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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #510 on: April 16, 2013, 11:58:51 AM »
This Day in History for 16th April


Famous Weddings


1994 - Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodare (30) at St. Louis Cathedral in New
           Orleans, Louisiana
1996 - Singer Judy Collins (57) weds industrial designer Louis Nelson (59) at Cathedral of St. John
           the Divine in New York City
2005 - One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush (23) weds actor Chad Michael Murray (24) at Hotel Casa Del
           Mar in Santa Monica, California
2005 - "Survivor: All-Stars" winner Amber Mariano (26) weds The Amazing Race star Rob Mariano
            (29) at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #511 on: April 16, 2013, 12:03:33 PM »
Famous Divorces


Famous Weddings


1816 - Leading Romantic Age poet Lord Byron signs Deed of Separation dissolving his marriage with
           Lady Byron at her request after 1 year of marriage

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #512 on: April 16, 2013, 01:39:29 PM »
This Day in History for 16th April


Famous Birthdays


                                   
Comedian Charlie Chaplin (1889)          265th Pope Benedict XVI (1927)              Comedian Martin Lawrence (1965)


778 - King Louis the Pious (d. 840)
1319 - King John II of France (d. 1364)
1495 - Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)
1628 - Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand
1635 - Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
1646 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)
1648 - John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)
1652 - Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)
1660 - Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)
1661 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, British poet and statesman (d. 1715)
1673 - Francesco Feroci, composer
1682 - John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
1693 - Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1743)
1697 - Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer
1703 - Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke
1728 - Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist
1738 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. 1795)
1755 - Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
1800 - Jozef Stefani, composer
1800 - William Chambers, author/publisher (Basis of Communication & Coding)
1800 - George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, British soldier (d. 1888)
1808 - Caleb Blood Smith, Secy Int (Union), died in 1864
1816 - Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1820 - Georg Curtius, German classical linguist
1821 - Ford Maddox Brown, painter
1823 - Mother Joseph, [Esther Pariseau], religious leader (US capitol)
1823 - Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1907
1823 - Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (d. 1852)
1827 - Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (d. 1879)
1832 - John A Neuhuys, painter
1838 - Karel Bendl, composer
1844 - Anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)
1847 - Hans Auer, Swiss architect, (d. 1906)
1848 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 1919)
1850 - Herbert Baxter Adams, US, historian (American Historical Association)
1851 - Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist
1859 - Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (d. 1924)
1861 - Isaac Murphy, US jockey (won 628 races)
1865 - Henry George Chauvel, Australian general (d. 1945)
1867 - Jose de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot/PR Secretary of Justice
1867 - Wilbur Wright, of aeronautical fame (Wright Brothers)
1868 - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer
1868 - Spottiswoode Aitken, Edinburgh Scot, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home)
1871 - John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the Sea)
1871 - Martin Lunssens, composer
1878 - R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903)
1881 - Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
1882 - Seth Bingham, composer
1885 - Leo Weiner, Hungary, composer (Fasching)
1886 - Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate
1886 - Jekabs Graubins, composer
1886 - Konstantin Mostras, composer
1889 - Charlie Chaplin, (Tramp), comedian (City Lights)/IBM salesman
1893 - Federico Mompou, composer
1893 - Joseph Yasser, composer
1895 - Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer (d. 1948)
1897 - Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer
1897 - Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)
1897 - John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
1899 - Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (d. 1988)
1900 - Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home)
1901 - Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen)
1901 - Leo Poos, nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents)
1904 - Clifford Case, (Sen-R-NJ)
1904 - Fifi D'Orsay, Montreal, actress (Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary)
1904 - Lily Pons, Draguignan France, soprano diva (Hitting a New High)
1905 - John Lee-Barber, admiral
1906 - Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer
1906 - Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist
1906 - Marion Lloyd Vince, Bkln NY, fencer (National champ 1928, 31)
1906 - Pigmeat Markham, Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In)
1907 - August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (d. 1947)
1907 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, French-Canadian inventor and businessman (Bombardier) (d.
           1964)
1909 - Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian
1911 - Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges movies)
1911 - William Stearn, botanist
1912 - David Langton, Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship)
1912 - John Halas, animator
1912 - Garth Williams, American illustrator (d. 1996)
1912 - Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (d. 1997)
1913 - Constance Shacklock, opera singer
1913 - Les Tremayne, London, actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds)
1913 - Lord Aberconway, CEO (John Brown & Co)
1914 - John Hodiak, Pittsburgh PA, actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat)
1915 - Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic & water
1915 - Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer
1917 - Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007)
1918 - Spike Milligan, India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)
1918 - Joan Alexander, American actress
1918 - Dick Gibson, British racing driver
1919 - Merce Cunningham, choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus)
1919 - Tom Willmore, English geometer (d. 2005)
1920 - Barry Nelson, Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband)
1920 - Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor
1920 - John William Farr, Detroit, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
1920 - Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
1921 - Peter Ustinov, London, actor (Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd)
1922 - Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy), (d. 2012)
1922 - Kingsley Amis, London, novelist (Lucky Jim, James Bond Dossier)
1922 - Leo Tindermans, British statesman
1922 - Eddie Bert, Yonkers, New York, bebopjazz trombonist, (d. 2012)
1924 - Geoffrey Johnson Smith, actor (Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games)
1924 - Henry Mancini, Cleveland, composer/conductor (Pink Panther)
1924 - John Harvey-Jones, CEO (ICI)
1925 - Edie Adams, Kingston Pa, Mrs Ernie Kovacs (Murial Cigar), actress
1926 - Barbara Tizzard, British educator
1927 - Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus
1927 - Peter Mark Richman, Phila Pa, actor (Andrew-Dynasty)
1927 - Pope Benedict XVI [Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger], Marktl, Bavaria, Germany
1928 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Rams, Cards, Lions)
1929 - Roy Hamilton, singer (You'll Never Walk Alone)
1930 - Frank Page, British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer)
1930 - Herbie Mann, Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin')
1930 - John Robson, British ambassador (Norway)
1931 - Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1932 - Imre Polyak, Hungary, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1932 - Vince Hill, singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose)
1933 - Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster/actress (Cold Comfort Farm)
1933 - Joseph Bottoms, Santa Barbara, California, actor (Blind Date, Braker)
1933 - Perry Botkin Jr, NYC, orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show)
1934 - Brian Peppiatt, joint CEO (SG Warburg Securities)
1934 - Geoffrey Owen, British editor (Financial Times)
1934 - Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster
1934 - Robert Stigwood, producer (Saturday Night Fever, Grease)
1935 - Bobby Vinton, Pitts Pa, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue)
1935 - Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist
1935 - Sarah Kirsch, German poet
1936 - James Rand, British judge (Advocate General)
1938 - Michael Hirst, chief constable (Leicestershire England)
1938 - Gordon Wilson, Scottish politician
1938 - Rich Rollins, American baseballer
1939 - Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster
1939 - Dusty Springfield, [Mary O'Brien], London, vocalist (Growing Pains)
1939 - John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician
1939 - Margaretha de Boer, Dutch minister (PvdA)
1939 - Reinier Lucassen, Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union)
1939 - Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (d. 2008.)
1940 - David Holford, cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder)
1940 - Lord Camoys, deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1940 - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972- )
1940 - Paul Cox, actor (Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me)
1940 - Queen Margrethe II, of Denmark
1940 - Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer
1940 - Benoît Bouchard, French-Canadian politician
1941 - Cliff Stearns, (Rep-R-Florida)
1942 - Jim Lonborg, American baseball player
1943 - Dave Peverett, London, English rocker (Foghat, Savoy Brown)
1943 - Ewald Vanvugt, author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love)
1943 - Johnny Watkins, cricketer (NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Aust)
1943 - Ruth Madoc, actress (Hi Di Hi)
1944 - Dennis Russell Davies, composer
1944 - Bob Montgomery, Nashville, Tennessee, last Major League Baseball player to bat without a
           helmet (1979)
1945 - Goran Antunac, Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
1945 - Stefan Grossman, NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie)
1945 - Tom Allen, American politician
1946 - Margot Adler, American journalist
1947 - Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor], NBA center (Mil Bucks, LA Lakers)
1948 - Lynne Franks, British public relations consultant
1949 - Melody Patterson, American actress
1950 - David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6)
1951 - John Bentley, rocker
1951 - Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, French photographer
1951 - Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian writer and photographer
1951 - Björgvin Halldórsson, Icelandic singer
1951 - Mordechai Ben David, Jewish singer
1952 - Peter Westbrook, St Louis Mo, US fencer (Olympic-bronze-88, 92, 96)
1952 - Michel Blanc, French actor
1952 - Billy West, American voice actor
1953 - Jay O Sanders, Austin TX, actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski)
1953 - J. Neil Schulman, American writer
1954 - Ellen Barkin, Bronx NY, actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love)
1954 - John Bowe, Australian racing driver
1955 - Charlotte Morrison, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1955 - Henri, Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg
1955 - Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager
1956 - David M Brown, Arlington Va, Cmdr USN/astronaut
1956 - Marty Dickerson, Middletown OH, golfer (1994 ShopRite Classic-22nd)
1956 - Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
1958 - Philip Bainbridge, British cricketeer
1959 - Anne Kursinski, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96)
1959 - Scott McKinsey, American television director
1960 - Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007)
1960 - Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager
1960 - Pierre Littbarski, German footballer
1961 - Doris Dragović, Croatian singer
1962 - David Pate, LA Cal, tennis star
1962 - Ian MacKaye, rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1962 - Jeanne Golay, Coral Gables Fla, cyclist (Olympics-16th-92, 96)
1963 - Garry Galley, Montreal, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
1963 - Hu Na, China, tennis star
1963 - Jimmy Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Donnie & Marie)
1963 - Nick Berry, Britain, actor (Wicksy-EastEnders)
1963 - Salim Malik, cricketer (memorable Pakistani & Essex batsman)
1964 - Dave Pirner, rocker (Soul Asylum)
1964 - Robert Kelker-Kelly, Wichita Kansas, (Bo-Days of our Live)
1964 - David Kohan, American television producer
1965 - Caren Kemner, Quincy IL, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
1965 - Gerardo, rocker
1965 - Jon Cryer, actor (Pretty in Pink, Superman IV)
1965 - Martin Lawrence, comedian (Martin)
1965 - Michael Wong Man Tak, Hong Kong actor and director
1966 - Lewis Tillman, NFL running back (Chic Bears)
1967 - Charles Evans, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
1968 - Grace Kim, Korea, tennis star
1969 - Fernando Vina, Sacramento CA, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1969 - Melinda Rich, Muskegon Mich, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1993)
1970 - Fran Robinson, California, actress (Lauren-Charlie & Company)
1970 - Ian Franklin, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1970 - Steve Emtman, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1970 - Walt Williams, NBA forward/guard (Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat)
1971 - Selena, Texas, spanish singer (Grammy-1994)
1971 - Frederik Nilsson, Stockholm SWE, IHL forward (Team Sweden, KC (IHL))
1971 - Natasha Zvereva, Minsk Belarus, tennis ace (finals 1995 Indian Wells)
1971 - Selena [Quintanilla], tejano vocalist
1971 - Trey Maples, Wheat Ridge Colo, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Canadian)
1971 - Max Beesley, English musician and actor
1971 - Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor
1972 - Conchita Martinez, Monzon Spain, tennis star (1996 final Indian Wells)
1972 - Jim Ballard, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Scottish Claymores, Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Mario Bradley, WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
1973 - Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer
1974 - Mat Devine, American singer (Kill Hannah)
1974 - Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress, singer and director
1974 - Valarie Rae Miller, American actress
1975 - Nicky Sualua, NFL fullback (Dallas Cowboys)
1975 - Sean Maher, American actor
1975 - Nick Pickard, British actor
1976 - Lukas Haas, actor (Music Box, Witness, Testament, Leap of Faith)
1976 - Dan Kellner, American fencer
1976 - Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
1977 - Alek Wek, Sudanese supermodel
1977 - Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
1978 - Matthew Lloyd, Australian rules footballer
1978 - Lara Dutta, Indian actress
1979 - Christijan Albers, Dutch Formula One driver
1979 - Sixto Peralta, Argentine footballer
1980 - Jesse Tendler, Madison Wisc, actor (Nick-Ellen Burstyn Show)
1980 - Paul London, American professional wrestler
1982 - Boris Diaw, French basketball player
1982 - Barry Jones, Scottish magician
1982 - Jonathan Vilma, American football player
1982 - Gina Carano, American Mixed Martial Arts fighter.
1983 - Cat Osterman, American softball pitcher
1983 - George Patis, Greek badminton player
1983 - Marié Digby, American Singer
1984 - Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American author
1984 - Noah Fleiss, American actor
1985 - Mark Baker, Welsh author and historian
1985 - Luol Deng, British-Sudanese basketball player
1985 - Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor and singer
1986 - Paul di Resta, British racing driver
1987 - Milton J Cross, NYC, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions of the Air)
1987 - Neil Haskell, Finalist of SYTYCD Season 3
1987 - Aaron Lennon, English footballer
1990 - Heather Fulton, American marine biologist
1990 - Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
1992 - Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg
1993 - Mirai Nagasu, American Figure Skater
1994 - Liliana Mumy, American actress
2008 - Princess Eléonore of Belgium, Belgian princess

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #513 on: April 16, 2013, 01:52:17 PM »
This Day in History for 16th April


Famous Deaths



Wax Museum Creator
Madame Tussaud (1850)


69 - Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32)
744 - al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph
924 - Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy
1113 - Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)
1115 - Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]
1118 - Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily
1198 - Duke Frederick I of Austria
1446 - Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies
1496 - David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69
1529 - Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake
1619 - Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies
1645 - Tobias Hume, English composer
1687 - George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59
1689 - Aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640)
1743 - Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69
1756 - Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79
1760 - Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
1783 - Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (b. 1719)
1788 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707)
1825 - John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84
1828 - Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82
1846 - Domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83
1850 - Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies at 88
1858 - Johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87
1859 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (b. 1805)
1860 - Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies
1865 - Robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1870 - Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies
1876 - Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83
1879 - Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France
1881 - George William Martin, composer, dies at 56
1888 - Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845)
1899 - Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b 1875)
1904 - Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888)
1904 - Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer and reformer (b. 1812)
1914 - George W Hill, US astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76
1915 - Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (b. 1841)
1916 - Tom Horan, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust, 471 runs, 11 wickets), dies
1920 - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80
1924 - Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies
1928 - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
1929 - Abraham van Stolk Jzn, art collector, dies at 57
1930 - José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher and activist (b. 1894)
1938 - Bertram Wagstaff Mills, circus proprietor, dies
1938 - Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874)
1941 - Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies
1946 - Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884)
1947 - Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1900)
1949 - Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54
1951 - Emile Erens, Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85
1955 - Abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded
1958 - Rosalind Franklin, British chemist (b. 1920)
1959 - Charles Halton, dies at 83
1968 - Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82
1968 - Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76
1970 - Richard Neutra, American architect (b. 1892)
1972 - Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72
1978 - Lucius D Clay, gen/gov US zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80
1981 - Eric Hollies, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 44 wickets), dies
1985 - Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60
1988 - Abu Jihad, [Khalil al-Wazzir], PLO-leader, murdered
1988 - Clifford Roach, cricketer (16 Tests early in WI cricket history), dies
1988 - Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (soc-dem), dies at 90
1988 - Khalil al-Wazir, PLO milt commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos
1988 - Warde Donovan, dies at 72
1989 - Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies
1991 - David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83
1992 - Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72
1992 - Frank Killmond, dies at 58
1992 - Neville Brand, actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at 71
1993 - John P W Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77
1994 - John McLiam, dies of Parkinson's disease at 75
1994 - Ralph Waldo Ellison, US writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80
1994 - Ron Vawter, US actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45
1994 - Samuel Selvon, author, dies at 70
1995 - Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75
1995 - Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
1995 - Cyril Enfield, film Director, dies at 80
1995 - Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster, dies at 86
1995 - Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child slave labourer, activist (b. 1982)
1996 - Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73
1996 - Madeleine Bourdouxhe, writer, dies at 89
1996 - Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist, dies at 62
1996 - Stavros Spyros Niarchos, Greek shipowner, dies at 86
1997 - Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, media tycoon, dies at 66
1997 - Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82
1997 - Michael Stroka, actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 57
1997 - Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
1998 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)
1998 - Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (b. 1920)
1999 - Skip Spence, Canadian-born guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1946)
2001 - Alec Stock, English football manager (b. 1917)
2002 - Ruth Fertel, American restaurateur (b. 1927)
2002 - Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
2003 - Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930)
2003 - Graham Stuart Thomas, English author and garden designer (b. 1909)
2005 - Kay Walsh, British actress (b. 1911)
2005 - Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (b. 1943)
2005 - Marla Ruzicka, American humanitarian worker and peace activist (b. 1976)
2006 - Francisco Adam, Portuguese actor and model (b. 1983)
2007 - Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian hockey player (b. 1962)
2007 - Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer and first Brazilian woman to compete in the Olympic Games (b.
           1915)
2007 - Seung-Hui Cho, Korean American murderer (b. 1984), see List of victims of the Virginia Tech
           massacre
2007 - Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, American instructor of French (b. 1958)
2007 - Kevin Granata, American professor of Engineering (b. 1961)
2007 - Liviu Librescu, American Jewish-Romanian professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (b.
          1930)
2007 - G. V. Loganathan, Indian American professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (b. 1954)
2007 - Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
2008 - Edward Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
2008 - Joseph Solman, American painter
2010 - Rasim Delic, Bosnian military chief of staff and war criminal (b. 1949)
2012 - Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish shipping Magnate, dies at 98

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #514 on: April 17, 2013, 09:35:49 AM »
This Day in History for 17th April


Historical Events


                                   
Baseball Great Babe Ruth                    Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin         Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini

                 
Pop Singer & Beatle                                     NHL all-time top scorer
Paul McCartney                                                  Wayne Gretzky


858 - Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.
           Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book's pilgrimage to
           Canterbury starts.
1492 - Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
1524 - Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay
1534 - Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower
1555 - Siena surrenders for Spanish troops
1596 - Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais
1629 - 1st commercial fishery established
1704 - 1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell
1711 - Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of this brother Joseph I
1747 - French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands
1758 - Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems
1793 - Battle of Warsaw
1797 - Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest
           invasions to Spanish territories in America.
1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships
1817 - 1st US school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)
1824 - Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54° 40'N
1839 - Guatemala forms republic
1853 - Thorbecke government resigns
1853 - US Marine Hospital at Presidio (SF) forms
1861 - Indianola TX - "Star of West" taken by Confederacy
1861 - Virginia is 8th state to secede
1863 - R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA
1864 - Battle of Plymouth, NC
1864 - Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
1864 - Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination
1869 - 1st pro baseball games-Cin Reds 24, Cin amateurs 15
1875 - "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
1892 - 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1
1895 - Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
1900 - 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession
1905 - US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional
1905 - The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York which held that the
           "right to free contract" was implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
            of the United States Constitution.
1907 - Ellis Island, NY-11,745 immigrants arrive
1912 - 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep")
1920 - American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
1923 - Longest NL opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
1924 - Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B Mayer Co merged to form MGM
1925 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
1925 - Paul Painlevé follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier
1927 - Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier
1930 - Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
1932 - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery
1933 - Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating NY Giants 23-21
1934 - New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5
1935 - Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs)
1937 - Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd & Petunia Pig, debut
1939 - Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 - SN Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," premieres in NYC
1939 - Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact
1941 - British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis
1941 - Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing)
1941 - World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
1942 - 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg
1942 - Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp
1942 - POW French General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
1943 - Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul
1943 - SS-lt-general Jurgen Stoop arrives in Warsaw
1945 - 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 - German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
1945 - Benito Mussolini flees from Salò to Milan
1945 - US troops lands in Mindanao
1946 - Syria declares independence from French administration
1947 - Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
1951 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
1953 - Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium
1955 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1956 - Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
1956 - Kominform disbands
1956 - Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
1956 - USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves
1956 - Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament
1958 - Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens
1960 - American Samoa sets up a constitutional government
1960 - Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn
1961 - 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
1961 - 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment," Burt Lancaster & Liz Taylor win
1964 - "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
1964 - "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances
1964 - 1st game at Shea Stadium, NY Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3
1964 - Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)
1964 - Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world
1966 - 100th intl soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
1966 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 - Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
1967 - Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20
1968 - "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs
1968 - A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Balt Orioles
1969 - Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons
1969 - Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
1969 - Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy
1969 - The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert
1970 - Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help
1970 - Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released
1971 - Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
1971 - People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
1972 - 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of NY in 3:10:26
1972 - 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39
1972 - Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed
1972 - Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
1973 - 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59
1973 - 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oreg in 2:16:03
1973 - German counter-terrorist unit GSG 9 founded.
1974 - Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, WA
1974 - Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt
1975 - Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day)
1975 - Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead
1975 - Phnom Penh fell to Communist insurgents, ending Cambodia's 5-year war
1976 - NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive
           HRs
1977 - "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
1977 - Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1977 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1978 - 63,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record)
1978 - 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Ga in 2:44:52
1978 - 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13
1978 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden"
1979 - Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?" premieres in London
1981 - Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers
1981 - Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1982 - Canada adopts its constitution
1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 - 1st National Coin Week begins
1983 - Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
1983 - In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters
1983 - India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
1983 - Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic
1983 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
1983 - Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers Rangers 7-Isles 6-
           Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in one Stanley Cup playoff 
           game
1984 - Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
1984 - Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
1986 - IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
1986 - Netherlands & Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651)
1986 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
1987 - Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
1987 - Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate
1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 - Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
1989 - 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Nor in 2:24:33
1989 - 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
1989 - Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1989 - Polish labor union granted legal status
1989 - Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
1990 - Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
1991 - Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
1991 - Railroad workers go on strike in US
1993 - Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights
1993 - STS-56 (Discovery) lands
1994 - "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 perfs
1994 - "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1994 - 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins
1994 - Aruba government of Oduber falls
1994 - Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
1995 - 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
1995 - 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
1997 - John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
1997 - NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
2002 - Four Canadian Forces soldiers are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two United States
           Air Force F-16s, the first deaths in a combat zone for Canada since the Korean War.
2012 - The St Cuthbert Gospel, Europe's oldest intact book, purchased by the British Library for 9
           million pounds

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #515 on: April 17, 2013, 09:37:30 AM »
This Day in History for 17th April


Famous Weddings


1993 - "The Bangles" lead singer Susanna Hoffs (34) weds "Austin Powers" director Jay Roach (35)
1994 - Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
2009 - World's no. 1 professional tennis player Andy Roddick (29) weds fashion model and actress
           Brooklyn Decker (25) in Austin, Texas
2011 - Actress and model Torrey Devitto (26) weds actor Paul Wesley (28) in New York

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #516 on: April 17, 2013, 09:43:18 AM »
This Day in History for 17th April


Famous Birthdays


                                   
Journalist Harry Reasoner (1923)            Actress Jennifer Garner (1972)              Singer Victoria Beckham (1974)


1278 - Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1320)
1539 - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist (Comedia)
1573 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1651)
1586 - John Ford, English dramatist ('Tis Pity She's a Whore)
1587 - Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer
1598 - Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer (d. 1671)
1620 - Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame (d. 1700)
1622 - Henry Vaughan, English poet (Silex Scintillans)
1644 - Abraham Jansz Storck, painter, baptized
1666 - Francois Valentijn, Dutch vicar/writer
1676 - Frederik I, van Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51)
1683 - Johann David Heinichen, composer
1699 - Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave)
1710 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (d. 1767)
1715 - Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer
1719 - Christian Gottfried Krause, composer
1734 - Taksin, King of Thailand (d. 1782)
1738 - Philip Hayes, composer
1741 - Johann Gottlieb Naumann, composer
1741 - Samuel Chase, judge (signed Decl of Ind)
1750 - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)
1774 - Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer
1788 - Joseph Gilbert Totten, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864
1794 - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (d. 1868)
1797 - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor
1798 - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (d. 1840)
1809 - Philip St George Cocke, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
1811 - Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer
1813 - Henry Washington Benham, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1884
1816 - Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder (d. 1876)
1820 - Gottfried Conradi, composer
1827 - French C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (St Amanduskerk, Antwerp)
1833 - Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (d. 1900)
1837 - John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)
1837 - J. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913)
1842 - Maurice Rouvier, French statesman (d. 1911)
1845 - Isabel Barrows, US, editor/penologist (Conference on Negro Question)
1849 - William R. Day, American diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1923)
1863 - Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor
1863 - Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician (d. 1940)
1865 - Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (d. 1939)
1866 - Ernest Starling, British physiologist (d. 1927)
1868 - Charles R Gallas, Dutch lexicographer (French dictionary)
1869 - Johannes M Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher
1870 - Ray Stannard Baker, US, journalist (Puliter Prize 1940)
1876 - Ian Hay, Scotland, novelist/playwright (PIp, Carrying On)
1877 - Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (d. 1949)
1881 - Anton Wildgans, writer
1882 - Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas)
1883 - Hermann Darewsky, composer
1884 - Leo Frank, American convict (d. 1915)
1885 - Cecil Burleigh, composer
1885 - Isak Dinesen, Danish writer (Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales)
1885 - Karen Blixen-Finecke, [pen name Isak Dinesen], Danish writer (Out of Africa)
1886 - Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer)
1890 - Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier UT, western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists)
1892 - Jean PJC Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist
1895 - Bert Wheeler, actor (Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers)
1896 - Senor Wences, ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet)
1897 - Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River)
1897 - Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS]
1897 - Thornton N Wilder, US, novelist/playwright (Our Town)
1899 - Vincent Wigglesworth, entomologist
1901 - George Keyt, artist
1902 - Anton Beuving, lyricist (Ketelbinkie)
1902 - Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician (d. 1974)
1903 - Gregor Piatigorsky, Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist (or 4/20)
1903 - Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (Holy Devil)
1903 - Morgan Taylor, American athlete (d. 1975)
1904 - Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Story of Louis Pasteur)
1904 - Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (pioneer Indian Test opening batsman)
1905 - Arthur Lake, Corbin Ky, actor (Dagwood-Blondie)
1905 - Louis Jean Heydt, Montclair NJ, actor (Joe-Waterfront)
1906 - M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily)
1906 - Sidney R. Garfield, American physician (d. 1984)
1909 - Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician
1909 - Humphrey Sims Moore, pacifist/journalist
1909 - Patrick Reilly, diplomat
1910 - Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter (d. 1999)
1911 - Earl of Lauderdale
1911 - Jean-Pierre Herve Bazin, writer
1911 - Mikhail Botvinnik, of USSR, world chess champion (1948-63)
1912 - Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer
1913 - Paul Langton, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place)
1913 - Richard Travis, Carlsbad NM, actor (Missile to the Moon)
1914 - George W. Davis, American art director (d. 1984)
1915 - Joe Foss, American soldier and politician (d. 2003)
1916 - Azijn Banana, [Oscar Enau], Antillean publicist
1916 - David Stafford-Clark, psychiatrist
1916 - Donald Gibson, British vice-admiral
1916 - Ryoei Saito, businessman
1916 - Sirimavo Bandaranaike, world's 1st woman PM (Sri Lanka, 1960..77)
1916 - Vinegar Banana, [Oscar Enau], Antillean publicist
1917 - Bill Clements, American politician
1918 - Anne Shirley, UK, actress (Devil & Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas)
1918 - William Holden, Ill, actor (Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB)
1919 - Gilles Lamontagne, French Canadian politician
1919 - Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer
1920 - Bengt N Anderberg, Swedish poet/writer (Kain)
1920 - Joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter
1921 - Donald Barron, CEO (Midland Bank)
1923 - Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS)
1923 - Lindsay Anderson, Bangalore India, director (Thursday's Children)
1923 - Lloyd Biggle Jr, US, sci-fi author (Silence is Deadly)
1923 - Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer
1923 - Solly Hemus, American baseball player
1924 - Patrick Sergeant, founder (Euromoney Publications)
1924 - Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist (NAACP)
1925 - Anne Harris, CEO (Natl Federation of Women's Institutes)
1925 - John Yates, bishop (Lambeth England)
1925 - Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer
1926 - Arthur Hockaday, director-Gen (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
1926 - G M Hughes, professor/zoologist
1926 - Michael Vernon, CEO (RNLI)
1926 - Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
1927 - Christopher Whelen, composer
1927 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki, premier of Poland (1989-90)
1928 - Cynthia Ozick, US, author (Pagan Rabbi & Other Stories)
1929 - Eileen Stamers-Smith, headmistress (Malvern Girls' College)
1929 - James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger
1929 - Lady (James) Mellon, CEO (Volunteer Development Scotland)
1930 - Chris Barber, jazz trombonist
1930 - Genevieve, Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples)
1931 - Joan Clague, director of nursing services (Marie Curie Foundation)
1931 - John Bartlett, tennis player (Davis Cup capt-Britain)
1931 - John Chalstrey, alderman/Lord Mayor (London)
1931 - Joyce Molyneux, chef
1931 - Ruth Etchells, principal (St John's College-Durham)
1932 - Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer
1932 - Han J A Hansen [Jansen], Dutch journalist (King Comes!)
1932 - Ramsay Melhuish, diplomat
1933 - Penelope Lively, writer
1933 - Tim Rathbone, MP
1934 - Don Kirshner, rock & roll producer (invented bubblegum music)
1935 - Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director
1936 - Lord Justice Aldous
1936 - Pete Graves, rocker (Moonglows)
1937 - Brian Sedgemore, British MP
1937 - Daffy Duck, animated character
1937 - Eduard N Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut
1937 - Galina Samsova, ballerina
1937 - Terry Dicks, British MP
1937 - Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German automotive engineer and executive
1938 - David Dilks, vice-chancellor (Hull U)
1938 - K M P O'Brien, archbishop (St Andrews & Edinburgh)
1938 - Ben Barnes, American politician
1938 - Kerry Wendell Thornley, co-founder of Discordianism
1939 - Robin Knox-Johnston, yachtsman
1940 - Anja Silja, German soprano
1941 - Adolphus Hailstork, composer
1941 - Billy Fury, Liverpool, singer/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You)
1941 - Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director (Royal Court Theatre)
1942 - Mario Brenta, writer/director (Maicol, Barnabo of the Mountains)
1942 - David Bradley, British actor
1943 - Roy Estrada, rocker (Morthers Of Invention)
1944 - John Lill, professor/pianist
1945 - Vincent A M van der Burg, Dutch MP (CDA)
1946 - Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist (Come Hell or High Water)
1946 - Henry Kelly, British broadcaster
1946 - J R Baines, professor (Egyptologist)
1947 - Linda Martin, Irish singer
1947 - Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player
1948 - Jan Hammer, composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice)
1948 - Viscount Bridport
1949 - Heini Hemmi, Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976)
1950 - L. Scott Caldwell, American actress
1950 - Bruce McNall, American former NHL team owner
1951 - Olivia Hussey, Buenos Aires, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Death on Nile)
1952 - Željko Ražnatović, Serbian warlord (d. 2000)
1954 - Kim Tyler, Hollywood California, actress (Kyle-Please Don't Eat Daisies)
1954 - Riccardo Patrese, driver (Grand Prix)
1954 - Rowdy Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler
1954 - Michael Sembello, American musician
1955 - Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar (Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites)
1955 - Peter Michalke, journalist
1955 - Rob Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland)
1956 - Faye Young, WBL forward (NY Stars, NJ Stars)
1956 - Kaye Young, WBL forward (NY Stars, NJ Stars)
1956 - Pillow, [Therese Joan Bell], California, bodybuilder (Gold Classic 1983)
1957 - Byron Cherry, Atlanta Ga, actor (Coy-Dukes of Hazzard)
1957 - Nick Hornby, English author
1958 - Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut
1959 - Sean Bean, English actor (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, A Game of Thrones)
1959 - David Hearn, Wash DC, slalom single canoe (Olympics-9th-96)
1959 - Elizabeth Lindsey, actress (China Beach)
1959 - Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker (ABC)
1959 - Teri Austin, Toronto Canada, actress (Terminal Choice, Knots Landing)
1960 - Michael Whitaker, showjumper
1961 - Boomer Esiason, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Cincinnati Bengals)
1961 - Norman Cowans, cricketer (England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85)
1961 - [Norman] Boomer Esiason, NFL QB (Cincinnati Bengals, NY Jets)
1961 - Frank J. Christensen, American labor leader
1962 - Nancy Hogshead, Iowa City, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)/model (jockey)
1963 - Joel Murray, American actor
1964 - Ken Daneyko, Windsor, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)
1964 - Raye Hollit, American Gladiator (Zap)
1964 - Maynard James Keenan, American singer (Tool and A Perfect Circle)
1964 - Lela Rochon, American actress
1965 - William Mapother, American actor
1965 - Yoshiki Kuroda, Japanese urban planner
1966 - Lela Rochon, actress (Waiting to Exhale)
1966 - Susie Redman, Salem OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore-2nd)
1966 - Vikram, Indian actor
1967 - Aaron Wallace, NFL defensive end/linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1967 - Leslie Bega, LA California, actress (Maria Tomlinson-Head of the Class)
1967 - Marquis Grisom, Atlanta GA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves, Cleve Indians)
1967 - Timothy Gibbs, Burbank California, actor (Father Murphy, Santa Barbara)
1967 - Marquis Grissom, American baseball player
1967 - Kimberly Elise, American actress
1967 - Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-born Scottish actor
1967 - Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter
1968 - Maurits, Prince of Netherlands
1968 - Ritchie Woodhall, boxer
1968 - Roger Twose, cricketer (Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995)
1969 - Alexander McQueen, fashion designer
1970 - Tony Sacca, WLAF quarterback (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Redman, American rapper
1971 - David Oliver, Sechelt, NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1972 - Benjamin Dodwell, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 - Gordon Laro, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 - Keith Lyle, safety (St Louis Rams)
1972 - Muttiah Muralitharan, cricketer (leading Sri Lankan Test off-spinner)
1972 - Tony Boselli, NFL offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 - Jarkko Wiss, Finnish Footballer
1972 - Gary Bennett, American baseball player
1972 - Jennifer Garner [Affleck], Houston, Texas. American actress (Sydney Bristow-Alias)
1972 - Claire Sweeney, English actress
1973 - Brett Maher, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1973 - Gene Makowsky, CFL offensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1973 - Jeff Lewis, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1973 - Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, tennis star
1973 - Ross Aloisi, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1973 - Theo Ratliff, NBA forward/center (Detroit Pistons, Phila 76ers)
1973 - Kaihō Ryōji, Japanese sumo wrestler
1974 - Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice
1974 - James Hamilton, linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1974 - Marcel Nijenhuis, soccer player (NEC)
1974 - Victoria Beckham [Adams], Harlow, Essex, English singer (Posh Spice-Spice Girls)
1974 - Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish guitarist and singer (Opeth)
1975 - Trifun Zivanovic, Santa Monica, fig skater (1995 Pac Coast Jr champ)
1975 - Gabriel Soto, Mexican actor
1976 - Nadine Thomas, Miss Jamaica Universe (1997)
1976 - Monet Mazur, American actress and musician
1976 - Alex Nesic, American actor
1977 - Pascal de Vries, soccer player (FC Twente)
1977 - Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist
1977 - Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon)
1978 - Bilal Abdul-samad, rocker (Boys)
1978 - Jason White, Scottish rugby player
1979 - Tram-Anh Tran, actress (Ghostwriters')
1979 - Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor
1980 - Crystal Carlson, Miss Maine Teen USA (1997)
1980 - Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer/boxer
1980 - Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player
1981 - Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer
1981 - Ryan Raburn, American baseball player
1982 - Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model
1982 - Brad Boyes, Canadian hockey player
1983 - Stanislav Chistov, Russian hockey player
1983 - Roberto Jimenez, Peruvian football player
1985 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player
1990 - Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer
1995 - Paulie Litt, American actor
1996 - Dee Dee Davis, American actress

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #517 on: April 17, 2013, 09:45:24 AM »
This Day in History for 17th April


Famous Deaths



United States founding father
Benjamin Franklin (1790)


326 - Alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
485 - Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens [or Apr 14]
617 - Donnán of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg
818 - Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies
858 - Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies
1080 - King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1272 - Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59
1297 - Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 86
1427 - Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies
1539 - George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)
1574 - Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German philologist, dies
1630 - Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies
1679 - John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
1680 - Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656)
1696 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626)
1711 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678) dies of smallpox
1713 - David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648)
1714 - Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56
1726 - Henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
1742 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
1761 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician
1764 - Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82
1790 - Benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
1799 - Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
1835 - William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies
1837 - Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies
1838 - J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71
1843 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
1854 - Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74
1863 - Daniel Smith Donelson, Confederate general/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61
1873 - Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60
1873 - Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian artist (b. 1783)
1882 - George Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810)
1890 - John Barnett, composer, dies at 87
1891 - Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
1892 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
1899 - Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74
1902 - Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (b. 1822)
1915 - Johannes P Kelly, [Kellij], Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60
1930 - Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (b. 1863)
1936 - Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch PM (1918-23, 29-33), dies
1937 - Yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910)
1941 - Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)
1942 - Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
1944 - J T Hearne, cricketer (took 49 wkts in 12 Tests for England), dies
1945 - Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed
1945 - Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies
1945 - Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54
1946 - John Iddon, cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for Eng 1934-35), dies
1948 - Johan P earl of Limburg Stirum, diplomat, dies at 75
1948 - Percy Sherwell, cricketer (S Afr captain in 13 Tests 1905-11), dies
1954 - Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist (b. 1900)
1960 - Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
1962 - Louise Fazenda, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66
1967 - Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
1968 - Margaret Seddon, dies at 95
1970 - Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92
1971 - Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62
1974 - Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at 52
1974 - Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75
1974 - Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose
1975 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher (b. 1888)
1976 - Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85
1976 - Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1977 - Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 86
1977 - William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (b. 1913)
1983 - Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1983 - Mark W Clark, US general (WW II), dies at 87
1983 - Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78
1984 - Claude Provost, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
1985 - Ilona Bodden, writer, dies
1986 - Bessie Head, writer, dies
1987 - Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36
1987 - Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57
1987 - Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (b. 1901)
1988 - Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90
1988 - Louise Nevelson, sculptor, dies of brain tumor at 88
1989 - Charles Lampkin, dies
1990 - Ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
1991 - Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97
1992 - Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
1993 - Turgut Özal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65
1994 - Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
1995 - A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs & 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies
1995 - Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator, dies at 88
1996 - Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82
1996 - Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86
1996 - Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18
1997 - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
1997 - Allan Francovich, American documentarian
1998 - Linda McCartney, American-born wife of Paul McCartney (b. 1941)
2003 - Robert Atkins, American dietician (b. 1930)
2003 - Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (b. 1932)
2003 - Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
2003 - Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (b. 1910)
2004 - Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (b. 1908)
2004 - Soundarya, Indian actress (b. 1971)
2007 - Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (b. 1910)
2008 - Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (b. 1913)
2008 - Danny Federici, organ player for E-Street Band (b. 1950)
2011 - Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian composer (b. 1926)
2011 - Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
2011 - AJ Perez, Filipino teen actor (b. 1993)
2012 - Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer, dies from a heart attack at 64

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #518 on: April 18, 2013, 12:26:13 PM »
This Day in History for 18th April


Historical Events


                                   
Naturalist Charles Darwin                        Frontier Outlaw Billy the Kid                 Poet Ezra Pound

                                   
Basketball Player Bill Russell                     Rocker/Beatle John Lennon                     Writer Alex Haley

                 
Novelist Alice Walker                        Van Halen Rocker David Lee Roth


310 - St Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
387 - Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus
1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
1506 - The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1518 - Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
1521 - Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther
1552 - Mauritius of Saksen occupies Linz
1663 - Osman declares war on Austria
1666 - Peace of Kleef: Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of Munster
1676 - Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians
1738 - Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.
1775 - Paul Revere & William Dawes ride from Charleston to Lexington warning the "British are
           coming!"
1783 - Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.
1797 - France & Austria signs cease fire
1809 - 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
1834 - Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia
1835 - William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British government
1838 - Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails
1848 - American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
1853 - 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)
1856 - Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns
1861 - Battle of Harpers Ferry, VA
1861 - Col Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies
1862 - Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orlean's, LA
1864 - Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition)
1865 - Confederate Gen Johnson surrendered to Gen Sherman in North Carolina
1868 - San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
1869 - 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian
1876 - Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min
1879 - Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins
1880 - An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
1881 - Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens
1881 - Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
1890 - NY Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton
1899 - John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager
1899 - The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
1902 - Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals
1904 - L'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing
1906 - 8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif
1906 - Calvinist Reformed Union in Neth Church forms in Utrecht
1906 - SF earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of city
1906 - The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a
           worldwide movement.
1907 - Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in NYC
1907 - Fairmont Hotel opens
1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1912 - The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
1915 - French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the
           lines during World War I.
1918 - Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play
1921 - Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Springs Colo
1921 - Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy," premieres in NYC
1922 - Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0
1923 - 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium
1923 - Poland annexes Central Lithuania
1924 - 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon & Schuster)
1925 - World's fair opens in Chicago
1926 - Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany
1927 - Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-government in China
1929 - Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire
1934 - 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth, Tx)
1934 - Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament
1935 - Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
1935 - Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
1936 - Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from SF to Honolulu
1938 - Headless Mad Butcher victim found in Cleveland
1939 - Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey
1939 - Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government
1942 - "Stars & Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts
1942 - James H Doolittle bombs Tokyo & other Japanese cities
1942 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
1944 - 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4
1944 - Leonard Bernstein & Jerome Robbins' ballet premieres in NYC
1945 - 1 armed outfielder, St L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
1945 - Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken)
1945 - Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their
           influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
1945 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Bolivia are established.
1946 - "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater NYC for 734 performances
1946 - Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals
1946 - League of Nations dissolves (3 months after UN starts)
1946 - Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister," premieres in NYC
1946 - US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government
1948 - International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands
1949 - Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
1950 - 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
1950 - 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
1950 - Polish Catholic church & government sign accord over relations
1950 - Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves
1950 - Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th
1951 - "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances
1951 - Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms
1951 - France, West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community
1951 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game
1953 - "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances
1954 - Colonel Nasser seizes power & becomes PM of Egypt
1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1955 - "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 perfs
1955 - 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1955 - 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
1956 - Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire
1958 - Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
1958 - NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in LA
1958 - A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane
           asylum.
1959 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
1961 - CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese
           colonial rule.
1962 - 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
1963 - "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 8 performances
1963 - Dr James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant
1963 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
1964 - "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
1964 - "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
1964 - Artisans strike in Belgium ends
1964 - Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches
1964 - Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloane"
1966 - Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
1968 - 178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike
1968 - 1st ABA basketball championship began
1968 - Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
1968 - London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
1968 - Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band," premieres in NYC
1968 - Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII," premieres in London
1968 - SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
1971 - Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning v WI after 124 in 1st
1971 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
1972 - "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 39 performances
1974 - Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi
1975 - John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"
1976 - 30th Tony Awards: Travesties & Chorus Line win
1976 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten- Ping Golf Open
1977 - "Side by Side" by Stephen Sondheim opens at Music Box NYC for 390 perfs
1977 - 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33
1977 - 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46
1977 - Alex Haley, author of "Roots," awarded Pulitzer Prize
1977 - Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
1977 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box"
1978 - Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999
1979 - "Real People" premieres on NBC TV
1979 - Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent
1980 - Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK
1981 - Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
1982 - Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
1982 - Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
1982 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International
1982 - Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare
1983 - 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43
1983 - 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00
1983 - A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
1983 - KMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)
1983 - Pulitzer Prize awarded to Alice Walker for "The Color Purple"
1983 - Rangers 3-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Series tied at 2-2
1984 - Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1984 - Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
1985 - Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1986 - Robert M Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA
1986 - Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
1987 - An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air
1987 - Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
1987 - Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
1987 - Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)
1988 - 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30
1988 - 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43
1988 - Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
1989 - Zimbabwe gains independence
1990 - Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines
1990 - Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
1990 - Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography,
           even in one's home
1991 - Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census
1991 - Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike
1991 - John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136
1992 - Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
1993 - "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 perfs
1993 - 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo
1993 - David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $10
1993 - Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
1994 - "Beauty & the Beast" opens at Palace Theater NYC
1994 - 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45
1994 - 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15
1994 - Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994
1994 - Brian Lara scores 375 for WI vs England to beat Sobers' record
1994 - Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record)
1994 - Former President Nixon suffered a stroke & dies 4 days later
1994 - Lebanon drops relations with Iran
1994 - Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold
1994 - STS-59 (Endeavour) lands [approx]
1995 - Houston Post folds after 116 years
1995 - Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football
1996 - "Funny Thing Happened," opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 perfs
1996 - In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces accidentally shell
           the UN compound at Quana.
2007 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4
           decision.
2012 - The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples begins burning artworks after cultural
           institution budget cuts

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #519 on: April 18, 2013, 01:24:30 PM »
This Day in History for 18th April


Famous Weddings


1599 - Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain
1956 - Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
1973 - American science fiction writer "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Philip K Dick marries
           5th wife Leslie (Tessa) Busby
1992 - Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden
1993 - Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil
2001 - NBA star player Kobe Bryant (22) weds Vanessa Laine at St. Edward Roman Catholic Church
           in Dana Point, California

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #520 on: April 18, 2013, 01:25:24 PM »
This Day in History for 18th April


Famous Divorces


1994 - Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #521 on: April 18, 2013, 01:42:24 PM »
This Day in History for 18th April


Famous Birthdays


                                   
Actor James Woods (1947)                   TV Host Conan Chris O'Brien (1963)        Actress Melissa Joan Hart (1976)


1480 - Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)
1521 - Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
1580 - Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
1590 - Ahmed I, 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Emperor (1603-17); constructed the Blue Mosque
1605 - Giacomo Carissimi, composer
1729 - Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer
1732 - George Colman, "the Elder
1740 - Francis Baring, banker/merchant
1744 - Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot
1759 - Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 - Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1771 - Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
1777 - Ignac Ruzitska, composer
1786 - Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1797 - Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France
1803 - Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)
1806 - Ludwig Schuberth, composer
1813 - James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
1817 - George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
1819 - Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874)
1819 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)
1838 - Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)
1839 - Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
1839 - Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)
1842 - Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
1845 - Wilhelm Gericke, composer
1852 - George Clausen, painter
1855 - Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)
1855 - Josef Gruber, composer
1857 - Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial
1859 - Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
1863 - Felix Blumenfeld, composer
1864 - Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)
1868 - Didericus G van Epen, genealogist (Dutch Patriciate)
1871 - Henry Stephenson, Brit WI, actor (Conquest, Little Old NY, Mr Lucky)
1873 - Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer
1874 - Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German author (d. 1941)
1875 - Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, Croatian writer (d. 1938)
1877 - Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot, author (d. 1950)
1880 - Sam Crawford, baseball player (d. 1968)
1881 - Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart)
1881 - Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter
1882 - Leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony)
1884 - Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart)
1888 - Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier
1888 - Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (d. 1979)
1889 - Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter
1889 - John Kilbane, US, featherweight boxing champ (1912-23)
1890 - James Rennie, Toronto Ontario, actor (Lash, Little Damozel)
1893 - Violette Morris, French athlete (d. 1944)
1896 - C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura plisse)
1897 - Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]
1897 - Ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001)
1898 - Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer
1900 - Louise Tazewell, [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer
1901 - Al Lewis, American lyricist (d. 1967)
1902 - Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)
1903 - Leonid Kinskey, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca)
1903 - Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer
1904 - Pigmeat Markham, American comedian (d. 1981)
1905 - George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1906 - Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem)
1906 - Edgar Unsworth, Justice of Appeals (Gibralter)
1907 - Miklos Rozsa, Budapest Hungary, movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora)
1907 - Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing)
1908 - Edward Roberts, bishop (Ely)
1908 - Henry Guinness, missionary
1908 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele)
1910 - Jamie L Whitten, (Rep-D-MS, 1941- )
1910 - Sylvia Fisher, soprano (Albert Herring Opera)
1911 - Francis Frederick Johnson, architect
1911 - George Huntington Hartford II, NYC, heir (A&P)
1912 - John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer
1912 - Wendy Barrie, Hong Kong, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show)
1913 - Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video)
1913 - Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer
1913 - Milos Sokola, composer
1913 - Susan Bosence, textile designer
1914 - C S Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie)
1914 - Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP)
1915 - Joy Gresham Lewis, American writer, wife of C. S. Lewis (d. 1960)
1917 - Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece
1917 - Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (d. 1947)
1918 - Robert Zimonyi, Hungary, cox (Olympic-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64)
1918 - Roger de Grey, president (Royal Academy)
1918 - Tony Mottola, Kearney NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street)
1918 - Cliff Hillegass, American publisher (d. 2001)
1919 - Virginia O'Brien, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
1920 - Walter Clegg, MP
1921 - Barbara Hale, Dekalb Ill, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)
1922 - Avril Angers, actress (Brass Monkey)
1923 - Baroness Platt of Writtle, British CEO (Equal Opportunities Comm)
1923 - Leif Panduro, Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions)
1924 - Buxton Daeblite Orr, composer
1924 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine)
1924 - Henry J Hyde, (Rep-R-IL)
1924 - Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP (Lab)/British defense secretary
1924 - Raf de Linde, [Raphael van Hecke], author (Vaarwel on Gertrude)
1925 - Bob Hastings, Bkln NY, actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family)
1925 - Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician
1925 - Robert Caldwell Crawford, composer
1926 - Doug Insole, cricketer (England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests)
1926 - Gunter Meisner, Germany, actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum)
1927 - Jim De Courcy, cricketer (in Newcastle Australian batsman 1953)
1927 - Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist
1928 - Jean-Francois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Francois France, conductor
1929 - Peter Hordern, British CEO (Fina)
1929 - Peter Jeffrey, actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity)
1930 - Clive Revill, Wellington NZ, actor (Legend of Hell House)
1931 - Klas Lestander, Sweden, 20K biathlon (Olympic-gold-1960)
1932 - Dominic Milroy, OSB/headmaster (Ampleforth College England)
1933 - Alan Devereux, CEO (Scottish Tourist Board)
1934 - Jaap F Scherpenhuizen, Dutch MP (VVD)
1934 - James Drury, NYC, actor (Virginian)
1934 - Jan Klusak, composer
1934 - Jap F Scherpenhuizen, Dutch MP (VVD)
1934 - Mark Kingston, actor (Intimate Contact)
1934 - George Shirley, American tenor
1935 - Joel Hefley, (Rep-R-Colorado)
1935 - Paul A Rothchild, record producer
1936 - Brian Fuller, commandant (Fire Service College, England)
1936 - Harold Innocent, [HS Harrison], English actor (Tall Guy)
1936 - Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson, medical administrator
1937 - Robert Hooks, Wash DC, actor (Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela)
1937 - Tatyana Shchelkanova, USSR, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1937 - Jan Kaplický, British architect of Czech origin
1938 - Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander (S Afr army)
1939 - Glen Hardin, rocker
1939 - Von McDaniel, baseball player
1939 - Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
1939 - Thomas J. Moyer, American judge
1940 - Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Association)
1940 - Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monaco)
1940 - Joseph L Goldstein, Sumter SC, physician (Nobel-1985)
1940 - Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)
1941 - Mike Vickers, rock guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1941 - Walter Francis Sweeney, Cohasset, Massachusetts, NFL Guard (San Diego Chargers), (d.
           2013)
1942 - Dick K J Tommel, chemist/(D66) Dutch Asst Sec of State (1994- )
1942 - Jochen Rindt, German race car driver
1942 - Steve Blass, American professional baseball player
1944 - Irvine Shillingford, cricketer (cousin of Grayson, 4 Tests for WI)
1944 - Rudy Shackelford, composer
1945 - Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (d. 2004)
1946 - Alexander "Skip" Spence, Canada, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha)
1946 - Anne Boyd, composer
1946 - Harvey Kagan, rocker
1946 - Hayley Mills, London England, actress (Parent Trap, Pollyanna)
1946 - Lenny Baker, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1947 - David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)
1947 - Dorothy Lyman, Minneapolis Mn, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family)
1947 - James Woods, Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds)
1947 - Lori Martin, Glendale California, actress (Velvet-National Velvet)
1947 - Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
1947 - Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
1948 - "Tiny" Nate Archibald, NBA guard (Cincinnati)
1948 - Catherine Malfitano, NYC, soprano (Metropolitan Opera)
1948 - Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)
1949 - Geoff Bodine, American race car driver
1950 - Bill Sudderth III, trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
1950 - Kenny Ortega, American film and TV producer and choreographer
1951 - Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer
1951 - Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian politician
1952 - Jim Scholten, Midland Mich, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad)
1953 - Rick Moranis, Toronto, (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs)
1954 - Kim Stone, bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1955 - Amschel Rothschild, banker
1955 - Anne-Marie Palli, Ciboure France, LPGA golfer (1992 ShopRite)
1956 - David Wayne Edwards, Neosho MO, PGA golfer (1980 Walt Disney)
1956 - Eric Roberts, Miss, actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies)
1956 - John James, Minneapolis Mn, actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty)
1956 - Melody Thomas Scott, actress (Nikki-Young & Restless)
1956 - Anna Kathryn Holbrook, American actress
1956 - Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress
1958 - Bernadette Robi, model/ex-wife of football player Lynn Swann
1958 - Lee Pattinson, rock bassist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
1958 - Malcolm Marshall, cricketer (WI quickie 1978-91, WI top wicket-taker)
1959 - Jim Eisenreich, St Cloud MN, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies, Fla Marlins)
1960 - Ocl Sweda, rocker (Bulletboys)
1961 - Ian Doig, Seaforth Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1985 Florida Classic)
1961 - Jane Leeves, London, actress (Murphy Brown, Daphne Moon-Fraiser)
1961 - Jeff Cook, Muncie IN, Nike golfer (1990 Greater Ozarks Open)
1961 - Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You)
1961 - Pamella Bordes, New Dehli India, Brit parliament prostitute
1961 - Steve Lombardi, American wrestler
1962 - Mick Sweda, heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike)
1962 - Shirlie Hollman, rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now)
1962 - Wilber Marshall, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
1963 - Conan Chris O'Brien, Brookline Mass, TV host (Late Night)
1963 - Phil Simmons, cricketer (West Indian opening batsman)
1963 - Eric McCormack, Canadian-American actor (Will and Grace)
1964 - Niall Ferguson, British historian
1964 - Rithy Panh, Cambodian film director
1964 - Jim Ellison, musician
1964 - Mark Berry, aka Bez, Dancer in Happy Mondays
1965 - Diana Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1965 - Sylvia Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1965 - Vicky Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1965 - Rob Stenders, Dutch radio discjockey
1966 - Chuck Wade, Menomonee Falls Wisc, diver (Olympics-96)
1966 - Michelle Chryst, WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz-17th-1994)
1966 - Valeri Kamensky, Voskresensk Russia, NHL left wing (Avalanche, Oly-S-98)
1966 - Trine Hattestad, Norwegian athlete
1967 - Jayce Fincher Jr, heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
1967 - Kenneth Gant, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1967 - Marcel Valk, soccer player (RKC, Go Ahead Eagles)
1967 - Maria Bello, American actress
1968 - Christian Slater, actor (Tucker, Wizard, Young Guns 2) [or Aug 19]
1968 - Mary Birdsong, American actress
1968 - David Hewlett, English born Canadian actor
1969 - Vladimir Tsyplakov, Inta Russia, NHL left wing (LA Kings, Belarus 1998)
1969 - Princess Sayako of Japan
1969 - Keith R.A. DeCandido, American author
1970 - Carl Simpson, NFL defensive tackle (Chic Bears)
1970 - Francois Leroux, Ste-adele, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
1970 - Heike Friedrich, East Germany swimmer (world record 200m)
1970 - Peter Giles, London Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1970 - Vladimir Antipin, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1970 - William Roaf, NFL tackle (NO Saints)
1970 - Greg Eklund, American musician
1970 - Rico Brogna, American baseball player
1971 - Dan Kordic, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1971 - Kerry Lynn Kemper, Miss Nebraska USA (1996)
1971 - Oleg Petrov, Moscow Russia, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)
1971 - Tamara Braun, American actress
1972 - Jeff Traversy, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 - Eli Roth, American film director
1973 - Derrick Brooks, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1973 - Haile Gebresleassie, Ethiopia, 10k runner (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - James "Jamie" Koven, Morristown NJ, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
1973 - Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian athlete
1974 - Mark Tremonti, American musician
1974 - Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican singer
1974 - Edgar Wright, British director
1976 - Melissa Joan Hart, Sayville NY, actress (Clarissa, Sabrina)
1976 - Fayray, Japanese singer
1976 - Justin Ross, American politician
1977 - Dan Lacouture, NHL hockey player
1979 - Michael Bradley, American basketball player
1979 - Anthony Davidson, British Formula One driver
1979 - Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer
1979 - Matthew Upson, English footballer
1979 - Kourtney Kardashian, American reality television star
1980 - Robyn Regehr, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Brian Buscher, American baseball player
1982 - Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer
1982 - Scott Hartnell, NHL hockey player
1983 - Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
1983 - Fodil Hadjadj, Algerian footballer
1984 - America Ferrera, American actress
1985 - Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer
1985 - Karl Reindler, Australian racing driver
1985 - Elena Temnikova, Russian singer (Serebro)
1986 - Maurice Edu, American soccer player
1986 - Billy Butler, American baseball player
1987 - Danny Guthrie, English footballer
1987 - Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer
1989 - Alia Shawkat, American actress
1994 - Moises Arias, American Actor
1996 - Alexey Zhigalkovich, Belarusian Singer
2007 - Hayah bint Hamzah, Princess of Jordan

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #522 on: April 18, 2013, 01:49:15 PM »
This Day in History for 18th April


Famous Deaths



Theoretical Physicist
Albert Einstein (1955)


680 - Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies
1161 - Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
1504 - Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52
1530 - Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43
1552 - John Leland, antiquary, dies
1556 - Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61
1558 - Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent
1567 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63
1587 - John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies
1610 - Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63
1612 - Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies
1636 - Julius Caesar, English judge
1650 - Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602)
1674 - John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620)
1679 - Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies
1684 - Gonzales Cocx, [Coques], painter, dies
1689 - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies
1690 - Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies
1710 - Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75
1732 - Louis Feuillée, French explorer (b. 1660)
1794 - Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
1796 - Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732)
1800 - John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
1800 - Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies
1807 - Erasmus Darwin, physician writer and botanist (Influence), dies (b. 1731)
1818 - Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
1824 - Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72
1830 - Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62
1845 - Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77
1853 - William King, US VP, dies a month after his inauguration
1854 - Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84
1855 - Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies
1861 - Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67
1867 - Robert Smirke, architect, dies
1871 - Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64
1873 - Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, dies at 69
1874 - David Livingstone, African explorer, buried in Westminster Abbey
1879 - Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies
1883 - Agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36
1898 - Gustave Moureau, painter, dies
1906 - Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
1917 - Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17), dies at 73
1917 - Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (b. 1858)
1919 - Enny Vrede, [Maria M Muller], Dutch actress, drowns at 35
1921 - Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Inkwartiering), dies at 70
1925 - Charles Ebbets, Pres (Dodgers), dies
1928 - Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58
1935 - Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist, dies at 90
1935 - Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (b. 1884)
1936 - Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56
1936 - Seaborn M Denson, composer, dies at 82
1938 - Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, dies
1939 - Theo Mann, actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at 88
1940 - Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies
1940 - Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, historian, dies
1941 - ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide
1942 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875)
1943 - I Yamamoto, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
1944 - Cécile Chamindale, composer, dies
1945 - Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44
1945 - John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies
1945 - Ernie Pyle, American journalist (b. 1900)
1947 - Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51
1949 - Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philosopher, dies
1949 - Will Hay, English comedian and actor (b. 1888)
1951 - António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (b.
          1869)
1955 - Don Blackie, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46
1955 - Eugen Herrigel, Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70
1955 - Albert Einstein, Nobel laureate (b. 1879)
1958 - Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85
1958 - Richard B Goldschmidt, German zoologist (butterflies), dies
1959 - Irving Cummings Sr, actor/director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70
1960 - Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66
1963 - Henrietta Kreis, 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death
1963 - Meyer Jacobstein, American politician (b. 1880)
1964 - Albe Vidakovic, composer, dies at 49
1964 - Ben Hecht, playwright (Child of the Century), dies at 71
1965 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (b. 1917)
1967 - Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
1969 - Piotr F Scharoff, Russ/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at 82
1971 - Masao Oki, composer, dies at 69
1974 - Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
1974 - Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79
1975 - Rob Touber, [Robert J Noordervliet), chansonnier/director, dies at 38
1976 - Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78
1976 - Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization Engineer (b. 1911)
1983 - Alan Melville, cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies
1984 - John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
1986 - Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94
1988 - Pierre Desproges, French humorist (b. 1939)
1990 - Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87
1990 - Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
1992 - Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer
1993 - Arthur P Smith, US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76
1993 - Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka (b. 1917)
1994 - Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32
1995 - Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (1958-62), dies
1996 - Kalim Siddiqui, islamic campaigner, dies at 62
1996 - Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at 55
1996 - Piet Hein, architect/poet/mathematician/inventor, dies at 80
1996 - Robert William Paine, architect, dies at 88
1997 - Edward Barker, cartoonist, dies at 46
1998 - Terry Sanford, American politician (b. 1917)
2002 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914)
2002 - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
2003 - Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (b. 1923)
2004 - Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (b. 1920)
2005 - Sam Mills, American football player (b. 1959)
2007 - Iccho Itoh, mayor of Nagasaki (b. 1945)
2009 - Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress (b. 1987)
2011 - Olubayo Adefemi, Nigerian footballer (b. 1985)
2012 - Dick Clark, American radio and television personality, dies from a heart attack at 82

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #523 on: April 19, 2013, 09:07:58 AM »
This Day in History for 19th April


Historical Events


                                   
Captain/Explorer James Cook              French National Heroine Joan of Arc      Playwright George Bernard Shaw

                                   
31st US President Herbert Hoover             Baseball Great Babe Ruth                  WW2 General Douglas MacArthur

                                   
Singer & Actress Barbra Streisand       Champion Boxer Evander Holyfield                  265th Pope Benedict XVI


607 - Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth
1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich, London.
1451 - Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
1524 - Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
1529 - 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism
1539 - Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
1552 - Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel
1587 - Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet
1591 - Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
1619 - Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
1713 - Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions
1770 - Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
1770 - Capt James Cook 1st sees Australia
1774 - CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris
1775 - Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
1775 - American Revolution begins - Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
1782 - John Adams secures Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent
           government and house he purchased in The Hague, Netherlands became first American
           embassy.
1810 - Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is
           removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.
1825 - 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
1836 - Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St Petersburg
1837 - Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
1839 - Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1852 - California Historical Society forms
1853 - Netherlands Van Hall government forms
1861 - Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1861 - Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
1863 - Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1864 - Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs CSS Alabama
1874 - Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
1877 - Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
1890 - Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels
1892 - Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass)
1894 - Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in NYC
1896 - Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published
1897 - 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)
1897 - 1st performance of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande"
1898 - 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00
1899 - 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38
1900 - 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4
1900 - Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
1901 - 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6
1901 - James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6)
1902 - 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of NY in 2:43:12
1904 - 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4
1904 - Much of Toronto destroyed by fire
1905 - 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2:38:25.4
1906 - 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45
1906 - Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail
1906 - SF Earthquake ends killing 452
1907 - 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24
1909 - 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2:53:36.8
1909 - Joan of Arc receives beatification
1910 - 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4
1910 - Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)
1911 - 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6
1911 - George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play," premieres in London
1912 - 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2
1913 - 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minn in 2:25:14.8
1915 - 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2
1916 - "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London
1916 - 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4
1916 - Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
1917 - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of NY in 2:28:37.2
1919 - 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4
1919 - French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
1919 - Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall
1919 - Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)
1920 - 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31
1921 - 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of NJ in 2:18:57.6
1921 - Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
1922 - 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10
1923 - 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4
1923 - New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
1924 - "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago
1924 - 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2
1926 - 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4
1927 - "Vagabond King" opens in London
1927 - 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2
1928 - 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8
1928 - Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1928 - Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926
1928 - The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1929 - 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
1930 - 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2
1932 - 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4
1932 - Pres Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week
1933 - 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6
1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1934 - 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8
1934 - Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer"
1935 - 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4
1936 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
1936 - First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine.
1937 - 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20
1938 - 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8
1938 - Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat
1939 - 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8
1939 - Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)
1940 - "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
1940 - 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6
1940 - Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
1941 - 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38
1941 - B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder," premieres in Zurich
1941 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1941 - Milk rationed in Holland
1942 - 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2
1943 - 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8
1943 - SS-lt-gen Jurgen Stoop leads destruction of ghetto of Warsaw
1943 - Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
1944 - Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra
1945 - 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2
1945 - Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
1945 - US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
1945 - US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
1945 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.
1946 - Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out
1947 - 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
1947 - AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
1947 - French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1947 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1947 - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
1948 - 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02
1948 - ABC-TV network begins
1948 - Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1949 - 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8
1949 - Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
1950 - 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39
1951 - "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 perfs
1951 - 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45
1951 - Gen Douglas MacArthur ends his military career
1952 - 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53
1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1953 - WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39
1954 - 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston
           finishing 78th
1955 - 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22
1955 - The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States,
           founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and 
           service network.
1956 - 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1956 - 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14
1958 - 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54
1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1959 - Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1960 - 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54
1960 - Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs
1960 - Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating
1961 - 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39
1962 - 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48
1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m
1963 - "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances
1963 - 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational
1964 - Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1964 - Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin
1965 - 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating
1965 - 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33
1965 - T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
1965 - At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this
           causes the grass to die
1966 - In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic
1966 - 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11
1966 - Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
1967 - "Casino Royale" premieres
1967 - 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45
1967 - Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
1967 - Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4½ years
1968 - 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Conn in 2:22:17
1968 - Belgian construction workers strike
1968 - NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams
1970 - "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
1970 - 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy & Applause win
1970 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1971 - 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45
1971 - Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1971 - Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)
1971 - USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
1972 - "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse NYC for 1,065 perfs
1972 - Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1972 - Hungary revises constitution
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow"
1973 - Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president
1973 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1974 - Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees
1975 - India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
1976 - 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10
1976 - 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19
1978 - Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
1979 - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)
1979 - Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yanks Goose Gossage & Cliff
1979 - Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb
1981 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf
1981 - Oakland A's runs record to 11-0
1981 - William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in NYC
1981 - Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at
           4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)
1982 - 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Ger in 2:29:33
1982 - 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51
1982 - Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
1982 - Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
1982 - Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut
1982 - USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
1983 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature mag)
1985 - 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1985 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the
           national colours.
1986 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ)
1987 - Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win
1987 - Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver
1987 - Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)
1987 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open
1987 - LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
1987 - Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1987 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1989 - Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
1989 - Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
1989 - Republic Day in Sierra Leone
1990 - Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming government agree to truce
1990 - Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
1990 - Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
1990 - Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
1991 - Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1991 - Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990
1992 - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 perf
1992 - Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers"
1992 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship
1993 - 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27
1993 - 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33
1993 - Branch Davidians in Waco Texas dies in fire after 51 day siege (accident, suicide, tear gas are
           disputed causes)
1993 - Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1993 - South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned
           aircraft crashed lands in Iowa.
1994 - 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
1994 - Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election
1994 - Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating
1994 - Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender
1995 - Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
1995 - Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 & injures 500
1996 - Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles
1996 - South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
1997 - Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1997 - SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
1998 - 59th PGA Seniors Golf Championship:
1999 - The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.
2011 - Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of
           holding the title.
2012 - Levon Helm, American rock musician, dies from throat cancer at 71

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #524 on: April 19, 2013, 09:09:09 AM »
This Day in History for 19th April


Famous Weddings


1956 - US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (in Church)
1997 - Tennis player champion Andre Agassi (26) weds actress and model Brooke Shields (31) in
           Monterey, California
2005 - "Extra" co-host Dayna Devon (35) weds plastic surgeon Dr. Brent Moelleken at the Hans
            Fahden Winery in Calistoga, California
2008 - New York Giants NFL quarterback Eli Manning (27) weds Abby McGrew (24) at the One & Only
           Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico