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742 Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14) 1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan 1618 Francesco M Grimaldi, naturalist (light defraction) 1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales 1814 Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army), died 1826 Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 1833 Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 190 1834 Frdric-Auguste Bertholdi, France, Statue of Liberty sculptor 1840 mile Zola, France, novelist (Nana, J'Accuse) 1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres, pacifist (Nobel 1931) 1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) 1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company 1891 Max Ernst, Germany, founded surrealism, painter/sculptor 1894 Rudolph P Cleveringa, lawyer (anti-nazi leader) 19-- Sam Anderson, actor (Gorpley-Perfect Strangers) 1900 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist 1905 Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opra Ballet) 1908 Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) 1910 Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants) 1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer (Street Car Named Desire) 1910 Joeri German, Russian writer 1911 Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap) 1912 Harry Mills, US, singer (Mills Brothers) 1914 Alec Guinness, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai) 1915 Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine 1917 Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie) 1917 Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse) 1919 Antoon J Hubben, mayor (Maasbree)/Political chairman (KVM) 1919 Ian Hunter, impresario 1920 Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet) 1922 Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964) 1923 Hugh Overton, British diplomat 1924 Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas) 1925 George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge) 1926 Michael Rizzello, sculpter/coin designer 1927 Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star 1928 Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago 1928 Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Mohawk) 1928 Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer/songwriter 1929 Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife) 1929 Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch 2nd chamber member (KVP/CDA) 1934 Brian Glover, actor (McGuffin) 1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Dept of Health) 1934 Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury) 1935 Sharon Acker, Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973) 1936 Jack Brabham, race car driver 1937 Paul E Kanjorski, (Rep-D-PA, 1985- ) 1939 Marvin P Gaye Jr, Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing) 1940 Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love) 1940 Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft) 1941 Leon Russell, pianist/singer (Carny) 1942 Graham Bright, private sec to British PM 1943 Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House) 1945 Don Sutton, baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers) 1945 Linda Hunt, Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado) 1945 Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C) 1946 Kurt Winter, rocker (Guess Who) 1947 Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again) 1948 Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune) 1949 Pamela Reed, Tacoma Wash, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop) 1949 Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey 1953 Debralee Scott, Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie) 1954 Ron Palillo, Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter) 1955 Dana Carvey, comedian (Church Lady-SNL) 1959 Brian Goodell, US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976) 1960 Linford Christie, St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100m runner (Oly-silver-1988) 1961 Keren Woodward, rocker (Bananarama-Venus) 1963 Dermot Reeve, British cricketeer 1965 Rodney King, Sacramento Calif, black motorist beaten by LA cops 1975 Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) Back to GREGSITE Passings for April 021118 Boudewijn I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies 1416 Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 1657 Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48 1831 Charles Felix, King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74 1865 Ambrose P Hill, confederate general, dies at 39 1865 Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60 1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 1910 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies 1928 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies 1941 Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies 1945 Maurice Rose, US Gen-maj, dies in battle of Paderborn 1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall 1952 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies 1953 Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56 1956 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies 1961 August Defresne, director (Anno Christi 967), dies 1972 Gil Hodges, NY Mets manager, dies at 57 1974 Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84 1974 Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris 1976 Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74 1979 Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72 1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 1993 Kaus Schenk, ice skater/skating coach/father of Ard, dies at 86 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for April 02[Chad] Creation of Union of Central African States (1968) [Iran] Nawroz 13 [Liberia] National Day of Prayer & Fast [Switzerland] Glarius Festival (1388) [Mass] Student Government Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for April 021507 [RC] Mem of St Francis of Paula, hermit/confessor (opt) 1876 [Ang] Commemoration of James Lloyd Breck, priest 1994 [Christian] Holy Saturday 1999 [Christian] Good Friday Back to GREGSITE Special events for April 02 International Children's Book Day Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 AM 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 999 Gerbert van Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope 1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon 1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy 1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint 1819 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins 1845 H.L. Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun 1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin 1863 Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia 1865 Battle of Petersburg, VA (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station) 1865 CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA 1866 Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va 1869 R Luther discovers asteroid #108 Hecuba 1876 Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila 1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn 1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper 1902 1st motion picture theater opens (LA) 1902 Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act 1905 Cairo-Capetown railway opens 1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China 1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power 1916 Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia & #852 Wladilena & #853 Nansenia 1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps 1917 Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany 1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2500 1926 Riots between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta 1930 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda 1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son 1935 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer 1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR 1937 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1549 Mikko 1941 German occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn 1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania 1945 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa 1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see 0126] 1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premieres on TV 1958 Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens 1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA 1958 Operations begin at Antillian Brewery (Amstel beer) 1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record) 1960 Cuba buys oil from USSR 1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacom, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km) 1963 USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km 1964 Military coup between Gen Castello Branco & Pres Goulart in Brazil 1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned 1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon 1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark 1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd 1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States 1968 Senator E Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin 1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) 1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state 1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run 1972 44th Academy Awards presented 1972 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo 1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day 1973 Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal 1973 ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean pres election 1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War 1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2190 Coubertin & #2593 Buryatia 1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks 1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose 1978 TV show "Dallas" premiers on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series) 1979 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt 1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season 1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands 1984 Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title 1986 4 US passengers killed byy bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece 1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans 1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule 1986 P Jensen discovers asteroid #3459 Bodil 1987 IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2 1988 Simply Majestic sets horseracing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45 1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage 1989 Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games 1991 Rotterdam Newspaper begins publishing 1992 "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Center on Broadway 1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns 1992 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos 1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands 1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam) 1993 Venezuelian DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10 Back to GREGSITE Facts for April 0292nd day of year with 273 days left (Numerology = 6) 1919 22F lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1967 81F highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on April 0204/02/48 --- Little White Lies --- Haymes, Dick 04/02/48 --- You Can't Be True, Dear (Vocal) --- Griffin, Ken 04/02/55 --- It's A Sin To Tell A Lie --- Smith, Somethin' & The Redheads 04/02/77 --- Angel In Your Arms --- Hot 04/02/77 --- I'm Your Boogie Man --- KC & The Sunshine Band 04/02/83 --- Solitare --- Branigan, Laura 04/02/88 --- Two Occasions --- Deele, The 04/02/88 --- Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) --- Fox, Samantha 04/02/88 --- Shattered Dreams --- Johnny Hates Jazz 04/02/88 --- Piano In The Dark --- Russell, Brenda |
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