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1283 Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic German emperor (1314-47) 1578 William Harvey, England, physician, discovered blood circulation 1697 Abb‚ Pr‚vost, French novelist/journalist (Manon Lescaut) 1721 Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees) 1755 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto) 1785 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter 1793 Edouard Corbire, French captain/writer (Le negrier) 1807 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic 1815 Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90) 1817 Johannes J van Oosterzee, theologist 1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 1843 Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader 1852 Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) 1858 Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite) 1864 Marie Jungius, fairy tale writer 1865 Richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925) 1866 Ferruccio Busoni, Italy, pianist/composer 1866 Johannes C H de Me˜ere, zoologist 1868 Edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac) 1869 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom) 1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Novgorod Provine Russia, (Prelude in C# Minor) 1875 Edgar Wallace, England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror) 1883 Lon Chaney, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera) 1884 Laurette Taylor, [Heal LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway) 1886 Wallace Beery, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8, Ah Wilderness) 1887 Leonard Bloomfield, US translator 1895 Alberta Hunter, blues singer 1898 Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica) 1898 Roger Bastide, French sociologist 19-- Laura Bryan Birn, actress (Lynne-Young & Restless) 1905 Clara "Mother" Hale, US social worker (Hale House) 1905 Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72) 1906 Ned Glass, Poland, actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie) 1906 Sigve Lie, Norway, yachtsmans (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) 1908 Abraham H Maslow, US psychologist (humanistic psychology) 1909 Abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Imhook-Kodiak) 1909 Eddie Duchin, Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch) 1915 Art Lund, Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show) 1917 Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight) 1917 Leon Janney, Ogden Ut, actor (Hawk) 1920 Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun) 1921 William Bergsma, Oakland California, composer (Fortunate Island) 1922 William Manchester, historian (Death of a President) 1925 Sala Burton, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- ) 1926 Anne [Inez] McCaffrey, US, sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums) 1926 Lyndon Brook, actor 1928 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa) 1928 George Grizzard, actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica) 1928 Herbert Klein, newscaster/press secretary 1928 Jane Powell, Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers) 1929 Milan Kundera, Czech poet/writer (The Joke) 1930 Grace Lee Whitney, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek) 1931 Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Der Stellvertreter) 1932 Debbie Reynolds, El Paso Texas, actress (Singin' in the Rain) 1932 Gordon Jump, Dayton Ohio, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains) 1933 Dan Flavin, US speed artist (minimal art) 1934 Don Hastings, Bkln NY, actor (Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns) 1939 Ali MacGraw, Pound Ridge NY, actress (Love Story, Goodbye Columbus) 1939 Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves) 1939 Rudolph Isley, singer (Isley Brothers-Shout) 1942 Samuel R[ay] Delany Jr, US, sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Neveryona) 1944 Carol White, England, actress (Daddy's Gone a Hunting) 1945 Heather Young, Bremerton Wash, actress (Betty-Land of Giants) 1946 John Barbata, drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor) 1946 Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl) 1946 William F Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I) 1947 David Eisenhower, grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon 1950 Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD) 1952 Annette O'Toole, Houston Texas, actress (Cat People, Superman III) 1952 Billy Currie, rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance) 1952 Rey Robinson, US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-1972) 1954 Jeff Porcaro, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa) 1957 Peter Deutsch, (Rep-D-Florida) 1958 Anton Innauer, Austria, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980) 1961 Jennifer Runyon, actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas) 1961 Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart) 1962 Phillip Schofield, TV personality 1965 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Normandy/Neth), dies at 76 1965 John "Jumbo" Elliot, NFL tackle (NY Giants) 1965 Peter O'Toole, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go) 1969 Traci Lin-Tavi, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2) Back to GREGSITE Passings for April 011204 Eleonora van Aquitani‰/Poitou/Guyenne, wife of Fr King Louis VII, dies 1205 Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies 1548 Sigismund I, the old, King of Poland, dies 1814 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 1832 Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies 1869 Anthony GO Ridder van Rappard, Minister of Reformed Worship, dies 1870 Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 1901 Fran‡ois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies 1916 Gabrielle Petit, executed 1922 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies 1930 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies 1930 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies 1931 Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Der Stellvertreter), dies 1933 Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-Indies (1916-21), dies 1941 Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies 1947 George II, king of Greece, dies at 56 1950 Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 1957 Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies 1960 Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist (Telegraph, Free People), dies 1965 Henry DG Crerar, Canada general (WW I, Normandy), dies 1968 Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies 1969 Helena Rubinstein, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89 1975 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish cartoonist, dies at 95 1976 Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63 1981 D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 1984 Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 1988 Jim Jordan, radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall 1989 Henk Gortzak, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CPN/PSP), dies 1991 Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 1991 Richard Thorpe, director (MGM), dies at 95 1992 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash 1993 Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed Back to GREGSITE Holidays for April 01[Burma] Bank Holiday [Iran] Islamic Republic Day (1979) [San Marino] National Day [Switzerland] Glarius Festival (1388) [Mass] Student Government Day 0402 [Sri Lanka] Sinhal/Tamil New Year Back to GREGSITE Interest events for April 01[Christian] Commemoration of St Lasarus, patron of girls 1872 [Ang] Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, priest 1994 [Christian] Good Friday 1999 [Christian] Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) 1999 [Jewish] Passover/Pesach (Feast of Deliverance) (Nisan 15, 5759 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for April 01 April Fool's Day/Intolerance Day [Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Aprilis [SF] St Stupid's Day (tradition since 1980) [US] Taxes in 2 weeks! NCAA Final Four Women's Basketball competition ends [US] National Library Week begins NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball competition ends NCAA Final Four Men's & Women's Basketball competition begins Set your clock ahead-Daylight Savings Time starts at 2 AM tomorrow Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,] Fiscal Year begins Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burma, Canada,] Fiscal Year begins Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Equatorial Guinea,] Fiscal Year begins Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Gaza Strip,] Fiscal Year begins Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Isle of Man, Israel,] Fiscal Year begins Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Lesotho, Malawi, Malta,] Fiscal Year begins Montserrat, Namibia, Niue, Pitcairn Islands,] Fiscal Year begins Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, St Helena,] Fiscal Year begins St Lucia, Swaziland, Tokelau, United Kingdom,] Fiscal Year begins West Bank of Israel] Fiscal Year begins 0419 Astrological sign: Aires 705 Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI ---- Dr Charles Richard Drew, scientist, discovered blood plasma 0705 Greek Pope John VII elected to succeed John VI 1064 Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik 1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation 1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" 1789 House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker 1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 1850 SF County Govt established 1853 Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay firefighters a regular salary 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA 1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect 1865 Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army 1866 US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US 1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama 1867 International Exhibition opens in Paris 1868 Hampton Institute opens 1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die 1873 Mehmed Kemals play "Vatan" premeirs in Constantinople 1873 Steamer 'Atlantic' sank off Nova Scotia drowning 481 1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5) 1881 Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens 1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago) 1891 Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti 1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #331 Etheridgea 1899 NC Mutual opens doors for business 1900 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People" 1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya 1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk 1916 1st US national women's swiming championships held 1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force 1920 Church disestablished in Wales 1920 Ottawa Senators beat Seat Metropolitans 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa 1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted 1924 Imperial Airways forms in Britain 1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio 1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] 1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice 1928 Chaing Kai-sheks army battles with Yang-tse 1929 Austrian cabinet of Ignaz Seipel falls 1929 Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens 1929 Morehouse College, Spelman College & Atlanta University affiliate 1931 Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000 1931 Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball 1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany 1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses 1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY 1935 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta 1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India 1937 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia & #3417 Tamblyn 1937 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera 1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY 1938 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in NYC 1939 US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war 1939 Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain 1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay) 1942 M‚xico changes from 3 time zones to 2 1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India 1945 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes 1945 Brithish and Canadian troops free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen 1945 Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army 1945 US forces invade Okinawa during WW II 1946 400,000 US mine workers strike 1946 Belgian cabinet-Acker forms (without CVP) 1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii 1946 Underseas earthquake at Aleoeten, flooding in Hawaii, kills 179 1946 Weight Watchers forms 1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow 1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea 1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 1st army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC 1954 US Air Force Academy established 1954 WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British govt buildings in Cyprus 1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter 1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast 1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380 1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising 1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 World's biggest glass oven used 1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank 1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara) 1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee 1960 RCA (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched 1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma 1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye 1963 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike 1963 Soap operas "General Hospital" & "Doctors" premier on TV 1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years 1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) 1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast 1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers 1970 John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations 1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara & 1976 Kaverin 1970 Pres Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71 1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere 1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership 1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico 1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold 1974 Pioneer Hall opens 1974 Yourdon, Inc forms 1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games 1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah 1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist 1982 Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution 1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panam 1983 NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons 1984 8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles 1985 Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball title 1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea 1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel 1989 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3 1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball 1990 "Ha!" commedy Channel on cable tv begins transmitting 1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger 1990 It becomes illeagal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers 1990 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour 1990 Wrestlemania VI-Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship 1991 Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 for NCAA championship 1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets 1991 Iran releases british hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years 1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour 1991 Warsaw Pact officially disolves 1992 Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned 1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games 1992 Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman Back to GREGSITE Facts for April 0191st day of year with 274 days left (Numerology = 5) 1917 83øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1923 12øF lowest temperature for April in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on April 0104/01/49 --- A You're Adorable --- Como, Perry 04/01/67 --- Sweet Soul Music --- Conley, Arthur 04/01/78 --- This Time I'm In It For Love --- Player 04/01/89 --- Forever Your Girl --- Abdul, Paula 04/01/89 --- After All (Love Theme From Chances Are) --- Cher 04/01/89 --- Real Love --- Watley, Jody |
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