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This Day in History for 19th April


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Actor Dudley Moore (1935)             Indy Car Driver Al Unser Jr (1962)        Tennis Player Maria Sharapova (1987)


1320 - Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)
1603 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)
1605 - Orazio Benevoli, composer
1658 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)
1660 - Sebastian Duron, composer
1665 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)
1686 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)
1700 - Georg Abraham Schneider, composer
1715 - James Nares, composer
1721 - Roger Sherman, signer (Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1721 - Thomas McKean, attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [or 3/19]
1728 - Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright
1737 - Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist
1768 - Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist
1771 - Giuseppe Cartufo, composer
1772 - David Ricardo, economist
1785 - Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer
1787 - Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary (d. 1837)
1795 - Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist
1798 - Franz Joseph Glaser, composer
1798 - Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter
1801 - Gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philosopher/physicist
1814 - Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist (d. 1875)
1817 - John Philip, painter
1821 - Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1830 - Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit
1832 - Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904)
1832 - Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady (1881)
1840 - Andrea Bezzola, writer
1850 - Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver
1850 - Theo Mann-Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler)
1857 - Lucien Levy-Bruhl, philosopher
1858 - May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Melbourne Aust, actress (Apple Annie)
1858 - Siegfried Ochs, composer
1861 - Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer
1863 - Felix Blumenfeld, composer
1866 - Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)
1868 - Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag)
1873 - Sydney Barnes, cricketer (probably England's greatest bowler)
1874 - Firmin Baes, Flemish painter
1874 - Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952)
1876 - Hendrik W A E, duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin/king of Netherlands
1877 - Ole Evinrude, inventor (outboard marine engine)
1879 - Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz)
1883 - Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer
1883 - Richard von Mises, Austrian-born mathematician (d. 1953)
1888 - William L Axt, composer
1889 - Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (d. 1946)
1890 - Lou Bandy, [Lodewijk F Dieben], revue-artist (Look for the Sun)
1891 - Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband)
1891 - Ricardo Bacchelli, Italian writer/poet (La Ronda)
1892 - Germaine Tailleferre, [Les Six], Pau-St-Maur France, composer
1895 - Anton F Pieck, Den Helder, Netherlands, illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel)
1897 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor
1897 - Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey)
1897 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
1898 - Constance Talmadge, Brooklyn NY, comedienne/actress (Intolerance)
1898 - Sybil Andrews, English/Canadian painter
1899 - George O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
1900 - Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth)
1900 - Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (d. 1991)
1903 - Eliot Ness, untouchable (FBI agent-Chicago)
1905 - John S "Jimmy" Thach, US pilot/admiral (WW II)
1905 - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer
1907 - Alan Wheatley, England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood)
1907 - Gino Contilli, composer
1907 - Lina Basquette, Mateo Cal, actress (Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie)
1910 - Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat
1911 - Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer
1912 - Glenn T Seaborg, American chemist (AEC, Plutonium, Nobel 1951)
1912 - William Murray, teacher/educationalist
1913 - Cyril English, British educator
1914 - Andrew Wilkinson, pediatrician
1915 - Dorian Le Gallienne, composer
1915 - Harry Craft, baseball manager
1917 - Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom)
1919 - Gil Langley, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56)
1920 - Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim)
1921 - Glyn England, CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd)
1921 - Will Ogdon, composer
1922 - Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts)
1922 - Luigi Barbbarito, reverend (Apostolic ProNuncio)
1925 - Hugh O'Brian, [Krampke], Rochester NY, actor (Wyatt Earp, Search)
1927 - Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1928 - Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him)
1928 - John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
1929 - Edward Crook, Detroit Mich, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1960)
1930 - Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)
1931 - Alex Webster, Kearney, New Jersey, football coach (NY Giants), (d. 2012)
1931 - Denis Henry, British high court judge
1931 - Garfield Morgan, Brtish actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy)
1931 - Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
1931 - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)
1932 - Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier (Oly-2 gold-52)
1933 - Jayne Mansfield, [Vera Jane Palmer], Bryn Mawr Pa, American actress (Fat Spy)
1933 - Dick Sargent, Carmel California, actor (Darrin-Bewitched)
1933 - Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer (noted England Test umpire)
1934 - Dickie Goodman, parody singer (Flying Saucer)
1934 - Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
1934 - John Roch, high court judge
1935 - Dudley Moore, London England, actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks)
1935 - Peter Scott, QC
1936 - Csaba Szabo, composer
1936 - Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away)
1936 - Wilfried Martens, premier (Belgium, 1979-81, 1981-92)
1937 - Elinor Donahue, Tacoma Wash, actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life)
1937 - Joseph Estrada, actor and 13th President of the Philippines
1938 - Jonathan Tunick, composer
1939 - E Clay Shaw Jr, (Rep-R-FL, 1981- )
1939 - Ellen Weston, NYC, actress (Betty-SWAT)
1939 - Michael Macaulay, cricketer (Tvl, W Prov, OFS, NE Tvl, E Prov & S Afr)
1940 - Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
1940 - Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
1941 - Michel Roux, chef de cuisine
1941 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer
1942 - Alan Price, England, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1942 - Bas Jan Ader, Dutch artist (disappeared 1975).
1942 - Jack Roush, American racing entrepreneur
1943 - Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees)
1944 - Bernard Worrell, US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop)
1944 - Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster
1944 - Mark "Flo" Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK)
1944 - James Heckman, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize
1945 - Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
1946 - Leon Wessels, S Afr lawyer/underminister of Law & Order
1946 - Tim Curry, Cheshire England, actor (Rocky Horror Show)
1946 - Viktor Viktorovich Zabolotsky, Russia, cosmonaut (BST-02)
1946 - Mary Jo Slater, American casting director
1947 - Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1947 - Murray Perahia, NYC, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988)
1947 - Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
1948 - Rick Miller, American baseball player
1949 - Myra McCulloch, teacher academic/administrator
1949 - Paloma Picasso, [Gilot], Paris France, actress (Immoral Tales)
1949 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (d. 1993)
1950 - Jeff Hammond, cricketer (Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour)
1950 - Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Brussel '74)
1951 - Barry Brown, American actor and writer (d. 1978)
1951 - Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1952 - Adny Shernoff, rocker
1953 - Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
1953 - Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger)
1953 - Ruby Wax, British television personality
1954 - Trevor Francis, British soccer manager
1956 - Lori West, Denver CO, LPGA golfer (1994 State Farm-5th)
1956 - Sue Barker, England, tennis star
1957 - Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Bo[as] Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Rod Morgenstern, rocker (Winger)
1957 - Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman
1960 - Frank Viola, Hempstead NY, pitcher (Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988)
1960 - Roger Merrett, Australian footballer
1961 - Richard Phelps, British pentathelete
1962 - Al Unser Jr, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1962 - Christa Teno, Tecumseh Ontario, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi-44th)
1963 - Valerie Plame Wilson, former C.I.A. agent
1964 - Harris Barton, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1964 - Scott Kamienicki, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1965 - Natalie Dessay, French soprano
1965 - Suge Knight, American record producer
1966 - Paul Reiffel, cricketer (Victorian & Australian pace bowler)
1966 - Randolph Keys, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1966 - Véronique Gens, French soprano
1967 - Steven H Silver, American science fiction editor
1967 - Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter
1968 - Ashley Taylor Judd, Granada Hills California, actress (Kuffs, Sisters)
1968 - Brent Mayne, Loma Linda CA, catcher (NY Mets)
1968 - Keith McCants, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Roger Reinson, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1968 - Thomas Nock, Zurich Switzerland, actor (Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars)
1968 - Craig McNeil, American writer, lawyer, and military officer
1968 - Mswati III, King of Swaziland
1968 - Pascal Kleiman, Spanish DJ, producer, musician
1968 - Arshad Warsi, Indian actor
1969 - Carlos Reyes, Miami FL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1969 - Danelle Marie Folta, Hammond IN, playmate (Apr, 1995)
1969 - James Westphal, Oak Park Illinois, 10k runner
1969 - Jesse James, American television personality and motorcycle builder
1970 - Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer
1970 - Michael Barrow, NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Carolina Panthers)
1970 - Rick Hamilton, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Kelly Holmes, English athlete
1971 - Otis Scott, Gainesville Fla, 400m/800m runner
1972 - Eric Jack, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Jeff Wilkins, NFL kicker (SF 49ers)
1972 - Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer
1974 - Ante Moric, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 - Akara Amarttayakul, Thai actor
1975 - Jason Gillespie, cricketer (SA fast bowler, Australia 1996)
1975 - Nazarena Almada, Miss Argentina Universe (1997)
1975 - Temoc Suarez, Greenwood SC, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 - Jussi Jääskeläinen, Finnish footballer
1976 - Vanessa Guzman, Miss Universe-Mexico (1996)
1976 - Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation)
1977 - Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer
1977 - Joe Beimel, American baseball player
1977 - Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player
1978 - Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96)
1978 - Gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer
1978 - James Franco, American actor
1978 - Amanda Sage, American born visionary artist
1979 - Challen Sievers, Downers Grove Ill, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1979 - Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Kate Hudson, Los Angeles, California, American actress (Almost Famous, You, Me and
           Dupree)
1980 - Alexis Thorpe, American actress
1981 - Hayden Christensen, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadian actor (Sam-Life as a House, Star
           Wars)
1981 - Martin Havlat, Czech hockey player
1981 - Kasie Head, American actress and model
1981 - Troy Polamalu, American football player
1981 - Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
1983 - Alberto Callaspo, Venezuelan baseball player
1983 - Zack Duke, American baseball player
1983 - Joe Mauer, American baseball player
1983 - Curtis Thigpen, American baseball player
1984 - Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress
1985 - Valon Behrami, Swiss Footballer
1986 - Candace Parker, American basketball player
1987 - Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
1987 - Joe Hart, English Under-21 Footballer
1987 - Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
1987 - Courtland Mead, American actor
1989 - Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian vocalist (The Cottars)
1990 - Kim Chiu, Filipino actress

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 19th April


Famous Deaths

                 
Naturalist Charles Darwin (1882)           German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1967)


843 - Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies
1012 - Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)
1044 - Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
1054 - Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51
1390 - Robert II, King of Scots, dies
1529 - John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55
1560 - Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
1567 - Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79
1578 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530)
1588 - Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
1608 - Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
1618 - Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566)
1627 - John Beaumont, English poet (b. 1583)
1629 - Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer
1645 - Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51
1645 - William Smith, composer, dies at 42
1684 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (b. 1603)
1686 - Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
1689 - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
1706 - Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies
1733 - Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England
1739 - Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
1751 - Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678)
1768 - Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
1770 - Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74
1772 - Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66
1773 - Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43
1776 - Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78
1791 - Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies
1799 - Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78
1813 - Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67
1824 - George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36
1831 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (b. 1765)
1840 - Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
1852 - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
1854 - Robert Jameson, Scottish naturalist (b. 1774)
1862 - Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns
1862 - Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
1867 - Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
1870 - Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83
1870 - Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
1870 - William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
1874 - Owen Jones, architect, dies
1876 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65
1881 - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies
1881 - Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
1882 - Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist (Origin of Species), dies at 73
1889 - Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
1892 - Fr. Thomas Dale SSC, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b.
          1821)
1893 - John Addington Symonds, critic/poet, dies
1895 - George Scharf, critic, dies
1895 - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
1901 - Alfred Horatio Belo, American newswriter and businessman (b. 1839)
1906 - Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies
1906 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850)
1914 - Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies
1916 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor (b. 1839)
1923 - Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
1926 - Squire Bancroft, [Butterfield], actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at 84
1926 - Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian statistician (b. 1874)
1930 - Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. 1827)
1932 - Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77
1937 - William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
1938 - Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
1941 - Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63
1943 - Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 - Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76
1943 - Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 - Willy Graf, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1944 - Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
1945 - J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1949 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
1950 - Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66
1956 - Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
1956 - Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47
1956 - Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52
1957 - Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
1957 - Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79
1964 - Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies
1965 - George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75
1967 - Konrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91
1968 - Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61
1972 - Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
1978 - Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
1980 - Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1980 - Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
1981 - Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85
1983 - Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
1983 - Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
1986 - Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
1986 - Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
1987 - Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77
1987 - Maxwell D Taylor, US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85
1988 - Kwon Ki-ok, first Korean female pilot (b. 1901)
1989 - Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82
1990 - Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52
1991 - Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (b. 1905)
1992 - Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51
1992 - Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70
1992 - Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51
1992 - Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1992 - Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1993 - David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide
1993 - George Mickelson, Gov of SD, & 7 others, die in a plane crash
1994 - Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member, dies at 81
1994 - Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
1994 - Louis Simmonds, bookseller, dies at 87
1994 - Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
1994 - Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
1995 - "King" Herbert Whitaker, tenor sax, dies at 66
1995 - Igor Hajek, translator/writer, dies at 64
1995 - J Peter Grace Jr, CEO (W R Grace), dies from cancer at 81
1995 - Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70
1996 - Bernard Edwards, bass player, dies at 44
1996 - Norman Oldfield, cricketer (scored 99 runs in Test for England), dies
1996 - Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72
1997 - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. 1958)
1998 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
1999 - David Sanes, US Navy employee
1999 - Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal (b. 1919)
2000 - Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1918)
2004 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
2004 - John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920)
2005 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. 1911)
2005 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946)
2005 - George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (b. 1941)
2005 - Clement Meadmore, Australian sculptor (b. 1929)
2006 - Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. 1921)
2006 - Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. 1938)
2007 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (b. 1932)
2007 - Helen Walton, wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1919)
2008 - John Marzano, American baseball player (b. 1963)
2008 - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
2008 - Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1935)
2009 - J.G. Ballard, British novelist. (b. 1930)
2010 - Keith "Guru" Elam, American rapper (b. 1966)
2010 - Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (b. 1981)
2010 - Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)
2011 - Elisabeth Sladen, British actress (b. 1946)
2012 - Valeri Vasiliev, Society ice hockey defenceman, dies at 62

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 20th April


Historical Events

                                   
Composer George Friedrich Handel         March King John Philip Sousa       Playwright George Bernard Shaw

                                   
Fighter Ace The Red Baron                  Singer & Actress Barbra Streisand             Actor, Screenwriter & Director
(Manfred von Richthofen)                                                                                                   Woody Allen

                 
Basketball Superstar                                  Pop Star Madonna
Michael Jordan


295 - 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
850 - Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne
1139 - 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1505 - Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg
1551 - John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal
1650 - VOC-management sets new guidelines
1653 - Cromwell routes English parliament to house
1657 - Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet
1689 - The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
1702 - Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth
1715 - Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London
1759 - George Frideric Handel is buried in Westminster Abbey
1770 - Capt Cook arrives in New South Wales
1775 - British begin siege of Boston
1777 - New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
1792 - France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia
1799 - Friedrich von Schiller's "Wallensteins Tod," premieres in Weimar
1799 - Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1809 - Napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
1810 - The Governors of Caracas declares the national sovereignty from Spain.
1828 - René Caillié is first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
1836 - Territory of Wisconsin created
1841 - 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published
1853 - Harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad
1861 - Battle of Norfolk, VA
1861 - Colonel Robert E Lee resigns from Union army
1862 - The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
1865 - Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens
1871 - 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)
1872 - SF Bar Association organized
1879 - 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
1884 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry"
1888 - 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India
1894 - 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase
1896 - 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC
1898 - US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens
1902 - Marie & Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium chloride
1903 - 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8
1903 - NY Highlanders play their 1st game, with Jack Chesbro losing 3-1 to Al Orth & Washington
1904 - George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London
1904 - Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis
1908 - 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of NY in 2:25:43.2
1908 - Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.
1910 - Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0
1910 - Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km
1912 - Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11
1912 - Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleve Indians 6-5
1914 - 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2
1914 - 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo
1916 - German-British sea battle off Belgian coast
1916 - Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Cubs beat Cin Reds 7-6
1917 - Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world")
1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking
           his final victories before his death the following day.
1919 - Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army
1920 - 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
1920 - Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate
1920 - Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio
1920 - Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi
1920 - Phillies mgr Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats NY Giants
           3-0
1925 - 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Ill in 2:33:00.6
1926 - 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic
1931 - 35th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Mass in 2:46:45.8
1931 - British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday
1934 - Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police
1935 - "You're Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
1936 - 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:33:40.8
1936 - Jews repel an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah Palestine
1939 - New York World's Fair opens
1939 - Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double
1940 - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa
1941 - 100 German bombers attack Athens
1941 - Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps
1942 - German occupiers forbids Dutch access to their beach
1942 - Heavy German assault on Malta
1943 - Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg
1944 - Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death
1944 - NFL legalizes coaching from bench
1945 - Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride
1945 - German occupiers flood Beemster & Fencer
1945 - Soviet troops enter Berlin
1945 - US 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg
1945 - US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1946 - 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs
1946 - 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27
1947 - Frederik IX becomes king of Denmark
1948 - NYC hikes subway fare from 5 cents to 10 cents
1948 - Walter P Reuther UAW pres shot & wounded at his home in Detroit
1949 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California
1950 - Balt's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League
1951 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1951 - Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators
1953 - 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51
1954 - "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 125 performances
1955 - "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 perfs
1957 - 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Conn in 2:20:05
1957 - Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway
1958 - Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM
1958 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1958 - Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1958 - Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops
1959 - 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42
1960 - "From A to Z" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 21 performances
1961 - American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight
1962 - NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m
1962 - New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North
1962 - OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers
1963 - "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 8 performances
1963 - -30] All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda
1964 - 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59
1964 - 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools
1965 - People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
1966 - WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 - French author Régis Debray caught in Bolivia
1967 - NY Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1
1967 - US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon
1967 - US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1967 - A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126.
1968 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM
1968 - S Afr Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed
1968 - English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
1969 - 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope & 1776 win
1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1970 - 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30
1970 - Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria
1970 - Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new US marathon record
1971 - Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
1971 - US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
1972 - Apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
1972 - Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1973 - Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit
1974 - Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run"
1975 - 29th Tony Awards: Equus & Wiz win
1975 - 4th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer
1975 - Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead
1976 - George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python
1977 - Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses
1977 - Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres
1980 - Cubans begin to arrive in US from Mariel boatlift
1980 - Donna White wins LPGA Florida "Lady Citrus" Golf Tournament
1980 - Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
1981 - 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of NZ in 2:26:46
1981 - 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26
1981 - Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
1981 - Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
1982 - Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
1983 - Pres Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
1983 - Rangers 2-Isles 7-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 - Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock
1983 - Soyuz T-8 is launched (lands 2 days later)
1984 - Russian offensive in Panshirvallei Afghanistan
1985 - Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
1985 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams
1985 - Karyn Marshall of NYC lifted 303 lbs in a clean & jerk lift
1985 - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern
          Arkansas.
1986 - "Jerry's Girls" closes at St James Theater NYC after 139 performances
1986 - Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game
1986 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 - Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland
1987 - 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21
1987 - 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50
1987 - Sri Lanka: Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead
1987 - US deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to USSR
1988 - Balt Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)
1988 - NJ Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten
1988 - US accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians
1988 - Yanks HR 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke)
1990 - Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
1990 - 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit
           by Ken Philips
1991 - "Les Miserables," opens at Odense Teater, Odense
1991 - 1st non stop flight Schiphol-Flamingo airport Bonaire
1991 - Mark Lenzi is 1st diver to score 100 pts on a dive (101.85)
1991 - Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million
1992 - 100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs
1992 - 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43
1992 - 96th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14
1992 - All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium
1992 - Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain
1992 - Joan Lunden, breaks her left shoulder after being thrown from a horse
1992 - Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner
1993 - Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years)
1994 - Danny Harold Rolling, sentenced to death in Florida, for killing 5
1994 - Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze Bosnia, 47 killed
1994 - Sohail & Inzamam make world record ODI partnership of 263
1994 - Space shuttle STS-59 (Endeavour 6), lands
1996 - Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season
1997 - "Gin Game," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances
1997 - "Present Laughter," closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
1997 - 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
1997 - 27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682
1997 - 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
1997 - Cubs beat NY Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games
1997 - Karrie Webb wins LPGA Susan G Komen International
1997 - Myrtle Beach LPGA Classic
1997 - Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic
1997 - PGA Seniors Championship
1997 - Mark McGwire, is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon
           Killibrew, & Cecil Fielder)
1998 - TAME Boeing 727-200 chartered by Air France crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after
           takeoff from Bogotá, Colombia, killing 53.
1998 - German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
1999 - Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24
           others before committing suicide at Columbine High School located in Jefferson County,
           Colorado.
2004 - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and
           wounding 92.
2007 - Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson
           Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 - Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an
           Indy car race.
2010 - Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion kills 11 and causes rig to sink, initiating a massive oil
           discharge in the Gulf of Mexico.
2012 - Plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan, kills 127 people
2012 - 40 people are killed and 27 injured after a tractor trailer collided with a bus in Alamo, Mexico

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This Day in History for 20th April


Famous Weddings

2007 - Indian film actor and producer Abhishek Bachchan (31) weds actress Aishwarya Rai (33) at
           the Bachchan residence in Juhu, Mumbai
2008 - "The Game" actress Tia Mowry (29) weds actor Cory Hardrict (32) at the Biltmore Hotel in
           Santa Barbara, California
2011 - "Hollywood Confidential" radio host Leeza Gibbons (54) weds Steven Fenton (41) at the
            rooftop of the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills

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This Day in History for 20th April


Famous Divorces

2006 - Actor-writer Charlie Shanian (39) divorces former Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Tori Spelling (32)
           only 15 months after their lavish $1-million wedding

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This Day in History for 20th April


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Dictator of Nazi Germany                           Actor George Takei (1940)                   Actress Carmen Electra (1972)
Adolph Hitler (1889)


702 - Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)
1442 - Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)
1494 - John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister
1586 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
1592 - John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
1594 - Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer
1633 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
1646 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
1650 - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
1668 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
1705 - Balthasar Schmid, composer
1718 - David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
1723 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781)
1725 - Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer
1726 - Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer
1745 - Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry
1748 - Georg Michael Telemann, composer
1748 - Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer
1761 - Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
1808 - Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71)
1809 - John Smith Preston, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
1818 - Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)
1824 - Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1826 - Dina M Craik, writer
1827 - John Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1839 - Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
1850 - Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor (Minute Man)
1851 - Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
1857 - Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author (HW Knife Day)
1857 - Hermann Bang, writer
1858 - Auguste Chapuis, composer
1860 - Charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine)
1860 - Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP (SDAP)
1866 - Victor Hollaender, composer
1870 - Simeon Roncal, composer
1870 - Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar (d.1961)
1871 - William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)
1876 - Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange)
1879 - Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)
1879 - Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
1881 - Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)
1881 - Sem Dresden, composer/conductor
1882 - Holland Smith, U.S. General (d. 1967)
1884 - Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)
1889 - Adolph Hitler, Braunau, Austria, dictator and Führer of Nazi Germany (1936-45)
1889 - Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (d. 1996)
1890 - Adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)
1890 - Maurice Duplessis, premier of Québec, known as "Le Chef" (d. 1959)
1893 - Harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)
1893 - Hermann Ungar, writer
1893 - Edna Parker, American supercentenarian
1893 - Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1983)
1894 - Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
1895 - Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1896 - Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door)
1896 - Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)
1897 - Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)
1897 - Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers)
1900 - Fred Raymond, composer
1900 - Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist
1901 - Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist
1902 - Donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed)
1902 - Vesselin Stoyanov, composer
1903 - Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade)
1904 - Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong)
1904 - George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995)
1907 - Miran Bux, cricketer (his one season of Test & 1st-class play 1954-55)
1907 - William Dollar, St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer
1908 - Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch
1908 - Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below)
1909 - Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman
1909 - Richard Stubbs, publicity adviser
1910 - Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]
1911 - Kukrit Pramoj, politician
1912 - David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935)
1912 - Ed Jones, (Rep-D-TN, 1969- )
1912 - Frederick Craig Riddle, violist
1912 - Soewarsil Djojopoespito, Indonesia, writer (Toe the Line)
1913 - Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie)
1914 - Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
1915 - Joseph Wolpe, South African-born psychotherapist (d. 1997)
1919 - Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (d. 1943)
1920 - John Paul Stevens, Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975- )
1920 - Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (d. 2007)
1921 - Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist
1921 - Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress
1923 - Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania)
1923 - Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster
1924 - Gerhard Samuel, composer
1924 - Nina Foch, Leiden Netherlands, actress (American in Paris)
1924 - Paul M Van Buren, US theologist (Theological Explorations)
1925 - Ernie Stautner, NFL tackle (Steelers)/WLAF head coach (Galaxy)
1925 - Richard Hoffmann, composer
1926 - Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician (Wyoming house of Reps)
1927 - Karl Muller, Switzerland, superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
1928 - Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
1928 - Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003)
1929 - Bob Braun, Ludlow Ky, singer (Dotty Mack Show)
1930 - Alan Oakman, cricketer (England batsman against Australia 1956)
1931 - Lee H Hamilton, Daytona Beach Fla, (Rep-D-Ind, 1965- )
1934 - Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian
1936 - Pat Roberts, (Rep-R-KS, 1981- )
1936 - Pauli Ellefsen, Miðvágur, Vágar, Faroe Islands, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1936 - Pat Roberts, American politician
1938 - Bernard Malivoire, France, cox pair (Olympic-gold-1952)
1938 - Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash (Olympic-gold-1956, 64)
1938 - Johnny Tillotson, Jacksonville Fla, singer (Gidget, Poetry in Motion)
1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian premier (1981-82, 86-89, 90- )
1939 - Peter S. Beagle, American author
1940 - George Takei, LA California, actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets)
1940 - James Gammon, Newman Ill, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges)
1940 - Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer)
1940 - Pilar Miro, director (Wether, Beltenebros)
1941 - Joni Evans, NYC, publisher (Simon & Schuster, Random House)
1943 - Edie Sedgwick, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Ciao Manhattan)
1943 - Ian Watson, UK, sci-fi author (Book of Being, Whores of Babylon)
1943 - Michael Greer, Galesburg Ill, actor (Bobby Gentry Show)
1943 - John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
1945 - Jimmy Winston, London, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park)
1945 - Michael Brandon, American actor
1946 - Julien Poulin, French Canadian actor
1946 - Gordon Smiley, American racecar driver (d. 1982)
1947 - David Leland, Cambridge England, actor/director (Nothing But Trouble)
1947 - Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)
1947 - Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author
1948 - Craig Frost, keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful)
1948 - Gregory Itzin, American actor
1948 - Rémy Trudel, French Canadian politician
1949 - Jessica Lange, Cloquet Minnesota, actress (King Kong, Tootsie)
1949 - Michal, rocker
1949 - Veronica Cartwright, American actress
1950 - Itumeleng J Mosala, S Afr president (Azanian People's Org)
1950 - Steve Erickson, American novelist
1950 - Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician
1951 - Geraint Wyn Davies, Wales, actor (Bury Me in Niagara, High Hopes)
1951 - Luther Vandross, NYC, rock vocalist (Dance with my Father), (d. 2005)
1952 - Tamara Sergeyevna Zakharova, Russian cosmonaut
1952 - Toine van Benthem, dentist/playwright/cabaret performer (Purper)
1952 - Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach
1953 - Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
1954 - Peter Toohey, cricketer (NSW & Australian batsman 1977-80)
1954 - Gilles Lupien, French Canadian ice hockey player
1955 - Donald R Pettit, Silverton Oregon, PhD/astronaut
1956 - Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician
1957 - Graeme Fowler, cricketer (England left-handed opener early 80s)
1957 - Richenel, [Hubertus R Baars], singer/performer (Turn My Page)
1957 - Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-Canadian actor
1958 - Viacheslav Fetisov, Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Detroit)
1959 - Clint Howard, Burbank California, actor (Gentle Ben)
1960 - Rodney Holman, NFL tight end (Detroit Lions)
1961 - Don "Hitman" Mattingly, Indiana, 1st baseman (NY Yankees/MVP 1985)
1961 - Marci Bozarth, Lampasas TX, LPGA golfer (1994 Lady Keystone Open-37th)
1961 - Don Mattingly, American baseball player
1961 - Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor
1963 - Brett Edward Garsed, Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson)
1963 - Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker
1963 - Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver
1963 - Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist
1964 - John Carney, NFL kicker (San Diego Chargers)
1964 - Paul Nobes, cricketer (prolific opening batsman for Victoria & SA)
1964 - Andy Serkis, English actor
1965 - Jim Terrell, Cin Oh, sprint canoe (Olympics-96)
1965 - Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek politician
1965 - Adrian Fernández, Mexican racing driver
1966 - David Chalmers, Australian philosopher
1967 - J D Roth, Beverly Hills California, TV host (Fun House)
1967 - Lara Jill Miller, Allentown Pa, actress (Samantha-Gimme a Break)
1967 - Miroslav Stefanovic, soccer player (FC Volendam)
1967 - Townsend Saunders, White Sands NM, freestyle wrestler (Oly-sil-92, 96)
1967 - Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater)
1968 - LeShundra Nathan, Birmingham Ala, heptathlete
1969 - John van Halst, soccer player (FC Twente)
1969 - Takayuki Kobori, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1969 - Chris Jarvis, children's TV personality
1970 - Ben Weir, Rock Island Ill, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Bogey Hills-2nd)
1970 - Shemar Moore, Oakland Cal, actor (Malcolm-Young & Restless)
1970 - Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer
1971 - Chris Penn, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs, Chicago Bears)
1971 - Grant Smith, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1971 - John Senden, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1971 - Terry Smith, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - Yonel Jourdain, NFL running back/kick returner (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
1971 - Tina Cousins, English singer
1972 - Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer
1972 - Carmen Electra [Tara Leigh Patrick], Sharonville, Ohio, American model and actress (Scary
           Movie, Meet the Spartans)
1972 - Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician
1973 - Itula Mili, tight end (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 - Lamond Murray, NBA forward (LA Clippers)
1973 - Todd Hollandsworth, Dayton OH, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
1973 - Geoff Lloyd, British radio presenter
1974 - Ben[jamin] Lincoln Holbrook, Hartland Wis, rower (Olympics-1996)
1974 - Kevin Sullivan, Brantford Ontario, 1.5k runner (Olympics-96)
1974 - Paul Bradford, cornerback (San Diego Chargers)
1976 - Joey Lawrence, Phila Pa, actor (Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental)
1976 - Lenka Nemeckova, Brno Czech, tennis star (1993 Futures-Maribor-SLO)
1976 - Shay Given, Irish footballer
1977 - Lisa Ervin, figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992)
1977 - Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, professional wrestler
1978 - Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol
1980 - Jasmin Wagner, German singer
1981 - Matus Valent, male fitness model
1983 - Terrence J, American television host
1983 - Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel
1984 - Tyson Griffin, American mixed martial artist
1986 - Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (d. 2003)
1987 - John Patrick Amedori, American actor

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This Day in History for 20th April


Famous Deaths

Actress Agnes Moorehead (1974)


1164 - Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies
1176 - Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)
1314 - Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies
1317 - Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies
1521 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)
1534 - Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies
1558 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)
1632 - Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake
1643 - Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
1662 - Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies
1695 - Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63
1703 - Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)
1765 - Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)
1768 - Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
1769 - Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered
1786 - John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21
1812 - George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office
1820 - Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies
1821 - Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67
1831 - John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)
1836 - Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75
1839 - Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies
1869 - Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72
1869 - Piotr Studzinski, composer, dies at 42
1872 - Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62
1873 - William Tite, English architect (b. 1798)
1874 - Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)
1887 - Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)
1899 - Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
1900 - Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies
1906 - Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26
1908 - Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85
1912 - Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64
1918 - Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies
1932 - Giuseppe Peano, mathematician, dies
1935 - Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92
1941 - Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49
1947 - Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
1951 - Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
1953 - Erich Weinert, writer, dies at 62
1956 - Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies
1956 - Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78
1962 - Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76
1962 - Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82
1964 - Eddie Dyer, baseball player (b. 1899)
1965 - Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday
1968 - Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81
1971 - Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73
1973 - Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82
1974 - Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67
1974 - Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/president (Pakistan), dies
1977 - Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80
1977 - Len Johnson, cricketer (one Test for Australia, 3-66 & 3-8), dies
1977 - Sepp Herberger, German football coach (b. 1897)
1979 - Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60
1982 - Andrew Sandham, cricketer (325 Eng 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies
1982 - Archibald MacLeish, US, lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at 89
1982 - Mimi Boesnach, actress (Wedding of Kloris & Roses), dies at 82
1983 - Jerzy Andrezjewski, writer, dies
1984 - Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84
1984 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)
1986 - Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. 1916)
1987 - Antony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78
1990 - Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies
1991 - Don[ald] Siegel, US director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78
1991 - Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mongolian politician, dies
1991 - Sean O'Faolain, [J Whelan], Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91
1991 - Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44
1991 - Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, PM of Mongolia (1952-74), dies
1992 - Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
1992 - Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76
1993 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81
1994 - Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72
1995 - Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician (1945-54), dies
1995 - R E S Wyatt, cricketer (England capt 16 times), dies
1995 - Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide
1995 - Tessie O'Shea, entertainer, dies at 81
1996 - Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88
1996 - Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, dies at 75
1996 - Tran Van Tra, soldier, dies at 77
1999 - Victims and shooters of the Columbine High School massacre
1999 - Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
1999 - Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
2001 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
2002 - Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
2003 - Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908)
2003 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
2003 - Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
           (b. 1911)
2005 - Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (b. 1904)
2005 - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player (b. 1943)
2006 - Anna Svidersky (b. 1988)
2007 - Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)
2007 - Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931).
2008 - VL Mike, American Rapper (b. 1976)
2008 - Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923)
2010 - Dorothy Height, American civil rights activist (b. 1912)
2011 - Tim Hetherington, British-American photojournalist (b. 1970)
2011 - Chris Hondros, American photographer (b. 1970)

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This Day in History for 21st April


Historical Events

                                   
Lexicographer Noah Webster                Playwright George Bernard Shaw              Fighter Ace The Red Baron
                                                                                                                             (Manfred von Richthofen)

                 
Singer & Cultural Icon                        Singer & Actress Barbra Streisand
Elvis Presley


753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date).
43 BC - Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed.
          Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
953 - Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
1420 - Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
1453 - Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1509 - Henry the VIII becomes King of England
1521 - Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards
1526 - Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi
1572 - France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
1600 - 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
1649 - Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
1654 - England & Sweden sign trade agreement
1689 - William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England
1739 - Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
1785 - Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
1789 - John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
1792 - Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and
           quartered.
1794 - NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect
           NYC from British
1818 - Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna
1828 - Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
1836 - Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico
1855 - 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
1857 - Alexander Douglas patents the bustle
1862 - Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
1862 - Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
1863 - Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, enters gardens of Rivden, near Baghdad. Makes the
           declaration of aha'u'llah during 12 days spent there
1865 - Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
1878 - First Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1878 - NY installs 1st firehouse pole
1878 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili
1878 - Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
1884 - Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
1892 - Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis Mo
1894 - George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man," premieres in London
1898 - Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
1898 - Spanish-American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists
           between the United States and Spain as of this date.
1904 - Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1908 - Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
1910 - Cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0
1913 - German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
1913 - Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
1914 - US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1918 - World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shot
           down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France.
1920 - John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London
1921 - Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup [or 4/4]
1922 - The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Aggies who had died in the
           previous year.
1925 - Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
1925 - No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
1925 - Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London
1930 - Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
1930 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow
1934 - Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game
1935 - King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
1940 - 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
1940 - Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
1941 - Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
1944 - NFL Chic Cardinals & Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3)
1945 - Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945 - He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
1945 - Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
1945 - Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
1945 - US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
1946 - SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
1948 - 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
1948 - 2nd NBA Championship: Balt Bullets beat Phila Warriors, 4 games to 2
1951 - 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1951 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1
1952 - BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1952 - Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
1954 - Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
1954 - USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1955 - Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1955 - J Lawrence & R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in NYC
1955 - Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1956 - Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
1957 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1957 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1959 - 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1959 - Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1960 - Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
1960 - Founding of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith in Washington, D.C.
1961 - Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO
1961 - French army revolts in Algeria
1961 - USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1962 - Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1963 - Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1963 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
1963 - The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
1964 - Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
1965 - New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
1966 - Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1967 - Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
1967 - EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
1967 - Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to US
1967 - Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
1968 - 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz & Guilderstern & Hallelujah Baby! win
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1969 - 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1970 - Reds clout 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team & 9 different
           batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1970 - The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
1971 - Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1972 - John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1972 - Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
1974 - 28th Tony Awards: River Niger & Raisin win
1974 - 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1975 - 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1975 - 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
1975 - Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975 - Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1976 - Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 - "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
1977 - Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1977 - Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977 - C Strouse & M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in NYC
1977 - Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1979 - "Carmelina" closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances
1980 - 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
1980 - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
1980 - 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz
           disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course
1981 - US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1982 - Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982 - Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982 - Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
1983 - 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom
1984 - "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to ½ hour
1984 - After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1984 - Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1984 - Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
1984 - Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
1985 - Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
1985 - Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1985 - Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
1985 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1986 - 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1986 - 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1986 - Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1986 - Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
1987 - Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987 - Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1987 - Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 - Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 - Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1988 - 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988 - Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1989 - George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989 - Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding
           greater political freedom
1990 - "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
1990 - National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
1990 - Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
1991 - 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
1991 - Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
1991 - Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)
1991 - Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead,
           Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th
1992 - "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
1992 - Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
1992 - Robert Alton Harris is put to death in the California Gas Chamber for 3 murders.
1993 - "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 30 perfs
1993 - Brazil votes against a monarchy
1994 - "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1994 - Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times)
1994 - Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
1994 - The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander
           Wolszczan.
1995 - Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92
1995 - FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Oklahoma City bombing
1996 - "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
1996 - 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
1996 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
1996 - Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)
1996 - Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup
1996 - Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
1997 - 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
1997 - 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
1997 - Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
2008 - The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk.
2012 - Two trains in Sloterdijk, Netherlands, injure 117 people in a head on collision
2012 - Chicago White Sox pitcher, Philip Humber, pitches the 21st MLB perfect game against the
           Seattle Mariners

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Famous Weddings

1993 - Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
2006 - Professional drag racer Andrew Hines (22) weds Tanya Phillips at the First Baptist Church in
           Tampa, Florida
2007 - Bolivian model Carla Moron weds architect Pedro Gantier at la Iglesia San Francisco de Santa
           Cruz
2007 - Pop singer sensation Anastacia (38) weds her bodyguard Wayne Newton at the Quinta Real
           Huatulco in Huatulco, Mexico
2012 - Actress Carey Mulligan (26) weds "Mumford & Sons" lead singer Marcus Mumford (25) in
           Somerset, England
2012 - Music legend Neil Diamond (71) weds music manager Katie McNeil (42) at the Beverly Hills
           Hotel

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Famous Birthdays

                 
Rocker Iggy Pop (1947)                           Musician Robert Smith (1959)


1488 - Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot
1546 - Arcangelo Crivelli, composer
1555 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)
1619 - John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)
1651 - Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
1652 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
1671 - John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)
1672 - Johann Philipp Kafer, composer
1673 - Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1742)
1713 - Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France
1730 - Antonin Kammel, composer
1749 - Johann Michael Malzat, composer
1774 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)
1775 - Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare)
1779 - William Knyvett, composer
1795 - Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint
1803 - Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
1806 - Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
1809 - Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
1810 - John Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864)
1811 - Alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903)
1814 - Beni Egressy, composer
1816 - Charlotte Bronte, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre)
1816 - Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874
1824 - Anselmo Clave, composer
1828 - Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy)
1834 - William Rufus Terrill, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1837 - Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
1838 - John Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras)
1838 - Nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match)
1840 - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1849 - Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization
1851 - Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939)
1853 - Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer
1854 - Eusapia Palladino, Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons
1854 - Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer
1854 - William Stang, Roman Catholic Bishop (d. 1907)
1864 - Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism)
1867 - Benjamin A Jesurun, Antillian literary
1870 - Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (d. 1941)
1871 - Leo Blech, composer
1871 - Vojtech Rihovsky, composer
1872 - GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA
1878 - Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist
1879 - Kartini, Indonesian national figure (d. 1904)
1881 - Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist (Rocks of Oran)
1882 - Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
1886 - Charlie Naughton, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits)
1887 - Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer
1887 - Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (d. 1978)
1889 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1892 - Jaroslav Kvapil, composer
1896 - Henry M de Montherlant, French novelist and stage author (La Reine Morte)
1898 - Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)
1899 - Clement D'Hooghe, composer
1899 - Randall Thompson, NYC, composer (Trip to Nahant)
1901 - Julian Bautista, composer
1902 - Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard)
1903 - Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55)
1904 - Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67)
1905 - Edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-California)
1905 - Pat Brown, American politician (d. 1996)
1906 - Tom Burns, editor
1907 - Antoni Szalowski, composer
1907 - Beatrice Kay, NYC, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin & Col)
1908 - Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
1909 - Rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)
1911 - Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage
1911 - Ivan Combe, American inventor (d. 2000)
1912 - Feike P Asma, Dutch organist
1912 - Marcel Camus, French director, Orfeu negro)
1912 - Nell [Petronella GS] Koppen, actress, Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen)
1912 - Eve Arnold, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, photojournalist (Marilyn Monroe) (d. 2012)
1913 - Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones)
1913 - Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician
1913 - Norman Parkinson, England, fashion photographer, Harper's Bazaar)
1914 - Norman Panama, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Andor Kovach, composer
1915 - Anthony Quinn, Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia)
1915 - Frick, [W Groebli], Swiss clown, Frick & Frack)
1916 - Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey)
1917 - Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82)
1919 - Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper)
1919 - John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57)
1919 - Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)
1920 - Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer, Hyperion) [or Mar 21]
1920 - Christopher Dark, NY, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot)
1920 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)
1921 - Jack Fletcher, Forest Hills NY, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show)
1922 - Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s)
1923 - Andrea Domburg, Dutch actress, (Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel)
1923 - John Mortimer, English barrister and writer
1924 - Daniel Melnick, NYC, producer, Get Smart)
1924 - Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers)
1926 - Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952- )
1926 - Arthur Rowley, English Footballer (d. 2002)
1927 - Robert Brustein, NYC, dean, Yale School of Drama)
1927 - Gerald Flood, British actor (d. 1989)
1930 - Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods)
1930 - Margaret Rose, London England, Princess of York [or Aug 21]
1930 - Silvana Mangano, Rome Italy, actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas)
1932 - Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon)
1932 - Elaine May, Phila Pa, comedienne/writer/actress, New Leaf)
1932 - Elaine May, American comedian
1934 - Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959)
1935 - Charles Grodin, Pitt, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid)
1935 - Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1960)
1935 - Thomas Kean, American politician
1936 - Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer
1936 - Bob Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1936 - James Dobson, American evangelist
1937 - Charles Lee Herron, Ky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986)
1939 - Ernie Maresca, singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer)
1939 - John McCabe, composer
1939 - Helen Prejean, American writer
1940 - Souleymane Cisse, director (Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara)
1942 - Bobby McClure, US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing)
1944 - Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach
1945 - Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
1946 - S Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee)
1947 - Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
1947 - Iggy Pop, [James Osterberg], Mich, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse)
1947 - John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)
1948 - Claire Denis, Paris France, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat)
1948 - Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
1948 - Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1948 - Paul Davis, Meridian Mi, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy)
1949 - Patti LuPone, Northport NY, actress/singer (Evita, Life Goes On)
1951 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-2)
1951 - Nicoel Barclay, rocker
1951 - Tony Danza, Brooklyn, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss)
1951 - Michael Hartley Freedman, American mathematician
1951 - Robert Gotobed, English drummer (Wire)
1953 - Edward Ray Fiori, Lynwood CA, PGA golfer (1979 Southern Open)
1954 - Dale Eggeling, Statesboro GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile Classic)
1954 - James Morrison, American actor
1954 - Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer
1956 - Rick DeMont, US, 400m swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics)
1956 - Phillip Longman, American demographer
1957 - Jesse Orosco, Santa Barbara CA, pitcher (NY Mets, Orioles, Dodgers)
1957 - Edward Leslie, American professional wrestler
1958 - Andie MacDowell, [Rosali Anderson], SC, actress (Green Card) [or 2/12]
1958 - Kyle Stevens, LPGA golfer
1958 - Mike Barson, rock keyboardist (Madness)
1958 - Michael Zarnock, American author and columnist
1958 - Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist
1959 - Robert Smith, Sussex, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1959 - Jerry Only, American musician (The Misfits)
1959 - Michael Timmins, Canadian musician (Cowboy Junkies)
1959 - Tim Jacobus, American artist (Goosebumps)
1960 - Julius Korir, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1984)
1962 - Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, Russia, major/cosmonaut
1962 - Les Lancaster, American baseball player
1963 - John Cameron Mitchell, El Paso TX, actor (Misplaced, Band of the Hand)
1963 - Ken Caminiti, Hanford CA, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1963 - Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor
1964 - Louise Mullard, Kurri Kurri NSW, golfer (1990 T3 Coca Cola Classic)
1964 - Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish athlete
1965 - Ed Belfour, Carman, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
1965 - Gary Grant, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1965 - Karen Foster, Lufkin Tx, playmate (Oct, 1989)
1965 - Fiona Kelleghan, American academic and critic
1966 - Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
1966 - Michael Franti, American musician
1968 - Peter van Foxes, soccer player (Ajax)
1969 - Conrad Clarks, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 - Dwight Hollier, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1969 - Robin Meade, American reporter
1970 - Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end (NO Saints, Rhein Fire)
1970 - Stewart Malgunas, Prince George, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1970 - Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and actor
1970 - Rob Riggle, American comedian
1970 - Nicole Sullivan, American actress
1971 - Jennifer Reed, Miss USA-Michigan (1997)
1971 - Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel
1971 - Tom Cavallo, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, SF 49ers)
1971 - Tony Mcgee, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
1971 - Alexander Kravchenko, Russian professional poker player
1971 - Hasan Akbar, American convicted murderer
1972 - David Williams, Bedford PA, outfielder (SF Giants)
1972 - Lori Flick, Boston Massachusetts, Miss America-Massachusetts (1997)
1972 - Tia Jackson, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1972 - Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer
1972 - Severina Vučković, Croatian singer
1973 - Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian athlete
1974 - Brice Hunter, wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975 - Angela Michelle Hughes, Anderson SC, Miss America-SC (1997)
1975 - Danyon Joseph Loader, Dunedin NZ, 200m/400m swimmer (Olymp-2 gold-96)
1976 - Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
1977 - Karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe (1997)
1977 - Doseone, American rapper
1978 - Aimee Delatte, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Avi Phillips, Ontario, actor (Maniac Mansion)
1978 - Melissa Coish, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish)
1978 - Branden Steineckert, American drummer (Rancid), (The Used)
1978 - Jacob Burns, Australian footballer
1979 - James McAvoy, Scottish actor
1980 - Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player
1980 - Tony Romo, American football player
1980 - Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player
1981 - Stephanie Larimore, American model
1982 - Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, American football player
1983 - Paweł Brożek, Polish footballer
1984 - Ashley Peldon, Staten Is NY, actress (Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived)
1986 - Audra Cohen, American tennis player
1986 - Alexander Edler, Swedish hockey player
1987 - Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer
1988 - Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
1988 - Robbie Amell, Canadian actor
2007 - Princess Isabella of Denmark

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 21st April


Famous Deaths

 
Fighter Ace The Red Baron
 (Manfred von Richthofen) (1918)


1073 - Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
1109 - Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1142 - Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)
1329 - Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
1509 - Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52
1551 - Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
1552 - Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50
1557 - Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)
1574 - Cosimo de Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54
1652 - Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66
1696 - Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61
1699 - Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)
1701 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)
1719 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)
1720 - Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
1722 - Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)
1730 - Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
1736 - Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72
1780 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60
1792 - Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)
1793 - John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)
1815 - Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)
1825 - Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)
1852 - Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
1868 - Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
1871 - Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies
1878 - Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62
1898 - Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78
1899 - Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
1900 - Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55
1910 - Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74
1918 - "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
1918 - Manfred von Richthofen [The Red Baron], German pilot dies after his plane his shot down at
           25
1922 - Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)
1924 - Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64
1930 - Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79
1930 - Robert S Bridges, poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85
1938 - Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
1938 - Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
1939 - Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66
1945 - John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
1946 - Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1946 - John Maynard Keynes, English economist (b. 1883)
1948 - Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66
1952 - Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61
1952 - [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing, dies at 62
1956 - Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)
1961 - James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
1962 - Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies
1965 - Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
1967 - Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77
1968 - Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69
1968 - Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
1971 - Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81
1971 - Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64
1973 - Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66
1973 - Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1974 - Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)
1975 - Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70
1977 - Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
1978 - Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37
1980 - Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
1980 - Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (b. 1928)
1981 - Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
1982 - Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
1985 - Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62
1985 - Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75
1985 - Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (b. 1902)
1986 - Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930)
1987 - Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77
1989 - James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64
1989 - Princess Dukhye of Korea (b. 1912)
1990 - Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
1990 - Erté, French artist (b. 1892)
1991 - Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74
1991 - Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81
1992 - Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39
1992 - Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne, dies at 74
1993 - Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
1994 - Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93
1995 - Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93
1995 - Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61
1996 - A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies
1996 - Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader and President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
          (1991), dies at 52
1996 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
1996 - Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76
1996 - Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter, dies at 93
1996 - Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer, dies at 86
1997 - Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
1997 - Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine president (1961-65), dies
1998 - Jean Francois Lyotard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1924)
1999 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor and musician (b. 1904)
2000 - Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (b. 1929)
2003 - Nina Simone, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
2004 - Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918)
2005 - Gerry Marshall, British racing driver (b. 1941)
2006 - T.K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
2006 - Telê Santana, Brazilian football manager (b. 1931)
2007 - Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
2008 - Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939)
2010 - Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2010 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, International Olympic Committee president (b. 1920)
2012 - Charles Colson, Nixon adviser (Watergate), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 80

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This Day in History for 22nd April


Historical Events

                                   
King of England King Charles I           Confederate General Robert E Lee                 Baseball Great Babe Ruth

                                   
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini               Dictator of Nazi Germany                Champion Boxer Evander Holyfield
                                                                        Adolph Hitler


296 - St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
536 - St. Agapetus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1056 - Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
1073 - Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII
1145 - 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1164 - Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III
1370 - Bastille begins being built in Paris
1500 - Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal
1509 - Henry VIII ascended to throne of England
1521 - French king Francois I declares war on Spain
1526 - 1st slave revolt occurs in SC
1529 - Treaty of Saragosa: Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere
1648 - English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed
1659 - Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
1671 - King Charles II sits in on English parliament
1674 - Netherlands & Munster sign peace treaty
1676 - Battle of Etna - Neth/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded
1677 - Battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet
1692 - Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
1722 - 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
1728 - Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris
1769 - Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
1793 - Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
1796 - Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
1804 - Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola
1809 - Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl
1817 - Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight
1823 - Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London
1823 - R J Tyers patents roller skates
1838 - English steamship "Sirius" docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing
1861 - Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
1864 - US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
1876 - 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Phila Athletics 6-5
1876 - Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
1876 - Phila Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run
1884 - Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos)
1884 - US recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1889 - Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"
1893 - Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo
1893 - Paul Kruger elected president of Transvaal for 3rd time
1897 - NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active)
1898 - 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
1898 - Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
1898 - Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0
1898 - Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry
1898 - US President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
1903 - American Power Boat Association forms
1903 - NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950
1905 - Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam
1906 - 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
1906 - New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
1908 - Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
1913 - Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
1914 - Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
1914 - Mexico ends diplomatic relations with US
1915 - 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I
1915 - 2nd Battle of Ypres begins
1915 - NY Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
1916 - France battles at Fort Douaumont
1922 - South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR
1924 - Hague Chambers of Commerce forms
1926 - Persia, Turkey & Afghanistan sign treaties of security
1927 - 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E
1930 - US, Britain & Japan sign London Naval Treaty
1931 - Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty
1933 - Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address
1937 - NYC college students stage 4th annual peace strike
1940 - Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with
           Japan is inevitable (He was right)
1943 - German counter attack in North-Tunisia
1943 - RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea
1944 - Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
1944 - Hitler & Benito Mussolini meet at Salzburg
1945 - Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
1945 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
1946 - SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms
1947 - 1st NBA Championship: Phila Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2
1948 - WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 - Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in NYC
1952 - 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada
1952 - Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in NYC
1954 - Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government
1954 - NBA adopts 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule
1954 - Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began
1954 - USSR joins UNESCO
1955 - Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
1955 - KC Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
1956 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1957 - All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
1959 - Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
1959 - Chicago White Sox beat KC Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks,
           & 3 errors
1961 - Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria
1962 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open
1962 - NY Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season
1962 - Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
1962 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
1964 - Tanganyika & Zanzibar form republic Tanzania
1964 - World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, NY) opens
1966 - Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating NY Mets 8-4
1966 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1967 - Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
1969 - 1st human eye transplant performed
1969 - Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1969 - Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing
1970 - "Park" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
1970 - 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1970 - Flat Earth celebrated
1970 - NY Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher
1970 - NY Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
1970 - Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
1971 - Soyuz 10 launched
1972 - Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on Moon
1974 - Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
1975 - Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead
1976 - Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
1976 - Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
1977 - Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
1978 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony
1979 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament
1979 - Mick Jaggar & Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
1981 - 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
1981 - Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
1981 - Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 - Largest US bank robbery (Tucson Ariz), more than $3.3 million stolen
1982 - Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
1982 - Launch of STS-3-Lousma & Fullerton [03/23]
1983 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 - Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2
1983 - Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
1983 - Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
1983 - Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by
           Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax)
1984 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1986 - Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
1986 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 - Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1988 - Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
1988 - NJ Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick & 5
           assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals
1989 - "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 12 perfs
1990 - "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances
1990 - Lebanon release US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
1991 - Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panama, kills 95
1991 - Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
1991 - Intel releases 486SX chip
1991 - Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show
1991 - Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
1992 - "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
1992 - 6.0 earthquake in California
1992 - Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico
1992 - Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists
1993 - "Who's Tommy" opens at St James Theater NYC for 899 performances
1993 - Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78
1993 - Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Wash DC
1993 - Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
1993 - Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte
1993 - The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.
1994 - 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda
1994 - Borge Ousland reaches North pole
1994 - Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500
1994 - In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made
1994 - Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 - Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam
1995 - General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby
1995 - George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1997 - Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria - 93 villagers killed.
1997 - The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
2000 - In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home
           in Miami, Florida.
2000 - The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
2004 - Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
2006 - 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire
           on protesters against King Gyanendra.
2006 - Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of Kandahar, Afghanistan by a roadside
           bomb planted by Taliban militants, the worst single day combat loss for the Canadian army
           since the Korean War.
2012 - 30 year old women collapses and dies during London Marathon

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 22nd April


Famous Weddings

1939 - Actor and naval officer of World War II Douglas Fairbanks Jr (29) weds Huntington Hartford's
           former wife Mary Lee Hartford
1995 - "Extra" TV co-host Arthel Neville (32) weds Carolina Panther running back Derrick Lassic (25)
            at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
2003 - "Star Trek: Enterprise" actress Jolene Blalock (28) weds "Live Nation" CEO Michael Rapino in
            Negril, Jamaica
2006 - "Entourage" actor Kevin Dillon (40) weds model-actress Jane Stuart (28) in Las Vegas
2006 - "Save The Last Dance" actor Sean Patrick Thomas (35) weds "The Fantastic Four" actress
            Aonika Laurent in New Orleans
2011 - American actor Eddie Cibrian (37) weds American country and pop singer LeAnn Rimes (28) at
           a private home in California

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 22nd April


Famous Divorces

1993 - Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 22nd April


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Marxist Revolutionary                               Actor Jack Nicholson (1937)                Musician Daniel Johns (1979)
Vladimir Lenin (1870)


1357 - Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)
1451 - Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus
1610 - Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91)
1640 - Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
1658 - Giuseppe Torelli, Verona, Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi)
1682 - Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter
1690 - John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)
1692 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
1707 - Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)
1711 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779)
1724 - Immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)
1744 - James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
1766 - Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
1773 - Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader
1775 - Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen)
1781 - Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer
1799 - Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)
1812 - Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894)
1816 - Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus)
1816 - Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general
1818 - Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers)
1823 - Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868
1827 - William Hopkins Morris, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1828 - Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer
1831 - Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 - Julius Sterling Morton, Nebraska, (Gov-Neb), started Arbor Day
1839 - August W Eichler, German botanist
1840 - Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
1844 - Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
1852 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
1853 - Alphonse Bertillon, France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system
1854 - Henri-Marie Lafontaine, Belgium, international lawyer (Nobel 1913)
1856 - [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans)
1858 - Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
1860 - Ada Rehan, American stage actress (d. 1916)
1863 - Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher
1864 - Phil May, Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist
1866 - Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
1868 - Jose Vianna da Motta, composer
1868 - Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
1870 - Nikolai Lenin, [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist
1872 - Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954)
1873 - Ellen Anderson Glasgow, US, novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942)
1876 - Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
1878 - Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer
1881 - Alexander Kerensky, Simbirsk, Russian PM (1917)
1884 - Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer
1884 - John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Died Sept 3, 1992)
1889 - Ludwig Renn, writer
1889 - Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. 1945, by suicide)
1891 - Belle Bennett, Milcoon Rapids IA, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask)
1891 - Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989)
1891 - Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. 1927)
1891 - Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
1892 - Nikolai Obouhov, composer
1892 - Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
1899 - Martyn Green, London, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh)
1902 - Megan Lloyd George, English politician
1904 - J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer, NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project
1905 - Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. 1991)
1906 - Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society)
1906 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, second in line to the Swedish throne (d. 1946)
1907 - Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
1908 - Eddie Albert, [Heimberger], Rock Island Il, actor (Oliver-Green Acres)
1909 - Ralph Byrd, Dayton Ohio, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show)
1909 - Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate, (d. 2012)
1909 - Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
1910 - Eric Scowen, physician
1910 - R J Ritchie, tennis player
1910 - Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971)
1912 - Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer
1912 - Kathleen Mary Ferrier, England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice)
1914 - Charles Hubert Sisson, author/poet (Christopher Homm)
1914 - Hans Baumann, writer
1914 - Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory)
1914 - Michael Wittman, German soldier and tank ace (d. 1944)
1915 - Dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn)
1915 - Lord Airedale, British Lord (social democrat)
1916 - Earl of Oxford & Asquith, governor (Seychelles)
1916 - Lord Menuhin, OM
1916 - Yehudi Menuhin, NYC, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata)
1917 - Leo Abse, biographer/MP
1917 - Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly)
1918 - Mickey Vernon, baseball player
1919 - Donald Cram, US, biochemist (Nobel 1987)
1920 - Hal March, SF California, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage)
1920 - Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word)
1922 - Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus)
1922 - Lou Stein, Phila Pa, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark)
1922 - Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings)
1923 - Betty Page, Kingsport Tn, playmate (Jan, 1955)/model (Dark Angel)
1923 - Hugh Lloyd, actor (Punch & Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising)
1923 - Paula Fox, US children's books author (Poor George)
1923 - Peter Bowring, CEO (C T Bowring)
1923 - Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990)
1923 - Aaron Spelling, American television producer (Charlie's Angels), (d. 2006)
1925 - Christopher Ball, Oxford, warden (Keble College)
1925 - George Cole, London England, actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers)
1926 - Bob Flannigan, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1926 - Charlotte Rae, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (Edna-Facts of Life)
1926 - James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight
1927 - Pascal Bentoiu, composer
1927 - Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
1929 - Geoffrey Marshall, Provost (Queen's College, Oxford)
1929 - Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
1929 - Michael Atiyah, educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England)
1929 - Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat/exec director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1929 - Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen
1931 - Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP)
1931 - Robert Dickson, Canada, ice hockey player (1948)
1931 - Ronald Hynd, British choreographer (English National Ballet)
1931 - Siem Vroom, Dutch actor (The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries)
1932 - Michael Colgrass, Chicago Illinois, composer (Best Wishes)
1933 - John A Llewellyn, Cardiff Wales, astronaut
1933 - Robin Hutton, merchant banker
1934 - 9th viscount Portman, British large landowner/multi-millionaire
1934 - David Ratford, diplomat
1934 - John K Barlow, English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire
1934 - Nico Ladenis, British restauranteur (Nico at 90)/=
1934 - Viscount Portman, Britsh landowner/multimillionaire
1935 - Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)
1935 - Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
1936 - Glen Campbell, Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix)
1936 - Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
1937 - Bobbi Fiedler, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
1937 - David Summerscale, head master (Westminster School England)
1937 - Jack Nicholson, NJ, actor (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining)
1937 - Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman)
1937 - Ken Palmer, cricketer (1-190 in only Test for England, now Test ump)
1937 - Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire
1938 - Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman
1938 - Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
1939 - Jason Miller, Scranton PA, actor/writer (Exorcist, Light of Day)
1939 - John Chilcot, civil servant
1939 - John Foley, mjr-general
1940 - Peter Goldstein, joint founder (Superdrug)
1943 - Mel Carter, singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me)
1943 - Steve Dunne, cricketer (NZ Test umpire on international panel)
1943 - Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate
1944 - Joshua Rifkin, composer
1944 - Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. 2007)
1945 - Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael
1945 - Donald Graham, US businessman(?)
1945 - Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
1945 - Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage
1946 - Archy Kirkwood, MP (L-D)
1946 - Dectuplets, Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
1946 - John Waters, director (Hairspray)
1946 - Louise Harel, Quebec politician
1946 - Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
1947 - Barry Guy, composer
1948 - Carole Drinkwater, actress (Father, All Creatures Great & Small)
1949 - Spencer Haywood, Silver City Ms, NBAer (Oly-gold-1968, Knicks)
1950 - Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster
1950 - Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
1950 - Peter Frampton, Kent Engld, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive)
1951 - Paul Carrack, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long)
1951 - Ana María Shua, Argentine poet
1952 - Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress
1952 - François Berléand, French actor
1953 - Steve Bond, Haifa Israel, actor (General Hospital, To Die For)
1953 - Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
1954 - Joseph Bottoms, Santa Barbara Cal, actor (Surfacing, Blind Date)
1955 - Arthur Baker, rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock)
1956 - Catherine Mary Stewart, Edmonton, actress (Passion & Paradise)
1957 - Alan Campbell, Homestead Fla, actor (E Z-3's a Crowd)
1957 - Ethel White, WBL guard (NY Stars)
1957 - Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister
1958 - Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-80s)
1958 - Ken Olandt, actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun)
1959 - Nicky Le Roux, South Africa, LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Champ-15th)
1959 - Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer (pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams)
1959 - Ryan Stiles, Seattle Wash, actor (Lewis-Drew Carey Show)
1960 - Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ (1986)
1960 - Mart Laar, Estonian statesman
1960 - Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive
1961 - Byron Allen, LA California, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show)
1961 - Jeff Hostetler, NFL QB (NY Giants, Raiders, Redskins/1990 Superbowl)
1961 - Jimmy Key, Huntsville Alabama, pitcher (Blue Jays, NY Yanks, Orioles)
1962 - David Wettlaufer, Kitchener Ont, golfer (Ontario Beefeater-1986, 87)
1962 - Denise Baldwin, Atlanta GA, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury)
1962 - Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
1964 - Bob McCann, NBA forward (Washington Bullets)
1964 - Chris Makepeace, Toronto, actor (Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis)
1965 - Lauri Hendler, actress
1965 - Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Glenn Parker, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills, KC Chiefs)
1966 - Serge Poudrier, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1966 - Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005)
1967 - Bart Bowen, Albuquerque NM, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1967 - Harvey Williams, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1967 - Mike Buck, NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals)
1967 - Sheryl Lee, Boulder Colo, actress (Twin Peaks, Love Lies & Murder)
1967 - Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
1968 - Bimbo Coles, NBA guard (Golden State Warriors)
1968 - Carlos Costa, Spain, tennis star
1968 - Jo Angel, cricketer (big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-)
1968 - Vernell Coles, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1968 - Zarley Zalapski, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
1969 - Bobby Olive, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 - Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey)
1969 - George Williams, Lacrosse WI, catcher (Oakland A's)
1969 - Roger Jones, NFL center (Cin Bengals)
1969 - Dion Dublin, English footballer
1970 - Claus Biedermann, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1970 - Coleman Bell, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins)
1970 - Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
1971 - Ingo Rademacher, German FR, actor (Jasper Jacks-General Hospital)
1971 - James Burton, NFL cornerback (Chic Bears)
1971 - Milos Holan, Bilovec Cze, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1971 - Nicklas Kulti, Sweden, tennis star
1971 - Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist
1971 - Eric Mabius, American actor
1972 - Anna Falchi, Tampera Finland, actress (La Dolce Vita '90)
1972 - Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star (Strasbourg doubles final)
1972 - Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union footballer
1973 - Christopher Sanders, tight end (Washington Redskins)
1973 - Scott Fields, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 - Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
1973 - Adem Poric, Australian former footballer
1974 - Adam Parfitt, Victoria BC, rower (Olympics-96)
1974 - Georgia Goettmann, model (Cosmo-May 1995)
1974 - Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down)
1975 - Brian Manning, wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1975 - Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player (MVV)
1975 - Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
1975 - Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
1976 - Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador (1996)
1976 - Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
1977 - Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
1977 - Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
1978 - Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
1978 - Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
1979 - Zoltan Gera, Hungarian footballer
1979 - Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)
1980 - Aaron Metchnik, Santa Barbara California, actor (Stephen-Torkelsons)
1980 - Monica Flammer, Gainesville Fla, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1980 - Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
1980 - Courtney Friel, presenter of World Poker Tour
1980 - Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
1980 - Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
1981 - Ken Dorsey, American football player
1982 - Kaká, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Tim Hamilton, Slovak adult movie actor
1983 - Matt Jones, American football player
1984 - Michelle Ryan, English actress
1984 - Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)
1985 - Lauri Hendler, Ft Belvoir Va, actress (Julie-Gimme a Break)
1986 - Dusan Sakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player
1986 - Amber Heard, American actress
1986 - Marshawn Lynch, American Football player