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This Day in History for 10th April


Historical Events

                                   
Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza                 Naturalist Charles Darwin                    US President Woodrow Wilson

                 
Author F Scott Fitzgerald                NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky


837 - Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth
847 - St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
879 - Louis III becomes King of West Francia.
1407 - the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title
           Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.
1500 - France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
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
1710 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
1739 - Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
1790 - Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
1790 - US Patent system forms
1815 - Austria declares war on realm of Naples
1816 - 2nd Bank of US chartered
1821 - Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the
           Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
1825 - 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
1825 - Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon
1826 - The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's
           siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1835 - Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile
1841 - NY "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 (NYC); sold rights for $400
1856 - The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.
1858 - The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Tower of London is cast in Stockton-on-Tees
           by Warner's of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the
           13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date.
1863 - Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn
1864 - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico
1865 - At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last
1866 - American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
1868 - 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"
1868 - British defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala
1869 - Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
1869 - José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
1871 - William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted
1872 - 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
1872 - 1st Arbor Day celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22
1877 - 1st human cannonball act performed in London
1877 - Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC
1878 - California St Cable Car RR Co starts service
1882 - Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii)
1884 - US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
1887 - President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il
1887 - Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen
1896 - Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)
1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st & last voyage
1913 - Pres 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
1916 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1917 - Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers
1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces
           in Morelos.
1923 - Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin
1924 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
1925 - Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
1925 - Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald
1930 - George Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston
1930 - Synthetic rubber 1st produced
1932 - Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)
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 - 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France
1938 - Austria becomes a state of Germany
1938 - NY 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 nazis
1943 - General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia
1944 - "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously
1944 - Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis
1945 - Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
1945 - Canadian troops conquer Deventer
1945 - General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
1945 - German troops attack Ijsselbrug
1945 - NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
1945 - US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
1945 - US troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany
1945 - William Schuman & Antony Tudors ballet premieres in NYC
1946 - 1st election for Japanese Diet
1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in 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, released (NYC)
1953 - 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 1
1954 - KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279
1955 - 9th NBA Championship: Syrac Nats beat Ft Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3
1955 - Dr Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
1955 - Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely
1956 - Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
1956 - Stanley Cup: Montreal 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
1960 - 24th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282
1960 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1960 - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
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 JFK about New Guinea
1961 - New Wash Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox
1962 - 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds
1962 - 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2
1962 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
1963 - Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project
1964 - Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
1967 - 39th Academy Awards - "Man For All Seasons," E Taylor & P Scofield win
1968 - Ferry Wahine sinks in Wellington harbour, New Zealand on route from Lyttelton (51 killed)
1968 - "George M!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances
1968 - 40th Academy Awards - "Heat of the Night," Rod Steiger & K Hepburn win
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 - 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1
1971 - US table tennis team arrives in China PR
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
1972 - 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist
           guerrillas.
1973 - BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143
1973 - KC opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers
1973 - Pakistan suspends constitution
1974 - American Boccaccio Association forms
1974 - Magicians Penn & Teller 1st meet
1974 - Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir
1975 - Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1976 - Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks 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 inn game (3:17)
1978 - Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
1979 - J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
1979 - Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
1979 - Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1981 - "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
1981 - Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1981 - Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to Brit Parliament
1982 - LA Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
1982 - Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead
1983 - Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1983 - Caps 3-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isles win series 3-2
1983 - Hennie Kuiper (Neth) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race
1983 - Jordan 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 - Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead
1985 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
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 - 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
1988 - Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet
1988 - Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
1989 - 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1989 - 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Alabama
1989 - Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip
1989 - H J Heinz, Van Camp Seafood & Bumble Bee Seafood say they would 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 - Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
1991 - LA King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
1991 - Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd & 42nd St, NYC)
1991 - Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51)
1991 - A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola; the first to be
           documented by satellites.
1992 - 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
1992 - Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague Neth
1992 - NHL strike ends after 10 days
1993 - BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr
1993 - Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
1993 - Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
1994 - "Les Miserables," opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka
1994 - 58th Golf Masters Championship: Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279
1995 - "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 perfs
1995 - NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.
2006 - Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (aka the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in the United
           States.
2010 - Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board
           including President Lech Kaczyński.
2012 - United Nations deadline for Syrian troop withdrawal passes as violence continues
2012 - Apple Inc claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization
           in the world
2012 - Rick Santorum suspends his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination making Mitt
           Romney the overwhelming favourite
2012 - Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance Leader, dies at 97

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This Day in History for 10th April


Famous Weddings

1848 - British influential art critic and social commentator John Ruskin marries Effie Gray in Perth,
           Scotland (later annulled).
1959 - Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda

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Famous Birthdays

                                   
Actor Max Von Sydow (1929)                 Actor Steven Seagal (1951)                    Actor Haley Joel Osment (1989)


401 - Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor
1512 - James V, King of Scots (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
1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
1656 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1695 - Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
1704 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1737 - Francois Giroust, composer
1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy
1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 - William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic
1783 - Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)
1794 - Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
1796 - James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1797 - Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)
1806 - Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (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)/author (Ben Hur)
1829 - William Booth, founder (Salvation Army)
1833 - David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 - James Edward Rains, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1837 - Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
1847 - Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World)
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
1865 - Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
1868 - George Arliss, London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess)
1877 - Alfred Kubin, writer
1880 - Frances Perkins, American politician and 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor), (d.
          1965)
1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
1880 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
1882 - Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel, theologist (Fear & Religion)
1886 - Val Paul, Denver, Colorado, American actor and director
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)
1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
1896 - Edith Day, Minneapolis MN
1897 - Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)
1900 - Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)
1903 - Clare Boothe Luce, US ambassador (to Vatican)
1903 - Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader
1905 - Jan H van Roijen, diplomat/Netherland foreign minister
1906 - Fud Livingston, composer
1906 - Kathleen Major, principal (St Hilda's College, England)
1906 - Lili Darvas, Budapest Hungary, actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron)
1907 - Pete Desjardins, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1928)
1908 - Aidan Crawley, CEO (London Weekend TV)
1910 - Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer
1910 - David Gilroy Bevan, politician
1910 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
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 (WI all-rounder 1939-48)
1914 - Jack Badcock, cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's)
1915 - Harry Morgan, Detroit Mich, actor (December Bride, M*A*S*H, Dragnet)
1915 - Leo Vroman, Dutch/US poet/biologist
1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)
1918 - Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
1921 - Chuck Connors, Bkln NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa)
1921 - Peter Herbert Penwarden, priest
1921 - Sheb Wooley, Erick Oklahoma, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw)
1923 - Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52)
1923 - John Watkins, cricketer (South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57)
1924 - Kenneth Noland, American painter
1926 - "Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw)
1926 - Jacques Casterede, composer
1926 - Johnnie Tillmon, civil rights activist (Natl Welfare Rights Association)
1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1929 - Dusan Radic, composer
1929 - Max Von Sydow, Lund Sweden, actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape)
1930 - Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland)
1930 - Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62)
1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor/comedian (d. 2006)
1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
1931 - Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet
1932 - Adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts)
1932 - Delphine Seyrig, Beirut Lebanon, actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages)
1932 - Hari Rhodes, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots)
1932 - Mae Heriwentha Faggs Starr, NJ, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
1932 - Nathaniel Nelson, rocker (Flamingos)
1932 - Omar Sharif, [Michael Shalhoub], Egypt, actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secret)
1933 - Philip Corner, composer
1933 - Poncie Ponce, actor (Kazuo Kim-Hawaiian Eye)
1933 - Robert Rhodes James, historian (Gallipoli)
1933 - Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author
1934 - David Halberstam, intl correspondent (NY Times/Pulitzer 1964)
1934 - Zsolt Durko, composer
1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1935 - Jorge Mester, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Louisville Orch 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
1937 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
1938 - Don Meredith, Mount Vernon Texas, NFL QB (Cowboys)/Mon Night Football
1939 - Alan Rothenberg, US Soccer pres (1990- )
1939 - Daniel Oliver, NYC, CEO (Federal Trade Commission)
1940 - Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster/actress (Old Curiosity Shop)
1941 - Paul Theroux, American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast)
1942 - Ian Callaghan, English footballer
1942 - Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1943 - Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete
1944 - Danny Woods, US musician (CEO of the Board)
1945 - Vera Misevich, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1980)
1946 - Armand, [Herman van Loenhout], singer (Blommenkinders)
1947 - Bunny Waller, vocalist/percussionist (Bob Marley & Wailers)
1947 - Karl Russell, rocker
1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
1948 - Thomas Spencer, MEP (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)
1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
1950 - Barry M. Riemer, American author
1951 - Mark Roth, bowler (4-time PBA Player of Year)
1951 - Steven Seagal, Detroit MI, actor (Above the Law, Hard to Kill)
1951 - David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
1953 - David Moorcroft, British athlete
1953 - Terre Roche, rocker (Roches)
1954 - Peter MacNicol, Dallas TX, actor (Chicago Hope, Sophie's Choice)
1955 - Cary Middlecoff, golfer (Masters)
1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1957 - John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
1957 - Steve Gustafson, American musician
1958 - Ken Griffy, baseball player (Cin Reds, NY Yanks)
1958 - Bob Bell, British engineer
1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
1959 - Brian Setzer, Massapequa Park NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Stray Cats)
1959 - Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician
1960 - Julie Fulton, Evanston Ill, actress (Lime Steel)
1960 - Katrina Leskanich, American musician
1961 - Jeb Adams, Hollywood California, actor (Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep)
1961 - Olivia Brown, Frankfurt GFR, actress (Det Trudy Joplin-Miami Vice)
1961 - Joe Cole (roadie), American roadie (d. 1991)
1962 - Cathy Turner, Rochester NY, short track skater (Olympics-gold-1994
1962 - Jukka Tammi, hockey goaltender (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998)
1962 - Steve Tasker, wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1963 - Claire Smith, Ottawa Ontario, 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)
1963 - Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt)
1963 - Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1964 - Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold)
1964 - Felicia Collins, Albany NY, guitarist (David Letterman)
1964 - Manon Bollegraf, den Bosch Neth, tennis star (semi 1996 Aust doubles)
1965 - Karen Booker, WNBA center (Utah Starzz)
1965 - Tim "Herb" Alexander, US funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok soda)
1965 - Tim Alexander, American musician
1966 - Neil Smith, NFL defensive end (KC Chiefs, Den Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1967 - Donald Dufresne, Rimouski, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
1967 - Kay Whitmore, Sudbury, NHL goalie (NY Rangers)
1968 - Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
1969 - Billy Jacoby, Flushing NY, actor (Brad-Silver Spoons, Maggie)
1969 - Dennis Vial, Sault Ste-Marie Ca, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1969 - Wayne Lammle, WLAF kicker/punter (Scotland Claymores)
1969 - William Jayne, actor (Mikey Randall-Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
1969 - Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
1970 - Enrico Ciccone, Montreal, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks)
1970 - J J McCleskey, NFL safety (NO Saints, Arizona Cardinals)
1970 - Sean Gilbert, defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
1970 - Wesley Barnett, St Joseph Mo, Oly weightlifter (Pan Am-silver-1987)
1970 - Matt Barlow, American musician
1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer
1970 - Mike Mushok, American musician
1970 - Q-Tip, American musician
1971 - Karl Williams, wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1971 - Mihai Bagiu, Timisoara Romania, US gymnast (Olympics-96)
1971 - Nana Miyagi, Seattle Wash, 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, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
1973 - Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director
1973 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
1973 - Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
1973 - Christopher Simmons, American designer
1974 - Sherry Johnson, Owatonna Minnesota, Miss America-Minnesota (1996)
1974 - Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
1974 - Eric Greitens, American former military officer
1975 - Eric Den Besten, Bettendorf Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1975 - Floris, Prince of Netherlands
1975 - Steve Washburn, Ottawa, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer
1976 - Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
1977 - Claudia Delpin, Miss Chile Universe (1997)
1978 - Jessica Davis, Greenbrae California, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-27th-96)
1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
1979 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer
1979 - Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
1979 - Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
1980 - Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Charlie Hunnam, British actor
1980 - Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
1980 - Bryce Soderberg, American musician
1981 - Laura Bell Bundy, American actor
1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer
1981 - Michael Pitt, American actor
1981 - Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
1982 - Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 - Chyler Leigh, American actress
1982 - Andre Ethier, American baseball player
1983 - Ryan Merriman, American actor
1984 - Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child
1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
1985 - Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer
1985 - Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete
1986 - Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
1986 - Ayesha Takia, Indian actress
1987 - Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
1989 - Haley Joel Osment, LA California, actor (Matt-Jeff Foxworthy Show)
1990 - Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
1990 - Alex Pettyfer, English actor
1991 - Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer
2007 - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch Princess

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This Day in History for 10th April


Famous Deaths

879 - Louis II the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (877-79)
947 - 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
1545 - Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
1585 - Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies at 83
1599 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1601 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
1619 - Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c1550)
1640 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61
1640 - Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I, dies at 60
1646 - Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
1704 - William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
1706 - Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
1712 - Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77
1723 - Claude F Tserclaes, South Neth 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
1760 - Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
1784 - Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71
1786 - John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
1810 - Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60
1813 - Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
1823 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
1825 - Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53
1848 - Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69
1862 - William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/brig-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, WW I pilot, dies at 36
1931 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
1932 - Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56
1937 - Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77
1938 - Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
1938 - Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
1939 - Alfredo Panzini, Ital author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75
1945 - Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63
1945 - Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
1954 - Auguste Lumière, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81
1954 - Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79
1954 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1955 - Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68
1955 - Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
1956 - Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66
1956 - Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75
1956 - Jozef Szulc, composer, dies at 81
1958 - Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30
1960 - Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
1961 - Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65
1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21
1962 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
1965 - Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41
1965 - Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
1966 - Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71
1966 - Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62
1968 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
1969 - Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
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 - Henriette 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/(Sen-D), dies at 61
1986 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
1988 - Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies
1989 - Joan Barry, dies at 85
1991 - Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35
1991 - Natalie Schafer, actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer
1992 - Ken Ward, dies at 37
1992 - Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38
1993 - Chris Hani, sec-gen South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50
1994 - James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77
1994 - Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
1994 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
1995 - Chen Yun, VPM 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 (Colo 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
1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
1999 - Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
2000 - Peter Jones, English actor (b. 1920)
2000 - Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
2000 - Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
2003 - Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
2005 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
2005 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
2005 - Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2007 - Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
2009 - Deborah Digges, American poet (b. 1950)
2010 - Passengers in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, includ
2010 - Dixie Carter, an American actress (b.1939)
2011 - Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer (b. 1964)
2011 - Homer Smith, American football coach (b. 1931)

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This Day in History for 11th April


Historical Events

                                   
Playwright George Bernard Shaw               Baseball Great Babe Ruth                 33rd US President Harry Truman

                                   
Premier of the People's                             Golfer Jack Nicklaus                       33rd US Playwright Tom Stoppard
Republic of China Zhou Enlai

                                   
US President & Actor                               Actress Meryl Streep                      Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Ronald Reagan


491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
672 - Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1079 - Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.
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
1775 - The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.
1801 - Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig
1814 - 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba
1828 - Foundation of Bahia Blanca.
1830 - Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini
1848 - Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust
1856 - Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
1862 - Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender
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
1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.
1876 - Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks organizes
1876 - Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan
1881 - River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die
1881 - Spelman College founded
1888 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
1890 - Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
1891 - 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a
           Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
1895 - Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
1898 - President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
1899 - Treaty of Paris ratifies ends 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 - NY 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 NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox
1919 - The International Labour Organization is founded.
1921 - Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax
1921 - KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1921 - Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio takes place.
1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan is created.
1924 - 1st men's college swimming championships begin
1924 - Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections
1924 - WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1925 - Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco
1926 - Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1927 - Chilean gen Carlos Ibáñez names himself president
1929 - KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions
1929 - Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam
1933 - Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia
1936 - Rodgers & Hart'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 Nazis
1941 - Nazi occupiers in Neth 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 - Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum
1945 - SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen
1945 - US captures Tsugen Shima
1945 - US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
1945 - US troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
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 - Pres Harry Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur
1952 - The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
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 WI uninterrupted
1955 - The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on
           Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
1956 - French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 - Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites
1957 - Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
1957 - Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically
1957 - Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
1958 - Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)
1959 - "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances
1959 - Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR
1959 - Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
1961 - Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
1961 - Bob Dylan makes his 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village
1961 - 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1
1961 - Adolf Eichmann trial begins in Israel
1961 - Austrian 4th & last government of Raab resigns
1961 - Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II crimes trial
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 perfs
1965 - 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271
1965 - 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000
1966 - 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288
1966 - Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1967 - "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 perfs
1967 - Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress & reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr
1967 - Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead," premieres
1968 - Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president
1968 - Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1968 - W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1968 - WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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 - SF 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 FCC
1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 - WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1975 - Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)
1975 - JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1976 - 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271
1976 - The Apple I is created.
1977 - Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1980 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment
1980 - Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
1981 - Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 - Race riot in London area of Brixton
1981 - Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1982 - 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284
1982 - Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
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
1983 - NASA launches RCA-F
1984 - Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1984 - Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984 - Gen Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named pres of Soviet Union
1984 - Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1984 - USSR party leader Chernenko elected president
1985 - Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead
1986 - A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000
1986 - Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days
1986 - Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
1986 - KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
1987 - Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs KC 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 goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila
1989 - Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5
1990 - Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0
1990 - NY Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51)
1990 - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
1990 - Customs officers in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe
           to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
1991 - "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater NYC
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
1992 - BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence
1992 - Euro-Disney opens near Paris
1992 - Indians set team record for long game loss to Red Sox (19 inn - 6½ hr)
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 100m backstroke (51.43 sec)
1993 - Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie
1993 - 450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and
           continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the
           forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
           It was Easter Sunday.
1996 - "King & I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 perform
1996 - Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
2000 - AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open.
2001 - The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of
           China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released.
2002 - The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
2002 - An attempted coup d'état in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez takes place.
2006 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched
           uranium.
2007 - 2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers, kills 33 people and
           wounds a further 222 others.
2011 - Minsk Metro bombing
2012 - 8.6 magnitude earth quack and 8.2 aftershock occurs off the coast of Indonesia
2012 - 2011 London riot looter is jailed for 11 years after starting a fire at a furniture retailer
2012 - South Korean legislative elections result in the governing Saenuri Party retaining governance
2012 - Prime Minister of Greece, Lucas Papademos, resigns and calls an election for May 6

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This Day in History for 11th April


Famous Weddings

1969 - South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
1981 - Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
1992 - Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
2009 - Tennis player champion Roger Federer (27) weds former WTA tennis player Miroslava Vavrinec
           (31) in Basel, Switzerland

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This Day in History for 11th April


Famous Divorces

2007 - "Dynasty" actress Heather Locklear (45) divorces rock-star Richie Sambora (47) due to
            irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage

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Famous Birthdays

                                   
Bobby Kennedy's Wife                             Musician Oliver Riedel (1971)                Singer Joss Stone (1987)
Ethel Kennedy (1925) 


146 - Septimius Severus (d. 211)
1370 - Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony
1374 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)
1492 - Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
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
1721 - David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)
1722 - Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols)
1735 - Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer
1755 - James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
1769 - Johann Georg Lickl, composer
1770 - George Canning, (C) British PM (1827)
1772 - Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo)
1775 - Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer
1779 - Louise Reichardt, composer
1793 - Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist
1794 - Edward Everett, Dorchester Mass, (Gov-Mass), statesman/orator
1798 - Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)
1801 - Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin)
1810 - Henry Rawlinson, English scholar (d. 1895)
1815 - Klara Fey, German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein)
1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician/founder (Allgemeiner)
1837 - Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861
1838 - Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer
1840 - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer
1852 - Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)
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
1866 - Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (d. 1953)
1867 - John P Lotsy, Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics)
1867 - Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. 1928)
1869 - Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944)
1869 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
1873 - Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1955)
1876 - Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)
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 LaRocca, US jazz coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag) (d. 1961)
1890 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
1893 - Dean G Acheson, statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53)
1893 - Johannes T Thijsse, Dutch founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft)
1896 - Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Quebec novelist (d. 1967)
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)
1900 - Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
1901 - Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter)
1901 - Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens)
1901 - Theodor Rogalski, composer
1902 - Quentin Reynolds, NYC, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI)
1904 - Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist
1904 - Paul McGrath, Chicago IL, actor (Witness, No Time for Love)
1905 - József Attila, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)
1906 - Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)
1907 - Paul Douglas, Phila Pa, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night)
1907 - William Henry Swinburne, music teacher
1907 - Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (d. 2001)
1908 - Karel Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto)
1908 - Leo Rosten, writer/humourist
1908 - Masura Ibuka, industrialist
1910 - Anna Magnani, Ital's actress (Awakening, Roma)
1910 - Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, general/president Portugal
1910 - Henry William Collins, artist
1911 - Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz, Poland, sprinter (Oly-gold-32)
1912 - John Larkin, Oakland California, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High)
1913 - Oleg Cassini, Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy)
1914 - Norman McLaren, Canadian film animator and director (d. 1987)
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)
1917 - Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993)
1917 - David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)
1918 - Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, journalist
1918 - Richard Wainwright, MP
1918 - William Perrie, British prison governor
1919 - Hugh Carey, (Gov-D-NY)
1919 - Raymond Carr, Warden (St Antony's College Oxford)
1920 - Marlen Haushofer, writer
1921 - Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (WI batsman pre/post-war)
1921 - Virginia O'Brien, LA California, actress (Francis in the Navy)
1921 - Viscount Buckmaster
1921 - Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1922 - Alexander Raichev, composer
1922 - Antoine Blondin, writer
1925 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby
1925 - Johan van Zonderen, painter
1925 - Oscar De Ville, CEO (Meyer International)
1925 - Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director (Sea gulls die in the harbor)
1925 - Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman and newspaper editor (Quebecor) (d. 1997)
1926 - Gervase de Peyer, clarinettist
1926 - Robert Hall Lewis, composer
1926 - Victor Bouchard, Quebec pianist and composer
1927 - Domenico Guaccero, composer
1929 - Lawrence Coughlin, (Rep-R-PA, 1969- )
1930 - Carl Franklin, Richmond California, actor (Fantastic Journey)
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 - Nicholas F Brady, US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93)
1930 - W G [Bill] Hefner, (Rep-D-NC, 1975- )
1930 - Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
1931 - Johnny Sheffield, Pasadena California, actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son)
1931 - Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer
1932 - F Gregory Neubeck, USAF pilot
1932 - Joel Grey, [Joe Katz], actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution)
1932 - Max Schubel, composer
1933 - Tony Brown, Charleston WV, newsman (Tony Brown's Journal)
1934 - Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer (Dept of Health)
1934 - Mark Strand, American poet/editor/translator (Another Republic)
1934 - Richard A Garland, artist/photographer
1935 - Pierre Kartner, [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song)
1935 - Richard Berry, musician
1935 - Richard Kuklinski, American mafia hitman (d. 2006)
1936 - Janet Allen, Headmistress (Benenden School)
1938 - Michael Deaver, politician/influence peddler (S&L scandal)
1938 - Kurt Moll, German bass
1939 - Louise Lasser, NYC, actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!)
1941 - David Lyle Boren, (Sen-D-OK, 1979- )
1941 - Frederick "Rick" Hauck, Long Beach Ca, astr (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26)
1941 - Ellen Goodman, American political columnist
1942 - Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoi, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5)
1943 - E J Dommering, Dutch lawyer
1943 - Earl of Sandwich
1943 - Elmer R Wilsoe, Island mayor (Curacao)
1944 - John Milius, writer (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday)
1944 - R J B Knight, deputy director (National Maritime Museum)
1947 - Michael Hindley, British MEP
1947 - Michael Wright, Vice-Chancello, (Aston University)
1947 - Peter Riegert, NYC, actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey)
1947 - Uli Edel, Neuenburg am Rhein, South Baden, German film director
1947 - Meshach Taylor, American actor
1947 - Lev Bulat, Russian physicist
1948 - Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist (or 1941)
1948 - Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach
1949 - Bernd Eichinger, German film producer
1949 - Carl Franklin, American actor
1950 - Bill Irwin, Santa Monica, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall)
1951 - Robbie House, rocker (Snuff)
1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite (d. 1997)
1951 - Paul Fox, English guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)
1951 - James Patrick Kelly, American author
1952 - Michael Daly, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 BC Winter Tour)
1952 - Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter
1953 - Andrew Wiles, British mathematician
1953 - Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
1955 - Michele Scarabelli, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas)
1955 - Piers J Sellers, Sussex England, PhD/astronaut
1955 - Kevin Brady, American politician
1957 - Everton Mattis, cricketer (WI batsman early 80's)
1957 - John Castellanos, San Diego California, actor (John Silva-Young & Restless)
1958 - Sally Clark, Feilding NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-silver-96)
1958 - Stuart Adamson, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland)
1958 - William Stuart Adamson, Manchester, rock guitarist (Big Country)
1958 - Brynn Hartman, American murderer (d. 1998)
1960 - Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist
1961 - Lucky Vanous, Lincoln Nebraska, model (GQ, Diet Coke)
1961 - Doug Hopkins, American musician
1962 - Andre Wasiman, soccer player (FC Volendam)
1962 - Terry Hoage, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1962 - Vincent Gallo, American actor
1963 - Eddy Moya, El Paso Tx, actor
1963 - Elizabeth Smylie, Perth Australia, tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City)
1963 - Chris Ferguson, American poker player
1963 - Billy Bowden, New Zealand umpire
1964 - Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter
1964 - Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player
1964 - Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
1966 - Dave Richards, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1966 - Kara McGaw, Toronto Ontario, 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 (SF Giants)
1966 - Mason Reese, American actor
1966 - Dustin Patrick Runnels, American professional wrestler
1967 - Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Oly-silv-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 sorryow, Marquette Mich, luger (Olympics-1994)
1968 - Eric Moten, NFL guard/tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1968 - Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author
1969 - Gavin Briant, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993)
1969 - J Nick Adamson, Freeport Bahamas, US laser yachter (Olymp-21st-1996)
1969 - Janeth Arcain, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
1969 - Jesse Campbell, NFL safety (NY Giants, Washington Redskins)
1969 - Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer
1969 - Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer
1970 - Delroy Pearson, rock vocalist (Five Star-Between the Lines)
1970 - Joe Vitiello, Cambridge MA, infielder (KC Royals)
1970 - Sean Bergman, Joliet IL, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1970 - Trevor Linden, Medicine Hat, NHL right wing (Canucks, NY Islanders)
1970 - Johnny Messner, American actor
1971 - Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
1971 - Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor
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)
1972 - Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler
1973 - Blake Brockermeyer, NFL tackle (GB Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1973 - Monica Chala, Miss Universe-Ecuador (1996)
1973 - Reggie Tongue, NFL safety (KC Chiefs)
1973 - Jennifer Esposito, American television actor
1974 - Alex Corretja, Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16)
1974 - Sascha van Wissen, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1974 - Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter
1974 - Anton Glanzelius, Danish actor
1974 - Tricia Helfer, Canadian model and actor
1974 - Zöe Lucker, British television actor
1974 - Trot Nixon, American baseball player
1975 - Terry Cousin, NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears)
1975 - Walid Soliman, Tunisian author
1978 - Victor Sikora, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1978 - Brett Claywell, American actor
1978 - Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1978 - Tom Thacker, Canadian musician
1979 - Malcolm Christie, English footballer
1979 - Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Miss World Canada 2003, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights Activist
1979 - Chris Gaylor, American drummer
1979 - Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
1979 - Josh Server, American actor
1979 - Sebastien Grainger, Canadian musician
1980 - Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
1980 - Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
1981 - Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
1981 - Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Ian Bell, English cricketer
1983 - Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch racing driver
1984 - Kelli Garner, American actress
1985 - Will Minson, Australian rules footballer
1987 - Joss Stone, English singer
1994 - Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
2002 - Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 11th April


Famous Deaths

Horticulturist Luther Burbank (1926)


678 - 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
1554 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521)
1612 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (b. 1566)
1626 - Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
1648 - Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer, dies at 53
1712 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638)
1723 - John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)
1729 - Manuel de Egues, composer, dies at 71
1783 - Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64
1798 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)
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 DR (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55
1856 - Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831)
1861 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)
1873 - Edward Canby, U.S. general (b. 1817)
1875 - Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (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
1890 - Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man" (b. 1862)
1894 - Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)
1901 - Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer, dies at 74
1902 - ... Potgieter, South African Boer general, dies in battle
1903 - Gemma Galgani, Italian saint, dies at 25
1906 - Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies
1906 - James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58
1906 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
1908 - Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
1916 - Richard Harding Davis, journalist, dies at 52
1918 - Arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19), dies
1921 - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies
1926 - Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
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
1947 - Louise Peete, American murderess (b. 1880)
1952 - Wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76
1953 - Kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)
1958 - Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)
1961 - Francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70
1967 - Donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911)
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 and screenwriter (b. 1900)
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
1985 - Bunny Ahearne, British ice hockey promoter (b. 1900)
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 - Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack
1989 - Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68
1990 - Barbara Ann Miller, dies
1990 - Harold Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club owner and executive (b. 1903)
1990 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904)
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-Adv of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72
1992 - Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)
1993 - Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-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
2000 - Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
2001 - Sandy Bull, American musician (b. 1941)
2001 - Harry Secombe, Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1921)
2003 - Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900)
2005 - André François, French cartoonist (b. 1915)
2005 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)
2006 - June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
2006 - Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973)
2007 - Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)
2007 - Kurt Vonnegut, American author (b. 1922)
2007 - Ronald Speirs, American Army officer(CO of Easy Company) (b. 1920)
2007 - Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954)
2008 - Merlin German, United States Marine
2009 - Corín Tellado, Spanish romance novelist (b. 1927)
2011 - La Esterella, Flemish singer (b. 1919)
2012 - Ahmed Ben Bella, First president of Algeria, dies at 93

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 12th April


Historical Events

                                   
Confederate General/KKK                            Outlaw Jesse James                          33rd US President Harry Truman
Grand Wizard
Nathan Bedford Forrest                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                   
Musician Ray Charles                            WW2 General Douglas MacArthur                Musician Lenny Kravitz

 
42nd US President Bill Clinton


467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1065 - Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem
1111 - Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor
1204 - 4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople
1229 - Queen Blanche of Castile & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace
1545 - French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1557 - Cuenca is founded in Ecuador.
1606 - England adopts Union Jack as its flag
1648 - University of Harderwijk Neth solemn opens
1654 - Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council of State
1709 - 1st edition of Tattler magazine in England
1713 - Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth 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
1820 - Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow
           Ottoman rule over Greece.
1826 - Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London
1844 - Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States
1857 - Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published
1858 - 1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
1859 - Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates
1861 - Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War
1862 - James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA
1862 - Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
1863 - -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1864 - Battle of Blair's Landing LA
1864 - Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn
1869 - North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
1872 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (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 lt-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 SF Bay to Navy
1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1905 - Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
1907 - Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1908 - Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
1909 - Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
1911 - 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
1917 - Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)
1917 - Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
1919 - British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
1926 - Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
1927 - Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
1928 - Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
1930 - 4th Test Cricket WI v 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 NY 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 Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph
1934 - The US Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard
           troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
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
1935 - First flight of the Bristol Blenheim.
1937 - Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft at Rugby,
           England.
1938 - 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
1938 - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1938 - US began requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
1940 - Italy annexes Albania
1940 - NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
1941 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
1941 - Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalarn 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, Neth
1945 - Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
1945 - Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
1945 - US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
1946 - Syria gains independence from France
1951 - Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
1952 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952 - Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
1953 - 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274
1953 - KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
1954 - 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289
1954 - 8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
1954 - Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1954 - Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1954 - Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
1955 - 1st game in KC, KC 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 Bost 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 - Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
1960 - Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
1961 - 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4
1961 - Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1961 - Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
1962 - San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF 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 NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
1966 - 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
1966 - Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
1966 - Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1968 - Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.
1969 - Simon & Garfunkel releases "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 WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
1979 - Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1980 - BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
1980 - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1980 - Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending over 130 years of national
           democratic presidential succession.
1980 - Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland.
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
1981 - Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
1982 - 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1983 - Harold Washington elected Chicago's 1st black mayor
1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
1985 - US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
1986 - 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
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
1987 - Texaco files for bankruptcy
1988 - Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1988 - Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles
1988 - Harvard U patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
1988 - Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs Calif
1989 - 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker
1989 - Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1990 - Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
1990 - James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1990 - 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for
           Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss
1991 - 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1991 - Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
1991 - US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1992 - "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs
1992 - 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61
1992 - 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino
1992 - 56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275
1992 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
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 - NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
1992 - Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
1994 - Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.
1998 - 62nd Golf Masters Championship:
1998 - An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
1999 - US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false
           statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
2002 - Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the military coup against Hugo
           Chávez.
2002 - Palestinian suicide bomber (female) kills 7 and injures 104 (among them 9 Arabs) at the
           Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.
2009 - U.S. Navy rescues captain Richard Phillips, killing three pirates and capturing a fourth.
2009 - President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call
           to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue
2010 - A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and
           injuring 28 people.
2012 - A ceasefire in the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising comes into effect
2012 - Bodleian, Oxford University and Vatican libraries announce over 1.5 million pages of ancient
           texts will be made available across the internet
2012 - Civilian rule in Mali is returned after Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 12th April


Famous Weddings

1385 - Duke of Burgundy, John the Fearless, marries Margaret of Bavaria in political double wedding
           with his sister
1385 - Willem van Oostervant of Bavaria weds Philip the Bold's daughter Marguerite (10)
1583 - William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny
1918 - American Playwright Eugene O'Neill marries 2nd wife novelist Agnes Boulton
1996 - Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper (60) weds actress Victoria Duffy (29) at Boston's Old
           South Church
2003 - Prince Laurent of Belgium (39)marries Claire Coombs (29) in Belgium

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 12th April


Famous Divorces

1992 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 12th April


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Comedian David Letterman (1947)        Actress Shannen Doherty (1971)                Actress Claire Danes (1979)


599 BC - Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism (d. 527 BC)
812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)
1484 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)
1500 - Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist
1526 - Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)
1550 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)
1577 - Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
1579 - Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France
1626 - Paul Hainlein, composer
1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria
1695 - Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht Neth)
1705 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (d. 1780)
1713 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)
1716 - Felice de' Giardini, composer
1722 - Pietro Nardini, composer
1724 - Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)
1726 - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814)
1727 - Gaspare Gabellone, composer
1748 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
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 KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary
1794 - Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)
1796 - George N. Briggs, 19th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1861)
1799 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1855)
1801 - Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader
1801 - Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
1802 - Francois 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
1848 - José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1880)
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)
1868 - Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander (d. 1918)
1869 - Henri-Desire 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's book week
1883 - Imogen Cunningham, photographer (1965 ASMP award)
1883 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1959)
1884 - Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922)
1884 - Tenby Davies, Welsh world champion runner (d. 1932)
1887 - Harold Lockwood, American actor (d. 1918)
1888 - Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet musician (d. 1964)
1892 - Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist
1894 - Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general/president (1951-58)
1898 - Grantley H Adams, president of Barbados
1898 - Lily Pons, American soprano (d. 1976)
1901 - Lowell Stockman, American representative (d. 1962)
1902 - Louis J M Beel, premier of Netherland (1946-48, 58-59)
1903 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel 1969)
1904 - Harald James Penrose, pilot
1907 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
1907 - Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator (d. 1979)
1908 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia
1908 - John T Hughes, Bishop to Forces
1908 - Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious)
1908 - Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American Air Force pilot (d. 2006)
1910 - Jorgen Rausch, German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys)
1911 - Darrell A Amyx, US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics)
1911 - Geoff Chubb, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40)
1911 - Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization Engineer (d. 1976)
1912 - Eric Feldary, Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep)
1912 - Georges Franju, France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage)
1912 - Harold Maguire, British air marshal
1912 - Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers)
1912 - Walt Gorney, American actor (d. 2004)
1913 - Gabor Jodal, composer
1913 - Keiko Fukuda, Tokyo, Japan, martial artist, (d. 2013)
1914 - Armen Alchian, American economist
1915 - Emil [Theodore] Petaja, US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane)
1916 - Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster
1916 - Beverly Cleary, American writer
1916 - Benjamin Libet, American scientist (d. 2007)
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)
1917 - Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)
1918 - 18th earl of Derby, English landowner/multi-millionaire
1919 - Istvan Anhalt, composer, (d. 2012)
1919 - Lady Ricketts, CEO (Natl Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux)
1919 - Maurice Girodias, French publisher
1919 - Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero
1919 - Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1920 - H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
1920 - Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia)
1921 - A W Mabbs, archivist
1923 - Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Tex, dancer (On the Town)
1923 - E C Meade, British chartered accountant
1924 - Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter (WW II)
1924 - Sergiu Natra, composer
1924 - Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003)
1925 - Johnny Jordan, England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice) [or Feb 7]
1927 - Jane Withers, Ga, actress (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber)
1927 - Patrick Meehan, petty criminal
1928 - Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
1928 - Earl of Limerick
1928 - Uwe Kitzinger, Pres (Templeton College-Oxford)
1928 - Hardy Krüger, German actor
1929 - Elspet Gray, (Lady Rix), actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko), (d. 2013)
1930 - Betty Clooney, Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show)
1930 - Bryan Magee, writer
1930 - Earl of Limerick
1930 - Lou A de Graaf, Dutch asst secretary of Social Affairs (VDA)
1930 - Uwe Kitzinger, Pres (Templeton College, Oxford)
1930 - Manuel Neri, American artist
1931 - Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
1931 - Martin Boykan, composer
1931 - Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (d. 1995)
1932 - Henri Lazarof, composer
1932 - Jack Gelber, US, playwright (Connection, Apple)
1932 - Dennis Banks, American activist
1932 - Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2005)
1932 - Tiny Tim [ Herbert Khaury], New York, musician, (d. 1996)
1933 - Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano
1934 - Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer
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 champ billiards player
1939 - Alan Ayckbourn, London, playwright
1939 - Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league footballer
1940 - Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist (I Thought it Was You)
1940 - John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist
1941 - Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap)
1941 - Bobby Moore, English footballer (d. 1993)
1942 - Bill Bryden, theatre director
1942 - Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer
1942 - Frank Bank, Hollywood California, actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver)
1942 - Carlos Reutemann, Argentine racing driver and politician
1943 - Charles Ludlam, NYC, playwright/actor (Big Easy)
1944 - John Kay, [Joachim F Krauledat], Germany, rock vocalist (Steppenwolf)
1944 - Karel Kryl, folk singer
1944 - John Kay, German-born musician
1945 - Hilary Nicolle, educationist
1945 - Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the WHO (d. 2006)
1946 - Ed O'Neill, actor (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 approx)
1947 - David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night)
1947 - Tom Clancy, American author
1947 - Antonin Kratochvil photographer
1948 - Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer (WI slow left-armer of the 70's)
1948 - Jeremy Beadle, English television presenter (d. 2008)
1948 - Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany
1948 - Sandra "Lois" Reeves, American singer
1949 - Scott Turow, American writer
1950 - David Cassidy, NYC, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family)
1950 - Tom Werner, owner (SD Padres)/producer (Roseanne, Cosby Show)
1950 - Kari Palaste, Finnish architect
1950 - Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1)
1951 - Jackson Spires, rock drummer (Blackfoot)
1952 - Alexis Arguello, Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champ)
1952 - J D Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores)
1952 - Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist (d. 2004)
1952 - Reuben Gant, American professional football player
1954 - Marvin Johnson, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1954 - Pat Travers, rock guitarist (Puttin' it Straight)
1954 - Pat Travers, Canadian musician
1956 - Alexander Briley, vocalist (YMCA-Village People)
1956 - Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die)
1956 - Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien)
1956 - Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer
1958 - Tony James, rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1958 - Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon)
1958 - Howard Stableford, English actor and host
1959 - Elissa Leeds, NYC, actress (Cissy-Dorothy)
1960 - Ron MacLean, Canadian sportscaster
1961 - D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter)
1961 - Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1988)
1961 - Magda Szubanski, Australian actress
1962 - Art Alexakis, American musician
1962 - Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler
1964 - Mike Macfarlane, Stockton CA, catcher (KC Royals)
1964 - Amy Ray, American musician
1965 - Elaine Zayak, NJ, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984)
1965 - Tom O'Brien, American actor-producer
1966 - Jeffrey Hunter, WLAF DE (London Monarchs)
1966 - Lorenzo White, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)
1966 - Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Bobby Abrams, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1967 - Donna Andrews, Lynchburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1967 - Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
1967 - Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong)
1968 - Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1968 - Alicia Coppola, actress (Lorna Devon-Another World)
1968 - Neal Fort, CFL tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
1969 - Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1970 - Patrick Brugnoli, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1970 - Nick Hexum, American musician
1971 - Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star
1971 - Kent Manderville, Edmonton, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1971 - Shannen Doherty, Memphis Tn, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210)
1971 - Tyrone Chatman, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1972 - Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer
1972 - Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player
1973 - Antonio Osuna, Sinaloa Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1973 - Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island (1997, top 10)
1973 - Pamela Polk, Berlin Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin (1996)
1973 - J. Scott Campbell, American comic book artist
1974 - Kabir Khan, cricketer (Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- )
1974 - Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman (Lightning, Oly-gold-98)
1974 - Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer
1974 - Belinda Emmett, Australian actor(d. 2006)
1974 - Marley Shelton, American actor
1975 - Marcie Alberts, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1975 - Sofie Rahman, Miss Universe-Hong Kong (1996)
1976 - Brad Miller, American basketball player
1977 - Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 - Glenn Rogers, Scottish Cricket Player
1977 - Sarah Jane Morris, American actor
1977 - Jordana Spiro, American actor
1978 - Eddie Robinson, actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing)
1978 - Guy Berryman, British musician
1978 - Riley Smith, American actor
1979 - Claire Danes, NYC, actress (Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo & Juliet)
1979 - Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer
1979 - Elena Grosheva, Olympic gymnast
1979 - Paul Nicholls, English actor
1979 - Jordan De Jong, American baseball player
1980 - Brian McFadden, Irish Singer
1980 - Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician
1981 - Nicolás Burdisso, Argentine footballer
1981 - Jaspreet Singh, businessman
1981 - Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist
1982 - Deen, Bosnian singer
1985 - Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
1985 - Jeisa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel
1985 - Ted Ginn, American football player
1985 - Paul Murphy, Irish footballer
1985 - Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer
1986 - Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
1987 - Brendon Urie, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1994 - Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
1994 - Airi Suzuki, Japanese singer

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 12th April


Famous Deaths

                                   
Bishop and Writer                                Humanitarian Clara Barton (1912)              32nd US President
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1704)                                                                             Franklin Roosevelt (1945)


Middle/welterweight
championship boxer
Sugar Ray Robinson (1989)


45 BC - Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general
65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
238 - Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage
238 - Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I
352 - Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
434 - Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
1125 - Vladislaus I of Bohemia
1443 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
1550 - Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1555 - Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75
1605 - Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies
1675 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1687 - Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
1690 - Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71
1704 - John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
1704 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer, dies at 77
1748 - William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies
1760 - Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64
1782 - Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)
1788 - Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56
1788 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67
1795 - Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian librettist and poet, dies at 80
1795 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
1797 - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71
1814 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
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
1850 - Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)
1859 - John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84
1864 - Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50
1872 - Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)
1878 - William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies
1896 - Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62
1898 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)
1902 - Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)
1909 - Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79
1910 - William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69
1912 - Clara Barton, organizer (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
1942 - Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80
1945 - Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (D) (1933-1945), dies 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
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
1962 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b. 1861)
1962 - Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1965 - Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43
1966 - Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
1968 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer and Volkswagen director (b. 1899)
1971 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871)
1971 - Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
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 - Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), 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 - Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
1980 - William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup
1980 - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895)
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 boxing champion (1937-49), dies at 66
1983 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1984 - Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76
1986 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
1987 - Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90
1987 - Mike Von Erich, American wrestler
1988 - Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies
1989 - Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52
1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
1989 - Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927)
1990 - Henry Kendrick, dies
1991 - James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies
1992 - Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61
1993 - Isaac Rojas, vp 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
1999 - Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931)
2001 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (b. 1921)
2003 - Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900)
2006 - Dr. Rajkumar, Kannada language film actor/singer (India)(b. 1929)
2006 - Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
2007 - Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
2008 - Paddy Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
2008 - Cecilia Colledge, British ice skater and Olympian (b. 1920)
2008 - Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
2009 - Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (b. 1952)
2010 - Palito, Filipino comedian (b. 1934)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 13th April


Historical Events

                                   
Composer                                                 Entrepreneur and Engineer                    Department Store Founder
George Friedrich Handel                              George Westinghouse                             James Cash Penney

                                   
Baseball Player Hank Aaron                         Singer Tom Jones                               264th Pope John Paul II

                 
Anti-apartheid activist/                            Golfer Tiger Woods
South African President
Nelson Mandela 


837 - Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
989 - Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas
1055 - Bishop Gebhard van Eichstattt 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
1250 - The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured.
1256 - The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull
           Licet ecclesiae catholicae.
1346 - Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy
1367 - Battle at Nájera Spain: Castile & England beat Aragon & 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 Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)
1759 - French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
1796 - 1st elephant arrives in US from India
1796 - Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians
1808 - William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects 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 Calif
1861 - After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates
1863 - Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)
1863 - Hospital for Ruptured & Crippled in NY is 1st orthopedic hospital
1865 - Battle of Raleigh, NC
1865 - Sherman's march through Georgia begins
1868 - Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor
           commits suicide
1869 - Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)
1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC
1873 - Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)
1882 - Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia
1883 - US prospecter Alfred Packer convicted of manslaughter though accused of cannibalism
1895 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Solitary Cyclist" (BG)
1902 - J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo
1904 - Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army
1904 - Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin
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: Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2
1918 - Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital
1919 - Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India
1919 - British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre)
1919 - The Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
1920 - 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
1921 - Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party.
1923 - Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships
1924 - Greek plebiscite for a republic
1925 - Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC
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 Hunefeld-Köhl)
1932 - Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms
1933 - 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
1933 - Stanley Cup: NY 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
1939 - In India, the Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed
           struggle against the British.
1940 - 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
1940 - Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
1940 - Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2
1941 - Heavy German assault on Tobruk
1941 - Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
1941 - Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
1943 - Catholic University Nijegen closes
1943 - FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial
1943 - Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn
1944 - SC rejects black suffrage
1944 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
1944 - Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 - The diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
1945 - Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Neth from Nazis
1945 - Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna)
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 champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is
           barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
1948 - 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus
1949 - 3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2
1953 - 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0
1954 - Balt Orioles 1st game, loses 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, Alabama (state record)
1956 - KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 - "Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
1957 - 11th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
1957 - 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night & My Fair Lady win
1957 - Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in US is temp halted
1958 - 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win
1958 - Van Cliburn is the first American to win the Chaikovsky Compettion in Moscow.
1959 - USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit
1959 - Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1959 - Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists
1960 - France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara
1960 - Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
1961 - "Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances
1961 - UN General Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid
1962 - Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record
1962 - US steel industry forced to give up price increases
1963 - Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit
1963 - Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game
1964 - 36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones," Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win
1964 - Ian D Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
1964 - New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day
1965 - Beatles record "Help"
1965 - 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by NY Sen 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
1969 - Closure of the Brisbane tramway network.
1970 - 34th Golf Masters Championship: Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279
1970 - Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed
1970 - Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes
           en route to Moon
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 - 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
1975 - Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead
1976 - $2 bill re-introduced as US currency
1976 - 1st NBA playoff game for Cleve Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash
1976 - Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes
1978 - Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, & the field is showered
1978 - NY Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day
1979 - Christian Turks occupy St Jansbasiliek
1979 - Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours
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 - US boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow
1981 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart"
1981 - Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)
1982 - Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2)
1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 - Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
1984 - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
1984 - India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
1984 - Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
1985 - "TASS" denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
1985 - Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
1985 - Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps 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 - 50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279
1986 - Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
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
1987 - 1st 3 SD Padres hit HRs off SF 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 perfs
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 - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
1991 - BPAA US Open by Pete Weber
1992 - "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 perfs
1992 - 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands
1992 - American Airlines reduce 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 - Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie
1992 - Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0);
           Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
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 Champs NJ Devils from playoff
1997 - "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
1997 - 48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, 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 Pitts Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
1997 - Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961
           that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets & Oakland A's vs Yankees in
           NY
2002 - Pedro Carmona, interim president of Venezuela, resigns one day after taking office.
2006 - Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City, Iowa.
2012 - North Korean long range rocket testing ends in failure after the rocket broke up after launch