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188 Caracalla, [Marcus Aureiius Antoniius], Roman emperor (211-17) 1527 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer 1648 Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver 1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter 1752 Nicolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) 1758 John Hoppner, portrait painter 1785 Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) 1786 John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) 1792 Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) 1802 Dorothea Dix, US, aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates 1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer 1814 John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 1817 John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1821 Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) 1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) 1823 Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1826 Znobe Thophile Gramme, inventor (electric motor) 1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) 1831 Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 1832 Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido) 1843 Hans Richter, conductor 1858 Rmy de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique de L'amour) 1870 George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church 1872 Pauline the Cock-Manifarges, singer 1875 Pierre Monteux, Paris France, conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24) 1876 Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow) 1881 Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls) 1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose 1892 Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot) 1895 Arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party) 1896 Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight) 1896 Tristan Tzara, [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man) 1897 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Grand Illusion) 19-- Richard Coogan, Short Hills NJ, actor (Captain Video) 19-- Tracey Phillips, Montclair NJ, actress (Hope-Coed Fever) 1901 Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show) 1902 Louise L the Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage) 1906 Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction) 1906 John Cameron Swayze, Wichita Ks, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg) 1907 Nathan M Pusey, educator (1963 Natl Assoc for Social Sciences Medal) 1913 Frances Langford, Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time) 1913 Jerome Weidman, US writer (Tenderloin) 1914 John Beith, British diplomat 1914 Marguerite Duras, France, novelist/playwright (Sea Wall) 1915 Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani) 1915 Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer (Death of Me) 1915 Muddy Waters, [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man) 1918 Earl Jellicoe, chancellor (U of Southhampton) 1918 Margaret Dupont, tennis champion 1919 Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957) 1922 Elmer Bernstein, NYC, movie music composer (Robot Monster) 1923 Eric Rohmer, Nancy Francy, director (Claire's Knee) 1924 Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets) 1924 Peter Vaughan, actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling) 1925 Elizabeth Wilson, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Doc, East Side/West Side) 1925 Erna Spoorenberg, singer 1926 Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress (Phyllis, High Anxiety) 1927 Bob Stump, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- ) 1928 Bill Ryan, Bkln NY, newscaster (Smithsonian) 1928 Jimmy Logan, British comedian 1928 Maya Angelou, St Louis Mo, poet/actress (Nyo-Roots) 1928 Monty Norman, composer/writer 1929 William F Clinger Jr, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- ) 1930 David Sexton, soccer manager 1931 Harold L Volkmer, (Rep-D-MO, 1977- ) 1932 Anthony Perkins, NYC, actor (Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison) 1932 Richard G Lugar, (Sen-R-IN, 1977- ) 1933 Fritz Bolkestein, director (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD) 1935 Lord Ichayra, secretary-general (British Banking Assn) 1935 Trevor Griffiths, playwright (Absolute Beginners) 1937 Ian St James, novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones) 1937 J Hans van den Doel, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA) 1938 A Bartlett Giamatti, Boston, pres of Yale/baseball commish (1989) 1938 Michael Parks, Corona Calif, actor (Then Came Bronson) 1938 Peter Attenborough, British headmaster (Charterhouse) 1939 Hugh Masekela, South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid) 1939 JoAnne Gunderson Carter, Kirkland Wash, golfer (US Women's Open 1971) 1939 Joanne Carner, Kirkland Wash, LPGA golfer (US Open 1970, 76) 1940 Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London) 1942 Kitty Kelley, author (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra) 1943 Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum) 1944 David Melville, professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic) 1944 Lawrence A Hough, US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver) 1945 Caroline McWilliams, Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson) 1946 Craig T Nelson, Spokane Wash, actor (Poltergeist, Hayden Fox-Coach) 1948 Berry Oakley, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man) 195- Luke Halpin, Astoria NY, actor (Sandy-Flipper) 1950 Christine Lahti, Detroit, actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift) 1952 Dave Hill, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You) 1954 Julie Carmen, Mount Vernon NY, actress (Gloria, Last Plane Out) 1956 Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet) 1957 Paul Downton, British cricketeer 1958 John Wesley Jones, Lawton Ok, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1976) 1958 Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter 1960 Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster/test bowler 1962 Ava Fabian, Brewster NY, playmate (Aug, 1986) 1964 Paul Parker, soccer player 1964 Robbie Rist, Calif, actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch) 1965 Robert Downey Jr, NYC, comedian (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School) 1965 Zwart Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies) 1966 Nancy McKeon, Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life) Back to GREGSITE Passings for April 04397 Ambrosius, gov of Ligurie/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies 896 Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies 1229 Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Luik, dies 1284 Alfonso X, King of Castili/Leon (1252-84), dies at 63 1292 Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies 1393 Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies 1406 Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies 1588 Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 1604 Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies 1617 John Napier, inventor (logarithms), dies (birth date unknown) 1643 Simon Episcopius, bishop/theologist, dies 1664 Adam Willaerts, seascape painter, dies 1774 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet/writer (She stoops to conquer), dies 1807 Joseph Jrme Le Francais de Lalande, astronomer, dies 1817 Andr Massna Duc de Rivoli, soldier, dies 1817 Prince d'Essing, dies 1841 William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 1900 Edward VII, King, assassinated 1905 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73 1919 William Crookes, phsicist/chemist, dies 1923 L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49 1929 Karl Freidrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies 1930 Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies 1931 Andre Michelin, CEO (Michelin Tires), dies 1932 Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies 1937 Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic, dies 1939 Ghazi, King of Iraq, dies 1943 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies 1950 Kurt Weill, German/US composer (Street Scenes), dies 1953 Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies 1956 Fritz Knkel, German physician, dies 1963 Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18 1963 Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at 70 1967 Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies 1968 Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in Memphis (Dream continues) 1970 Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70 1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63 1972 John AHJS Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal) 1979 Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77 1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan 1981 Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 1983 Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies at 84 of a heart ailment 1983 Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78 1987 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76 1991 John Heinz, (Sen-R-Pa), dies in a plane crash 1991 Luc de Rck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies 1991 Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies 1992 Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies 1993 Alfred Butts, US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93 1993 Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop, [Rita la Roche], singer, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for April 04[Guinea] Anniversary of 2nd Republic (1984) [Hungary] Anniversary of Liberation (1945) [Senegal] Independence Day (1960) [Switzerland] Glarius Festival (1388) [Mass] Student Government Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for April 04[Ang] Commemoration of St Ambrose [Christian] Feast of St Agathopus & Theodulus [Christian] Feast of St Benedict, black [Christian] Feast of St Plato & St Tigernach 636 [RC] Comm of St Isidore, abp of Seville, confessor/doctor (opt) 1996 [Christian] Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) 1996 [Jewish] Passover/Pesach (Feast of Deliverance) (Nisan 15, 5756 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for April 04 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 896 Formosus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 896 Pope Formous ends reign 1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms 1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits 1581 Frances Drake completres circumnavigation of world 1660 Declaration of Breda 1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church 1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars 1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated 1858 Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence) 1858 R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso 1859 Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) 1862 Battle of Yorktown begins 1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond 1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse 1870 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800 1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) 1896 Announcement of Gold in Yukon 1900 Assassinaton attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII 1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million 1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers in Siberia 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia 1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet 1912 Tibet declares independence from China 1914 "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in LA 1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I 1918 Battle of Somme, ends 1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem 1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls 1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London 1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held 1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, C.C. King, Univ of Pittsburgh 1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of NJ, 73 die 1933 US airship USS Akron crashes into Atlantic Ocean 1934 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1716 Peter 1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq 1940 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2332 Kalm 1941 German troops conquer Banghazi 1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communist 1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld 1947 Largest group of sunspots on record 1947 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established 1950 Dirk Suffocated becomes chairman of OES 1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Peron in Buenos Aires 1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 British govt signs military treaty with Iraq 1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) 1959 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) 1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center 1960 Senegal declares independence from France 1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks 1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland 1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned 1969 Dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart 1971 Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) 1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th 1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes 1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155 1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov 1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago Ill 1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched 1983 North Carolina State wins NCAA women's basketball championship 1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary 1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal 1986 Wayne Gretsky sets NHL record with 213th point of season 1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts 1988 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to race a ¬ mile in under 5 seconds 1988 Kansas upsets Oklahoma for NCAA basketball title 1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds Vs Cards) 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle 1990 "Marshall Chronicles" premiers on ABC-TV 1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident 1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody 1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad 1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca 1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case 1993 Wrestlemania IX-Hulk Hogan beats Okozuna for title Back to GREGSITE Facts for April 0494th day of year with 271 days left (Numerology = 8) 1874 20øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1892 80øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on April 0404/04/46 --- Sioux City Sue --- Crosby, Bing 04/04/46 --- Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop --- Hampton, Lionel 04/04/46 --- Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy --- Shore, Dinah 04/04/47 --- My Adobe Hacienda --- Howard, Eddy 04/04/53 --- Ruby --- Hayman, Richard 04/04/53 --- Anna --- Mangano, Silvana 04/04/60 --- Cradle Of Love --- Preston, Johnny 04/04/64 --- White On White --- Williams, Danny 04/04/70 --- Turn Back The Hands Of Time --- Davis, Tyrone 04/04/70 --- Reflections Of My Life --- Marmalade 04/04/70 --- Get Ready --- Rare Earth 04/04/87 --- Lady In Red, The --- De Burgh, Chris 04/04/87 --- With Or Without You --- U2 04/04/92 --- My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) --- En Vogue 04/04/92 --- Bohemian Rhaspody --- Queen |
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