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This Day in History for 25th April


Famous Deaths

Surgeon William Beaumont (1853)


68 - Saint Mark, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa
974 - Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84
1265 - Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader
1295 - Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies
1342 - Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies
1472 - Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
1482 - Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies
1516 - John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)
1566 - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of French King Henry II, dies aged 66
1566 - Louise Labé, French poet
1595 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51
1605 - Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555)
1607 - Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle
1607 - Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle
1635 - Alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69
1647 - Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62
1660 - Henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)
1663 - Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53
1690 - David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79
1728 - John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies
1740 - Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b.
           1699)
1744 - Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42
1770 - Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)
1792 - Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54
1792 - Nicolas J Pelletier, French highwayman, 1st person guillotined
1800 - William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
1808 - Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66
1822 - Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83
1828 - John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64
1840 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781)
1845 - Thomas Duncan, painter, dies
1853 - William Beaumont, physiologist, dies at 67
1862 - Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55
1873 - Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43
1878 - Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
1891 - Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811)
1892 - Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
1905 - Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70
1906 - John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67
1911 - Emilio Salgari, Italian novelist (b. 1862)
1915 - Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72
1915 - Frederick William Seward, United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)
1923 - Louis-Olivier Taillon, Quebec politician (b. 1840)
1925 - George Stephanescu, composer, dies at 81
1926 - Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76
1928 - Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49
1931 - A J Y (Bert) Hopkins, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 509 runs), dies
1937 - Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
1937 - Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel (b. 1857)
1942 - Paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52
1943 - Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, playwright/director, dies
1944 - Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1859)
1946 - Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies
1946 - Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
1951 - Jerzy Fitelberg, composer, dies at 47
1954 - Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies
1955 - Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77
1955 - Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at 73
1960 - Amanullah, emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at 67
1960 - Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62
1960 - Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer, dies at 92
1961 - Hans F Blunck, writer, dies
1966 - Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70
1968 - John Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
1969 - Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at 80
1970 - Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at about 55
1971 - Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80
1972 - George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at 65
1975 - Mike Brant, Israeli singer (b. 1947)
1976 - Carol Reed, director (Agony & Ecstasy), dies
1976 - Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
1978 - Lee Kim Lai, Singaporean police officer (b. 1960)
1980 - Katia Mann, wife of German writer Thomas Mann (b. 1883)
1982 - Celia Johnson, actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed), dies at 73
1982 - Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
1982 - John Cody, US cardinal/archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at 74
1982 - Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies
1982 - William R Burnett, US, writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at 82
1984 - Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
1985 - Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
1985 - Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80
1988 - Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76
1988 - Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43
1988 - Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83
1989 - George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at 85
1990 - Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67
1991 - Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at 66
1991 - Theo Laseroms, [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
1992 - Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39
1992 - Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, Dutch min of traffic & water, dies at 77
1992 - Panos Christi, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 54
1992 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema
1993 - Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
1994 - David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at 82
1994 - George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55
1994 - Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32
1995 - Art Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74
1995 - Francis Henry Smith, librarian, dies at 85
1995 - Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
1995 - Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89
1996 - John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at 87
1996 - John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at 90
1996 - Saul Bass, designer, dies at 74
1998 - Wright Morris, American writer (b. 1910)
1999 - Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (b. 1914)
2000 - David Merrick, American theatrical producer (b. 1911)
2000 - Lucien le Cam, French mathematician (b. 1924)
2001 - Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (b. 1956)
2002 - Indra Devi, yoga teacher (b. 1899)
2002 - Lisa Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (b. 1971)
2003 - Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (b. 1966)
2004 - Thom Gunn, British poet (b. 1929)
2005 - Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk (b. 1908)
2006 - Jane Jacobs, American-born Canadian urbanist (b. 1916)
2007 - Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
2007 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
2007 - Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
2008 - Humphrey Lyttelton, Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
2009 - Beatrice Arthur, American comedian, actress, and singer, (b. 1922)
2009 - John Marchi, American politician (b. 1921)
2010 - Dorothy Provine, loving grandmother, (b. 1935)

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This Day in History for 26th April


Historical Events

                                   
Composer Frederic Chopin                    Mathematician and Astronomer               American Baseball                     
                                                                   Nicolaus Copernicus                           Player Roger Maris

                                   
Singer Rod Stewart                                Heavyweight Boxing Champion                   Writer Alex Haley
                                                                         Mike Tyson


Comedian David Letterman


757 - Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I
1220 - German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights
1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.
1478 - 1st Easter
1478 - Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de'Medici & kill Giuliano de'Medici
1514 - Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
1532 - Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna
1564 - William Shakespeare baptized
1607 - 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
1654 - Jews are expelled from Brazil
1655 - Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam
1677 - Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
1721 - Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated
1755 - 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)
1777 - Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia
1803 - Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
1814 - King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England
1819 - Odd Fellows Lodge forms
1828 - Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence
1835 - Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris
1841 - "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk
1853 - Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber
1855 - Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy
1859 - Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is
           successfully used
1865 - Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro)
1865 - Battle of Ft Tobacco, VA
1865 - Confederate Gen J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tenn, at Durham NC
1887 - Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity
1890 - Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London
1893 - 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms
1900 - AL opener in Cleve draws 6,500
1904 - Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
1905 - Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1
           game, all were ends of a double play
1906 - 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii
1907 - Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens
1912 - 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1913 - Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
1913 - Sun Yet San calls for revolt against pres Yuan Shikai in China
1915 - Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia
1920 - H Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae
1925 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"
1926 - Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty
1926 - Karachai Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1943)
1928 - Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London
1929 - 1st non-stop England to India flight lands
1931 - Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run
           crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
1932 - Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris
1933 - Jewish students are barred from school in Germany
1935 - Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it
           7 of 11 years
1936 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony
1937 - German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain
1938 - Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks
1941 - A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
1941 - Potatoes rationed in Holland
1942 - Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Bath
1944 - 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down
1944 - Papandreou government in Greece forms
1945 - Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II,
           arrested for treason
1945 - World War II: Battle of Bautzen - last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last
           noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
1947 - "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London
1950 - Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
1950 - U of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
1951 - Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum
1952 - Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
1952 - US minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176
1954 - Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
1954 - Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
1956 - First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
1957 - Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens
1959 - Cuba invades Panama
1959 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
1961 - French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
1961 - Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
1962 - 1st Lockheed A-12 flies
1962 - Ariel 1 Launch (1st UK Satellite)
1962 - Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon
1962 - Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0
1962 - US/UK launch Ariel; 1st international payload
1964 - 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 1
1964 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1964 - Tanganyika & Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar
1965 - Ives' 4th Symphony premieres
1966 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
1966 - An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
1967 - "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 perfs
1967 - KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
1968 - Students seize administration building at Ohio State
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 - US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device
1969 - "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 110 performances
1969 - "George M!" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 435 performances
1969 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman
1970 - "Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 690 performances
1971 - Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs
1971 - SF lightship replaced by automatic buoy
1971 - Turkey state of siege proclaimed
1973 - "2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London
1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
1974 - Malta adopts constitution
1974 - Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw
1975 - Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal
1975 - Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3
1975 - Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 HRs ties NL record of 11 HRs in April
1976 - Pan Am begins non-stop flights NYC-Tokyo
1977 - NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens
1978 - France sends troops to Chad
1978 - NASA launches space vehicle S-201
1980 - Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
1980 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 - Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy
1980 - Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'
1980 - Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)
1981 - "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 13 performances
1981 - Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1982 - Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
1982 - CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
1982 - Gene Michael becomes NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
1982 - Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche
1983 - Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1983 - Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time
1983 - San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
1984 - Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens
1984 - Pres Reagan visits China
1986 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman
1986 - France performs nuclear test
1986 - Game between Angels & Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds
1986 - Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl USSR explodes, 31 die
1987 - "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador NYC after 13 perfs
1988 - 1st TNN Viewers choice awards-Randy Travis wins in 5 categories
1988 - NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season
1988 - NY Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez
          did it 1st)
1989 - AT&T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 & 201
1989 - Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany
1990 - "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 52 performances
1990 - 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China
1990 - Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle
1990 - NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing
           jurisdiction of case
1990 - Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters
1991 - "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV
1991 - 23 killed in Kansas & Oklahoma by tornadoes
1991 - Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for
           possession & distribution of illegal narcotics
1992 - "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1,018 perfs
1992 - "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV
1992 - "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 569 performances
1992 - "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1992 - "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances
1992 - "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
1992 - Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously
1992 - Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1992 - Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
1993 - "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 266 perfs
1993 - Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56
1993 - NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman
1993 - STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit
1994 - 26.9°C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)
1994 - Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed
1994 - 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr Nomaza Paintin in NZ is 1st black
           South African to vote
1994 - Physicists announce first evidence of the top quark subatomic particle.
1995 - Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
1995 - Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings
1996 - Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H
1996 - Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
1997 - "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater NYC
2002 - Robert Steinhäuser infiltrates and kills 17 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt,Germany before
           dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
2005 - Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in
           Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
2007 - Queen's Pier is officially closed by the Hong Kong Government, after a bitter struggle by
           conservationists, in order to facilitate land reclamation in Hong Kong's Central district
2012 - 70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama
2012 - Indonesia suspends imports of American beef after a confirmed case of mad cow disease in
           California

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 26th April


Famous Weddings

1709 - Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa
1923 - English prince Albert Duke of York (George VI) marries Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at
           Westminster Abbey
1946 - Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-
           younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission
           movement.
1986 - Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
1994 - "Mad About You" actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 26th April


Famous Birthdays

                 
Philosopher David Hume (1711)           Chinese Actor and Martial Artist
                                                                              Jet Li (1963)


121 - Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180)
570 - Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20.
1319 - Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
1538 - Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)
1564 - William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, baptism and presumed birth date,
           playwright and poet
1567 - Nicolas Forme, composer
1573 - Marie de'Medici, Queen of France
1603 - Francesco Nigetti, composer
1637 - Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
1648 - Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
1662 - Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
1710 - Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)
1711 - David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)
1718 - Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)
1726 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter
1774 - Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
1776 - Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)
1782 - Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria
1785 - John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1787 - Ludwig Uhland, writer
1796 - Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer
1798 - Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)
1798 - James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)
1801 - Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
1804 - Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)
1806 - Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
1808 - Martha Finley, children's book author
1812 - Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1820 - Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)
1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)
1822 - Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
1826 - George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)
1826 - Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872
1827 - Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1834 - Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
1834 - Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer
1836 - Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary)
1839 - Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1841 - Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian
1856 - Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
1860 - Alphonse M A J Ariëns, Dutch pastor
1863 - Arno Holz, writer
1863 - Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter
1868 - Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
1868 - Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot)
1873 - Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon)
1874 - J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v Australia 1902)
1875 - Syngman Rhee, South Korea, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Mar 26]
1878 - Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again)
1878 - Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
1879 - Owen Williams Richardson, England, physicist (Nobel 1928)
1880 - Mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance
1884 - Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers)
1886 - Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues" American singer (d. 1939)
1886 - Ğabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (d. 1913)
1888 - Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer
1888 - Anita Loos, American screenwriter, novelist (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and playwright (d.
          1981)
1889 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austria, philosopher (Tractatus)
1890 - Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, US actor/director (My Old Dutch)
1893 - Draza Mihajlovic, Serbian WWII hero and war criminal (d. 1946)
1894 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (d. 1987)
1896 - Ernst Udet, WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d. 1941)
1897 - Olga Chekova, Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children)
1897 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (d. 1967)
1898 - Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32)
1898 - John Grierson, documentary film maker
1898 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977)
1899 - Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, TX, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail)
1900 - Charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale)
1900 - Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje)
1900 - James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953)
1900 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
1903 - Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall
1903 - Niven Busch, US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice)
1904 - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop (Montreal)
1905 - Charles K Feldman, [Gould], NYC, producer (Casino Royale)
1905 - Denis O'Dea, Dublin, actor (Esther & the King, Treasure Island)
1905 - Jean Vigo, France, actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante)
1906 - Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show)
1906 - Leopold Spinner, composer
1907 - Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981)
1909 - Richard Howorth, cricketer (English all-rounder, three county doubles)
1910 - Erland von Koch, composer
1910 - Ernst Tittel, composer
1910 - Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper)
1910 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, director (Godzilla)
1911 - Marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen)
1912 - A. E. van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn) (d. 2000)
1914 - Bernard Malamud, US, novelist (Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967)
1914 - Charlie Chester, British comedian (Never Say Die)
1914 - Horace Leonard Gold, Sci-Fi writer/editor
1914 - James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland)
1914 - Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer
1916 - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer
1916 - Morris L West, Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman)
1916 - Vic Perrin, American actor (d. 1989)
1917 - I[eoh] M[ing] Pei, Canton, China, architect (1961 Brunner Prize)
1917 - Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher (NY Giants, 8th best won-lost pct)
1917 - I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect
1918 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler (Olym-gold-1948)
1918 - Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar (Leeds University)
1918 - Stafford Repp, California, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road)
1920 - Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
1921 - Harry Knutton, Maj-Gen/dir-general (London City & Guilds Institute)
1921 - Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
1921 - Margaret Gowing, professor (history, science)
1922 - James Holt, medieval historian
1922 - Margaret Scott, founder (Australian Ballet School)
1922 - Mike Kellin, Hartford Ct, actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz & Bones)
1922 - Paul-Andre Gaillard, composer
1922 - Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor
1922 - Jeanne Sauvé, French Canadian politician (d. 1993)
1923 - Oliver Millar, Surveyor (Queen's Pictures)
1924 - Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy)
1925 - Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician
1925 - Frank Hahn, Berlin, Germany, British economist (Hahn's Problem), (d. 2013)
1926 - David Coleman, sports commentator
1926 - Michael Joughin, CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric)
1926 - Oldrich Frantisek Korte, composer
1926 - Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner (NY Giants)
1926 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. 2003)
1927 - Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist/actress (Things to Come)
1927 - Jack Douglas, comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show)
1928 - Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep (Independent)
1929 - Richard Mitchell, American author and professor (d. 2002)
1930 - Derek Waring, actor (Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country)
1930 - Justin Gosling, principal (St Edmund Hall Oxford)
1930 - Roger Moens, Belgium, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
1932 - Francis Lai, French film music composer
1932 - Michael Smith, English-born chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
1933 - Carol Burnett, San Antonio Tx, comedian/actress (Annie, 4 Seasons)
1933 - Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (d. 2005)
1934 - J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman (Sierra Club)
1936 - Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge
1937 - Robert Boozer, Omaha Neb, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1960), (d. 2012)
1938 - Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, country singer (Peter Gunn, Cannonball)
1938 - Maurice Williams, rocker
1938 - Willie Wood, bowler
1939 - Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge
1940 - Giorgio Moroder, composer (Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun)
1941 - John Battle, MP
1941 - John Mitchell, American composer
1942 - Bobby Rydell, Phila Pa, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie)
1942 - Claudine Auger, Paris France, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball)
1942 - Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1942 - Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat
1943 - Claudine Auger, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball)
1943 - Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
1943 - Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
1944 - David O'B Martin, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
1944 - Martha Rockwell, Providence RI, skier (Mount Washington)
1944 - Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
1945 - Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (150 gold discs)
1945 - V K Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup)
1945 - Sylvain Simard, Quebec politician
1947 - Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64)
1947 - Gervase Frank Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser
1947 - Warren Clarke, English actor
1948 - Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent (National Geographic Explorer)
1948 - Gerry Sikorski, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )
1949 - Jimmy Hall, rocker (Wet Willie)
1949 - Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer
1949 - Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (d. 1995)
1950 - Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist (Champaign)
1950 - Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin)
1951 - Lynne Jones, MP
1952 - Popo Simon Molefe, secretary-general (South Africa UDF)
1955 - Mike Scott, American baseball player
1956 - Koo Stark, [Kathleen Dee-Anne], photographer/actress (Emily)
1958 - Giancarlo Esposito, actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of NY)
1958 - Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver
1958 - John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
1958 - Jeffrey Guterman, American mental health counselor
1959 - Ann O'Neill, Toowoomba QLD, golfer (1989 Downs District Champ)
1959 - John Corabi, American Musician
1960 - Roger Taylor, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
1961 - Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1961 - Joan Chen, [Chen Chong], Shanghai China, actress (Heaven & Earth)
1961 - Nancy Scranton, Centralia IL, golfer (1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
1962 - Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker (Hipsway)
1962 - Michael Damian, San Diego, singer (Rock on)/actor (Young & Restless)
1962 - Colin Anderson, English footballer
1962 - Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
1963 - Bill Wennington, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
1963 - Michael Damian, actor/singer (Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
1963 - Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1963 - Jet Li, Beijing, Chinese actor and martial artist (Romeo Must Die, Unleashed)
1964 - Tod Bass, LA California, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
1965 - Kevin James, American comedian
1966 - Andrea Temesvari, Budapest Hungary, tennis star (1985 US Clay Courts)
1966 - Yoshihiro Togashi, Mangaka who created YuYu Hakusho
1967 - Klaus Merk, Augsburg GER, hockey goaltender (Team Germany 1998)
1967 - Matt Peterson, Chicago IL, Nike golfer (1992 Hawkeye Open-7th)
1967 - Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Academy Award nominated British actress
1967 - Glen Jacobs, American professional wrestler
1968 - Ahmed Elmaghraby, Suez Egypt, US field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1970 - Melania Trump, Slovenian model
1970 - Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer (TLC)
1971 - Ryan Yarborough, NFL wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens, NY Jets)
1971 - Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts)
1972 - Francisco Cordova, Veracruz Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1972 - Marco Rivera, NFL/WLAF guard (Scot Claymores, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Natrone Means, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 - Avi Nimni, Israeli Footballer
1972 - Kiko Narváez, Spanish footballer
1973 - Damien Munoz, Miss USA-Colorado (1997)
1973 - Mark Davis, NBA guard/forward (Phila 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
1973 - Tracy Kathleen Hayes, Wheaton Ill, Miss America (Illinois-5th-1996)
1973 - Chris Perry, English footballer
1974 - Ivana Milicevic, Croatian-American actress
1974 - Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)
1975 - Jabbar Threats, defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1975 - Trudi Ferguson, Miss Universe-Jamaica (1996)
1975 - Nathan "Joey" Jordison, American musician (Slipknot)
1975 - Nerina Pallot, British singer
1976 - Sarah Tueting, ice hockey goalie (USA, Oly-98)
1977 - Jason Earles, American actor
1977 - Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
1977 - Chris Johnston, Irish rugby player
1977 - Tom Welling, American actor
1978 - Avant, American singer
1978 - Joe Crede, American baseball player
1978 - Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
1979 - Sean Fox, actor (3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl)
1979 - Janne Wirman, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom)
1979 - Ariane Moffatt, Quebec singer and songwriter
1980 - Jordana Brewster, Panama, actress (Nikki Graves-As the World Turns)
1980 - Marne Patterson, Sherman Oaks Cal, actress (Nicole-Something So Right)
1980 - Channing Tatum, American actor
1981 - Matthieu Delpierre, French footballer
1981 - Ms. Dynamite, English musician
1982 - Joanne Gobure, Nauruan poet
1982 - Cooper Wallace, National Football League tight end
1982 - Brock Gillespie, American basketball player
1982 - Jon Lee, British singer (S Club)
1983 - José María López, Argentine racing driver
1983 - Jessica Lynch, American P.O.W.
1984 - Ryan O'Donohue, Pomona Ca, actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back)
1984 - Mija Martina, Bosnian singer
1985 - John Isner, American Tennis player
1985 - Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer, member of See Ya
1987 - Jessica Lee Rose, American-born New Zealand actress, famous YouTube star lonelygirl15

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 26th April


Famous Deaths

                 
Assassin John Wilkes Booth (1865)           Comedienne/Actress Lucille Ball (1989)


757 - Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies
1192 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)
1196 - Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies
1444 - Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65
1476 - Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)
1478 - Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24
1489 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)
1558 - Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies
1648 - Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
1703 - Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58
1716 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651)
1726 - Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75
1731 - Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70
1784 - Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718)
1785 - Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40
1789 - Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67
1805 - Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55
1827 - Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90
1865 - Charles J Sax, Belgium musician and father of Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone, dies at
           74
1865 - John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27
1881 - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
1892 - Sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791)
1907 - Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79
1910 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77
1920 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)
1922 - Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
1924 - Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
1932 - Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies
1936 - Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886)
1938 - Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
1940 - Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
1941 - Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74
1944 - Violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893)
1945 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871)
1945 - Sigmund Rascher, Nazi doctor (b. 1909)
1946 - Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65
1950 - G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (b. 1881)
1951 - John Alden Carpenter, US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75
1951 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (b. 1868)
1952 - Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59
1956 - Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66
1957 - Gichin Funakoshi, Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (b. 1868)
1958 - Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies
1958 - Johan N C "Joan" Collette, painter, dies at 68
1960 - Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1961 - Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36
1964 - Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
1964 - Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93
1965 - Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70
1969 - Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder of aikido (b. 1883)
1970 - Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56
1970 - John Knittel, writer, dies at 79
1970 - Paul Celan, writer, dies at 49 [or May 5]
1970 - Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (b. 1886)
1972 - Margaret A R Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
1972 - Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
1973 - Irene Ryan, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1976 - Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60
1976 - Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
1976 - Sid James, South African-born British comedian, dies at 62
1980 - Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87
1981 - Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
1981 - Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71
1981 - Robert Davi, dies at 54
1982 - Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73
1982 - Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies
1983 - Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81
1983 - Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
1984 - Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70
1984 - May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack
1984 - William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday
1986 - Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
1986 - [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
1986 - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
1987 - John Ernest Silkin, British politician (b. 1923)
1987 - Shankar, Of Noted Bollywood Music Director Duo Shankar-Jaikishan (b. 1922)
1989 - Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
1990 - Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian pres candidate, assassinated
1991 - Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies
1991 - Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at 61
1991 - Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (b. 1904)
1991 - Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
1992 - Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87
1992 - Clyde Hartley, entertainer, dies at 68
1994 - Masutatsu Oyama, Founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate (b. 1927)
1995 - Alexander Knox, actor/writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88
1996 - Burton Stein, historian, dies at 69
1996 - John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94
1996 - Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78
1997 - Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86
1997 - Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies
1997 - Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies
1999 - Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound) (b. 1957)
1999 - Jill Dando, British television presenter (b.1961)
2002 - Robert Steinhäuser German spree killer (b.1983)
2003 - Rosemary Brown, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2003 - Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist (b. 1904)
2003 - Peter Stone, American writer (b. 1930)
2004 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (b. 1928)
2005 - Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
2005 - Maria Schell, Swiss-Austrian actress (b. 1926)
2005 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan author (b. 1917)
2007 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (b. 1921)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 27th April


Historical Events

                                   
Composer                                                         Confederate General                Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini
George Friedrich Handel                                    Thomas Jackson

                                   
Baseball Great Babe Ruth                        Heavyweight Champion Boxer                Rocker/Beatle John Lennon
                                                                           Rocky Marciano


1124 - David I becomes King of Scots.
1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
1509 - Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
1518 - Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors/Bourgondisch covenant
1522 - Battle at Bicacca: Charles I & Pope Adrianus VI beat France
1526 - Mogol King Babur beats sultan of Delhi
1539 - Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus
           Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1565 - 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms
1576 - Peace of Beaulieu & Paix de Monsieur
1578 - Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favorites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
1643 - Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez," premieres in Madrid
1646 - King Charles I flees Oxford
1650 - The Battle of Carbisdale: Royalist army under Marquess of Montrose invades mainland
           Scotland from Orkney; defeated by a Covenanter army.
1662 - Netherlands & France sign military covenant
1667 - The blind and impoverished, John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
1694 - Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen
1749 - First performance of Handel's Fireworks Music in Green Park, London.
1773 - British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this)
1805 - US Marines attack shores of Tripoli
1810 - Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
1813 - Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed
1828 - Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens
1838 - Fire destroys half of Charleston
1840 - Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
1841 - Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D.T. Suzuki, found the awakening
1857 - Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited
1859 - "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard
1860 - Thomas Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry
1861 - President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
1861 - West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from US
1863 - Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL
1865 - Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered
1865 - Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled
           Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up
1867 - Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris)
1870 - Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi
1874 - White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms
1877 - Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris)
1877 - President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends
1881 - Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad
1890 - French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan
1897 - Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) dedicated
1903 - 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Phila A's win 6-0
1903 - Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens
1904 - The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under
           Chris Watson.
1905 - World Exposition opens in Luik
1908 - 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1909 - Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown
1910 - Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights
1911 - Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the
           office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
1912 - Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands
1914 - Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1918 - Giants' 9-0 winning start & Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped
1920 - Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence
1921 - Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam
1922 - Fritz Langs "Dr Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin
1922 - Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR
1923 - Benito Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige
1924 - Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1
1926 - In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance
1927 - Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.
1931 - 100°F (38°C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record)
1933 - Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Wash DC
1933 - Jessop & Son department store in Nottingham, England, acquired by John Lewis Partnership.
           The partnership's first shop outside London.
1935 - Brussel's World Expo opens
1935 - Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Phila A's 9-8
1937 - 1st US social security payment made
1940 - Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1941 - German troops occupy Athens Greece
1942 - Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars
1942 - Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300
1943 - Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland
1943 - Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London
1944 - Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0
1945 - 2nd Republic of Austria forms
1945 - Italian partisans capture Benito Mussolini prisoner
1945 - US 5th army enters Genua
1945 - World War II: The Völkischer Beobachter, the newspaper of the Nazi Party, ceases
           publication.
1946 - 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed
1947 - Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through out US
1948 - Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River
1950 - "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances
1950 - South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
1951 - Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia
1952 - "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 perfs
1953 - 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP
1953 - Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek"
1956 - Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election
1956 - Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1959 - "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
1959 - Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR
1959 - The last Canadian missionary leaves the People's Republic of China.
1960 - 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
1960 - South Korean pres Syngman Rhee resigns
1960 - Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French adm
1961 - NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays
1961 - NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio
1961 - Sierra Leone declares independence from UK
1962 - Arnold Wesker's "Chips with Everything," premieres in London
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1963 - "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname
1963 - Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
1964 - John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in US
1965 - "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 7 perfs
1965 - RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper
1966 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd cello concert
1967 - Expo '67 opens in Montreal
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 - "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin NYC after 28 perfs
1968 - Balt Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0
1968 - Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands
1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1971 - Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games & departs for Denmark
1972 - Apollo 16 returns to Earth
1972 - NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported
1973 - KC Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
1974 - Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107
1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
1975 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1976 - "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 16 performances
1976 - Arabic Monetary Fund established in Abu Dhabi
1977 - Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa
1977 - HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands
1977 - 28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.
1978 - 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11
1978 - Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, W Virginia, kills 51
1978 - Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup
1979 - George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"
1980 - Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1981 - 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL
1981 - Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
1982 - Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1982 - Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins
1983 - Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
1984 - Cleve Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
1984 - Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana
1986 - "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 368 performances
1986 - Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO
1986 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1987 - US Justice Dept bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US, due to his aid of
           Nazi Germany during WW II
1989 - "Starmites" opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC for 60 performances
1989 - Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1989 - Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500
1989 - Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
1990 - 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)
1990 - Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery
1990 - Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
1991 - "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 28 perfs
1991 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio
1992 - "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 perfs
1992 - NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
1992 - The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
1992 - Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of
           Commons in its 700-year history.
1993 - Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76
1994 - "Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 454 performances
1994 - 29.0°C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)
1994 - 7th longest NHL game: NJ Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 min 43 sec)
1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
1994 - President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in Calif
1994 - Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0
1995 - "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 perfs
1995 - Coors Field in Colo opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14
1996 - Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont
1997 - "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances
1997 - "Stanley," closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
1997 - Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks
1997 - Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn
1997 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
2002 - The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
2005 - The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.
2006 - Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.
2007 - Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn,
           amid political controversy with Russia.
2011 - The deadliest day of the 2011 Super outbreak of tornadoes, the largest tornado outbreak, in
           United States history.
2012 - Four explosions in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, kill 27 people

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 27th April


Famous Weddings

1981 - Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]
1981 - Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]
1996 - Soap opera actor Lorenzo Lamas (38) weds Playboy model and actress Shauna Sand (24) in
           Rockland County, New York
1996 - Romanian gymnast and three-time Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci (35) weds gymnast
           champion Bart Conner (38) in Bucharest, Romania

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This Day in History for 27th April


Famous Divorces

2004 - Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry files for divorce from her second husband, R&B singer Eric
           Benet, six months after the couple separated

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This Day in History for 27th April


Famous Birthdays

                 
Inventor Samuel Morse (1791)                US President Ulysses S. Grant (1822)


1410 - John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
1623 - Johann Adam Reincken, composer
1650 - Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
1701 - Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia
1707 - John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens
1718 - Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)
1724 - Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
1724 - Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775)
1737 - Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)
1748 - Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)
1755 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1759 - Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
1767 - Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)
1791 - Samuel Morse, Charlestown, Massachusetts, American inventor (telegraph, Morse code) and
           painter
1802 - Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer
1803 - Alfred Julius Becher, composer
1806 - Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
1812 - Friedrich von Flotow, composer
1812 - William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
1820 - Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)
1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)
1824 - William Richard Bexfield, composer
1828 - Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher
1835 - John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]
1840 - Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)
1848 - King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)
1850 - Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921)
1853 - Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)
1861 - Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer
1861 - Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)
1865 - Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)
1869 - William Victor Harris, composer
1871 - Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer
1873 - Harry M O'Connor, Chicago IL, actor (Stranger than Fiction)
1875 - Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (Un homme si simple)
1875 - Freddie Fane, cricketer (Hobbs' 1st Test opening partner)
1875 - Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess)
1878 - Frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917)
1883 - Hubert Harrison, St Croix Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter
1884 - Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], actor (Bluejackets)
1888 - Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d. 1917)
1892 - Louis Victor de Broglie, physicist (studied electrons)
1893 - Norman Bel Geddes, Adrian Mich, theatrical designer (Rivals, Dead End)
1893 - Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (d. 1939)
1894 - Nicolas Slonimsky, composer
1894 - George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975)
1896 - Rogers Hornsby, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
1896 - Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor (nylon)
1900 - Walter Lantz, animator (Woody Woodpecker's creator)
1902 - Kitty Kelly, NYC, actress (Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors)
1903 - Frank Belknap Long, American writer (Rim of the Unknown)
1903 - Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist
1904 - Arthur F Burns, economist/chairman (Federal Reserve Board)
1904 - Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective (Nicholas Blake)
1904 - Ragnar Skrede, Norwegian poet (Lauvfall)
1905 - Julian Stryjkowski, writer
1905 - Philip Radcliffe, composer
1906 - Mark Alexander Abrams, market researcher
1906 - Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (d. 1966)
1909 - Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (That Infidel Place)
1911 - Colin Gordon, Ceylon, actor (John-Baron)
1911 - Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Tintin)
1912 - Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary (Les Gens Heureux)
1912 - Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist
1912 - Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria)
1913 - Philip Hauge Abelson, American physicist (d. 2004)
1914 - Albert Soboult, French historian
1916 - Jan Rychlik, composer
1916 - Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1918 - John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent (ABC)
1918 - Kirby Stone, NYC, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads)
1918 - Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building (Oh, Lady! Lady!)
1918 - Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy
1919 - Walter Ritchie, sculptor
1920 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
1920 - Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet
1920 - Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1997)
1922 - Daphne Anderson, London, actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice)
1922 - Jack Klugman, Phila (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus), (d. 2012)
1922 - Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor
1927 - Connie Kay, jazz drummer
1927 - Coretta Scott King, Marion Ala, civil rights leader
1927 - John Joseph Moakley, (Rep-D-Massachusetts, 1973- )
1927 - Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (d. 1988)
1929 - Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, USSR, discus thrower (Oly-gold-1952, 60)
1930 - Roelof F "Pik" Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs
1931 - Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach
1931 - Krzystzof Komeda, composer
1932 - Casey Kasem, Detroit Mich, radio personality (American Top 40)
1932 - Charles Adkins, US, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1932 - Chuck Knox, NFL coach (Rams, Bills, Seahawks)
1932 - Francois Bayle, composer
1932 - Maxine Brown, rocker (Browns)
1932 - Petar Ozgijan, composer
1932 - Anouk Aimée, French actress
1932 - Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
1936 - Khalid Wazir, cricketer (son of S Wazir Ali 2 Tests for Pakistan 1954)
1936 - Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer
1937 - Phil Jones, newsman (CBS)
1937 - Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
1938 - Earl Anthony, bowler (PBA money champ 1974-6, 1981-3)
1939 - Jerry Mercer, Montreal Canada, rock drummer (April Wine)
1939 - Judy Carne, Northhampton Engl, comedienne (Laugh-in, Fair Exchange)
1939 - Stanislaw Dziwisz, Polish Cardinal
1941 - Friedrich Goldmann, composer
1941 - Jan D Blaauw, Dutch MP (VVD)
1941 - Judith Blegen, Missoula Mont, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute)
1941 - Jennings Michael Burch, American author
1941 - Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
1942 - Gordon Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer (Body Shop)
1942 - Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6, TM-18)
1943 - Eugene Polyakov, dancer
1943 - Helmut Marko, auto racer (Le Mans Grand Prix)
1944 - Cuba Gooding, US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool)
1944 - Herb Pedersen, Berkley Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
1944 - Michael Fish, British TV weatherman
1945 - August Wilson, US, playwright (Fences, Pulitzer 1987)
1946 - John Maclean, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1978-79)
1947 - Ann Peebles, Missouri, singer (I Can't Stand the Rain)
1947 - Herbie Murrell, US singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything)
1947 - Pete Ham, Swansea Wales, rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It)
1947 - Peter Gena, composer
1947 - George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician
1948 - Katie Pierson, NJ, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack)
1948 - Frank William Abagnale, Jr., con artist turned security consultant.
1948 - Amrit Bohra, Nepalese politician
1949 - Doug Sheehan, Santa Monica California, American actor (Ben-Knots Landing, Joe Kelly-
           General Hospital)
1949 - Yoshiaki Fujiwara, wrestler (NJPW/PWF/UWF)
1951 - Ace Frehley, Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet)
1951 - Boris Kinberg, rock percussionist (Mink Deville)
1952 - Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver
1952 - George Gervin, American basketball player
1952 - Larry Elder, American political commentator
1953 - Ellen L Shulman Baker, Fayetteville NC, MD/astronaut (STS 34, 50, 71)
1953 - Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress
1955 - Cora Ann Mahalick, NJ, news anchor (WNYW-TV)
1956 - Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago Ill, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1956 - Bryan Harvey, American musician
1957 - Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
1958 - Keith Denunzio, rocker
1959 - Marco Pirroni, London, rock guitarist (Adam & The Ants)
1959 - Sheena Easton, [Shirley Orr], Glasgow Scotland, singer (Sugar Walls)
1959 - Louis Lortie, French Canadian concert pianist
1962 - Denise Baldwin, Atlanta, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury Classic)
1962 - Patricia Plumer, Covina California, 1.5k/5k runner
1962 - Patricia Susan Plumer Levere, Covina, California, 3K runner
1962 - Ángel Comizzo, Argentine footballer
1962 - James LeGros, American actor
1963 - Arther van Dijk, drummer (Ivy Green)
1963 - Grant Show, actor (Jake-Melrose Place, Rick-Ryan's Hope)
1963 - Schae Harrison, Orange California, actress (Darla-Bold & Beautiful)
1963 - Cali Timmins, Canadian actress
1963 - Russell T. Davies, Welsh television writer and executive producer of Doctor Who
1964 - Paul Osbaldiston, CFL kicker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1965 - Courtenay Becker-Dey, Greenwich Conn, Europe yachter (Oly-bronze-1996)
1966 - Peter McIntyre, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1995)
1967 - Bridgette Gordon, WNBA forward (Sacramento Monarchs, Olympic-gold-88)
1967 - Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Neth
1967 - Aki Avni, Israeli entertainer
1967 - Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz musician
1967 - Erik Thomson, Australian actor
1967 - Jason Whitlock, American sportswriter
1968 - Adrian Cooper, NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
1969 - Brett Steven, Bermuda, NZ tennis player (Olympics-96)
1969 - Francine "Frankie" McRae, Australian softball outfielder (Oly-br-96)
1969 - Mica Paris, rocker (So Good)
1969 - Tyrone Rodgers, CFL defensive linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1969 - Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
1969 - Darcey Bussell, British ballerina
1969 - Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer
1970 - Mikiko Hagiwara, WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
1970 - Tim Hanshaw, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
1971 - Craig Keith, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 - Hayley Carr, Salzburg Austria, actress (Courtney-As the World Turns)
1971 - James Burton, cornerback (Chicago Bears)
1971 - Ricky Sutton, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons)
1971 - Tess Daly, British television presenter
1972 - Alison McKnight, Bakersfield California, 100m hurdler/heptathlete
1972 - David Lascher, NYC, actor (Josh-Clueless, Kidz in the Wood)
1972 - Ethan Brooks, NFL/WAFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Rhein Fire)
1972 - Silvia Farina, Milan Italy, tennis star (1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles)
1972 - Tim Ruddy, NFL center (Miami Dolphins)
1972 - Tommy Thompson, NFL punter (SF 49ers)
1973 - Andre Govan, Culver City California, actor (Monster Squad)
1974 - Carlos Fortes, soccer player (Sparta)
1974 - Pete Chryplewicz, tight end (Detroit Lions)
1974 - Johnny Devine, Canadian professional wrestler
1975 - Andre Gower, actor (Baby Makes 5, Fathers & Sons, Mr President)
1975 - Kenny Harris, safety (Arizona Cardinals)
1975 - Michael Booker, cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1975 - Rabih Abdullah, former National Football League player
1975 - Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
1976 - Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
1976 - Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer
1976 - Sally Hawkins, English film actress
1977 - Khalid Zoubaa, French runner
1977 - Jerry Trainor, American actor
1978 - Adamantia Kontogiorgi, Greek actress
1979 - Will Boyd, American musician
1979 - Natasha Chokljat, Australian netballer
1980 - Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
1980 - Ananda Mikola, Indonesian racing driver
1980 - Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
1980 - Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist
1981 - Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer
1981 - Fabrizio Faniello, Maltese singer
1981 - Joey Gathright, American baseball player
1982 - Katrina Johnson, American actress
1983 - Ari Graynor, American actress
1984 - Patrick Stump, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1984 - Frank Carter, British musician (Gallows) and tattooist
1984 - Pierre-Marc Bouchard, hockey player
1984 - Daniel Holdsworth, Australian Rugby League player
1986 - Elena Risteska, Macedonian singer
1987 - William Moseley, British actor
1987 - Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress
1987 - Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater
1989 - Emily Rios, American actress
1992 - James Duke Mason, son of singer Belinda Carlisle & Morgan Mason

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This Day in History for 27th April


Famous Deaths

English Politician John Trenchard (1695)


630 - King Ardashir III of Persia
1076 - Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies
1124 - Alexander I, King of Scots (1107-24), dies
1404 - Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62
1521 - Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50
1599 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)
1605 - Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69
1613 - Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)
1625 - Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)
1656 - Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65
1656 - Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
1682 - Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies
1694 - Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25
1695 - Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44
1695 - John Trenchard, English statesman (b. 1640)
1702 - Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51
1758 - Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66
1764 - Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73
1782 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)
1794 - William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47
1813 - Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34
1871 - Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59
1872 - Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70
1873 - William Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)
1881 - Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76
1882 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies
1893 - John Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday
1896 - Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)
1901 - Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81
1902 - Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72
1915 - Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
1915 - Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b. 1872)
1932 - Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32
1932 - Hart Crane, American writer (b. 1899)
1936 - Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72
1936 - Karl Pearson, mathematician, dies
1937 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46
1938 - Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
1941 - Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
1950 - Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70
1950 - Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies
1951 - Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for South Africa), dies
1952 - Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865)
1957 - Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies
1959 - Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies
1961 - Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67
1962 - A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873)
1964 - Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73
1965 - Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61
1965 - Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57
1969 - Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65
1969 - René Barrientos, President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
1970 - Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73
1972 - Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62
1972 - Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling
1973 - Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies
1973 - Libbe de Wal, founder of Humanistic Covenant, dies at 72
1973 - Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (b. 1914)
1975 - Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86
1977 - Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61
1978 - Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered
1982 - Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85
1984 - Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63
1988 - David Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968)
1989 - Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)
1991 - Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at 74
1991 - Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies
1992 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83
1993 - Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90
1994 - Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69
1994 - John Preston, US writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
1994 - Lynne Frederick Unger, actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
1995 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921)
1996 - Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86
1996 - William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76
1997 - Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73
1998 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925)
1998 - John Bassett, Canadian publisher and media baron (b. 1915)
1998 - Dominique Aury, French novelist (b. 1907)
1999 - Al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922)
2000 - Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954)
2002 - George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
2002 - Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (b. 1916)
2002 - Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b. 1921)
2006 - Julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944)
2007 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
2009 - Frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding
           fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914)
2009 - Feroz Khan, Indian actor (b. 1939)
2009 - Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model (b. 1983)
2011 - Marian Mercer, American actress (b. 1935)
2012 - Bill Skowron, American MLB player, dies from lung cancer at 81

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This Day in History for 28th April


Historical Events

                                   
Captain/Explorer James Cook                 37th US President Richard Nixon       Singer & Actress Barbra Streisand
 

French President Charles de Gaulle


357 - Emperor Constantius II visits Rome
585 - War between Lydia & Media ended by solar eclipse
1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after
           his title to the throne confirmed by election. Killing carried out by Hashshashin.
1202 - King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France
1253 - -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire
1253 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and
           declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1376 - English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay
1503 - Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France
1521 - Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Neth-Austria
1550 - Powers of Dutch inquisition extends
1611 - Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University
           of the Philippines, the oldest existing university in Asia and the largest Catholic university in
           the world.
1635 - Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office
1655 - English admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet
1686 - 1st volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published
1770 - Capt James Cook aboad Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1788 - Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
1789 - Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Capt William Bligh
1796 - Cease fire of Cherasco
1804 - 31 English ships sail Suriname river demanding transition colony from the Dutch
1818 - Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain
1829 - Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
1847 - George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar
1848 - Free last slaves in French colonies
1855 - 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston
1865 - Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris
1892 - 1st performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval"
1901 - 1st soccer game between Belgium ( & Netherlands (0)
1901 - Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland
           Blues!) 13-1
1902 - Using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar preceded by the
           Julian calendar, the one billionth minute since the start of January 1, Year Zero occurs at
           10:40 AM on this date.
1910 - 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
1914 - 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV
1914 - W H Carrier patents air conditioner
1919 - 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)
1920 - Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
1922 - WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1923 - Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
1924 - 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
1925 - Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army
1925 - Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard
1930 - 1st night organized baseball game (Independence KS)
1931 - Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field
1932 - 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1932 - Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced
1934 - FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act
1934 - Soccer team Blue White '34 forms
1934 - Spanish government of Samper forms
1934 - Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
1935 - Moscow underground opens (81 km long)
1937 - 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)
1937 - 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am
1939 - Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect
1940 - Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
1940 - Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
1941 - Last British troops in Greece surrenders
1942 - "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
1942 - Nightly "dim-out" begins along East Coast
1943 - 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning"
1943 - German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa
1943 - US 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia
1944 - Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski
1944 - Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships
           were attacked by German torpedo boats
1945 - British commands attack Elbe & occupies Lauenburg
1945 - US 5th army reaches Swiss border
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
1949 - Bkln, Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 NY fan charges Leo
           Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to
1949 - Former Philippine First Lady Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a
           hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.
1952 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
1952 - St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
1952 - WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO.
1955 - WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - Last French troop leave Vietnam
1956 - Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs
1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1957 - WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 - Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 - Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 - Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
1959 - KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 - KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
1960 - "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
1960 - WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 - Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
1961 - Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0
1963 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1963 - 17th Tony Awards: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the
           Way to the Forum" win
1964 - Japan joins OECO
1965 - Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
1965 - Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
1965 - Richard Helms replaces Marshall S Carter as deputy director of CIA
1965 - US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
1965 - William F Raborn Jr replaces John A McCone as 7th head of CIA
1966 - 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
1966 - 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie & L Marvin win
1966 - Cleve ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day
1966 - OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montreal
1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
1968 - 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational
1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
1969 - King Crismson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
1971 - Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election
1971 - Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black admiral in US Navy
1972 - Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given
           drugs before race
1973 - Over 6000 Mk. 82 500 pound bombs detonate over the course of 18 hours in a railyard in
           northern California. 5500 structures are damaged, and the town of Antelope, California
           ceases to exist, with every building being reduced to the foundation. This accident leads to
           the passing of the Transportation Safety Act of 1974 which makes the NTSB an independent
           agency.
1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1975 - John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smother Brothers"
1975 - South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30
1977 - Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
1977 - Andreas Baader & members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years
           in Stuttgart, Germany
1977 - The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for
           the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
1980 - Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
1980 - Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
1981 - Galician current Statute of Autonomy.
1983 - Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1983 - Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1
1983 - NASA launches Geos-F
1984 - "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 perfs
1985 - Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1985 - Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time
1985 - Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
1986 - Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
1987 - NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami Fla in 1988 & Minneapolis Minn & Orlando
           Fla in 1989
1987 - American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern
           Nicaragua.
1988 - "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 68 performances
1988 - Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
1988 - Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
1988 - NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
1989 - Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1989 - Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1990 - "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 6,137 performances
1990 - Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128
1990 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro
1990 - Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth)
1991 - "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 105 performances
1991 - "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 78 perfs
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched
1992 - Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
1992 - Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns
1993 - "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
1993 - Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists
1993 - Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
1993 - NY Islanders beat Wash Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon
           after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot
1994 - 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]
1994 - Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer & wife Rosario plead guilty to spying
1994 - Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium
1995 - Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die
1995 - Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die
1996 - "Big," opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances
1996 - Martin Bryant shoots & kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania
1996 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1997 - "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
2001 - Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
2005 - The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.
2012 - Tent collapse in St Louis, Missouri, kills one and injures 110 people

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Famous Weddings

1938 - King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary
1950 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand marries Mon Rajawongse Sirikit at Sra Pathum Palace
           after a quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland July 19, 1949.
1990 - Guns & Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year)
2007 - Reality TV producer Mark Burnett (46) weds former "Touched By An Angel" actress Roma
           Downey (47) in a private ceremony at their home in Malibu

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Famous Divorces

1994 - Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough

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Famous Birthdays

                                   
Industrialist Oskar Schindler (1908)               Iraqi President                                  Actress Penélope Cruz (1974)
                                                                 Saddam Hussein (1937)


1442 - Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)
1545 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
1592 - George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral
1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
1686 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
1715 - Franz Sparry, composer
1748 - Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer
1750 - Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer
1753 - Franz K Achard, German physicist
1757 - Claus Nielsen Schali, composer
1758 - James Monroe, Westmoreland Va, (D-R) 5th pres (1817-25)
1765 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)
1770 - Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs
1774 - Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse
1795 - Charles Sturt, England, explorer (Australia)
1809 - Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist
1810 - Daniel Ullmann, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1812 - Daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
1815 - Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1819 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
1825 - James Winning McMillan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Alexander Stadtfeld, composer
1838 - Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911)
1842 - Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Brazil (1870-89)
1846 - Johann E Backlund, Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids)
1848 - Ludvig Schytte, composer
1864 - William F A Ellison, Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory)
1868 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)
1870 - Hermann Suter, composer
1873 - Harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)
1874 - Karl Kraus, writer
1874 - Sidney Toler, Warrensburg MO, actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight)
1876 - Frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats
1878 - Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)
1879 - Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher
1879 - Franz Arnold, writer
1882 - Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist
1886 - Erich Salomon, German photographer
1888 - Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland)
1889 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)
1889 - Bryant Washburn, Chicago, actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga)
1889 - Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear admiral
1892 - Georges Antoine, composer
1892 - John Jacob Niles, composer
1892 - Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger)
1897 - Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
1900 - Bruno Apitz, writer
1900 - Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud")
1900 - Maurice Thorez, secretary-general (French Communist Party)
1901 - Corry Vonk, [Cornelia D], wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret)
1902 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
1906 - Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way)
1906 - Pierre [Louis] Boileau, Paris France, novelist (Vertigo)
1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
1908 - Arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop
1908 - Jack Fingleton, cricketer (Australian opener of 30's)
1908 - Michael T Fitzmaurice, Chicago IL, actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours)
1908 - Oskar Schindler, Zwittau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary, Austrian businessman and subject of the
           novel Schindler's Ark and the film Schindler's List. (d. 1974)
1910 - Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
1911 - Frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera)
1911 - Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
1912 - Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WW II)
1914 - Skuli Halldorsson, composer
1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
1917 - Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life)
1917 - Robert Woodruff Anderson, New York, writer (Tea & Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father)
1917 - Robert Cornthwaite, St Helen Oregon, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds)
1920 - Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orch)
1921 - Rowland Evans, White Marsh Pa, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak)
1922 - Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician (Volksunie)
1922 - Iser J Koepermann, Russian/US world checkers champ (1958-68, 75-76)
1922 - William S Broomfield, (Rep-R-MI, 1956- )
1922 - William Guarnere, WWII Veteran
1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
1923 - Adele Mara, Dearborn Mich, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels)
1923 - Wolfgang Steffen, composer
1924 - Kenneth David Kaunda, founder/president (Zambia, 1964-91)
1924 - Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
1925 - Richard C Sarafian, NYC, director/actor (Foley Square)
1926 - Harper Lee, author (To Kill a Mockingbird)
1926 - Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer
1927 - Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire (Twinings Tea)
1928 - Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter
1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
1929 - Carolyn Jones, Amarillo Texas, actress (Morticia-Addams Family)
1930 - Christopher John Magenis Headington, composer
1930 - James Baker 3, Houston, Sec of Treasury (1985-88), Sec State (1989-92)
1932 - Marek Kopelent, composer
1933 - Karl Heinz Wahren, composer
1933 - Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer
1934 - Lois Duncan, American novelist
1936 - John Martin Tchicai, composer, (d. 2012)
1937 - Saddam Hussein, [At-Takriti], Al-Awja, president of Iraq (1979-2003)
1938 - Beverly F Albert, architect
1938 - Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John)
1941 - Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)
1941 - K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
1941 - Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
1942 - Ghislaine Hermanez, architect
1942 - Mike Brearley, cricketer (outstanding England captain 1977-81)
1943 - Fantastic Johnny C[orley], US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway)
1943 - John Oliver Creighton, Orange Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48)
1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
1944 - Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
1944 - Alice Waters, American chef
1945 - Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969)
1946 - Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
1947 - Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
1948 - Marcia Strassman, NYC, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter)
1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
1948 - Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
1949 - Jerome "Jay" Apt, Springfield Mass, astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79)
1949 - Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
1949 - Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
1950 - Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show)
1950 - Willie Colon, Bronx NY, actor (Last Flight)
1952 - Mary McDonnell, Wilkes-Barre PA, actress (Sneakers, Independence Day)
1953 - Julie Cole, LPGA golfer
1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1953 - Roberto Bolano, Latin American author and poet
1954 - Ron Zook, American Football Coach
1955 - Eddie Jobson, rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure)
1955 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
1956 - Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster
1956 - Paul S Lockhart, Amarillo Tx, Major USAF/astronaut
1957 - Leopold Eyharts, France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27)
1957 - Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
1958 - Hal Evan Sutton, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1982 Walt Disney)
1958 - Nancy Lee Grahn, actress (Santa Barbara)
1960 - Wally Langdon, bassist (Bob Color)
1960 - John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
1960 - Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
1960 - Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
1960 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
1960 - Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
1961 - Cathy Gerring, Ft Wayne IN, LPGA golfer (1990 Lady Keystone Open)
1961 - Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
1962 - Evguenni Rochtchin, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1964 - Barry Larkin, Cincinnati OH, infielder (Cin Reds)
1964 - Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward
1964 - Mark Hager, Australian field hockey forward/capt (Olympics-4th-88, 96)
1964 - Mark Steven Robinson, American director
1964 - Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
1965 - Steven Blum, American voice actor
1966 - Jim Poole, Rochester NY, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1966 - John Patrick Daly, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1995 British Open)
1966 - Too Short, American rapper
1967 - Monique Noel, Salem Oregon, playmate (May, 1989)
1967 - Pete Stoyanovich, NFL kicker (Miami Dolphins, KC Chiefs)
1968 - Andy Flower, cricketer (Zimbabwe keeper & victorious Test captain)
1968 - Damion Lyons, CFL cornerback (BC Lions)
1968 - Mark Carrier, NFL safety (Chic Bears, Detroit Lions)
1968 - Howard Donald, British musician
1969 - Merlelynn Lange-Harris, Toronto Ontario, basketball center (Oly-96)
1970 - Jason Belser, defensive back (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Mark Harris, wide receiver (San Francisco 49ers)
1970 - Nicklas Lidstrom, Vasteras SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Detroit)
1970 - Richard Fromberg, Australia, tennis star
1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
1971 - Chris Young, Penn, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors)
1971 - Meredith McGrath, Midland Mich, tennis star (1996 Essen doubles)
1971 - Mihai Apostal, Bucharest Romania, Canadian kayaker (Olympics-96)
1971 - Simbi Khali, actress (Nina-Third Rock From the Sun)
1971 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
1972 - Jan Benda, Reet Belgium, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1972 - Jean-Paul van Gastel, soccer player (Willem II)
1972 - Michelle Menzies, Barrie Ont, Canadian ice pairs (1995, 96 Can champs)
1972 - Joseph Bruce, American musician
1973 - Earl Holmes, linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 - Marc[us] Blake Schneider, Lubbock TX, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
1973 - Melvin Hayes, NFL tackle (NY Jets, Tennessee Oilers)
1973 - Serge Zwikker, NBA center (Houston Rockets)
1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor
1973 - Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
1974 - Sergei Stas, NHL defenseman (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1974 - Penélope Cruz, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spanish actress (Vanilla Sky, Waking Up in Reno)
1974 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
1974 - Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
1975 - James Thrash, wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1975 - Martin Lewis, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1977 - Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (d. 2006)
1978 - Nate Richert, St Paul Minn, actor (Harvey-Sabrina)
1978 - Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
1979 - Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
1980 - Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress
1982 - Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star
1983 - Roger Johnson, English footballer
1986 - George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter

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This Day in History for 28th April


Famous Deaths

Italian Dictator
Benito Mussolini (1945)


1089 - Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies
1109 - Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies
1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s)
1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician
1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor
1716 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)
1726 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
1741 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)
1770 - Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60
1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
1799 - Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62
1804 - Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49
1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
1843 - William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies
1853 - Ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79
1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
1865 - Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)
1873 - A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88
1881 - Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies
1887 - Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67
1896 - Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies
1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
1925 - Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies
1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
1933 - Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31
1935 - Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87
1936 - Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies
1944 - Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)
1945 - Benito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), shot after trial at 61
1945 - Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed
1945 - Hans Bloesch, writer, dies
1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
1946 - Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870)
1949 - Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (shot) (b. 1888)
1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
1955 - Lode Cantens, Flemish playwrite (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43
1957 - Heinz "Pritzl" Bär, German fighter pilot (b. 1913)
1960 - Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1964 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
1965 - Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80
1966 - Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77
1969 - Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70
1970 - Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
1973 - Pat Henning, actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 62
1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
1974 - Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70
1975 - Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48
1976 - Eugen Roth, writer, dies at 81
1977 - Ricardo Cortez, actor/director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87
1979 - Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86
1980 - Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies
1981 - Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79
1982 - Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66
1982 - EW "Nobby" Clark, Engl cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies
1983 - Ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies
1984 - Glen H Taylor, US senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80
1984 - Silvia A Warner, writer, dies
1987 - Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua
1988 - B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)
1989 - Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude], Dutch writer, dies at 77
1990 - Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies
1991 - Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies
1991 - Ken Curtis, actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
1991 - Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (b. 1905)
1992 - Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82
1992 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St Francois d'Assise), dies at 83
1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
1993 - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47
1995 - Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67
1995 - Henry C Rogers, press Agent, dies at 81
1995 - Peaches Roy Davis, baseball pitcher, dies at 89
1996 - Giles Grangier, film director, dies at 84
1996 - Henry Clarke, fashion photographer, dies at 75
1996 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, politician, dies at 80
1996 - William E Colby, director of CIA (1973-76), dies
1997 - Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer at 45
1998 - Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
1999 - Alf Ramsey, English football manager (b. 1920)
1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1921)
2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
2000 - Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (b. 1925)
2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
2005 - Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1972)
2005 - Taraki Sivaram, Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka (b. 1959)
2005 - Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
2007 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
2007 - Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)
2007 - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
2009 - Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer (b. 1947)
2009 - Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (b. 1939)
2012 - Patricia Medina, English actress, dies from natural causes at 92