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1588 Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) 1643 Charles V Leopold, Austrian field marshal 1649 Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale 1725 Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) 1732 Jean-Honor Fragonard, France, painter 1752 Sbastien Erard, piano/harp manufacturer 1784 Ludwig Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) 1788 Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) 1795 Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) 1811 Jules Dupr, landscape painter 1818 Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1822 James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 1824 Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman) 1825 David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army) 1827 Joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery) 1830 Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) 1832 Jules-Franois Camille Ferry, French statesman 1837 Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) 1838 Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist 1839 Robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC) 1845 Jules M Cambon, French gov-gen of Algeria/ambassador 1856 Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp) 1857 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) 1869 Albert Roussel, Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende) 1869 Karl Wagenfeld, Defeated German writer (Daud un Dwel) 1871 Jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue) 1893 Clas Thunberg, Finland, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924, 28) 1893 P l Szabo, Hungarian farmer/author (Talpalatnyi Fld) 1899 Willianm Hornby Steer, barrister/judge 19-- Chao Li Chi, actress (Falcon Crest) 19-- Christopher Hewett, Sussex England, actor (Mr Belvedere) 19-- Cindy Weintraub, NYC, actress (Terry-Baker's Dozen) 19-- Shawn Stevens, Morristown NJ, actor (Roy-Last Convertible) 19-- Tasia Valenza, actress (All My Children) 19-- Willy Chirino, spanish singer 1900 Spencer Tracy, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib) 1901 Chester Bowles, Mass, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal) 1901 Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], Macon Ga, actor (Hud, Ghost Story) 1905 Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive) 1907 J Zeldenrust, pathologist/anatomist 1908 Bette Davis, Lowell Mass, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel) 1908 George Schick, Prague Czech, conductor (Chicago Symphony) 1908 Grady Sutton, Chattanooga Tn, actor (Pruitts of South Hampton) 1908 Herbert von Karajan, Austria, Berlin Philharmonic conductor/Nazi 1908 Mary Hemingway, writer (Ernest Hemmingway Biography) 1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, NYC, film producer (James Bond) 1911 Goddard Lieberson, Hanley Staffordshire England, recording exec 1911 Gordon Jones, Alden Iowa, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello) 1916 Gregory Peck, La Jolla Calif, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur) 1917 Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit) 1917 Robert [Albert] Bloch, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho) 1919 Douglas Henley, British auditor-general 1920 Arthur Halley, England, Canadian author (Hotel, Airport) 1920 Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch premier (1971-73) 1921 Lady Fisher, founder (British Women Caring Trust) 1921 Robert Q Lewis, NYC, TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show) 1922 Charles Savage, Belgian Minister of Justice 1922 Gale Storm, Bloomington Tx, actr (My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show) 1922 Tom Finney, British soccer star 1923 Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher/economist 1923 Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president (1965-75) 1923 Stanley Orme, chairman (British Labour Party) 1926 Roger Corman, Detroit, producer/director (Little Shop of Horrors) 1928 Michael Bryant, actor (Sakharov, Girly) 1928 Tony Williams, US, singer (Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights) 1928 Will Gaines, jazz dancer 1929 Hugo Claus, Flemish writer/director (Koele Lover, Sugar) 1929 Nigel Hawthorne, actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II) 1933 Frank Gorshin, Pittsburgh Pa, comedian/impersonator (Riddler-Batman) 1934 Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist 1934 Tina Maria Stone, runner (1 year distance record of 15,472 miles) 1935 Donald Lynden-Bell, British astronomer 1936 John Albert, professor (Master of University College Oxford) 1937 Colin Powell, Bronx NY, general/asst to president (Nat Sec Affairs) 1939 David Winters, London England, choreographer (Steve Allen Comedy Hour) 1939 Lonnie White, vocalist (Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Shop Around) 1940 Aliza Kashi, Israel, actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular) 1941 David LaFlamme, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day) 1941 Eric Burdon, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 1941 Michael Moriarity, Detroit, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Q, Stuff) 1942 Allan Clarke, rock vocalist (Hollies-Air That I Breathe) 1943 Jonathan Lynn, Bath England, actor (Danny-Doctor in the House) 1943 Max Gail, Mich, (Barney Miller, Whiz Kids, DC Cab, Normal People) 1944 Ann [Elizabeth] Maxwell, US, sci-fi author (Jaws of Menx) 1944 Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law) 1944 Peter T King, (Rep-R-New York) 1946 Jane Asher, Paul McCartney's former girlfriend/actress (Deep End) 1946 Jennifer Penney, ballerina 1949 Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Ohio, ast (STS 41D, 51L-Chal disaster) 1950 Agnetha Fltskog, Stockholm Sweden, rocker (ABBA-Waterloo) 1950 Anna Ulvaeus, rocker (Aha-Take on Me) 1950 Franklin R Chang-Diaz, Costa Rica, PhD/astronaut (STS 61C, 34, 46) 1950 Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai) 1951 Everett Morton, rocker (English Beat) 1951 Roosevel Ferguson, Arkansas, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 1954 Christopher S Nelson, New Orleans LA, actor (Sons & Daughters) 1954 Michael W Butler, created TODAY program 1954 Stan Ridgeway, rocker (Mosquito-Garage Sale) 1955 Janice Long, British radio host 1958 Cammie Lusko, LA Calif, Guinness' World Strongest Woman 1958 Johan Kriek, South Africa, tennis player (US Indoor 1982) 1968 Gianna Amore, Warwick RI, playmate (August, 1989) 2173 Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd, New Amsterdam, Arcturus (Star Trek) Back to GREGSITE Passings for April 05828 Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies 1258 Julian van Cornillon/Luik, Flemish saint, dies 1270 Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies 1531 Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop 1649 John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies 1684 William Brouncker, 2nd viscout/1st pres of Royal Society, dies 1693 Anne ML of Orlans, duchess of Montpensier (Grande Mademoiselle), dies 1697 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies 1765 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies 1794 Georges-Jaques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined 1811 Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies 1907 Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65 1918 Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geocount, dies 1921 Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, classic composer, dies at 44 1922 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85 1923 George Edward Stanhope Molyne£x Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, dies 1928 Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archelogist, dies 1944 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 1946 Vincent Millie Youmans, composer, dies 1964 Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 1972 Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 1974 William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 1976 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 1982 Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 1984 Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies 1986 Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82 1990 Nico Scheepmaker, columnist/poet, dies 1991 John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash 1991 Manley L "Sonny" Carter Jr, US astronaut, dies in an accident 1992 Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65 1992 Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Walmart), dies of cancer at 74 1992 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for April 05[Iceland] 1st Day of Summer (or 0418) [South Korea] Arbor Day [Taiwan] Death of Chiang Kai-shek/Tomb Sweeping Day (1975) [Switzerland] Glarius Festival (1388) [Mass] Student Government Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for April 05[Christian] Feast of St Albert of Montecorvino [Christian] Feast of St Derfel Gadarn [Christian] Feast of St Ethelburga of Lyminge [Christian] Feast of St Gerard of Suave-Majeure [Orthodox] Earliest possible Orthodox Easter (3/23 OS) 1419 [RC] Memorial of St Vincent Ferrer, confessor/priest CE (opt) 1996 [Christian] Good Friday 1998 [Christian] Palm Sunday of Passion of Jesus Christ Back to GREGSITE Special events for April 05 [Ancient Rome] Non Aprilis 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 Golf Masters Championship (Atlanta) begins Set your clock ahead-Daylight Savings Time starts at 2 AM tomorrow 1058 Bishop John "Minchio", [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X 1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights 1614 2nd parliment of King James I begin session (no enactments) 1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe 1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England 1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French 1792 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto 1812 Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish 1815 Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) 1847 Opera "Die Fledermaus" is produced (Vienna) 1853 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #24 Themis 1853 Asteroid 24, Themis discovered 1853 DeGasparis discovers his 7th asteroid, Themis (24) 1861 Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Tx 1862 Seige of Yorktown VA 1874 "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed (Vienna) 1881 Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty 1886 J Palisa discovers asteroid #257 Silesia 1887 Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Copper Beeches" (BG) 1894 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn 1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Empty House" (BG) 1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Students" (BG) 1895 Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested 1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens 1900 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails 1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland & England kills 25 1906 St Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland" 1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #632 Pyrrha 1911 W W Aster acquires Daily Observer 1913 S Belyavskij & G Neujmin discovers asteroid #749 Malzovia 1915 French begin Wovre-offensive 1915 Jess Willard defeats Jack Johnson for heavyweight boxing crown (23r) 1919 Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann 1919 Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana 1919 Polish Army executes 35 young Jews 1922 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions 1922 WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions 1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2235 Vittore 1925 Belgian Working people Party wins parliamentary election 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 & 200 m freestyle 1929 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1116 Catriona 1929 Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact 1932 Twentse textile strike begins 1933 US airship USS Akron struck by lightning in NJ, kills 73 1935 Croatian Boeren Party wins Yugoslavian election 1936 Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die 1938 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland 1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2714 Matti 1939 Membership in Hitlerjugend becomes obligatory 1941 In SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses 1943 Allies bombs Mortsel 1943 Japanese troops conquer Indin 1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days 1945 Almelo freed 1945 Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki 1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1949 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill) 1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins 1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death 1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title 1953 WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" 1955 Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him 1959 Art Wall wins golf's Masters 1961 Barbra Striesand appears on "Jack Paar Show" 1962 Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m 1962 St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands 1963 Beatles recieve their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) 1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa 1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground 1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft Pierce-Vero Beach, FL (IND) 1st broadcast 1967 '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds 1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit 1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens 1968 US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled 1970 WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy 1971 WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike 1973 NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19) 1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter 1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories) 1975 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely 1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928 1976 Harold Wilson resigns as PM of England 1979 Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter 1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley & #2433 Sootiyo 1981 Phila Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes 1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war 1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3364 1986 2 US servicemen die in West Berlin discotheque bombing 1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m) 1986 US soldier & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing 1987 Fox TV network premiers showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullman 1987 Wayne Gretsky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title 1988 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate 1989 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo 1989 Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak 1989 Solidarity grants legal status in Poland 1990 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row 1990 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1991 Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan 1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched 1991 US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq 1992 Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka 1992 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea 1992 Wrestlemania VIII-Randy "Macho Man" Savage beats Ric Flair for title 1993 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to NY Mets 4-0 1993 Florida Marlins 1st game - beat LA Dodgers 6-3 1993 Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad 2348 -BC- Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (calculated date) Back to GREGSITE Facts for April 0595th day of year with 270 days left (Numerology = 9) 1881 21øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1928 80øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on April 0504/05/45 --- Just A Prayer Away --- Crosby, Bing 04/05/45 --- Stuff Like That There --- Hutton, Betty 04/05/45 --- Laura --- Herman, Woody 04/05/45 --- Just A Prayer Away --- Kaye, Sammy 04/05/45 --- My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Tim --- Long, Johnny 04/05/45 --- There! I've Said It Again --- Monroe, Vaughn 04/05/45 --- Candy --- Shore, Dinah 04/05/69 --- Time Is Tight --- Booker T. & The MG's 04/05/69 --- Sweet Cherry Wine --- James, Tommy 04/05/75 --- I Don't Like To Sleep Alone --- Anka, Paul 04/05/75 --- How Long --- Ace 04/05/75 --- Thank God I'm A Country Boy --- Denver, John 04/05/86 --- Greatest Love Of All --- Houston, Whitney 04/05/86 --- Something About You --- Level 42 04/05/86 --- If You Leave --- Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark 04/05/86 --- I Can't Wait --- Nu Shooz |
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