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Calif, columnist (SF Chronicle) 1917 Bill Finegan, Newark NJ, (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue) 1918 Sixten Ehrling, Malm Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm) 1920 Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour) 1921 Harry Landers, NYC, actor (Ted Hoffman-Ben Casey) 1921 Marilyn Maxwell, Clarinda Iowa, actress (Grace-Bus Stop) 1923 Jan Sterling, NYC, actress (1st Monday in October, HS Confidential) 1924 Doris Day, Cincinnati Oh, "girl next door" actress (Pillow Talk) 1924 Marlon Brando, Omaha Neb, actor (Superman, Godfather) 1925 Tony Benn, British minister of technology (1968) 1926 Virgil Grissom, Mitchell Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Merc 4, Gemini 3) 1927 Eva Szkely, Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1952) 1929 Miyoshi Umeki, Jap, actr (Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father) 1930 Helmut Kohl, chancellor (Germany) 1930 Lawton Chiles, (Sen-D-Fl, 1971-89) 1930 Max Frankel, journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds) 1931 Alex Cord, Floral Park NY, actor (Jack-WEB, Michael-Airwolf) 1933 Robert K Dornan, (Rep-R-CA, 1977-83, 85- ) 1934 Jane Goodall, London England, ethologist (studied African chimps) 1934 Jim Parker, NFL guard, tackle (Baltimore Colts) 1937 Simon Brown, British high court judge 1937 William Gaunt, Leeds England, actor (Champions) 1938 Jeff Barry, Bkln NY, rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her) 1938 Phillppe Wynn, rocker (Spinners) 1939 Vitaliy Davidov, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72) 1941 Eric Braeden, actor (Victor Newman-Young & Restless) 1941 Jan Berry, singer (Jan & Dean-Deadman's Curve) 1942 Marsha Mason, St Louis Mo, (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty) 1942 Michael Elliott, US, skier (Olympics-1968) 1942 Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300') 1942 Wayne Newton, Roanoke Virginia, singer (Danke Schn) 1944 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band-Up on Cripple Creek) 1944 Tony Orlando, NYC, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon) 1945 Catherine Spaak, France, actress (Hotel, Circle of Love) 1945 Wim J Deetman, minister of education/2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1946 Carlos Salinas de Gortari, president (Mxico, 1988- ) 1948 Garrick Ohlsson, Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969) 1948 Jap G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) 1948 Mary Gordon-Watson, England, equestrian 3 day event (Oly-gold-1972) 1949 Jan Emperor, singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart) 1949 Lyle Alzado, NFLer (LA Raiders)/actor 1949 Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights) 1951 Mel Schacher, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) 1954 Mick Mars, [Bob Allen Dale], IN, guitarist (Mtley Cre-Girls Girls) 1955 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1956 Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer 1958 Alec Baldwin, Amityville NY, actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice) 1961 Eddie Murphy, Bkln NY, actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw) 1962 John Gruffith, rocker (Red Rockers) 1968 Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-Psycho Love) 1972 Jennie Garth, Champagn Ill, actr (Kelly Taylor-Beverly Hills 90210) Back to GREGSITE Passings for April 0333 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington 1287 Honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies 1525 Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le api), dies at 49 1769 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71 1811 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies 1849 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Father of Bacteria), dies at 39 1882 Jesse James, shot dead at 34, in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford 1897 John Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hungarian Dancing), dies 1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed 1941 Pal Teleki-von Szek, premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), commits suicide 1943 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies 1945 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Wrtlich), dies 1946 Masaharu Homma, Lt Gen (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed 1950 Carter G Woodson, "father of black history," dies in Wash DC at 74 1950 Kurt Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies 1956 T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed 1960 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 77 1962 Benny "Kid" Paret, US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24 1966 Russel Crouse, US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73 1971 Joseph Valachi, US gangster, dies at 66 1972 Ferde Grof, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80 1980 Luella Gear, actress (Joe & Mabel), dies at 82 1982 Herman W Filarski, bridge journalist, dies at 69 1982 Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53 1988 Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81 1990 Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66 1991 Graham Greene, Brit writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86 1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83 1993 Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat Back to GREGSITE Holidays for April 03[Switzerland] Glarius Festival (1388) [Mass] Student Government Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for April 031253 [Ang] Commemoration of Richard, Bishop of Chichester 1994 [Christian] Easter Sunday 1999 [Christian] Holy Saturday Back to GREGSITE Special events for April 03 American Creed 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 245 -BC- Origin of Era of Arsaces 309 -BC- Origin of Seleucid Era 419 [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1312 2nd council of Vienna 1376 Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France 1559 Peace of Le Cateau-Cambrsis 1679 Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig 1776 Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College 1783 Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce 1848 Thomas Douglas becomes 1st SF public teacher 1856 Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos 1860 Pony Express began between St Joseph Mo & Sacramento Calif 1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Va & Petersberg 1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave 1872 J C Watson discovers asteroid #119 Althaea 1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #256 Walpurga & #274 Philagoria 1889 Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Va 1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #562 Salome 1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs 1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed 1916 S Belyavskij disc asteroid 854 Frostia, 855 Newcombia & 856 Backlunda 1918 House of Reps accepts American Creed written by William Tyler 1922 Stalin named secretary-general of Central Committee 1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard 1925 Neth & Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde 1926 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard 1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions 1927 Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone 1929 Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact 1930 Mont Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games for Stanley Cup 1930 Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1933 1st airplane flight over Mt Everest 1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1354 Botha & #1948 Kampala 1936 Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of 1st round 1936 Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds 1937 K Inkeri discovers asteroid #1425 Tuorla 1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2194 Arpola, #2512 Tavastia & #3099 1941 Iraq (Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime 1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested 1944 British dive bombers attacks battle cruiser Tirpitz 1944 Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional 1945 Hengelo freed from nazi control 1945 US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar 1946 Neth-German postal relations resume 1948 1st US figure skating championships held 1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) 1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS 1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress 1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) 1955 Balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics) 1955 Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300 1958 Fidel Castro's rebels open attack on Havana 1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races) 1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts 1964 US & Panam agree to resume diplomatic relations 1965 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched 1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships 1968 N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks 1970 Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try 1972 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2142 Landau 1974 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states 1974 Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris 1975 Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend 1975 James Rupers kills his family to inherit 1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3493 1976 Phila Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game 1977 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point 1977 Egyptian Pres Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter 1978 Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC 1979 Jane Byrne elected 1st female mayor of Chicago 1981 Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg 1982 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point 1982 UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands 1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3676 1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup 1984 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7 1985 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London 1986 Maureen O'Boyle (future host of Current Affair) is raped 1986 US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000 1987 Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega 1988 Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretsky 7 year streak 1988 NJ Devils beat Chicago to clinch their 1st ever playoff spot 1989 "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx 1989 Michigan beats Seaton Hall for NCAA basketball title 1992 1st exhibition game at Camden Field-Orioles beat NY Mets Back to GREGSITE Facts for April 0393rd day of year with 272 days left (Numerology = 7) 1954 24øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1981 81øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on April 0304/03/41 --- Do I Worry? --- Dorsey, Tommy 04/03/41 --- Music Makers --- James, Harry 04/03/61 --- Mother-In-Law --- K-Doe, Ernie 04/03/61 --- You Can Depend On Me --- Lee, Brenda 04/03/61 --- Portrait Of My Love --- Lawrence, Steve 04/03/61 --- Hundred Pounds Of Clay, A --- McDaniels, Gene 04/03/61 --- I've Told Every Little Star --- Scott, Linda 04/03/65 --- I Know A Place --- Clark, Petula 04/03/65 --- Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap), The --- Ellis, Shirley 04/03/71 --- If --- Bread 04/03/71 --- I Am...I Said --- Diamond, Neil 04/03/76 --- Fooled Around And Fell In Love --- Bishop, Elvin 04/03/76 --- Sara Smile --- Hall & Oates 04/03/76 --- Shannon --- Gross, Henry 04/03/82 --- Did It In A Minute --- Hall & Oates 04/03/82 --- Get Down On It --- Kool & The Gang |
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