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This Day in History for 22nd April


Famous Deaths

                                   
Singer Jane Froman (1980)                 Farm Labor Leader Cesar Chavez (1993)               37th US President
                                                                                                                                   Richard Nixon (1994)


296 - Pope Caius
536 - St. Agapetus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies
1253 - Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53
1355 - Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36
1462 - Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies
1521 - Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded
1592 - Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80
1648 - Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69
1662 - John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies
1672 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73
1699 - Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53
1722 - Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies
1758 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
1776 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67
1778 - James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies
1782 - Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
1788 - Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46
1806 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
1821 - John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52
1827 - Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies
1830 - Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69
1833 - Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62
1839 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
1844 - Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76
1854 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
1864 - Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76
1865 - Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries
1877 - James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)
1883 - Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38
1892 - Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69
1893 - Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825)
1896 - Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)
1899 - E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies
1901 - William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies
1908 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British premier (1905-08), dies
1925 - Andre Caplet, composer, dies at 46
1929 - Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
1929 - Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
1930 - Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
1933 - Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer, dies
1941 - Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies
1944 - Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68
1945 - Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77
1946 - Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73
1946 - Lionel Atwill, actor (Capt Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61
1950 - Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54
1951 - Stanley Ridges, actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace), dies at 59
1951 - Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
1953 - Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N], Dutch writer, dies at 75
1957 - Ignatius Roy D Campbell, British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54
1961 - Maria Radulphus, [Adrian Hermus], Curacao school inspector, dies at 91
1962 - Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
1962 - Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62
1967 - Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62
1968 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
1975 - Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
1976 - Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79
1977 - Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1978 - Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75
1980 - Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72
1980 - Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1981 - Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76
1982 - Melville Bell Grosvenor, pres (Natl Geographic Society), dies at 80
1983 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
1983 - Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in NY at 80
1984 - Ansel Adams, US photographer, dies at 82
1985 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
1986 - Mircea Eliade, writer, dies
1988 - Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96
1989 - Huey Newton, US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47
1990 - Bertil Unger, actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies
1992 - Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34
1992 - Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies
1992 - Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies
1993 - Andries Treurnicht, founder S Afr Conservative Party, dies at 72
1993 - Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66
1993 - Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88
1994 - D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96
1994 - Denis Pitts, journalist, dies at 64
1994 - Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80
1994 - Richard Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), dies of a stroke at 81
1994 - Schmidt Hans Burkhardt, artist, dies at 89
1995 - Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
1995 - Maggie Kuhn, activist (Gray Panthers), dies at 89
1996 - David Shipman, film historian, dies at 63
1996 - Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), dies at 69
1996 - Hiteshwar Saikia, PM of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies
1996 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
1998 - Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
1999 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
1999 - Chan Canasta, magician and mindreader (b. 1920)
2002 - Linda Lovelace, American adult actress (b. 1949)
2003 - Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
2003 - Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
2003 - Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
2004 - Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
2004 - Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
2005 - Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
2005 - Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2005 - Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
2005 - Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
2006 - Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
2007 - Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938)
2008 - Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)
2011 - Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (b. 1950)

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This Day in History for 23rd April


Historical Events

                                   
First US President                                Playwright William Shakespeare                Baseball Player Hank Aaron
George Washington

                                   
Author James Baldwin                              Rocker Pete Townshend                Radio shock jock Howard Stern


215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the
           Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
1014 - King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf
1154 - Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo
1229 - Ferdinand III of Castile conquers Cáceres.
1343 - St. George's Night Uprising.
1348 - 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter)
1500 - Pedro Cabral lands & annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz)
1501 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral & 6 ships return to Lisbon
1504 - King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria
1597 - William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I
           of England in attendance.
1616 - Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England
1633 - Sweden & Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn
1635 - Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded
1660 - Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
1661 - English king Charles II crowned in London
1662 - Connecticut chartered as an English colony
1705 - Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London
1723 - Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht
1775 - Opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg)
1789 - President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY
1795 - William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
1798 - Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution
1826 - Missolonghi captured by Turks
1827 - William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays.
1838 - English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC
1851 - Canada issues its 1st postage stamps
1860 - Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery
1861 - Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith
1864 - Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
1867 - Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
1871 - Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up
1878 - 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram
1881 - Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London
1883 - John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch government
1891 - Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia
1896 - Vitascope system of movie projection 1st shown at Koster & Bial's Music Hall (NYC)
1900 - 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)
1903 - NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2
1904 - American Academy of Arts & Letters forms
1908 - Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth & Sweden signs North Sea accord
1910 - International Exhibition opens in Brussels
1915 - ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)
1916 - Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in NYC
1918 - Battle of Zeebrugge ends
1918 - Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea
1918 - National Urban League forms
1919 - Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season
1920 - Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
1920 - The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and
           announces a temporary constitution.
1921 - Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)
1923 - Inauguration ceremonies take place of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers'
           shelter.
1924 - British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley
1925 - 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged
1925 - Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms
1932 - Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
1932 - The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, the Netherlands burns down.
1933 - Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal
1935 - Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1936 - Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win
1938 - Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
1939 - 1st performance of Béla Bartok's 2nd Concerto for violin
1939 - Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR
1940 - Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
1940 - NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
1941 - Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt
1942 - 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins
1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
1943 - British & US offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta
1945 - Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated
1945 - US troops in Italy cross river Po
1946 - Bkln Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1948 - KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
1949 - Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
1949 - Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF
1949 - Netherlands annexes Elten & Tudderen
1950 - 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1950 - 4th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2
1950 - Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
1950 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 3
1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open
1952 - Bob Cain of Browns & Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter
1952 - NY Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game & hits his only HR
1952 - Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed
1953 - General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA
1953 - KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
1955 - "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances
1955 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open
1956 - US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses
1958 - Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
1959 - "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 perfs
1959 - 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
1960 - 1st performance of Ferde Grofe's "San Francisco Suite"
1961 - "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances
1961 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1961 - Algiers putsch by French generals.
1962 - 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched
1962 - NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1
1962 - Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
1963 - "She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 302 perfs
1963 - Jerry Bock & S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in NYC
1964 - James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie," premieres in NYC
1964 - New York State Theater opens
1964 - Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter,
           Reds win 1-0
1965 - Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 - Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
1968 - "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 7 performances
1968 - 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 pence)
1968 - United Methodist Church forms
1969 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney
1969 - LA Laker Jerry West scores 53 points
1969 - Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province China
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy
1971 - Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
1971 - Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station
1972 - 26th Tony Awards: Sticks & Bones & 2 Gentlemen of Verona win
1972 - Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
1972 - Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1975 - Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London
1977 - ADO The Hague soccer team forms
1977 - Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
1977 - Milt workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa
1977 - Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously & only loses 10
1978 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
1978 - Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - Fighting in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol
           Group results in the death of protester Blair Peach.
1980 - Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
1982 - Conch Republic is established.
1982 - The ZX Spectrum is released.
1983 - David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka
1984 - AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
1985 - Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
1985 - Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
1985 - Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
1985 - New Coke debuts
1986 - Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking
1986 - Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
1987 - 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct
1987 - NJ Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY
1988 - A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
1988 - Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hrs or less
1988 - Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06)
1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
1989 - Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning
1989 - Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
1990 - 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1991 - Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off
1991 - Gordon Greenidge scores 223 v Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home
1991 - USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions
1992 - "Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
1992 - Marion Berry (former mayor of Wash DC) let out of prison
1992 - McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China
1993 - Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia
1993 - Motley Crue's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn
1993 - Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy," premieres in NYC
1994 - Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti
1994 - General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke
1994 - Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of NY
1995 - Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
1995 - Pres Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City
1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
1996 - Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
1997 - "Titanic," opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
1997 - 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines & Brooks & Dunn
1997 - Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
2003 - Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
2009 - The gamma ray burst GRB 090423 it's observed for 10 seconds as the most distant object of
           any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe.
2011 - Zach Daniels defeated Rick Michaels to become the new TNT Heavyweight Champion.
2012 - Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, tenders resignation, paving the way for early elections
2012 - Rangers F.C. owner, Craig Whyte, is banned for life from any involvement in Scottish football
2012 - 38,000 London Marathon entrants have their home and email contacts published in a data
           protection breach

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This Day in History for 23rd April


Famous Weddings

1927 - Mary Barbara Hamilton (25,)best-selling British romantic author, marries 1st husband
           Alexander McQorquodale
2006 - "Rascal Flatts" guitarist Joe Don Rooney (30) weds Playboy's 2005 Playmate of The Year
           Tiffany Fallon (31) in an intimate ceremony held on the beach at San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

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This Day in History for 23rd April


Famous Divorces

1992 - British Princess Anne (the Princess Royal)and her 1st husband Captain Mark Phillips divorce after
          19 years
1993 - Motley Crue's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn

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This Day in History for 23rd April


Famous Birthdays

                                   
US President                                           Filmmaker Michael Moore (1954)               Actor Kal Penn (1977)
James Buchanan (1791)


1170 - Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)
1185 - King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
1464 - Johanna van Valois, Queen of France
1464 - Robert Fayrfax, composer
1484 - Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)
1500 - Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician
1500 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)
1516 - Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
1598 - Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander
1621 - William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)
1623 - Jan Adam Reincken, composer
1628 - Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
1629 - John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)
1649 - Andreas Kneller, composer
1676 - King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
1697 - George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
1708 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)
1715 - Johann Friedrich Doles, composer
1720 - Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)
1725 - Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)
1728 - Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)
1735 - Ildephons Haas, composer
1746 - Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
1747 - Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer
1756 - Alexander Reinagle, composer
1775 - Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)
1791 - James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)
1791 - W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist
1792 - John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
1794 - Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)
1803 - Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice
1804 - Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)
1809 - Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer
1810 - Thomas Wright, historian
1812 - Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor
1813 - Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)
1813 - Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853)
1818 - James Anthony Froude, historian
1818 - John Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872
1821 - Pierre Dupont, song writer
1823 - Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861)
1827 - Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer
1828 - Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)
1838 - Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter
1852 - Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of American Acad of Poets Award 1937)
1853 - Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
1857 - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)
1858 - Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918)
1861 - Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal
1865 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
1867 - Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones)
1872 - Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
1876 - Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)
1877 - Arthur Farwell, composer
1881 - Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)
1881 - Otakar Sini, composer
1882 - Albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)
1882 - Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)
1888 - Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967)
1889 - Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher
1890 - Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer
1890 - Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)
1891 - Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka, Ukraine, composer (Peter and the Wolf)
1892 - Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer
1892 - R Huelsenbeck, writer
1893 - Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)
1894 - Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)
1894 - George Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X)
1894 - Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)
1895 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)
1896 - Margaret Kennedy, novelist
1897 - Harold French, director (Encore)/actor
1897 - John Wengraf, Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion)
1897 - Lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957)
1897 - Lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany)
1898 - Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Vlassov)
1899 - Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg, Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada)
1900 - Ary Verhaar, composer
1900 - Henry Barraud, composer
1900 - Joseph Green, film maker
1900 - Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (d. 1959)
1901 - E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist (d. 1988)
1902 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1903 - Guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974)
1904 - Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid)
1904 - Leslie French, actor/singer (More than a Miracle)
1905 - Lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage)
1906 - Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise)
1906 - Maria Arnoldo, [Adrianus Broeders], photographer/writer
1907 - Baroness Dudley
1908 - Frederick Hawkins, dancer
1908 - Herbert Telley, British actuary
1908 - Myron Waldman, American animator (d. 2006)
1909 - Thomas Padmore, senior civil servant
1911 - Ronald Neame, director (1st Monday in Oct, Poseidon Adventure)
1911 - Simone Simon, France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love)
1913 - Jan Meyerowitz, composer
1914 - Andrew Martin, Lord-Lt (Lechestershire England)
1914 - John Hubbard, Indiana Harbor Indiana, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie)
1914 - Mitsu Suzuki, teacher of tea ceremony at SF Zen Center
1915 - Arnold Hall, CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group)
1916 - Bud Wilkinson, college football coach (Oklahoma)
1917 - Jacob Kistemaker, nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge)
1917 - Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (d. 2008)
1918 - Anthony Craxton, British TV producer
1918 - Maurice Druon, [Kessel], French writer/journalist (Prix Goncourt)
1918 - Gordon Hirabayshi, Seattle, Washington, American civil rights activist and WWII internment
           opponent (Hirabayshi v. United States), (d. 2012)
1919 - Dorian Leigh, San Antonio TX, model, sister of Suzy Parker
1919 - Talivaldis Kenins, composer
1919 - Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet double-agent
1920 - Eric Yarrow, CEO (Clydesdale Bank)
1920 - Louis Barron, composer
1921 - Janet Blair, Altoona Pa, actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family)
1921 - Warren Spahn, left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves)
1922 - Boy [Segundo JA] Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter
1922 - Diarmuid Downs, auto engineer
1923 - Avram Davidson, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!)
1923 - James Kirkup, travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland)
1923 - Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer
1923 - Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler
1923 - Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas
1924 - Arthur Frackenpohl, Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Music)
1924 - Colin Welch, columnist/critic
1924 - James Colin Ross Welch, journalist
1924 - Malcolm Anson, CEO (Wessex Water Authority)
1924 - Chuck Harmon, American baseball player
1926 - James P Donleavy, Brooklyn, novelist (Ginger Man, Onion Eaters)
1926 - Richard Laws, Master (St Edmunds College Cambridge)
1927 - Russell Smith, composer
1928 - Bill Cotton, CEO (Noel Gay TV)
1928 - Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet
1928 - Shirley Temple Black, Ca, actress (Heidi)/ambassador (UN)
1929 - George Steiner, professor (English)
1930 - Alan Oppenheimer, NYC, actor (6 Million Dollar Man, Eischied)
1930 - Michael Bowen, RC Archbishop (Southwark)
1932 - Halston, [R Halston Frowick], fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame)
1932 - Jim Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running)
1933 - Roger Wittevrongel, Flemish painter
1935 - David Evans, MP
1935 - Bunky Green, American musician
1936 - Elias, [Etienne Michiels], Flemish painter
1936 - Estelle Harris, actress (Estelle Castanza-Seinfeld)
1936 - John D'Arcy, cricketer (NZ Test batsman on 1958 England tour)
1936 - Joseph Willaert, Flemish painter
1936 - Roy Orbison, Vernon Tx, rocker (Pretty Woman)
1937 - Barry Shepherd, cricketer (Australian lefty bat early 60's)
1937 - Don Massengale, Jackson TX, PGA golfer (1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity)
1937 - Victoria Glendinning, author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions)
1938 - Leonard Ernest John Chant, social worker
1938 - Russell Hillhouse, under-sect Scottish Office
1938 - Steven D Symms, (Sen-R-ID, 1981- )
1939 - David Birney, Wash DC, actor (Brigette Loves Bernie, St Elsewhere)
1939 - Ray Peterson, Denton Tx, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
1939 - William Hagerty, editor (People)
1940 - Lee Majors, [Harvey Yeary], Mich, TV actor ($6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man)
1940 - Richard Monaco, US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest)
1940 - Michael Copps, American Federal Government official
1941 - Ed Stewart, British DJ
1941 - Hal Daub, (Rep-R-NB, 1981- )
1941 - Jacqueline Boyer, French singer
1941 - Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003
1941 - Michael Lynne, American film executive
1942 - Sandra Dee, [Zuck], Bayonne NJ, actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life)
1943 - Carmen von Thyssen, Barcelona Spain, Baroness
1943 - Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!" (Fantasy Island)
1943 - Hugh Davies, composer
1943 - Tony Esposito, Ontario, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
1943 - [Gerardus] Bob van Toll, actor/interpreter/director (Pastorale 1943)
1944 - Niklaus Schilling, Basel Germany, director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold)
1947 - Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Ireland, political activist [or 1940]
1947 - Saskia, [Trudy van den Berg], singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel)
1948 - Richard Day, engineer/development expert
1948 - Tessa Wyatt, actress (Beast in the Cellar, Wedding Night)
1948 - Pascal Quignard, French author
1948 - Serge Thériault, French-Canadian comedian and actor
1949 - Blair Brown, Wash DC, actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd)
1949 - John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon)
1949 - Joyce DeWitt, Wheeling WV, actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company)
1949 - Walter Sweeney, MP
1951 - Loek M L H A Hermans, Dutch MP (VVD)
1952 - Lionel Johnston, Augusta Ga, actor (Sons & Daughters)
1952 - Narada, [Michael Walden], Mich, rocker (Don't Want Nobody Else)
1952 - Terry Moor, Hartford Conn, tennis star
1952 - Tony Maselli, (fictional character on "Who's the Boss")
1953 - Fred Upton, (Rep-R-Michigan)
1953 - James Russo, NYC, actor (My Own Private Idaho, China Girl)
1954 - Michael Moore, Flint, Michigan, American filmmaker (Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine,
           Sicko)
1955 - Captain Sensible, [Ray Burns], UK, rock bassist (Women & Capts 1st)
1955 - Judy Davis, Perth Australia, actress (Husbands & Wives)
1955 - Mike Smith, British DJ
1955 - Su Ingle, British TV hostess
1955 - Tony Miles, chess player
1956 - Peter Teravainen, Plymouth MA USA, Australasia golfer
1957 - Jan Hooks, Decatur Georgia, comedienne actress (SNL, Designing Women)
1957 - Kathleen Lynch, Motueka NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1957 - Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
1958 - Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic music composer
1959 - Terri Luckhurst, LPGA golfer
1960 - Joseph Martin Mudd, Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1988 Federal Express)
1960 - Steve Clark, Hillsborough England, rock guitarist (Def Leppard)
1960 - Valerie Bertinelli, Del, (1 Day at a Time, Sydney); Ms Eddie Van Halen
1961 - Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler (d. 2001)
1961 - George Lopez, American actor and comedian
1962 - John Hannah, Scottish actor
1963 - Benoit Doucet, Montreal Quebec, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1963 - Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic powerlifter
1964 - Dan Frischman, Whippany NJ, actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class)
1964 - Gen, [Simon Matthews], English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones)
1964 - Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200m)
1965 - Donna Weinbrecht, skier (Olympic-gold)
1966 - Jacques "Jacq" Koumans, soccer player (NAC)
1966 - Richard Greenwood, LA California, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Napa Valley)
1966 - Wayne Drinkwalter, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
1966 - Jim Stynes [James], Dublin Ireland, Hall of Fame Australian rules footballer (only foreigner to
           win Brownlow medal), (d. 2012)
1967 - Brent Muscat, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
1967 - Melina Kanakaredes, Akron Ohio, actress (Eleni Andros-Guiding Light)
1967 - Rheal Cormier, New Brunswick, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1968 - Susan Emily Savastano, E Providence RI, Miss RI-America (1991)
1968 - Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (d. 2001)
1968 - Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1968 - Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1969 - Nadeem Shahid, cricketer
1969 - Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
1969 - Richard Wolstencroft, Australian Filmmaker
1969 - Martin López-Zubero, Spanish swimmer
1970 - Cristiano Caratti, Italy, tennis star (1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles)
1970 - Frank Temming, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Scott Bairstow, American actor
1970 - Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter
1970 - Sadao Abe, Japanese actor
1971 - Chuck Adams, Pacific Palisades California, tennis star (1989 USTA Boys)
1971 - Charmaine Sinclair, English model
1972 - Rachel Hetherington, Port Macquarie NSW, golfer (1993 NSW Champ)
1972 - Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet
1972 - Patricia Manterola, Mexican singer
1972 - Sonya Smith, American actress
1973 - Derek Armstrong, Ottawa, NHL center (NY Islanders)
1973 - Patrick Poulin, Vanier, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1974 - Joey Kent, wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers)
1974 - Sam Madison, cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol)
1974 - Barry Watson, American actor
1975 - Bret Anderson, CFL slot back (BC Lions)
1975 - Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós)
1976 - Tamas Buday Jr, Budapest Hungary, Canadian canoeist (Olympics-96)
1977 - John Cena, American professional wrestler
1977 - Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player
1977 - Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Kal Penn, Montclair, New Jersey, American actor (Dr. Lawrence Kutner-House, The Namesake)
           and civil servant
1977 - Lee Young-Pyo, Korean footballer
1979 - Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist (The Fratellis)
1979 - Yana Gupta, Indian actress & model
1979 - Jaime King, American actress
1979 - Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer (The Rasmus)
1981 - Gabriella MAO Windsor, daughter of English prince Michael
1981 - Sean Henn, American baseball player
1981 - Joanna Krupa, Supermodel/actress
1981 - Chris Sharma, American rock climber/boulderer
1982 - Taio Cruz, London/English R&B, Pop, Hip Hop singer
1983 - Daniela Hantuchová, Slovakian tennis player
1983 - Jennifer Heil, Canadian free style skier
1984 - Alexandra Kosteniuk, Chess Woman World Champion
1985 - Angel Locsin, Filipina TV and movie actress
1986 - Sven Kramer, Dutch speedskater
1986 - Jessica Stam, Canadian supermodel
1987 - Emily Fox, American cupstacking champion
1988 - Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
1989 - Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
1990 - Matthew Dillon Underwood, American actor

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 23rd April


Famous Deaths

                 
Playwright                                              Russian President 
William Shakespeare (1616)                    Boris Yeltsin (2007)


34 - Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton
303 - Saint George, Greek officer in the Roman army, beheaded. Patron saint of many lands including
         England
725 - Wihtred, King of Kent
871 - Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies
990 - Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies
997 - Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40
1014 - Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, dies in battle at Clontarf
1016 - Æthelred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies
1151 - Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)
1217 - King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
1407 - Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
1416 - Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies
1605 - Boris Godunov, chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I and Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies after a
           lengthy illness and a stroke at approximately 20
1616 - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69
1616 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (Julian calendar) dies aged 52
1616 - El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)
1625 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57
1670 - Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69
1691 - Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies
1695 - Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72
1702 - Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)
1728 - Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83
1732 - Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63
1740 - Thomas Tickell, poet, dies
1742 - Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62
1762 - Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67
1774 - Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies
1781 - James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)
1786 - Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68
1792 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)
1794 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)
1812 - Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85
1827 - Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65
1838 - John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75
1839 - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)
1847 - Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64
1850 - William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80
1853 - Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies
1865 - James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24
1878 - Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies
1880 - Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies
1885 - William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73
1889 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
1895 - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies
1895 - Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
1897 - Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25
1905 - Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54
1905 - Gédéon Ouimet, Quebec politician (b. 1823)
1907 - Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842)
1915 - Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
1918 - Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies
1925 - Andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45
1926 - Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies
1929 - Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28
1936 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)
1942 - Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
1945 - Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42
1946 - Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68
1951 - Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b.
           1865)
1952 - Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies
1952 - Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60
1952 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887)
1955 - Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76
1957 - William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89
1960 - Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies
1960 - Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71
1965 - Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67
1969 - Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37
1970 - Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
1971 - William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76
1973 - Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85
1975 - Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
1975 - R D Brinkmann, writer, dies
1975 - William Hartnell, actor (Dr Who), dies at 67
1976 - James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69
1976 - Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47
1976 - Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68
1979 - Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)
1981 - Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)
1983 - Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), dies at 73
1983 - Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78
1984 - August "Guus" Oster, actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68
1985 - Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78
1985 - Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88
1986 - Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 81
1986 - Jim Laker, cricketer (193 wkts for England at 21 24), dies
1986 - Otto Preminger, dir (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79
1988 - Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1990 - Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
1990 - Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies
1990 - Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies in Switzerland at 78
1991 - Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies
1991 - Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
1992 - Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
1992 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
1992 - Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52
1993 - Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
1993 - Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59
1994 - Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30
1994 - Cecile Dreesmann, son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74
1995 - Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
1995 - John Stennis, (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93
1995 - Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
1995 - Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86
1996 - Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at 70
1996 - Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96
1996 - Jean-Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913)
1997 - Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
1998 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
1998 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)
2003 - James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (b. 1917)
2003 - Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910)
2005 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
2005 - Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928)
2005 - John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
2005 - Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist (b. 1927)
2005 - Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2006 - Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (b. 1912)
2007 - Paul Erdman, American economist and author (b. 1932)
2007 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
2007 - Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b. 1931)
2011 - Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (b. 1921)
2011 - John Sullivan, British comedy writer (b. 1946)
2011 - Tom King, American songwriter and musician (b. 1943)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 24th April


Historical Events

                                   
Chocolate Tycoon                                  British war time Prime Minister              US President John F. Kennedy
Milton S. Hershey                                             Winston Churchill

                                   
Pop Singer & Beatle                                Radio shock jock Howard Stern              New York Yankees Owner
Paul McCartney                                                                                                          George Steinbrenner


Singer Shania Twain


1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to
                Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).
1184 BC - The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date).
858 - Nicolaas I succeeds Benedict III as pope
1066 - Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed
1185 - Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet
1288 - Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder
1311 - Gen Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
1364 - Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht
1524 - Duke of Bourbon drives admiral Bonnivet out of Milan
1547 - Battle of Muhlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave
1570 - Battles between Spanish troops & followers of sultan Suleiman
1596 - Pacificatie of Ireland drawn
1704 - "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in US, forms
1792 - "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
1800 - Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation
1801 - 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten"
1823 - Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris
1833 - Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent 1st soda fountain
1863 - Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)
1865 - Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)
1867 - Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars
1872 - Volcano Vesuvius erupts
1877 - Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)
1877 - Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878: Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire.
1880 - Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is
           founded in Oxford, England
1883 - 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair
1884 - National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta)
1888 - Eastman Kodak forms
1891 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"
1894 - French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18
1894 - Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Bkln Dodgers
1895 - Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat
1897 - 1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House
1898 - US fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines
1898 - Spanish-American War: Spain delares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from
           Cuba
1899 - Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid
1900 - Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer
1901 - 1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out
1905 - 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28)
1905 - Senators execute a triple-play & beat Yankees 4-3
1907 - Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
1908 - Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard &
           arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m
1909 - Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds
1910 - German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms
1913 - The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.
1915 - German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper
1915 - Massacre of Armenians by Turks starts (Armenian Martyrs Day)
1915 - Pitts' Frank Allen no-hits St Louis (Federal League), 2-0
1916 - Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins
1916 - Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat
           from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for ice-trapped
           ship Endurance.
1917 - Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway
1920 - British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years)
1920 - Polish troops attack Ukraine
1921 - 1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium
1923 - General harbor strike begins in NYC
1925 - 88°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April
1928 - Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented
1929 - 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off
1929 - Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark
1932 - German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia)
1933 - 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell)
1938 - Lindenheuvel soccer team forms
1941 - British army begins evacuation of Greece
1941 - Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes an RAF pilot
1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
1944 - 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump"
1944 - RAF bombs Munich
1944 - United Negro College Fund incorporates
1945 - Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner
1945 - Delegates of 46 countries gather in SF (to discuss UN)
1946 - 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith,
           & McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame
1949 - 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win
1950 - "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances
1950 - Independent republic of South Molukkas declared
1950 - Pres Harry Truman denies there are communists in US government
1951 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open
1953 - Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1954 - 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina
1954 - Australia & USSR break diplomatic relations
1954 - WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends
1955 - Gaullists lose elections in France
1955 - KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - AL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game
1957 - Chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning
1958 - Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
1959 - Neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)
1959 - WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 - 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win
1960 - Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed
1960 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open
1960 - Record 4 grand slams hit today
1961 - JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs
1961 - Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised
1961 - The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa is salvaged.
1962 - 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested
1962 - MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA
1962 - Sandy Koufax's 2nd 18-strikeout game
1963 - 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - Mexico becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1965 - "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden NYC after 192 perfs
1965 - Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic
1965 - NY Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager
1966 - Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee)
1966 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational
1967 - 21st NBA Championship: Phila 76ers beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 2
1967 - Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the
           enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win
           politically that which he cannot win militarily."
1968 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas
1968 - Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC
1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
1969 - Gen Lin Piao succeeds Mao, is seriously wounded
1969 - Lebanese army in battle with Palestinians
1969 - Paul McCartney says there is no truth to rumors he is dead
1969 - US B-52's drop 3,000 ton bombs at Cambodian boundary
1970 - China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red"
1970 - Gambia becomes a republic within Commonwealth
1970 - Senegal adopts constitution
1971 - "Frank Merriwell" opens/closes at Longacre Theater NYC for 1 perf
1971 - Soyuz 10 returns to Earth
1974 - Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion
1974 - NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers
1975 - Penguins 1-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-series tied at 3-3
1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament
1978 - Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game
1979 - Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election
1980 - US military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
1981 - Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey
1981 - IBM-PC computer introduced
1981 - San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record
1981 - US ends grain embargo against USSR
1982 - 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany
1982 - Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies
1982 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin
1983 - "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 73 performances
1983 - Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election
1983 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1984 - Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1985 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin"
1987 - Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza NYC
1988 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
1989 - 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
1989 - Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"
1990 - Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa," premieres in Dublin
1990 - Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies
1990 - US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit
1990 - West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July 1st
1990 - Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of
           quarantine.
1991 - 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1991 - Freddie Stowers is awarded the posthumous Medal of Honor for which he had been
           recommended in 1918.
1992 - "Man of La Mancha" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 108 performances
1992 - George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball
1992 - Vinson Pike fined £1000 for distributing obscene computer pictures
1993 - 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1
1993 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham
1993 - An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
1994 - "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 73 performances
1994 - "Flowering Peach" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 41 performances
1994 - Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election
1994 - Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed
1994 - David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71
1994 - NY Rangers sweep NY Islanders in NHL playoffs
1995 - Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
1995 - Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98
1995 - Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B Murray
1996 - "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 perf
1996 - 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain
1996 - Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11
1997 - "Steel Peer," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 76 performances
2004 - The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward
           for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
           taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
2006 - King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament
           that he dissolved in 2002.
2007 - Iceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime.

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This Day in History for 24th April


Famous Weddings

1558 - Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois
1575 - William (the Silent) of Orange marries 3rd wife Charlotte de Bourbon and former French nun
1854 - Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"
1963 - English princess Alexandra marries Sir Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey
1992 - Rock star David Bowie (45) weds supermodel Iman (37) in Switzerland
1993 - ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett
1994 - Actress Kelly Preston (26) weds actor Lou Diamond Phillips (32)
2004 - Prince Friso of Orange (35), 2nd son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands marries Mabel Wisse
           Smit (35) without formal permission of parliament.
2004 - Model-actress Ali Landry (30) weds TV personality Mario Lopez (30) at the exclusive Las
           Alamandas resort outside Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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This Day in History for 24th April


Famous Divorces

2007 - Recording artist and the most-awarded female act of all-time Whitney Houston (43) divorces
           R&B singer-songwriter Bobby Brown (38) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of 
           marriage

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This Day in History for 24th April


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Actress Shirley MacLaine (1934)                    Singer & Actress                               Singer Kelly Clarkson (1982)
                                                               Barbra Streisand (1942) 


1533 - William I of Orange (d. 1584)
1538 - Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer
1581 - Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
1594 - Benedikt Lechler, composer
1620 - John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography
1660 - Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver
1670 - Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer
1706 - Giovanni Battista Martini, composer
1718 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
1721 - Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised
1742 - Roman Hoffstetter, composer
1743 - Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)
1750 - Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
1766 - Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)
1773 - Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director
1784 - Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860)
1791 - Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)
1796 - K L Immermann, writer
1804 - Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)
1807 - Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1814 - Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire
1814 - Vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)
1815 - Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)
1815 - James Edward Harrison, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
1822 - Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1824 - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger
1828 - Robert Brank Vance, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1829 - George Peabody Estey, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1836 - Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist
1837 - Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)
1845 - Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)
1849 - Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)
1851 - Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)
1856 - Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)
1864 - George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20)
1867 - Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)
1873 - Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president
1874 - John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)
1874 - Willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist
1875 - Jeno Huszka, composer
1876 - Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)
1876 - Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)
1877 - Charles Cuvillier, composer
1878 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
1882 - Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)
1883 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]
1886 - Kurt Pinthus, writer
1886 - R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108)
1887 - Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)
1889 - [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)
1889 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
1892 - Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)
1893 - Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)
1895 - S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner
1897 - Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)
1897 - Gyorgy Kosa, composer
1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
1899 - Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
1903 - Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)
1903 - Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers)
1903 - Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium)
1904 - Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)
1905 - Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)
1906 - William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
1907 - Vaclav Trojan, composer
1908 - Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets)
1908 - Marceline Day, American actor (d. 2000)
1909 - Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)
1909 - Irven Spence, animator
1911 - Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly)
1911 - Karl O Schiller, German economist (Minister of Economics)
1911 - Robert Joseph Kane, Ithaca NY, Pres of US Olympic Comm (1976)
1911 - Sigursveinn David Kristinsson, composer
1914 - Bernard Caulfield, judge
1914 - Justin Wilson, cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips)
1914 - Ruth White, Perth Amboy NJ, actress (Up the Down Staircase)
1916 - Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man)
1916 - Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
1917 - Len Creed, bookmaker
1921 - Laci Boldemann, composer
1922 - J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory)
1924 - Marilyn Erskine, Rochester NY, actor (Fran-Tom Ewell Show)
1924 - Yehoshua Lakner, composer
1924 - Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician
1924 - Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (d. 2002)
1927 - Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
1927 - Pasqualino de Santis, cinematographer
1927 - Patrick Bowles, writer/translator
1928 - Gustav Krivinka, composer
1929 - Ferit Tuzun, composer
1929 - Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor
1930 - Conn Findlay, Stockton California, coxswain (Oly-2 gold/bronze-56, 64, 76)
1930 - Jerome Callet, American musician
1931 - Bridget Riley, British painter (op-art)
1932 - Coen[rad] Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje)
1932 - Vladimir Yengibaryan, Yerevan, Armenia, welterweight boxer (Olympic gold, 1956), (d. 2013)
1933 - Freddie Scott, US songwriter/singer (Cry to Me)
1933 - Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer and biographer
1933 - Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002)
1933 - Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter
1933 - Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor
1934 - John Barbour, Toronto, TV host (Real People)
1934 - Shirley MacLaine, Richmond Va, actress/mystic (Irma la Douce)
1935 - Louis Keith, Chicago, physician (expert on multiple-births)
1936 - Jill Ireland, London, actress (Breakout, Assassination, Chino)
1937 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
1940 - David Larter, cricketer (two-metre tall England pace bowler)
1940 - Sue Grafton, American author
1941 - John Williams, Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Acad Award)
1942 - Barbra Streisand, Bkln NY, singer/actress/award winner (People)
1942 - Richard M Daley, (mayor-D-Chicago)
1942 - Valeri Abramovich Voloshin, Russian cosmonaut
1943 - Richard Sterban, Camden NJ, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
1944 - [Bernard] St Clair Lee [Calhoun], US singer (Rock the Boat)
1945 - Doug Clifford, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
1945 - Eugene O'Brien, composer
1945 - Robert Knight, rocker
1945 - Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
1946 - Bruce Stuart Saylor, composer
1946 - Dick Rivers, French singer and actor
1947 - Glenn Cornick, rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick)
1947 - Hubert Ann Kelly, US singer (Hues Corporation/Rock the boat)
1947 - Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament
1947 - Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
1948 - Benzion Freshwater, English multi-millionaire
1948 - Eddie James Hart, Martinez Cal, 4x100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-72)
1948 - Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to
           Canada
1949 - Véronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter
1951 - Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator
1953 - Eric Bogosian, Woburn MA, actor (Talk Radio)
1953 - John P Hiler, (Rep-R-IN, 1981- )
1953 - Porter Carroll Jr, drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1954 - Jack Blades, rock bassist (Damn Yankees-Coming of Age, Night Ranger)
1954 - Vince Ferragamo, NFL/CFL quarterback (LA Rams, Montreal Alouettes)
1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal, American death-row inmate
1955 - Jack Kingston, (Rep-R-Georgia)
1955 - Michael O'Keefe, NJ, actor (Caddyshack, Ironweed, Slugger's Wife)
1955 - John de Mol, Dutch media businessman
1957 - David J, British musician
1957 - Boris Williams, British musician
1958 - Fernando Luna, Spain, tennis star
1958 - Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
1958 - Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay
           police officer
1959 - Yvonne D Cagle, West Point NY, MD/astronaut
1959 - Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer
1960 - Paula Yates, London England, Mrs Bob Geldof/rocker/writer (Blondes)
1962 - Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager
1963 - Billy Gould, LA California, rock bassist (Faith No More)
1963 - Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint-Aftermath)
1963 - Mano Solo, French singer
1963 - Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician
1964 - Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor
1964 - Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor
1965 - Mike Blowers, Wurlzburg Germany, infielder (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers)
1965 - Son Chang Min, South Korean actor
1966 - Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989)
1966 - Pascale Paradis-Mangon, France, tennis star
1966 - Theo Adams, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1966 - Pierre Brassard, Quebec humorist and actor
1966 - Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer
1967 - Dino Radja, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
1967 - Leslie M Marx, Ft Belvoir Va, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
1967 - Pam[ela] Bustin, Somerset Mass, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
1968 - Aaron Comes, rocker (Spin Doctors)
1968 - Mark Vanderloo, Waddenveen Neth, model
1968 - Todd Jones, Marietta GA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1968 - Tracy Gravely, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1968 - Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician
1968 - Stacy Haiduk, American actress
1969 - Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
1969 - Melinda Clarke, American actress
1969 - Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress
1970 - Damien Fleming, Aust cricket pace bowler (hat-trick on Test debut)
1970 - Emanuela Zardo, Switzerland, tennis star
1971 - Jeff Brohm, quarterback (San Francisco 49ers)
1971 - Ken Klee, Indianapolis, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1971 - Kumara Dharmasena, cricketer (Sri Lankan off-spinner)
1971 - Phil Rogers, Adelaide SA Aust, 100m breaststroker (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
1971 - Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer
1972 - Chipper Jones, Deland FL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
1972 - Jamie Brown, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1972 - Nicolas Gill, Montreal Quebec, 86kg judoka (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
1972 - Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
1972 - Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
1973 - Eric Snow, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Seattle Supersonics)
1973 - Jamie Brown, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos)
1973 - Mark Babic, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1973 - Melissa Short, Kaaawa Hawaii, Miss America (Hawaii-Top 10-1997)
1973 - Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23)
1973 - Ville Peltonen, hockey forward (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998)
1973 - Gabby Logan, British television presenter
1974 - Jared Tomich, defensive end (New Orleans Saints)
1974 - Marc Collins, NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 - Toine Rorije, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1974 - Joseph Bruce, American rapper
1974 - Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer
1974 - Brian Marshall, American bassist
1974 - Dave Vitty, British radio personality
1975 - Justin Boocock, Launceston Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1975 - Michael Stewart, NBA center (Sacramento Kings)
1975 - Sam Doumit, American actress
1976 - Shane McDermott, actor (Garrett Booth-Swan's Crossing)
1976 - Sonya Jeyaseelan, Newestminster BC, tennis star (1995 Futures Fla)
1976 - Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
1977 - Ryan Mitchell, Port Augusta SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 - Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer
1977 - Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rican baseball player
1978 - Eric Balfour, American actor
1978 - Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress
1978 - Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress
1979 - Laurentia Tan, Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne
1980 - Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
1980 - Austin Nichols, American actor
1981 - Taylor Dent, American tennis player
1982 - Kelly Clarkson, Fort Worth, Texas, American singer and winner of the inaugural season of TV
           series American Idol
1983 - Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1984 - Tyson Ritter, American musician
1987 - Kristopher Letang, Canadian hockey player
1987 - Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer
1988 - Michael Tylo, son of US actor/actress Michael Tylo/Deborah Hunter
1992 - Sean Rademaker, actor (Kirkland Harrison-Another World)
1994 - Austin Rogers, American actor
1998 - Ryan Newman, American actress

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This Day in History for 24th April


Famous Deaths

624 - Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury
709 - Wilfrid, English bishop and saint, dies at about 76
729 - Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89
1077 - Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies
1185 - Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns
1338 - Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1530 - Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
1617 - Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
1622 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)
1656 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
1731 - Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies
1736 - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
1758 - Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41
1776 - Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84
1776 - Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, dies at 49
1779 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
1824 - Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71
1827 - Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82
1848 - Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69
1850 - Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70
1852 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
1855 - Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75
1875 - Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58
1891 - Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies
1900 - George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76
1904 - Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77
1912 - Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81
1917 - Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies
1922 - Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53
1924 - George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies
1924 - G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (b. 1844)
1928 - Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72
1935 - Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
1936 - Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
1936 - Bernard van Dieren, composer, dies at 51
1938 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
1939 - John Foulds, composer, dies at 58
1942 - Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900)
1942 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
1943 - Gerardus H de Hare, socialist vicar, dies at 63
1944 - William Stephens, U.S. political figure (b. 1859)
1945 - Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47
1945 - Hubert Bath, composer, dies at 61
1947 - Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
1948 - Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84
1948 - Manuel Marua Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65
1948 - Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54
1952 - Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57
1952 - Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82
1955 - Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79
1956 - Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72
1956 - Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Mr Lucky), dies at 85
1957 - Andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84
1959 - Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72
1960 - John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84
1961 - Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72
1964 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
          (declined) (b. 1895)
1965 - Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86
1967 - Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48
1967 - Vladimir M Komarov, cosmonaut (Voshkod I), dies in Soyuz 1 at 40
1968 - Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62
1968 - Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45
1974 - Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 78
1975 - William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67
1976 - Mark Tobey, US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at 85
1979 - John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72
1980 - Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/Fren writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75
1983 - Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
1985 - Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80
1986 - Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89
1986 - Bill Edrich, cricketer (39 Tests for England), dies
1988 - E S "Bob" Newson, cricketer (South African fast bowler in 1930's), dies
1990 - Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies
1990 - Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies
1991 - J de Graaf, ethicus/president church & peace, dies
1993 - Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75
1995 - Douglas Gunsekera, banker, dies at 77
1996 - Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62
1996 - Erma Bombeck, columnist (Septic Tank is Always Greener), dies
1996 - Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83
1997 - Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69
2001 - Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915)
2001 - Leon Sullivan, African-American civil rights leader and pastor (b. 1922)
2004 - Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906)
2005 - Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
2005 - Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
2006 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927)
2006 - Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914)
2006 - Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
2009 - John Michell, British writer, (b. 1933)
2011 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, spiritual figure (b. 1926)
2011 - Marie-France Pisier, French actress (b. 1944)

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This Day in History for 25th April


Historical Events

                                   
Fictional Character                                       Father of Psychology                           Composer Giacomo Puccini
Robinson Crusoe                                            Sigmund Freud

                                   
Singer & Cultural Icon                              NHL all-time top scorer                           Country Singer Roger Miller
Elvis Presley                                              Wayne Gretzky


Russian President Boris Yeltsin


1185 - Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family
1449 - Anti-pope Felix V resigns
1507 - Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America
1541 - -26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour
1604 - Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand
1607 - Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet
1614 - Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms
1626 - Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld
1660 - English Convention Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II
1678 - French troops conquer Ypres
1684 - Patent granted for thimble
1707 - Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
1719 - Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
1747 - Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
1792 - Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier
1829 - Charles Fremantle arrives in the HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western
           Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
1846 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the
           Mexican-American War.
1849 - The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging
           Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
1850 - Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices
1859 - Ground broken for Suez Canal
1861 - Battle of Lavaca, TX
1861 - American Civil War: The Union Army arrives to reinforce Washington, D.C.
1862 - Battle of New Orleans LA - US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans
1864 - Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
1867 - Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1875 - Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3")
1876 - Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
1881 - 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany
1881 - French troops occupy Algeria & Tunisia
1886 - Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
1891 - Pres Benjamin Harrison visits SF
1896 - Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
1896 - Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
1898 - Spanish-American War: The United States declares state of war on Spain effective from 21st
           April.
1901 - Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run
1901 - New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
1901 - In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest
           comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit)
1902 - Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one
           game
1904 - NY Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
1905 - Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)
1905 - Whites win right to vote in South Africa
1915 - 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli
1925 - Paul von Hindenburg elected president of Germany
1926 - Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan
1926 - Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi
1927 - Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)
1928 - Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind
1932 - Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in NYC
1933 - NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
1933 - US & Canada drop Gold Standard
1938 - 1st use of seeing eye dog
1941 - Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta
1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Bath
1943 - The Demyansk Shield for German troops in commemoration of Demyansk Pocket is instituted.
1944 - United Negro College Fund incorporates
1945 - 45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF
1945 - Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1945 - British troops reach Grebbe line Neth
1945 - Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
1945 - Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
1945 - Red army completely surrounds Berlin
1945 - US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River
1946 - "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48
1946 - Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent," premieres in London
1947 - Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1947 - Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Voete begins
1949 - Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse," premieres in Basel
1949 - Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
1950 - Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)
1950 - Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
1952 - 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1952 - American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter
1952 - German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms
1953 - Scientists identify DNA
1954 - Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC)
1954 - British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested)
1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
1954 - WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1
1956 - Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London
1957 - 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
1957 - Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government
1957 - WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 - St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
1960 - 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton)
1961 - "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 perfs
1961 - France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
1961 - Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin
1961 - Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
1961 - Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
1961 - Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
1962 - Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on
1962 - Lion & Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
1962 - US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon
1962 - US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island
1962 - June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland
1964 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
1965 - 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
1965 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational
1966 - Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
1966 - The city of Tashkent is destroyed by a huge earthquake.
1967 - Abortion legalized in Colorado
1967 - Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
1967 - Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in NYC
1968 - "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances
1969 - BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th & last episode
1969 - Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1970 - "Park" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
1970 - Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
1970 - Melanie releases "Lay Down"
1971 - About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington
1971 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1971 - US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 - Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gunther Guillaume found to be a spy
1974 - Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government
1974 - Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution)
1974 - NFL moves goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff
1975 - 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao
1975 - Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election
1975 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1975 - West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden
1976 - Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
1976 - India all out for 97 v West Indies
1976 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1976 - Portugal adopts constitution
1976 - Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire
1977 - Cin Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
1978 - Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
1979 - "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres
1979 - Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect
1980 - A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan
1980 - Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
1980 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb
1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 - Mariners mgr Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to
           enlarge batter's boxes by one foot
1981 - More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in
           Tsuruga, Japan.
1982 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
1982 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic
1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael
1983 - "Nightline" expands from ½ hour to a full hour
1983 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1983 - Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election
1983 - Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR
1983 - Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
1984 - Rock group Wings disbands
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances
1985 - Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1985 - For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
1985 - Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC
1985 - West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
1986 - ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
1986 - Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
1988 - "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1988 - John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem
1988 - NASA launches space vehicle S-211
1989 - Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
1989 - Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
1990 - 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
1990 - Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
1990 - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres
1991 - "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 1018 performances
1991 - Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23)
1991 - Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
1991 - Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC
1992 - "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
1992 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell
1993 - "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
1993 - Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader
1994 - 14" of snow in Southern Calif
1994 - Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed
1994 - Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
1994 - King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns
1994 - Mexican businessman & billionaire Angel Losada kidnap
1994 - Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan
1995 - "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 perfs
1995 - 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1996 - "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
1997 - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR
2005 - The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the
           invading Italian army in 1937.
2005 - Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
2005 - 107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan.
2007 - Boris Yeltsin's funeral - the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head
           of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
2011 - At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since
           the 1974 Super Outbreak.
2012 - The United Kingdom dips back into recession after the economy shrunk 0.2% in the first
           quarter of 2012

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This Day in History for 25th April


Famous Weddings

1981 - Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
2003 - "Angel" actress Amy Acker (26) weds actor James Carpinello (27) at Hans Fahden Vineyard in
           Napa Valley, California
2009 - TV personality Spencer Pratt (28) weds media personality and singer Heidi Montag (25) at
           Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 25th April


Famous Divorces

1991 - Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23)
2012 - Comedian and actor Martin Lawrence (47) files for divorce from Shamicka Gibbs due to
           irreconcilable differences after 1.5 years of marriage

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This Day in History for 25th April


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Jazz Singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917)                 Actor Hank Azaria (1964)                   11th Panchen Lama Gedhun
                                                                                                                                    Choekyi Nyima (1989)


32 - Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
1214 - Louis IX, King of France (1226-70)
1228 - Conrad IV, Andria Italy, King of Germany, Jerusalem and Sicily (d. 1254)
1284 - Edward II, King of England (1307-27)
1287 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)
1502 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)
1567 - Aurelio Signoretti, composer
1599 - Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58)
1608 - Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general
1614 - Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas
1614 - Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer
1621 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)
1666 - Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer
1677 - Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly)
1690 - Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer
1694 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (d. 1753)
1710 - James Ferguson, astronomer
1723 - Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer
1725 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d. 1786)
1730 - Fedele Fenaroli, composer
1767 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (d. 1847)
1769 - Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor
1770 - Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist (d. 1850)
1776 - Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
1792 - John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement)
1818 - Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer
1824 - Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter
1825 - Charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones
1837 - William Charles Levey, composer
1840 - James Dearing, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1841 - Pauline Lucca, soprano
1842 - Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)
1843 - Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1878)
1849 - Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium)
1851 - Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist (d. 1901)
1862 - Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs
1867 - Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist
1868 - John Bevins Moisant, pioneer aviator, first to cross English Channel with passenger and a cat,
           killed in New Orleans whose present day airport was originally name for him. (D. 1910)
1869 - Karl Prohaska, composer
1871 - Sara Amsel, Indonesian/Dutch actress
1872 - Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909)
1876 - Ruben Marcos Campos, composer
1881 - Hans Windisch, German new testament expert
1883 - Elsa Maxwell, Keokuk Iowa, writer (Jack Paar Show)
1889 - Charles Kellaway, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder of 1920's)
1895 - Stanley Rous, British soccer official
1897 - Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer
1897 - VAA Mary, English princess
1898 - Fred Haney, baseball player (d. 1977)
1900 - Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, British politician and diplomat
1900 - Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/Us physicist (Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945)
1901 - Ernst Gernot Klussmann, composer
1902 - Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
1903 - Camilla Horn, actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol)
1903 - Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer
1903 - Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1987)
1905 - Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant
1905 - Walter Hassan, engineer
1905 - George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1986)
1906 - Sally Salminen, writer
1906 - William J Brennan Jr, NJ, 92nd Supreme Court judge (1956-90) [or 8/25]
1906 - Zoltan Gardonyi, composer
1907 - Paula Trueman, NYC, actress (Gran-Billy)
1907 - Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer
1908 - Edward R Murrow, Pole Creek NC, newscaster (Person to Person)
1909 - Jaroslav Doubrava, composer
1912 - Gladys L Presley, mother of Elvis
1913 - Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation)
1913 - Russ Conway, Brandon Manitoba, actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye)
1914 - Claude Mauriac, writer
1914 - Marcos Perez Jimenez, president/dictator Venezuela
1914 - Ross Lockridge, Jr., American writer (d. 1948)
1915 - A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer
1915 - William Goyen, writer
1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex)
1918 - Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56)
1918 - Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs, French astronomer (d. 1995)
1919 - Heinz Wunderlich, composer
1920 - Jean Carmet, actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic)
1920 - Marre, reformer of the bar
1921 - Jean Mogin, Belgian poet
1921 - Karel Appel, painter (Vragende Children)
1923 - Aafje J R Bouber, [Blom], actress (Traveller Without Baggage)
1923 - Albert King, Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues)
1923 - Anita Bjorak, actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People)
1923 - Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer
1923 - Melissa Hayden, Toronto Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl)
1923 - Albert King, American musician (d. 1992)
1924 - Erzsebet Szonyi, composer
1924 - Franco Mannino, composer
1925 - Anthony Christopher, British trade unionist
1925 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (d. 2003)
1926 - Paul Walter Furst, composer
1926 - Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (d. 2008)
1927 - Ernst Widmer, composer
1927 - Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist
1929 - Jose Angel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza)
1929 - Yvette Corlett, athlete
1929 - Yvette Williams, NZ, long jumper (Oly-gold-52)
1930 - Dotty Mack, Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Paul Dixon Show)
1930 - Paul Mazursky, Brooklyn, writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson)
1930 - Roy Marshall, cricket opener (prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI)
1931 - David Shepherd, painter
1931 - Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
1932 - Lia Manoliu, Romania, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1968)
1932 - Meadowlark Lemmon, basketball star (Harlem Globetrotter) [or 0421]
1932 - William Roache, England, actor (Ken Barlow-Coronation Street)
1933 - Helen Paling, British circuit judge
1933 - Jerry Leiber, songwriter (Leiber & Stoller)
1934 - David de Peyer, cancer research campaigner
1934 - Denny "Scott" Miller, Bloomington Ind, actor (Wagon Train)
1934 - Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer
1935 - April Ashley, English model
1937 - Bo Brundin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Rhinemann Exchange)
1937 - Thomas Faber, publisher
1938 - Ton Schulten, Dutch artist
1938 - Roger Boisjoly, Lowell, Massachusetts, aerodynamicist (anticipated challenger disaster), (d.
           2012)
1939 - Richard earl of Lichfield, English photographer
1939 - Veronica Sutherland, British diplomat
1939 - Ted Kooser, American poet and US Poet Laureate
1940 - Al Pacino, NYC, actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio)
1940 - Marian Norrie
1940 - O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me)
1941 - Bertrand Tavernier, actor (Capt Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie)
1941 - Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
1941 - Lawrence J Smith, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
1941 - Princess Muna al-Hussein, of Jordan
1942 - John Martin Dalby, composer
1942 - Jon Kyl, (Rep-R-Arizona)
1942 - Jon Kyl, American politician
1944 - John Bryant, editor (Europeans)
1945 - Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen)
1945 - Michael Kogel, rocker
1945 - Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
1945 - Walt Wesley, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers)
1946 - ... Zhirinovsky, [Edelstein], Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite
1946 - Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter
1946 - Peter Sutherland, CEO (Allied Irish Banks)
1946 - Ronnie Gilbert, rocker (Lifeline, Harp)
1946 - Talia Shire, [Coppola], Lake Success NY, actress (Adrienne-Rocky)
1946 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, [Edelstein], Russian nationalist/anti-semite
1947 - Bill Fontana, composer
1947 - Jeffrey DeMunn, Buffalo NY, actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City)
1947 - Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona)
1947 - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
1948 - Mike Selvey, cricketer (England pace bowler of late 70's)
1948 - Yu Shyi-kun, former Premier of Taiwan
1949 - Michael Brown, NYC, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
1949 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician
1949 - Vicente Pernía, Argentine footballer
1949 - James Fenton, British poet
1950 - Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band)
1951 - Ian McCartney, MP
1951 - Linda Stone, pharmacist
1951 - Ian McCartney, British Member of Parliament
1952 - Cory Day, Bronx NY, rock vocalist
1952 - Vladislav Tretiak, USSR hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
1952 - Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist
1953 - Gary Cosier, cricketer (Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut v WI)
1953 - Ron Clements, American animation director
1954 - Rob Crosby, Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural)
1955 - Buster Mottram, tennis player
1955 - Joanne Abbott, Sarnia Ontario, yachter (Olympics-96)
1955 - John Nunn, British chess player
1955 - Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer
1955 - Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
1956 - Jaroslava Schallerová, Hungarian actress
1957 - Eric Bristow, "Crafty Cockney
1958 - Chris Johnson, Arcata CA, LPGA golfer (1990 Atlantic City Classic)
1958 - Fish, [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice)
1958 - Flab, rocker
1959 - Billy Rankin, Glasgow, Scotland, rocker
1959 - Tony Phillips, Atlanta GA, baseballoutfielder: Chicago White Sox
1959 - Dominique Blanc, French actress
1960 - Bruce Redman, Australian film producer
1961 - Dinesh D'Souza, American author
1964 - Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour)
1964 - Jackie Campbell, LA Cal, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-5th-1993)
1964 - Jamie Siddons, cricketer (Victorian & SA batsman ODI for Aust 1988)
1964 - Hank Azaria, New York City, American actor (The Birdcage) and voice behind many characters
           in The Simpsons (Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson)
1964 - Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director
1965 - Denis Perez, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1965 - Mark Bryant, NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets)
1965 - Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear)
1966 - Darren Holmes, Asheville NC, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1966 - Isabelle Pasco, France, actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue)
1967 - Angel Martino, Americus GA, 50m/100m freestyle (Oly-gold/2 br-92, 96)
1969 - Darren Woodson, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1969 - Gavin Bruk-Jackson, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993)
1969 - Jon Olsen, US, 100m freestyle/400m/800m medley (Olymp-gold-1992, 96)
1969 - Marisa Pedulla, Bellefonte PA, half-lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1969 - Nir Shental, Israel, Men's 470 yachter (Oly-15th-1996)
1969 - Sanjeeva Ranatunga, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994- )
1969 - Travis Fryman, Lexington KY, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
1969 - Joe Buck, American sports broadcaster
1969 - Renée Zellweger, American actress
1970 - Corwin Brown, NFL safety (NY Jets, NE Patriots)
1970 - Steve Tovar, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
1970 - Tionne Watkins, American singer
1971 - Andrew Grigg, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1971 - Brad Clontz, Stuart VA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1971 - Eric England, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 - Michelle Harris, Newark Delaware, Miss America-Delaware (1996)
1971 - Pam Schaffrath, Chicago IL, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1971 - Tomoko Kawakami, (Voice Actress), Japanese Seiyuu
1972 - Percell Gaskins, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1972 - Sara Baras, Spanish ballerina
1973 - Alek Stojanov, Windsor, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
1973 - Barbara Rittner, Krefeld German FR, tennis star (1992 Schenectady)
1973 - Paige Gordon, North Vancouver BC, diver (Olympics-16-92, 96)
1973 - Wes Martin, Calgary Alta, golfer (1990 Alberta Jr Masters-2nd)
1973 - Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin)
1974 - Brad Hassell, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 - Libor Prochazka, hockey defenseman (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1974 - Tricia Dunn, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
1974 - Twan Russell, linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1975 - Jacque Jones, San Diego CA, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Ruben Gomez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
1975 - Emily Bergl, English-American actress
1975 - Chris Lilley, Australian actor, comedian, and writer
1976 - Tim Duncan, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1976 - Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player
1976 - Gilberto, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Jonathan Angel, SF California, actor (Tommy Delucca-Saved By The Bell)
1977 - Marguerite Moreau, actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
1977 - Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer
1977 - Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish musician
1977 - Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer
1977 - Matthew West, American Christian singer
1978 - Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian model
1978 - Matt Walker, British Paralympic swimmer
1980 - Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
1980 - Bruce Martin, New Zealand cricketer
1980 - Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese basaball player
1981 - Felipe Massa, Brazilian Formula One driver
1981 - John McFall, British Paralympic sprinter
1981 - Anja Pärson, Swedish skier
1981 - Dwone Hicks, National Football League runningback
1982 - Monty Panesar, English cricketer
1982 - Brian Barton, American baseball player
1983 - DeAngelo Williams, National Football League runningback
1983 - J.P. Howell, American baseball player
1984 - Andre' Woodson, American football quarterback
1984 - Robert Andino, Baseball player
1985 - Jonathan Halyalkar, Ramsey NJ, actor (Billy-Who's the Boss)
1985 - Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver
1987 - Johann Smith, American soccer player
1988 - James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 - Sara Paxton, American actress
1989 - Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, 11th Panchen Lama
1989 - Robbie Tarrant, Australian football player
1996 - Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress