, tennis star 1969 Fernando Vina Sacramento CA, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers) 1969 Melinda Rich Muskegon MI, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1993) 1970 Fran Robinson California, actress (Lauren-Charlie & Company) 1970 Ian Franklin CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos) 1970 Steve Emtman NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins) 1970 Walt Williams NBA forward/guard (Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat) 1971 Frederik Nilsson Stockholm Sweden, IHL forward (Team Sweden, Kansas City (IHL)) 1971 Natasha Zvereva Minsk Belarus, tennis ace (finals 1995 Indian Wells) 1971 Selena [Quintanilla Perez] Lake Jackson TX, tejano singer (Grammy-1994) 1971 Trey Maples Wheat Ridge CO, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Canadian) 1972 Conchita Martinez Monzon Spain, tennis star (1996 final Indian Wells) 1972 Jim Ballard NFL/WLAF quarterback (Scottish Claymores, Buffalo Bills) 1972 Mario Bradley WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs) 1975 Nicky Sualua NFL fullback (Dallas Cowboys) 1976 Lukas Haas West Hoolywood CA, actor (Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box, Testament, Leap of Faith) 1980 Jesse Tendler Madison WI, actor (Nick-Ellen Burstyn Show) 1987 Milton J Cross New York NY, TV announcer (Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air) Deaths which occurred on April 16: 1115 Svjatopolk II great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113] 1446 Filippo Brunelleschi architect, dies 1496 David van Bourgondie Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 1529 Louis de Berquin French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake 1619 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert [Dionisio Fiamingo] Flemish painter, dies 1687 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham dies at 59 1743 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69 1756 Jacques Cassini French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 1760 Laurence 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward 1825 John Henry Fuseli painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84 1828 Francisco Goya y Lucientes Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82 1846 Domenico Dragonetti composer, dies at 83 1850 Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud maker of wax figures, dies 1858 Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87 1860 Carolina duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies 1865 Robert C Tyler US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1870 Anatoli O Demidov Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies 1876 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert composer, dies at 83 1879 Bernadette saint/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France 1881 George William Martin composer, dies at 56 1914 George W Hill US astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76 1916 Tom Horan cricketer (15 Tests for Australia, 471 runs, 11 wickets), dies 1920 John Conrad Nordqvist composer, dies at 80 1924 Jack Board cricket wicket-keeper (England in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies 1929 Abraham van Stolk Jzn art collector, dies at 57 1938 Bertram Wagstaff Mills circus proprietor, dies 1941 Josiah Charles Stamp 1st baron/statisician, dies 1948 Babe Ruth baseball legend, dies 1949 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka Indon communist, executed at 54 1951 Emile Erens Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85 1955 Abdullah Seif el-Islam brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded 1959 Charles Halton dies at 83 1968 Fay Bainter actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76 1968 Edna Ferber author (American Beauty), dies at 78 1970 Péter Veres Hungarian minister of defense/writer, dies at 73 1970 Richard Josef Neutra Austria/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78 1971 Mihály Váci Hungarian poet/politician, dies at 46 1972 Yasunari Kawabata Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72 1973 István Kertész Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43 1978 Lucius D Clay General/Governor US zone West Germany (airlift), dies at 80 1980 Alf Sjöberg director (Fadern, Oen, Domaren), dies in a car crash at 76 1981 Eric Hollies cricketer (13 Tests for England, 44 wickets), dies 1985 Scott Brady [Gerald Tierney] actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60 1987 Anthony Tudor dancer/choreographer (American Ballet Theater) dies at 78 1988 Abu Jihad [Khalil al-Wazzir] PLO-leader, murdered 1988 Clifford Roach cricketer (16 Tests early in West Indies cricket history), dies 1988 Jacques de Kadt Dutch 2nd chamber member (Socialist-Democrat), dies at 90 1988 Khalil al-Wazir PLO military commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos 1988 Warde Donovan dies at 72 1989 Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad Lebanese writer, dies 1991 David Lean director (2 Academy Awards-Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia), dies of pneumonia at 83 1992 Andy Russell drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72 1992 Frank Killmond dies at 58 1992 Neville Brand actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at 71 1993 John P W Meefout sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77 1994 John McLiam dies of Parkinson's disease at 75 1994 Ralph Waldo Ellison US writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80 1994 Ron Vawter US actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45 1994 Samuel Selvon author, dies at 70 1995 Arthur English comedian, dies at 75 1995 Cheyenne Brando daughter of Marlon, commits suicide 1995 Cy[ril Raker] Endfield film director (Universal Soldier), dies at 80 1995 Stewart Myles MacPherson broadcaster, dies at 86 1996 Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73 1996 Madeleine Bourdouxhe writer, dies at 89 1996 Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist, dies at 62 1996 Stavros Spyros Niarchos Greek shipowner, dies at 86 1997 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo media tycoon, dies at 66 1997 Mae Boren Axton song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82 1997 Michael Stroka actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 57 On this day...Events 0556 Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1346 King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece 1509 French army under Louis XII enters Alps 1521 Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms 1632 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander 1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College 1724 1st Easter observed 1746 Battle at Culloden Troops of "James VIII & III" defeat Charles Stuart 1777 Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout British 1787 1st American comedy, "The Contrast", makes its debut in NYC 1789 George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration 1818 Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border) 1849 The opera "Il Profeta" premieres (Paris France) 1854 San Salvador destroyed by earthquake 1854 Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die 1854 Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa", premieres 1861 US President Abraham Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states 1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35 1862 Slavery abolished in District of Columbia 1865 Battle of Columbus & West Point GA (Fort Tyler) 1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Company office explodes 1866 Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia 1868 Louisiana voters approve new constitution 1869 Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti 1870 Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London 1871 German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions 1874 Dr David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton 1883 Paul Kruger chosen President of Transvaal 1888 Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike 1900 US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps 1908 Natural Bridges National Monument established (Lake Powell UT) 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross the English Channel 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base) 1917 Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution 1921 Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague 1922 Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row 1922 German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized 1924 1st radio-transmission of wireless Matthäus Passion 1924 Child labor laws strengthened in Holland 1926 Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" & "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner 1929 Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st in American League to hit a homerun on 1st at bat 1929 New York Yankees become 1st team to use numbers on uniforms 1935 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly" 1935 Babe Ruth's 1st National League game, for Boston Braves, included a homerun 1938 Great-Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia 1939 Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact 1939 Stanley Cup Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 1940 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) 1940 Cleveland Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chicago, 1-0 1940 Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht", premieres in Rio de Janeiro 1941 Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes 1942 Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship 1942 King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta 1943 40 New Zealand bombers attack Haarlem Netherlands (85 killed) 1945 German troops in Groningen surrender 1945 Red Army begins Battle of Berlin 1945 US troops land on He Shima Okinawa 1946 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands NM; 8 km altitude 1946 NSB mayor of Rotterdam Netherlands, FE Müller sentence to 100 years in jail 1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York NY) 1947 Massive explosion & fire kills 500 in Texas City TX 1947 Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp 1948 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris France 1949 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games 1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75 1952 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances 1953 Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game 1953 British royal yacht Britannica taken out of service 1953 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Palm Springs Golf Open 1953 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1953 WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Canadiens, 4 games to 3 1956 1st solar powered radios go on sale 1957 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test 1958 22nd Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284 1958 French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis 1959 New York Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard 1959 Phillies' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit 1959 "Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 44 performances 1959 Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation 1961 15th Tony Awards Becket & Bye Bye Birdie win 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1961 Stanley Cup Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2 1962 Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News 1962 Brazil nationalizes US businesses 1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" 1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket 1966 Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain 1967 Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings 1967 "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances 1970 70 die in an avalanche (France) 1972 2 giants pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) arrive in the US, from China 1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands) 1972 Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0 1972 "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 performances 1972 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock 1974 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario CA 1974 "Words & Music" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1975 Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh 1977 Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia 1978 St Louis Cardinal Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0 1978 "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA NYC after 21 performances 1978 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1979 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees & Mets tie 1-1 1979 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:09:27 1979 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15 1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium 1979 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried Child" 1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis 1980 Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final 1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 Columbia space shuttle returns 1981 "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances 1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution 1983 Steve Garvey sets National League record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games 1984 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28 1984 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34 1984 Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 homeruns including a grand slam 1984 Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive" 1985 Washington Capitals 1-New York Islanders 2-Patrick Division Semifinals-Islanders win series 3-2 1985 "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances 1986 To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Qadhafi appears on TV 1986 West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England 1987 FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves 1987 Michael Jordan, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season 1987 Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction 1987 Howard Stern & Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC 1987 Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences" 1989 Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 1989 1st Seniors Golf Tradition Don Bies wins 1989 Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world 1989 Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic 1989 Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28) 1990 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week 1990 "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances 1990 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23 1990 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19 1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 1991 Mike Leander & Edward Seago's musical "Matador", premieres in London 1991 St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7 1992 "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances 1992 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1992 Afghánistán President Najibullah resigns 1992 New York Rangers win team record 50th game 1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th 1994 Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed 1994 Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodacre (30) 1995 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Ray Floyd wins 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul MN on WRQC 100.3 FM  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 07:15 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 17: 1539 Tobias Stimmer Swiss painter/cartoonist (Comedia) 1573 Maximilian I duke/ruler of Bayern (Catholic League) 1586 John Ford English dramatist ('Tis Pity She's a Whore) 1587 Marco Ivan Lukacic composer 1622 Henry Vaughan English poet (Silex Scintillans) 1644 Abraham Jansz Storck painter, baptized 1666 François Valentijn Dutch vicar/writer 1676 Frederik I [van Hessen Kassel] King of Sweden (1720-51) 1683 Johann David Heinichen composer 1699 Robert Blair Scottish poet (Grave) 1715 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer 1719 Christian Gottfried Krause composer 1738 Philip Hayes composer 1741 Johann Gottlieb Naumann composer 1741 Samuel Chase judge (signed Declaration of Independence) 1774 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek organist/pianist/composer 1788 Joseph Gilbert Totten Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1864 1797 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque Belgian composer/conductor 1809 Philip St George Cocke Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 1811 Ann Sheppard Mounsey composer 1813 Henry Washington Benham Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1884 1820 Gottfried Conradi composer 1827 French C Baeckelmans Flemish architect (St Amanduskerk, Antwerp) 1837 John Pierpont Morgan US banker/CEO (US Steel) 1845 Isabel Barrows US, editor/penologist (Conference on Negro Question) 1863 Johannes P Boskaljon Curaçao composer/conductor 1868 Charles R Gallas Dutch lexicographer (French dictionary) 1869 Johannes M Meulenhoff Dutch publisher 1870 Ray Stannard Baker US, journalist (Puliter Prize 1940) 1876 Ian Hay Scotland, novelist/playwright (PIp, Carrying On) 1881 Anton Wildgans writer 1882 Artur Schnabel Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas) 1883 Hermann Darewsky composer 1885 Isak Dinesen Danish writer (Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales) 1885 Cecil Burleigh composer 1885 Karen Blixen-Finecke [Dinesen], Danish writer (Out of Africa) 1886 Otto Lederer Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer) 1890 Art Acord Glenwood Sevier UT, western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists) 1892 Jean Haesaert Flemish lawyer/sociologist 1894 Nikita S Khrushchev 1st Secretary USSR (1953-64) 1895 Bert Wheeler actor (Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers) 1896 Senor Wences ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet) 1897 Harald Saeverud Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) 1897 Antonius F "Anton" Coolen Dutch author (Village by the River) 1897 Thornton N Wilder US, novelist/playwright (Our Town) 1899 Vincent Wigglesworth entomologist 19-- Dennis Dun actor (Midnight Caller, Big Trouble in Little China) 19-- Ralphy Rodriquez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball) 1901 George Keyt artist 1902 Anton Beuving lyricist (Ketelbinkie) 1903 Gregor Piatigorsky Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist 1903 Nicolas Nabokov Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (The Holy Devil) 1904 Edward Chodorov playwright/director (Story of Louis Pasteur) 1904 Naoomal Jeoomal cricketer (pioneer Indian Test opening batsman) 1905 Arthur Lake Corbin KY, actor (Dagwood-Blondie) 1905 Louis Jean Heydt Montclair NJ, actor (Joe-Waterfront) 1906 M Rooi editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily) 1909 Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher politician 1909 Humphrey Sims Moore pacifist/journalist 1909 Patrick Reilly diplomat 1911 Mikhail Botvinnik of USSR, world chess champion (1948-63) 1911 Earl of Lauderdale 1911 Jean-Pierre Herve Bazin writer 1912 Isador Caplan lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer 1913 Paul Langton Salt Lake City UT, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place) 1913 Richard Travis Carlsbad NM, actor (Missile to the Moon) 1916 Azijn Banana [Oscar Enau], Antillean publicist 1916 David Stafford-Clark psychiatrist 1916 Donald Gibson British Vice-Admiral 1916 Ryoei Saito businessman 1916 Sirimavo Bandaranaike world's 1st woman PM (Sri Lanka, 1960..77) 1918 William Holden [Franklin Beedle Jr] O'Fallon IL, actor (Stalag 17, Bridge Over the River Kwai, SOB) 1918 Anne Shirley UK, actress (Devil & Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas) 1920 Bengt N Anderberg Swedish poet/writer (Kain) 1920 Joan "Maudie" Warburton painter 1921 Donald Barron CEO (Midland Bank) 1923 Harry Reasoner Dakota City IA, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS) 1923 Lindsay Anderson Bangalore India, director (Thursday's Children) 1923 Lloyd Biggle Jr US, sci-fi author (Silence is Deadly) 1923 Norman Potter cabinetmaker designer/writer 1924 Patrick Sergeant founder (Euromoney Publications) 1925 Anne Harris CEO (National Federation of Women's Institutes) 1925 John Yates bishop (Lambeth England) 1925 Joyce Buck actress/interior designer 1926 Arthur Hockaday director-General (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) 1926 G M Hughes professor/zoologist 1926 Michael Vernon CEO (RNLI) 1927 Christopher Whelen composer 1927 Tadeusz Mazowiecki premier of Poland (1989-90) 1928 Cynthia Ozick US, author (Pagan Rabbi & Other Stories) 1929 Eileen Stamers-Smith headmistress (Malvern Girls' College) 1929 James Last orchestra leader/composer/arranger 1929 Lady (James) Mellon CEO (Volunteer Development Scotland) 1930 Chris Barber jazz trombonist 1930 Genevieve Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples) 1931 Joan Clague director of nursing services (Marie Curie Foundation) 1931 John Bartlett tennis player (Davis Cup captain-Britain) 1931 John Chalstrey alderman/Lord Mayor (London) 1931 Joyce Molyneux chef 1931 Ruth Etchells principal (St John's College-Durham) 1932 Graziella Sciutti Italian opera singer 1932 Han J A Hansen [Jansen] Dutch journalist (King Comes!) 1932 Ramsay Melhuish diplomat 1933 Monique Van Vooren Brussels Belgium, actress (Warhol's Frankenstein) 1933 Penelope Lively writer 1933 Tim Rathbone MP 1934 Don Kirshner rock & roll producer (invented bubblegum music) 1936 Lord Justice Aldous 1936 Pete Graves rocker (Moonglows) 1937 Brian Sedgemore British MP 1937 Daffy Duck animated character 1937 Eduard N Stepanov Russian cosmonaut 1937 Galina Samsova ballerina 1937 Terry Dicks British MP 1938 David Dilks vice-chancellor (Hull U) 1938 K M P O'Brien archbishop (St Andrews & Edinburgh) 1939 Robin Knox-Johnston yachtsman 1941 Bill Fury Liverpool England, vocalist/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You) 1941 Adolphus Hailstork composer 1941 Max Stafford-Clark artistic director (Royal Court Theatre) 1942 Mario Brenta writer/director (Maicol, Barnabo of the Mountains) 1943 Roy Estrada rocker (Morthers Of Invention) 1944 John Lill professor/pianist 1945 Vincent A M van der Burg Dutch MP (CDA) 1946 Clare Francis yachtswoman/novelist (Come Hell or High Water) 1946 Henry Kelly British broadcaster 1946 J R Baines professor (Egyptologist) 1947 Charles Frank Olympia WA, actor (Chisholms, Emerald Point NAS) 1948 Jan Hammer composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice) 1948 Viscount Bridport 1949 Heini Hemmi Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympics-gold-1976) 1949 John Oates New York NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl) 1951 Olivia Hussey Buenos Aires, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Death on Nile) 1954 Kim Tyler Hollywood CA, actress (Kyle-Please Don't Eat Daisies) 1954 Riccardo Patrese driver (Grand Prix) 1955 Pete Shelley vocal/guitar (Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites) 1955 Peter Michalke journalist 1955 Rob Bolland Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland) 1956 Kaye Young Cowher WBL forward (New York Stars, New Jersey Gems) 1956 Pillow [Therese Joan Bell] California, bodybuilder (Gold Classic 1983) 1958 Byron Cherry Atlanta GA, actor (Coy-Dukes of Hazzard) 1958 Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov Russian Major/cosmonaut 1959 Teri Austin Toronto Ontario Canada, actress (Terminal Choice, Knots Landing) 1959 David Hearn Washington DC, slalom single canoe (Olympics-9th-96) 1959 Elizabeth Lindsey actress (China Beach) 1959 Stephen Singleton Sheffield, rocker (ABC) 1960 Michael Whitaker showjumper 1961 [Norman] Boomer Esiason West Islip NY, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets) 1961 Norman Cowans cricketer (England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85) 1962 Nancy Hogshead Iowa City IA, swimmer (Olympics-gold-1984)/model (jockey) 1964 Ken Daneyko Windsor, NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils) 1964 Raye Hollit American Gladiator (Zap) 1966 Lela Rochon actress (Waiting to Exhale) 1966 Susie Redman Salem OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore-2nd) 1967 Leslie Bega Los Angeles CA, actress (Maria Tomlinson-Head of the Class) 1967 Timothy Gibbs Burbank CA, actor (Father Murphy, Santa Barbara) 1967 Aaron Wallace NFL defensive end/linebacker (Oakland Raiders) 1967 Marquis Grisom Atlanta GA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians) 1968 Maurits Prince of Netherlands 1968 Ritchie Woodhall boxer 1968 Roger Twose cricketer (Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995) 1969 Alexander McQueen fashion designer 1970 Tony Sacca WLAF quarterback (Barcelona Dragons) 1971 David Oliver Sechelt, NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers) 1972 Benjamin Dodwell Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1972 Gordon Laro NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1972 Keith Lyle safety (St Louis Rams) 1972 Muttiah Muralitharan cricketer (leading Sri Lankan Test off-spinner) 1972 Tony Boselli NFL offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1973 Brett Maher Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard (Olympics-96) 1973 Gene Makowsky CFL offensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1973 Jeff Lewis NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1973 Kenneth Carlsen Denmark, tennis star 1973 Ross Aloisi Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96) 1973 Theo Ratliff NBA forward/center (Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers) 1974 James Hamilton linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1974 Marcel Nijenhuis soccer player (NEC) 1975 Trifun Zivanovic Santa Monica, figure skater (1995 Pac Coast Jr champion) 1976 Nadine Thomas Miss Jamaica-Universe (1997) 1977 Pascal de Vries soccer player (FC Twente) 1978 Bilal Abdul-samad rocker (Boys) 1979 Tram-Anh Tran actress (Ghostwriters') 1980 Crystal Carlson Miss Maine Teen-USA (1997) Deaths which occurred on April 17: 0485 Proclus Greek mathematician, dies in Athens 0818 Bernhard I King of Italy, dies 0858 Benedict III Italian Pope (855-58), dies 1272 Zita/Cita Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 1297 Willem van Afflighem Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 86 1427 Jan IV duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies 1574 Joachim Camerarius [Liebhard Kammerer] German philologist, dies 1630 Christian I ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mountain), dies 1679 John van Kessel Flemish painter, dies at 53 1711 Jozef I [Habsburg] emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32 1714 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach composer, dies at 56 1726 Henriëtte Amalia ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49 1764 Johann Mattheson German composer/musicologist, dies at 82 1790 Benjamin Franklin US, (Poor Richard's Almanac), dies at 84 1835 William Henry Ireland forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies 1837 Edouard viscount de Walckiers very wealthy slave trader, dies 1838 J Schopenhauer writer, dies at 71 1854 Gottlob Wiedebein composer, dies at 74 1863 Daniel Smith Donelson Confederate General/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer, dies at 60 1890 John Barnett composer, dies at 87 1891 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary composer, dies at 77 1899 Hans Balatka composer, dies at 74 1915 Johannes P Kelly [Kellij] Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60 1936 Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck Dutch PM (1918-23, 29-33), dies 1944 J T Hearne cricketer (took 49 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies 1945 Hannie Schaft "Girl with red hair", executed 1945 Ion Pillat Romaniams poet/Senator (Umbra timpului), dies 1945 Walter Model German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54 1946 John Iddon cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for England 1934-35), dies 1948 Johan P Earl of Limburg Stirum diplomat, dies at 75 1948 Percy Sherwell cricketer (South Africa captain in 13 Tests 1905-11), dies 1960 Eddie Cochran rocker, dies in an auto accident at 21 1962 Louise Fazenda dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66 1968 Margaret Seddon dies at 95 1970 Sergei Aleksi patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92 1971 Roberto Lupi composer, dies at 62 1974 Frank McGee Today show host, dies of cancer at 52 1974 Herbert Elwell US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75 1974 Vinnie Taylor rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose 1976 Jean-Jacques Gailliard Belgian painter, dies at 85 1977 Marjorie Gateson actress (One Man's Family), dies at 86 1983 Felix Pappalardi rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies 1983 Peter Potter DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78 1983 Mark W Clark US General (WWII), dies at 87 1985 Ilona Bodden writer, dies 1986 Bessie Head writer, dies 1987 Dick Shawn comedian (Producers), dies on stage from a heart attack at 63 1987 Carlton Barrett Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36 1988 Eva Novak actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90 1988 Louise Nevelson sculptor, dies of brain tumor at 88 1989 Charles Lampkin dies 1990 Reverend Ralph David Abernathy civil rights activist, dies at 64 1991 Jack Yellen US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97 1992 Hank Penny country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure 1993 Turgut Özal President of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65 1994 Peter Hacker US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69 1995 A R A (Anton) Murray cricketer (289 runs & 11 wickets in 10 Tests), dies 1995 Nancy Mayhew Youngman artist/educator, dies at 88 1996 Eva Jones poet/novelist, dies at 82 1996 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren philosopher, dies at 86 1996 Michele Carew daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18 1997 Chaim Herzog President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78 On this day...Events 0858 Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1421 Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown 1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find the Indies 1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church 1524 Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay 1534 Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower 1555 Siena surrenders for Spanish troops 1596 Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais 1629 1st commercial fishery established 1704 1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell 1711 Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria 1747 French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands 1758 Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems 1793 Battle of Warsaw 1808 Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships 1817 1st US school for the deaf founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc (American School for the Deaf-Hartford CT) 1824 Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54º 40' N 1839 Guatemala forms republic 1853 US Marine Hospital at Presidio (San Francisco) established 1853 Thorbecke government resigns 1861 Virginia become 8th state to secede 1861 Indianola TX-"Star of West" taken by Confederacy 1863 Grierson's Raid La Grange TN to Baton Rouge LA 1864 Battle of Plymouth NC 1864 Bread revolt in Savannah GA 1864 Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges 1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination 1869 1st pro baseball games-Cincinnati Reds 24, Cincinnati amateurs 15 1875 "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain 1892 1st Sunday National League baseball game, Cincinnati Reds beat St Louis Cardinals 5-1 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) 1900 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession 1905 US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional 1907 11,745 immigrants arrive at Ellis Island NY 1912 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep") 1920 American Professional Football Association forms (NFL) 1923 Longest National League opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14 1924 Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B Mayer Company merged to form MGM 1925 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery 1925 Paul Painlevé follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier 1927 Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier 1930 Abkhazian ASSR established in Georgian SSR 1932 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery 1933 Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating New York Giants 23-21 1934 The new Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5 1935 Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs) 1937 Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd & Petunia Pig, debut 1939 Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1939 Samuel Nathaniel Behrman's "No Time for Comedy", premieres in NYC 1939 Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact 1941 Office of Price Administration established (to handle rationing) 1941 British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to Nazi's 1942 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg 1942 Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp 1943 Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul 1943 SS-Lieutenant-General Jürgen Stoop arrives in Warsaw 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Netherlands 1945 Mussolini flees from Salò to Milan 1945 US troops lands in Mindanao 1946 Last French troops leave Syria (National Day) 1946 Syria declares independence from French administration 1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit 1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 meter) homerun in Washington DC's Griffith Stadium 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1956 USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves 1956 Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament 1956 Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns 1956 Kominform disbands 1956 Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain 1958 Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens 1960 American Samoa sets up a constitutional government 1960 Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn 1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro 1961 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment", Burt Lancaster & Liz Taylor win 1964 Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base) 1964 "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances 1964 "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances 1964 1st game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 1966 100th international soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1) 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational 1967 Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off 1967 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20 1968 A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles 1968 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 performances 1969 Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed 1969 Montréal Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0 1969 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F Kennedy 1969 The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert 1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British House of Commons 1970 Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help 1970 Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released 1971 Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR) 1971 People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 1972 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillies' Veterans Stadium crashes into the centerfield seats 1972 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26 1972 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39 1972 Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed 1973 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59 1973 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oregon in 2:16:03 1974 Ted Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from Central Washington State College, Ellensburg WA 1974 Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt 1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day) 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins 6-New York Islanders 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead 1975 Phnom Penh fell to Communist insurgents, ending Cambodia's 5-year war 1976 National League greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 the Phillies win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive homeruns 1977 "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances 1977 Christian-Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1977 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1978 63,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record) 1978 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52 1978 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:10:13 1978 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden" 1979 Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?", premieres in London 1981 Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers 1981 Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1982 Canada adopts its constitution 1982 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1983 1st National Coin Week begins 1983 In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters 1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket 1983 Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers; Rangers 7-Islanders 6-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 2-1 lead; Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals 1983 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter 1983 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29) 1983 Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage 1984 Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead 1986 IBM produces 1st megabit-chip 1986 Netherlands & Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651) 1986 Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove" 1987 Julius Erving becomes the 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points 1987 Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate 1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50) 1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic 1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week 1989 Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros 1989 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:33 1989 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06 1989 Polish labor union granted legal status 1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die 1991 Railroad workers go on strike in the US 1991 Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46) 1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney King's civil rights 1993 STS-56 (Discovery) lands 1994 "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 performances 1994 "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 performances 1994 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Lee Trevino wins 1994 Aruba government of Oduber falls 1994 Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark 1994 Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship 1995 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11 1995 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22 1997 John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker 1997 New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 07:19 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 18: 1480 Lucretia Borgia murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) 1521 François de Coligny ruler of van Andelot, French General (Jarnac) 1580 Thomas Middleton English playwright (Game of Chess) 1590 Ahmed I 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) 1605 Giacomo Carissimi composer 1729 Gaetano B Vestris Italian/French ballet dancer 1732 George Colman "the Elder", playwright (baptised) 1740 Francis Baring banker/merchant 1744 Pieter 't Hoen Dutch journalist/patriot 1759 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr composer 1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber pianist/conductor/composer 1777 Ignac Ruzitska composer 1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee composer 1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers President of France 1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies (1856-61) 1806 Ludwig Schuberth composer 1817 George Henry Lewes English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) 1819 Franz von Suppé Spalato Dalmatia, composer (Light Cavalry Over) 1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume composer 1839 Henry Clarence Kendall New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) 1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental Portugal, poet (Beatrice) 1845 Wilhelm Gericke composer 1852 George Clausen painter 1855 Abraham Bredius Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) 1855 Josef Gruber composer 1857 Clarence S Darrow defense attorney at the Scopes monkey trial 1859 Eduard G H H Cuypers architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) 1863 Felix Blumenfeld composer 1864 Richard Harding Davis US, journalist/author (In The Fig) 1868 Didericus G van Epen genealogist (Dutch Patriciate) 1871 Henry Stephenson British West Indies, actor (Conquest, Little Old New York, Mr Lucky) 1873 Jean Roger-Ducasse composer 1881 Hermann KJ Zilcher German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart) 1881 Max Weber Polish/Russian/US painter 1882 Leopold Stokowski London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony) 1884 Magda Janssens Flemish/Netherlands actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart) 1888 Arnold Henry Moore Lunn skier 1889 Jessie Street Australian pro women's/aborigine rights fighter 1889 John Kilbane US, featherweight boxing champion (1912-23) 1890 James Rennie Toronto Ontario Canada, actor (Lash, Little Damozel) 1895 Anton F Pieck Dutch illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel) [or April 19] 1896 C Eugène Wegmann Swiss geologist (Le Jura plissé) 1897 Pedro Regas Sparta Greece, actor (Pat Paulsen's ½ Comedy Hour) 1898 Lord Leatherland British journalist/Labour peer 19-- Anna Kathryn Holbrook Fairbanks AK, actress (Sharlene-Another World) 19-- Bill Lazarus Washington DC, actor (Bad News Bears) 1900 Louise Tazewell [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer 1901 László Németh Hungarian physician/author (Gyász/Galilei) 1903 Leonid Kinskey St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca) 1903 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin composer 1906 Clara Eggink [Ebbele], Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem) 1906 Edgar Unsworth Justice of Appeals (Gibralter) 1907 Stephen Longstreet American writer (All or Nothing) 1907 Miklós Rózsa Budapest Hungary, movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora) 1908 Edward Roberts bishop (Ely) 1908 Henry Guinness missionary 1908 Joseph Keilberth German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele) 1910 Jamie L Whitten (Representative-Democrat-MS, 1941- ) 1910 Sylvia Fisher soprano (Albert Herring Opera) 1911 Francis Frederick Johnson architect 1911 George Huntington Hartford II New York NY, A&P heir 1912 Wendy Barrie Hong Kong, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show) 1912 John Lapworth Holt boat Designer 1913 Al Hodge actor (Captain Video) 1913 Kent Wheeler Kennan composer 1913 Milos Sokola composer 1913 Susan Bosence textile designer 1914 C S Nayudu cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie) 1914 Henk Lankhorst pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP) 1917 Louise Frederika Queen of Greece 1918 Robert Zimonyi Hungary, cox (Olympics-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64) 1918 Tony Mottola Kearney NJ, president of Sony Music Entertainment/guitarist/host (Melody Street) 1918 Roger de Grey president (Royal Academy) 1920 Walter Clegg MP 1921 Barbara Hale Dekalb IL, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason) 1922 Avril Angers actress (Brass Monkey) 1923 Baroness Platt of Writtle British CEO (Equal Opportunities Commission) 1923 Leif Panduro Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions) 1924 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine) 1924 Buxton Daeblite Orr composer 1924 Henry J Hyde (Representative-Republican-IL) 1924 Lord Mason of Barnsley MP (Lab)/British defense secretary 1924 Raf de Linde [Raphaël van Hecke] author (Vaarwel on Gertrude) 1925 Bob Hastings Brooklyn NY, actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family) 1925 Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor musician 1925 Robert Caldwell Crawford composer 1926 Gunter Meisner Germany, actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum) 1926 Doug Insole cricketer (England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests) 1927 Jim De Courcy cricketer (in Newcastle Australian batsman 1953) 1928 Jean-François Pailliard Vitry-le-François France, conductor 1929 Peter Hordern British CEO (Fina) 1929 Peter Jeffrey actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity) 1930 Clive Revill Wellington New Zealand, actor (Legend of Hell House) 1931 Klas Lestander Sweden, 20K biathlon (Olympics-gold-1960) 1932 Dominic Milroy OSB/headmaster (Ampleforth College England) 1933 Alan Devereux CEO (Scottish Tourist Board) 1934 James Drury New York NY, actor (Virginian) 1934 Jaap F Scherpenhuizen Dutch MP (VVD) 1934 Jan Klusak composer 1934 Jap F Scherpenhuizen Dutch MP (VVD) 1934 Mark Kingston actor (Intimate Contact) 1935 Joel Hefley (Representative-Republican-CO) 1935 Paul A Rothchild record producer 1936 Brian Fuller commandant (Fire Service College, England) 1936 Harold Innocent [HS Harrison] English actor (Tall Guy) 1936 Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson medical administrator 1937 Robert Hooks Washington DC, actor (Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela) 1937 Tatyana Shchelkanova USSR, long jumper (Olympics-bronze-1964) 1938 Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg supreme commander (South Africa army) 1939 Glen Hardin rocker 1939 Von McDaniel baseball player 1940 Ed Garvey labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Association) 1940 Joseph L Goldstein Sumter SC, physician (Nobel-1985) 1940 Ira von Furstenberg [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monaco) 1940 Skip Stephenson Omaha NE, comedian (Real People) 1941 Mike Vickers guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) 1942 Dick K J Tommel chemist/(D66) Dutch Assistant Secretary of State (1994- ) 1942 Jochen Rindt German race car driver 1944 Irvine Shillingford cricketer (cousin of Grayson, 4 Tests for West Indies) 1944 Rudy Shackelford composer 1946 Hayley Mills London England, actress (Parent Trap, Pollyanna) 1946 [Alexander] Skip Spence Windsor Ontario Canada, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha) 1946 Anne Boyd composer 1946 Harvey Kagan rocker 1946 Lenny Baker rocker (Sha Na Na) 1947 Cindy Pickett actress (Ferris Bueller, Hot to Trot, St Elsewhere) 1947 Dorothy Lyman Minneapolis MN, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family) 1947 James Woods Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds) 1947 Lori Martin Glendale CA, actress (Velvet-National Velvet) 1947 David Gee director (Friends of the Earth) 1948 "Tiny" Nate Archibald NBA guard (Cincinnati) 1948 Catherine Malfitano New York NY, soprano (Metropolitan Opera) 1948 Skip Stephenson Omaha NE, comedian (Real People) 1950 Bill Sudderth III trumpeter (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover) 1952 Jim Scholten Midland MI, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad) 1953 Rick Moranis Toronto Ontario Canada, (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs) 1954 Kim Stone bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 1955 Amschel Rothschild banker 1955 Anne-Marie Palli Ciboure France, LPGA golfer (1992 ShopRite) 1956 Eric Roberts Biloxi MS, actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies) 1956 John James Minneapolis MN, actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty) 1956 Melody Thomas Scott Los Angeles CA, actress (Nikki-Young & Restless) 1956 David Wayne Edwards Neosho MO, PGA golfer (1980 Walt Disney) 1958 Les Pattinson Ormskirk Merseyside England, rock bassist (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here) 1958 Bernadette Robi model/ex-wife of football player Lynn Swann 1958 Malcolm Marshall cricketer (West Indies quickie 1978-91, West Indies top wicket-taker) 1959 Jim Eisenreich St Cloud MN, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins) 1961 Kelly Hansen heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You) 1961 Ian Doig Seaforth Ontario Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1985 Florida Classic) 1961 Jane Leeves London England, actress (Murphy Brown, Daphne Moon-Fraiser) 1961 Jeff Cook Muncie IN, Nike golfer (1990 Greater Ozarks Open) 1961 Pamella Bordes New Dehli India, British parliament prostitute 1962 Mick Sweda heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike) 1962 Shirlie Hollman rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now) 1962 Wilber Marshall NFL linebacker (New York Jets) 1963 Conan [Christopher] O'Brien Brookline MA, TV host (Late Night) 1963 Phil Simmons cricketer (West Indian opening batsman) 1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly actor (Another World) 1965 Diana Villegas México, rocker (Triplets-You DOn't Have To Go) 1965 Sylvia Villegas México, rocker (Triplets-You DOn't Have To Go) 1965 Vicky Villegas México, rocker (Triplets-You DOn't Have To Go) 1966 Chuck Wade Menomonee Falls WI, diver (Olympics-96) 1966 Michelle Chryst WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz-17th-1994) 1966 Valeri Kamensky Voskresensk Russia, NHL left wing (Avalanche, Olympics-silver-98) 1967 Jayce Fincher Jr heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel) 1967 Kenneth Gant NFL safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1967 Marcel Valk soccer player (RKC, Go Ahead Eagles) 1969 Vladimir Tsyplakov Inta Russia, NHL left wing (Los Angeles Kings, Belarus 1998) 1970 Carl Simpson NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears) 1970 Francois Leroux Ste-adele, NHL defenseman (Pittsburgh Penguins) 1970 Heike Friedrich East Germany swimmer (world record 200 meter) 1970 Peter Giles London Ontario Canada, kayaker (Olympics-96) 1970 Vladimir Antipin hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998) 1970 William Roaf NFL tackle (New Orleans Saints) 1971 Dan Kordic Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers) 1971 Kerry Lynn Kemper Miss Nebraska-USA (1996) 1971 Oleg Petrov Moscow Russia, NHL right wing (Montréal Canadiens) 1972 Jeff Traversy CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders) 1973 Derrick Brooks NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1973 Haile Gebresleassie Ethiopia, 10k runner (Olympics-gold-96) 1973 James "Jamie" Koven Morristown NJ, rower (Olympics-5th-1996) 1976 Melissa Joan Hart Sayville NY, actress (Clarissa, Sabrina) 1992 Frances Bean Cobain daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love Deaths which occurred on April 18: 0680 Mu'awijja kalief of Al-Schaam, dies 1504 Filippino Lippi painter, dies at about 52 1530 François Lambert d'Avignon French church reformer, dies at about 43 1552 John Leland antiquary, dies 1556 Luigi Alamanni Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 1567 Wilhelm von Grumbach German military man, dies at 63 1587 John Foxe author (Book of Martyrs), dies 1610 Robert Parsons English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63 1612 Emanuel Van Meteren merchant/historian, dies 1679 Hofmannswaldau writer, dies 1684 Gonzales Cocx [Coques] painter, dies 1689 George Jeffreys 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies 1690 Charles V Leopold Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies 1710 Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 75 1800 John Evangelist Schreiber composer, dies at 84 1800 Pieter Fouquet art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies 1807 Erasmus Darwin physician/writer (Influence), dies 1818 Pieter Ondaatje Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59 1824 Edward Jones composer, dies at 72 1830 Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia composer, dies at 62 1845 Nicholas T the Saussure Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 1853 William King US Vice President, dies a month after his inauguration 1854 Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner composer, dies at 84 1855 Jean-Baptiste Isabey painter, dies 1860 Count István Széchenyi statesman, commits suicide 1861 Heinrich August Neithardt composer, dies at 67 1867 Robert Smirke architect, dies 1871 Omar Pasha [Michael Lats] Croatian Governor, dies at 64 1873 Justus Freiherr von Liebig German chemist, dies at 69 1874 David Livingstone buried in Westminster Abbey 1879 Anthony Pannizim principal librarian (British Museum), dies 1883 Agnes Tyrrell composer, dies at 36 1898 Gustave Moureau painter, dies 1905 Juan Valera bon Alcalá Galiano Sp author (Pepita Jiménez), dies at 80 1917 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing Governor-General of Belgium (1914-17), dies at 73 1919 Enny Vrede [Maria M Müller] Dutch actress, drowns at 35 1921 Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire actor (Inkwartiering), dies at 70 1925 Charles Ebbets president (Dodgers), dies 1928 Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski composer, dies at 58 1935 Ignazio Guidi Italian orientalist/archaeologist, dies at 90 1936 Ottorino Respighi Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56 1936 Seaborn M Denson composer, dies at 82 1938 Richard Runciman Terry musicologist, dies 1939 Theo Mann actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at 88 1940 Florrie Forde music hall artist, dies 1940 Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher historian, dies 1941 Alexander Korysis PM of Greece, commits suicide 1943 I Yamamoto Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 1944 Cécile Chamindale composer, dies 1945 Ernest T Pyle British/US newscaster, killed in WWII at 44 1945 John Ambrose Fleming electrical engineer, dies 1947 Benny Leonard lightweight boxing champion (1917-25), dies at 51 1949 Leonard Bloomfield linguist/philosopher, dies 1955 Albert Einstein German/US physicist (E=MC²), dies 1955 Don Blackie cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46 1955 Eugen Herrigel Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70 1958 Maurice-Gustave Gamelin French Generalissmo (WWI, WWII), dies at 85 1958 Richard B Goldschmidt German zoologist (butterflies), dies 1959 Irving Cummings Sr actor/director (In Old Arizona), dies at 70 1960 Emory Johnson director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66 1963 Henrietta Kreis 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death 1964 Ben Hecht playwright (Child of the Century), dies at 71 1964 Albe Vidakovic composer, dies at 49 1969 Piotr F Scharoff Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at 82 1971 Masao Oki composer, dies at 69 1974 Betty Compson actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77 1974 Marcel Pagnol French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79 1975 Rob Touber [Robert J Noordervliet) chansonnier/director, dies at 38 1976 Percy Julian holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78 1983 Alan Melville cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies 1984 John Lee Mahin screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81 1986 Marcel Dassault [Bloch] French airplane builder, dies at 94 1990 Robert D Webb director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87 1992 Florence Randall model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer 1993 Arthur P Smith US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76 1994 Ken Oosterbroek South African press photographer, shot dead at 32 1995 Arturo Frondizi President of Argentina (1958-62), dies 1996 Kalim Siddiqui islamic campaigner, dies at 62 1996 Michael Leander Farr record producer, dies at 55 1996 Piet Hein architect/poet/mathematician/inventor, dies at 80 1996 Robert William Paine architect, dies at 88 1997 Edward Barker cartoonist, dies at 46 On this day...Events 0310 St Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0387 Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus 1521 Parliament of Worms Cardinal Alexander questions Martin Luther 1552 Mauritius of Saksen occupies Linz 1599 Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain 1663 Osman declares war on Austria 1666 Peace of Kleef Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of Münster 1676 Sudbury MA attacked by Indians 1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!" 1797 France & Austria sign cease fire 1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England 1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia 1835 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British government 1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails 1839 Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) 1853 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km) 1856 Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns 1861 Colonel Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies 1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry WV 1862 Battles of Fort Jackson, Fort St Philip & New Orleans LA 1864 Battle of Poison Springs AR (Camden Expedition) 1865 Confederate General Johnson surrendered to General Sherman in North Carolina 1868 San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed 1869 1st international cricket match, held in San Francisco, is won by Californian 1876 Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 minutes 1879 Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on Indians citizen rights begins 1881 Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens 1890 New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton 1899 John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager 1902 Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals 1904 L'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing 1906 San Francisco earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of the city 1906 Calvinist Reformed Union in Netherlands Church forms in Utrecht 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (one of the most significant earthquakes of all time) kills over 700 people 1907 Fairmont Hotel opens 1907 Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour", premieres in NYC 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1909 Joan of Arc declared a saint 1918 Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play 1921 Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Springs CO 1921 Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy", premieres in NYC 1922 Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0 1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium 1923 Poland annexes Central Lithuania 1924 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon & Schuster) 1925 World's fair opens in Chicago 1926 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany 1927 Chiang Kai-shek forms anti-government in China 1929 Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 1934 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth TX) 1934 Hitler names Joachim von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 1935 General Sarazen's double eagle on the 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters 1935 Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote) 1936 Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco CA to Honolulu HI 1938 Headless Mad Butcher victim found in Cleveland 1939 Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey 1939 Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government 1942 "Stars & Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts 1942 James H Doolittle bombs Tokyo & other Japanese cities 1942 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1944 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:31:50.4 1944 Leonard Bernstein & Jerome Robbins' ballet "Fancy Free" premieres in NYC 1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops 1945 1 armed outfielder, St Louis Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4 1945 Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken) 1946 League of Nations dissolves (3 months after the UN starts) 1946 "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater NYC for 734 performances 1946 Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montréal Royals 1946 Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister", premieres in NYC 1946 US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government 1948 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth 1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip 1950 New York Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th 1950 1st opening night-game, St Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2 1950 Polish Catholic church & government sign accord over relations 1950 Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves 1951 "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances 1951 Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms 1951 France, West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community 1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game 1953 "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances 1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power & becomes PM of Egypt 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1955 "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 performances 1955 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed 1955 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens 1956 Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire 1958 Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia 1958 National League single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles 1959 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 1962 16th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 8 performances 1963 Dr James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant 1963 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 1964 "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances 1964 "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances 1964 Artisans strike in Belgium ends 1964 Geraldine Mock of US becomes 1st woman to fly solo round the world 1964 Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches 1964 Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloane" 1966 Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) 1968 1st ABA basketball championship begins 1968 San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice is demolished 1968 178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike 1968 Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms 1968 London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona) 1968 Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band", premieres in NYC 1968 Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII", premieres in London 1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund 1971 Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs West Indies after 124 in 1st 1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic 1972 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 39 performances 1974 Red Brigade kidnaps Italian Attorney General Mario Sossi 1975 John Lennon releases "Stand by Me" 1976 30th Tony Awards Travesties & Chorus Line win 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten - Ping Golf Open 1977 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33 1977 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46 1977 Alex Haley, author of "Roots", awarded Pulitzer Prize 1977 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray hits his 1st homerun 1977 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box" 1977 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres at Music Box NYC for 390 performances 1978 Senate votes to turn Panamá Canal over to Panamá on Dec 31, 1999 1979 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV 1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent 1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK 1981 Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game 1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Houston Astros) 1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International 1982 Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare 1983 A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at the US Embassy in Lebanon 1983 KMO-AM in Tacoma WA changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) 1983 Rangers 3-Islanders 1-Patrick Division Finals-Series tied at 2-2 1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43 1983 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Massachusetts in 2:09:00 1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "The Color Purple" 1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1985 Flyers 3-Islanders 0-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead 1986 Robert M Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA 1986 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB 1987 An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air 1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race 1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs. Robinson-Pirates) 1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph) 1987 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1988 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over" 1988 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30 1988 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43 1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in the WLAF 1990 Supreme Court rules that states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home 1991 Congress ends railroad workers' 1 day strike 1991 Census Bureau says it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census 1991 John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136 1992 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v West Indies Bridgetown) 1992 Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden 1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 performances 1993 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Tom Wargo 1993 Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil 1993 David Lee Roth arrested in New York NY for purchasing marijuana for $10 1993 Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship 1994 "Beauty & the Beast" opens at Palace Theater NYC 1994 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45 1994 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15 1994 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994 1994 Brian Lara scores 375 for West Indies vs England to beat Sobers' world record 1994 Former President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke & dies 4 days later 1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran 1994 Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold 1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) lands [approximately] 1995 Houston Post folds after 116 years 1995 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football 1996 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 performances  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 07:23 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 19: 1320 Pedro I King of Portugal (1357-67) 1605 Orazio Benevoli composer 1660 Sebastian Duron composer 1700 Georg Abraham Schneider composer 1715 James Nares composer 1721 Roger Sherman signer (Declaration of Independence, Constitution) 1721 Thomas McKean attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [or 3/19] 1728 Francisco Albergati Capacelli Italian playwright 1737 Geert Reinders Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist 1768 Adrian H Haworth English entomologist/botanist 1771 Giuseppe Cartufo composer 1772 David Ricardo economist 1775 Battle of Lexington & Concord-American Revolution 1785 Alexandre Pierre François Boely composer 1795 Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg German zoologist 1798 Franz Joseph Glaser composer 1798 Heinrich Maria von Hess historical painter 1801 Gustav T Fechner [Dr Mises] German philosopher/physicist 1805 Charles Edmond-Hénri de Coussemaker Belgian musicologist/historian 1817 John Philip painter 1821 Mortimer Dormer Leggett Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 1830 Rudolf Cornely German bible expert/jesuit 1832 José Echegaray y Eizaguirre mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904) 1832 Lucretia Rudolph Garfield US 1st lady (1881-1885) 1838 August[us] Allebé Dutch painter/lithographer 1840 Andrea Bezzola writer 1850 Edward John Gregory painter/engraver 1850 Theo Mann-Bouwmeester Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler) 1857 Lucien Levy-Bruhl philosopher 1858 May Robson [Mary J Robison] Melbourne Australia, actress (Apple Annie) 1858 Siegfried Ochs composer 1861 Warden Oncle [Edward Vermeulen] Flemish farmer/writer 1863 Felix Blumenfeld composer 1866 Henri Deterding Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell) 1868 Max Von Schillings German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag) 1873 Sydney Barnes cricketer (probably England's greatest bowler) 1874 Firmin Baes Flemish painter 1876 Hendrik Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin/king of Netherlands 1877 Ole Evinrude inventor (outboard marine engine) 1879 Richard Scheibe German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz) 1883 Getúlio Vargas President of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer 1888 William L Axt composer 1890 Lou Bandy [Lodewijk F Dieben] revue-artist (Look for the Sun) 1891 Francoise Rosay Paris France, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband) 1891 Ricardo Bacchelli Italian writer/poet (La Ronda) 1892 Germaine Tailleferre [Les Six] Pau-St-Maur France, composer 1897 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney sculptor/art benefactor 1897 Vivienne Segal Philadelphia PA, Broadway actress (Pal Joey) 1898 Constance Talmadge Brooklyn NY, comedienne/actress (Intolerance) 1898 Sybil Andrews English/Canadian painter 19-- Robert Tyler [Barry Kaufman] Stockton CA, actor (Trucker McKenzie-Loving) 1900 Allen Jenkins New York NY, actor (Girl Habit, Fugitive from a Chain Gang) 1900 Richard Arthur Warren Hughes English writer (Fiction as Truth) 1903 Eliot Ness untouchable (Prohibition Agent for Department of Treasury-Chicago, Untouchables) 1905 John S "Jimmy" Thach US pilot/Admiral (WWII) 1905 Tommy Benford jazz drummer 1907 Alan Wheatley England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood) 1907 Gino Contilli composer 1907 Lina Basquette San Mateo CA, actress (Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie) 1910 Andrew Gilchrist historian/diplomat 1911 Francesco Maria Saraceni composer 1912 Glenn T Seaborg head of Atomic Energy Commission/chemist/discovered Plutonium/Nobel 1951 1912 William Murray teacher/educationalist 1913 Cyril English British educator 1914 Andrew Wilkinson pediatrician 1915 Dorian Le Gallienne composer 1915 Harry Craft baseball manager 1917 Johnny Hoes Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom) 1919 Gil Langley cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56) 1920 Frank Fontaine Cambridge MA, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim) 1921 Glyn England CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd) 1921 Will Ogdon composer 1922 Erich Hartmann German WWII pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts) 1922 Luigi Barbbarito reverend (Apostolic ProNuncio) 1925 Hugh O'Brian [Krampke] Rochester NY, actor (Wyatt Earp, Search) 1927 Don Barbour Greencastle IN, singer (4 Freshmen) 1928 Alexis Korner Paris France, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him) 1928 John Horlock British vice-chancellor (Open College) 1929 Edward Crook Detroit MI, middleweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1960) 1931 Alex Webster football coach (New York Giants) 1931 Denis Henry British high court judge 1931 Garfield Morgan Brtish actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy) 1931 Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee South Africa minister of Defense/Justice 1932 Andrea Mead Lawrence Rutland VT, alpine slalom skier (Olympics-2 gold-52) 1933 Dick Sargent Carmel CA, actor (Darrin-Bewitched) 1933 Jayne Mansfield [Vera Jane Palmer] Bryn Mawr PA, actress (Guide for the Married Man, Girl Can't Help It, Too Hot to Handle) 1933 Harold "Dickie" Bird cricketer (noted England Test umpire) 1934 Dickie Goodman parody singer (Flying Saucer) 1934 Jan Helge Guttorm Bark composer 1934 John Roch high court judge 1935 Dudley Moore London England, actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks) 1936 Csaba Szabo composer 1936 Ruby Johnson US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away) 1936 Wilfried Martens premier (Belgium, 1979-81, 1981-92) 1937 Elinor Donahue Tacoma WA, actress (Betty Anderson-Father Knows Best, Gladys Peterson-Get a Life) 1938 Jonathan Tunick composer 1939 Ellen Weston New York NY, actress (Betty-SWAT) 1939 E Clay Shaw Jr (Representative-Republican-FL, 1981- ) 1939 Michael John Macaulay cricketer (Transvaal, Western Province, Orange Free State, North Eastern Transvaal, Eastern Province & South Africa) 1940 Algy Cluff CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources) 1941 Alan Price Fatfield Durham England, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 1941 Michel Roux chef de cuisine 1943 Mike Kelly rocker (Duprees) 1944 Mark "Flo" Volman rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK) 1944 Bernard Worrell US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop) 1944 Margo MacDonald Scottish national broadcaster 1945 Nuria Ortiz México, skeet shooter (Olympics-13th-1968) 1946 Leon Wessels South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law & Order 1946 Tim Curry Cheshire England, actor (Rocky Horror Picture Show) 1946 Viktor Viktorovich Zabolotsky Russia, cosmonaut (BST-02) 1947 Frits Castricum journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA) 1947 Murray Perahia New York NY, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988) 1947 Wilf Stevenson director (British Film Institute) 1949 Myra McCulloch teacher academic/administrator 1949 Paloma Picasso [Gilot] Paris France, artist/jewelry designer/actress (Immoral Tales) 1950 Jeff Hammond cricketer (Australian fast bowler on 1973 West Indies tour) 1950 Marc Demeyer Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Brussel '74) 1952 Adny Shernoff rocker 1953 Sara Simeoni Italy, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1980) 1954 Trevor Francis British soccer manager 1956 Lori West Denver CO, LPGA golfer (1994 State Farm-5th) 1956 Sue Barker England, tennis star 1957 [Boaz] Boo Watson keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking) 1957 Belinda Lipscomb vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking) 1957 Rod Morgenstein rocker (Winger) 1960 Frank Viola Hempstead NY, pitcher (Minnesota Twins, New York Mets/Cy Young-1988) 1961 Richard Phelps British pentathlete 1962 Al Unser Jr Indy-car racer (over 10 wins) 1962 Christa Teno Tecumseh Ontario Canada, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi-44th) 1964 Harris Barton NFL tackle (San Francisco 49ers) 1964 Scott Kamienicki pitcher (New York Yankees) 1965 Melita Rühn Romania, horse vaulter (Olympics-bronze-1980) 1966 Paul Reiffel cricketer (Victorian & Australian pace bowler) 1966 Randolph Keys NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks) 1968 Ashley Taylor Judd [Ciminella] Granada Hills CA, actress (Kuffs, Sisters) 1968 Brent Mayne Loma Linda CA, catcher (New York Mets) 1968 Keith McCants NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals) 1968 Roger Reinson CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders) 1968 Thomas Nock Zurich Switzerland, actor (Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars) 1969 Carlos Reyes Miami FL, pitcher (Oakland A's) 1969 Danelle Marie Folta Hammond IN, playmate (April 1995) 1969 James Westphal Oak Park IL, 10k runner 1970 Luis Miguel Vera Cruz México, Spanish singer 1970 Michael Barrow NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Carolina Panthers) 1970 Rick Hamilton WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons) 1971 Otis Scott Gainesville FL, 400 meter/800 meter runner 1972 Eric Jack NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons) 1972 Jeff Wilkins NFL kicker (San Francisco 49ers) 1974 Ante Moric Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96) 1975 Jason Gillespie cricketer (SA fast bowler, Australia 1996) 1975 Nazarena Almada Miss Argentina-Universe (1997) 1975 Temoc Suarez Greenwood SC, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96) 1976 Vanessa Guzman Miss México-Universe (1996) 1978 Adrienne Parker Miss Tennessee Teen-USA (1996) 1978 Whitney Metzler 400 meter medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96) 1979 Challen Sievers Downers Grove IL, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96) 1979 Mariah Billado Miss Vermont Teen-USA (1997) Deaths which occurred on April 19: 0843 Judith French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies 1044 Gothelo duke of Netherlands-Lotharingen, dies 1054 Leo IX [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg] Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 1390 Robert II King of Scotland, dies 1529 John Cuspinianus [Spiessheimer] German physician, dies at about 55 1560 Philipp Melanchton [Schwazerd] church reformer, dies at 63 1567 Michael Stifel German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 1588 Paolo Veronese [Cagliari] painter, dies 1608 Earl of Dorset poet/statesman, dies 1645 Anton van Diemen Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51 1645 William Smith composer, dies at 42 1658 Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70 1689 Christina Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies 1706 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist leader, dies 1739 Nicholas Saunderson mathematician, dies 1768 Filippo della Valle Italian sculptor, dies at about 70 1770 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, dies at 74 1772 Johann Peter Kellner composer, dies at 66 1773 Florian Johann Deller composer, dies at 43 1776 Jacob Israel Emden [Jacob ben Tswi] German rabbi, dies at 78 1791 Richard Price nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies 1799 Pieter Hellendaal violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78 1813 Benjamin Rush physician/abolotionist (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 67 1824 [George Gorden Noel] "Lord" Byron poet, dies at 36 1852 Vasili A Zjukovski Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69 1862 Simon Fraser Canadian explorer, dies 1862 Louis Powell Harvey US Governor of Wisconsin, drowns 1867 Robert Smirke British architect, dies 1870 Andreas Schelfhout painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83 1870 Camille Marie Stamaty composer, dies at 59 1870 William Henry Havergal composer, dies at 77 1874 Owen Jones architect, dies 1876 Samuel Sebastian Wesley composer, dies at 65 1881 Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies 1881 Michel Abeloos Flemish sculptor, dies at 53 1882 Charles Robert Darwin evolutionist (Origin of Species), dies 1889 Warren De La Rue astronomer/chemist, dies 1893 John Addington Symonds critic/poet, dies 1895 George Scharf critic, dies 1895 Victor J van Hinsbergh South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70 1900 Ivan K Aïvazovski Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82 1906 Pierre Curie French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies 1914 Charles Pierce philosopher/scientist, dies 1923 Thomas Paine Westendorf composer, dies at 75 1926 Squire Bancroft [Butterfield] actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at 84 1932 Wladyslaw Rzepko composer, dies at 77 1937 William M Conway English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 1938 Henry John Newbolt poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75 1938 Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon French acrobat/model, dies at 72 1941 Johanna Muller-Hermann composer, dies at 63 1943 Alexander Schmorell German resistance fighter, beheaded 1943 Gustave Doret composer, dies at 76 1943 Kurt Huber German resistance fighter, beheaded 1943 Willy Graf German resistance fighter, beheaded 1944 Tommy Hitchcock polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44 1945 J P Heyboer resistance fighter, executed 1950 Tyrwhitt-Wilson 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66 1954 Joe Laurie Jr comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61 1956 Ernst R Curtius German literature historian, dies at 70 1956 Léon N H Jungschlaeger head military intelligence Netherlands-Indies, dies at 52 1956 Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb British diver (WWII), dies at 47 1957 Charles Funk Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76 1957 Johan W Albarda 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79 1964 Cyril Merry cricketer (West Indies batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies 1965 George Davis actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75 1966 Väinö A Tanner Finnish premier (1926-27)/minister, dies at 85 1967 Conrad Adenauer West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91 1968 Tommy Bridges US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 1969 Casper Höweler music critic, dies at 71 1972 Adolf Bach German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82 1978 Emile de Strijker Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 1980 Alfred [Joseph] Hitchcock dies in Los Angeles CA from renal failure at 80 1980 Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 1980 Tony Beckley actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51 1981 Ernst Levy composer, dies at 85 1983 Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74 1983 Jerzy Andrzejewski writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73 1986 Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78 1986 Dag Ivar Wiren composer, dies at 80 1987 Maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WWII), dies at 85 1987 Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77 1989 Daphne Du Maurier English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82 1990 Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52 1992 Alice Mary Riley entertainer, dies of cancer at 51 1992 Frankie [Francis Alex] Howerd actor (Mr Mustard-Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Carry on Doctor, Up the Front, That Was the Week That Was), dies from a heart attack at 70 1992 Pat Thompson actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51 1992 Robert F Clayton drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 1992 Robert Paul Haynes bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 1993 David Koresh [Vernon Howell] cult leader (Davidians), suicide 1993 George Mickelson Governor of South Dakota, & 7 others, die in a plane crash 1994 Frederick Ferrari crazy Gang Member, dies at 81 1994 Larry Davis blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57 1994 Louis Simmonds bookseller, dies at 87 1994 Michael Carreras film Director, dies at 67 1994 Michel van Rooy Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43 1995 "King" Herbert Whitaker tenor sax, dies at 66 1995 Igor Hajek translator/writer, dies at 64 1995 J[oseph] Peter Grace CEO (W R Grace), dies at 82 1995 Kenneth Burslam Gardner librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70 1996 Bernard Edwards bass player, dies at 44 1996 Norman Oldfield cricketer (scored 99 runs in Test for England), dies 1996 Peg Ridge peace campaigner, dies at 72 On this day...Events 0607 Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth 1451 Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne 1524 Pope Clemens VII fires Netherlands inquisitor-General French Van de Holly 1529 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism 1539 Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt 1552 Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel 1587 Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet 1591 Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France 1619 Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam 1713 Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions 1770 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname 1770 Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia 1774 CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis", premieres in Paris France 1775 Minutemen Captain John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon 1775 Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" 1782 Netherlands recognizes US 1825 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay 1836 Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor", premieres in St Petersburg 1837 Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth 1839 Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom and Luxembourg a Grand Duchy 1852 California Historical Society forms 1853 Netherlands Van Hall government forms 1861 Baltimore riots - 4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed 1861 Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War) 1863 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Huger VA 1864 Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR USS Kearsage vs CSS Alabama 1874 Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire 1877 The opera "Les Cloches de Corneville" is produced (Paris France) 1890 Henry Morton Stanley is inaugurated in Brussels 1894 Jules Massenet's opera "Werther", premieres in NYC 1896 Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published 1897 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10 1897 1st performance of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" 1898 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Massachusetts in 2:42:00 1899 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Massachusetts in 2:54:38 1900 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4 1900 Highest scoring opening game, Phillies beat Braves 19-17 in 10 1901 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6 1902 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12 1904 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4 1904 Much of Toronto destroyed by fire 1905 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4 1906 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Massachusetts in 2:45:45 1906 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1907 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24 1909 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8 1909 Joan of Arc, declared a saint 1910 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4 1910 Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) 1911 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:21:39.6 1911 George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play", premieres in London 1912 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2 1913 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8 1915 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2 1916 "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London 1916 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Massachusetts in 2:27:16.4 1916 Italians troops conquer Colonel di Lana at Merano 1917 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2 1919 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Massachusetts in 2:29:13.4 1919 André Messager 's opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London) 1919 French assembly decides on 8 hour work day 1919 Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall 1920 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31 1921 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of New Jersey in 2:18:57.6 1921 Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria 1922 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:18 10 1923 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:23:37.4 1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers 1924 "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago 1924 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:29:40.2 1926 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4 1927 "Vagabond King" opens in London 1927 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:40:22.2 1928 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:37:07.8 1928 Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland 1928 New York Yankees are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926 1929 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6 1930 Clarence DeMar wins his 7th Boston Marathon 1930 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:34:48.2 1932 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4 1932 President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week 1933 FDR announces US will leave the gold standard 1933 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:31:01.6 1934 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer" 1934 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8 1935 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:32:07.4 1936 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine 1937 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20 1938 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:35:34.8 1938 Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat 1939 Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late) 1939 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of Rhode Island in 2:28:51.8 1940 "Lake Shore Ltd" derails, killing 34 near Little Falls NY 1940 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:28:28.6 1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege 1941 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:30:38 1941 Bertolt Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder", premieres in Zürich 1941 Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia 1941 Milk rationed in Holland 1942 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Massachusetts in 2:26:51.2 1943 Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz 1943 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:28:25.8 1944 Gerard Cote wins his 2nd straight & 3rd career Boston Marathon 1944 Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway 1945 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:30:40.2 1945 US aircraft carrier Franklin is heavily damaged in Japanese air raid 1946 Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out 1947 AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds 1947 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39 1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 1947 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montréal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 1948 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:31:02 1948 ABC-TV network begins 1948 Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China 1949 Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth 1949 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8 1950 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39 1951 "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 performances 1951 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45 1951 General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career 1952 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open 1953 WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th 1954 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39 1955 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22 1956 US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (civil ceremony) 1956 1st major league baseball game in New Jersey, Dodgers beat Phillies in Roosevelt Stadium 1956 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14 1958 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54 1959 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1959 Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails 1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs 1960 Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating 1960 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54 1961 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to an altitude of 6,900 meter 1962 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48 1963 "Hot Spot" opens at the Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances 1963 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational 1964 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier 1964 Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma", premieres in West-Berlin 1965 T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London 1965 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating 1965 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33 1965 At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die and eventually led to the installation of Astroturf 1966 Roberta Bignay becomes the 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon 1966 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11 1966 In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chicago 1967 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't) 1967 US Surveyor III lands on Moon 1967 "Casino Royale" premieres 1967 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45 1967 Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4½ years 1968 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot (1st American to win since 1957) of Connecticut in 2:22:17 1968 Belgian construction workers strike 1968 National League owners approve expansion for 2 new teams 1969 "Oliver", Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st Academy Awards 1970 "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 performances 1970 24th Tony Awards Borstal Boy & Applause win 1970 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational 1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day) 1971 USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit 1971 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45 1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder) 1972 Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth 1972 Hungary revises constitution 1972 Micki Grant's musical "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse NYC for 1,065 performances 1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow" 1973 George Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president 1973 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1974 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park homerun against the New York Yankees 1975 India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR 1976 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wisconsin in 2:47:10 1976 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Washington DC in 2:20:19 1978 Yitzhak Navron elected 5th President of Israel 1979 FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Brooklyn NY) 1979 Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yankees Goose Gossage & Cliff Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb 1981 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf 1981 Oakland A's runs record to 11-0 1981 Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd) 1981 William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos", premieres in NYC 1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery 1982 Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut 1982 USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit 1982 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33 1982 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oregon in 2:08:51 1982 Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut 1983 France performs nuclear test 1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature magazine) 1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth 1985 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record (124.902 mph) 1987 Los Angeles Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record 1987 Brendon Kuruppu scores 201 on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka vs New Zealand) 1987 Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver 1987 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open 1987 Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve 1987 Milwaukee Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight American League win 1987 USSR performs underground nuclear test 1989 Kevin Elster (New York Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73 1989 Republic Day in Sierra Leone 1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors 1990 Detroit Pistons & Philadelphia 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 in fines (an NBA record) 1990 Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time 1990 Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming government agree to truce in Nicaragua's civil war 1991 Battle of the Ages-Heavyweight champion Evander Hollyfield beats 42 year old George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1991 Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990 1992 Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers" 1992 "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 performances 1992 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship 1993 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27 1993 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33 1993 Branch Dividians/FBI 51 day standoff in Waco TX ends with the deaths of 4 FBI Agents and numerous deaths from suicide of the cult members 1993 Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40 1994 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88) 1994 Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election 1994 Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating 1994 Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender 1995 Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news 1995 Truck bomb outside Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 & injures 500 1996 Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles 1996 South Africa defeats Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah 1997 Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International 1997 San Diego Padres & St Louis Cardinals play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii  |  IP: Logged

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