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1483 Raphael, [Raffaello Sanzio], Neth, painter (Sistine Madonna) 1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (Sacred Odes & Songs) 1773 James Mill, Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India) 1810 Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos) 1823 Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune) 1828 Charles William Field, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 1830 James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop 1866 Butch Cassidy, outlaw 1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities) 1869 Louis Raemakers, cartoonist/painter 1874 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Hungary, famous magician/escape artist 1883 Mien Labberton, poetess 1884 Walter Huston, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre) 1890 Andr L Danjon, French astronomer 1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider) 1892 Donald Wills Douglas, US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas) 1892 Lowell Thomas, Woodington Ohio, newscaster (High Adventure) 19-- Judith McConnell, actress (Sophia-Santa Barbara) 1901 Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer 1903 Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer 1903 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 avg) 1904 Kurt G Kiesinger, German chancellor (Wherever They May Be) 1906 John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion) 1914 George Reeves, Ashland Ky, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind) 1926 Ian Paisley, Northiers clergyman 1928 James Watson, chemist (codiscovered structure of DNA) 1928 Joi Lansing, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Bob Cummings Show) 1929 "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster 1929 Andr Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist 1931 Ivan Dixon, NYC, actor (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes) 1934 Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo (Olympic-gold-1964) 1935 John Pepper Clark, Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat) 1937 Billy Dee Williams, Harlem NYC, actor (Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back) 1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield Calif, country singer (Death Valley Days) 1938 Roy Thinnes, Chicago Ill, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest) 1942 Phil Austin, comedian (Firesign Theater) 1943 Susan Tolsky, Houston, actress (Madame's Place, Here Comes the Brides) 1944 John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down) 1944 Michele Phillips, Long Beach Calif, singer/actress (Mama & Papas) 1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman) 1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD) 1947 John Ratzenberger, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers) 1947 Tony Cooner, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) 1949 Jane Actman, NYC, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show) 1950 Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- ) 1951 Ralph Cooper, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love) 1952 Marilu Henner, Chicago, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women) 1952 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo) 1953 Janet Lynn, ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972) 1954 Judi Bowker, Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans) 1959 Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night) 1962 Stan Cullimore, bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) 1964 Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra) 1965 Rica Reinisch, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic-gold-1980) 1966 Kymberly Paige, Newport Beach Ca, playmate (May, 1987) 1969 Ari Meyers, San Juan PR, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie) 1972 Jason Hervey, actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years) 1975 Damon Pampolina, drummer (Party) 1975 Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper (Party) 1976 Candace H Cameron, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House) 1976 Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster) Back to GREGSITE Passings for April 061199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 1348 Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague 1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, murdered in battle 1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies 1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded 1520 Raphael, artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 35th birthday 1528 Albrecht Drer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany 1590 Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies 1674 Charles de Man, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69 1707 Willem Van de Velde, the Young, seascape painter, dies 1779 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer/bandmaster (Farnace), dies 1854 William Strickland, US architect, dies 1945 Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies 1961 Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 1962 JC Heldring, businessman, dies at 74 1971 Igor F Strawinsky, Russ/US composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies 1975 Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87 1979 M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61 1990 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73 1992 Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies at 72 from kidney failure 1992 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94 1993 Divya Bharati, "baby doll", Indies actress, dies by accident at 19 1993 Pinky Lee, children's TV entertainer, dies at 85 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for April 06[Ethiopia] Victory Day [South Africa] Van Riebeeck Day-founding of Capetown [Thailand] Chakri Day [Switzerland] Glarius Festival (1388) [Mass] Student Government Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for April 06[Unification Church] Parents Day 1528 [Luth] Commemoration of Albrecht Drer, artists 1564 [Luth] Commemoration of Michelangelo, artists 1996 [Christian] Holy Saturday 1997 [Christian] Low (Quasimodo) Sunday, Octave Day of Easter Back to GREGSITE Special events for April 06 Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 AM [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 610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth 648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks 1106 Fire in Venice 1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura 1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France 1634 Heeren XIX askes "to secure Eylands Curaao" 1652 John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown 1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter 1712 Slave revolt in New York 1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC 1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY 1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri 1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality 1853 Asteroid 25, Phocaea discovered 1853 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #25 Phocaea 1855 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #34 Circe 1859 US recognizes Liberal government in Mxico's War of Reform 1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off 1865 Skirmish at High Bridge VA (Appomattox); 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off 1866 G.A.R. established 1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife 1878 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta 1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band" (BG) 1886 City of Vancouver, BC incorporated 1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga 1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #309 Fraternitas 1893 Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds) 1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated 1900 Jim Jeffries KO's Jack Finnegan in 55 seconds 1903 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws) 1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #563 Suleika 1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted 1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #755 Quintilla 1909 1st credit union established in US 1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson 1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare 1916 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #857 Glasenappia 1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I 1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau 1922 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #977 Philippa 1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight 1924 Bayern: Vlkische Block (nazi's) recieves 17.8% of vote 1924 Italy fascists recieves 65% of vote of parliament 1925 1st film shown on an airplane (British Air) 1926 Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed 1931 1st Scottsboro (Ala) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape 1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany 1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more 1936 Tornado, kills 203 & injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia 1939 Great Britain & Poland sign military pact 1939 US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific) 1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes) 1941 Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces 1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto 1943 British & US army link up in Africa during WW II 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested 1945 Coevorden freed from nazis 1945 Japanese large battleship Jamamoto heads to Okinawa 1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa 1945 US marines explores Tsugen Shima near Okinawa 1947 Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament 1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson 1952 Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament 1954 Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det 1956 Polish communist Gomulka resigns 1957 NYC ends trolley car service 1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters 1964 Egypt & Belgium recover diplomatic relations 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous comm satellite 1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India 1967 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1804 Chebotarev 1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution 1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) 1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas 1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter & Saturn 1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his # 1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks 1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam" 1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction, Colo 1975 Fastest hat trick by a Wash Cap 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) 1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" 1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released 1977 Kingdome in Seattle opens 1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed 1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season 1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands 1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched 1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale 1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup 1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington 1988 NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy 1991 NY-NJ Knights 1st home game (Giant Stad) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 1992 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0 1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses 1992 Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship 1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps 1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow) 1993 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers) Back to GREGSITE Facts for April 0696th day of year with 269 days left (Numerology = 1) 1947 79F highest temperature for this date in NYC 1982 21F lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on April 0604/06/44 --- San Fernando Valley --- Crosby, Bing 04/06/44 --- It's Love-Love-Love --- Lombardo, Guy 04/06/51 --- Too Young --- Cole, Nat King 04/06/51 --- Loveliest Night Of The Year, The --- Lanza, Mario 04/06/57 --- All Shook Up --- Presley, Elvis 04/06/59 --- Turn Me Loose --- Fabian 04/06/59 --- Tell Him No --- Travis & Bob 04/06/63 --- Pipeline --- Chantay's 04/06/63 --- On Broadway --- Drifters 04/06/63 --- I Will Follow Him --- March, Little Peggy 04/06/68 --- Cowboys To Girls --- Intruders 04/06/68 --- Unicorn, The --- Irish Rovers 04/06/68 --- Good, The Bad & The Ugly, The --- Montenegro, Hugo 04/06/74 --- Searchin' So Long, (I've Been) --- Chicago 04/06/85 --- Everything She Wants --- Wham |
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