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563 -BC- Gautama Buddha, (as celebrated in Japan-Kambutsue) 1460 Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida 1533 Claudio Merulo, organist/composer 1605 Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) 1631 Coirnelis de Heem, painter 1655 Louis Willem I, Count of Baden-Baden 1692 Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo) 1726 Lewis Morris, signed Decl of Independence 1731 William Williams, signed Decl of Independence 1783 John Claudius, London England, horticulturist 1798 Dionysios Solomos, poet 1816 Frederick William Burton, painter 1818 Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906) 1828 George Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army) 1831 Allard Pierson, theology/philosopher/art historian/poet 1832 Count Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal 1843 Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer 1850 William Henry Welch, US, pathologist, founded John Hopkins 1859 Edmund Husserl, Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology 1869 Harvey Cushing, US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies) 1875 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34) 1880 Victor Schertzinger, coposer/director (Uptown NY) 1887 Walter Connolly, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl) 1889 Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor (BBC Sym Orch) 1893 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit) 1893 Mary Pickford, [Gladys Smith], actress (Poor Little Rich Girl) 1897 Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel) 1898 C M Bowra, professor of poetry (Oxford University) 1898 Cecil [Maurice] Bowra, British classics expert (Greek experience) 1898 E Y "Yip" Harburg, [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist/librettist 19-- Michael Spound, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Dave-Hotel) 1902 Josef Krips, Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symph 1954-63) 1903 Ilka Chase, NYC, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien) 1904 John R Hicks, British economist (Nobel 1972) 1905 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer (Side by Side) 1906 Charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer (Mirror of the Sea) 1907 Maurice Stacey, chemist 1908 Neil Lawson, British high court judge 1910 George Musso, NFL guard (Chicago Bears) 1911 Melvin Calvin, US chemist (photosynthesis, Nobel 1961) 1912 Sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36) 1919 Ian Smith, PM (Rhodesia) 1920 Erik Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936) 1921 Betty Bloomer Ford, 1st lady/namesake for Betty Ford Clinic 1922 Carmen McRae, NYC, singer (Down Beats New Star of 1954) 1923 Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir) 1923 Franco Corelli, Anconia Italy, tenor (Don Jos‚-Carmen) 1925 Shecky Greene, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat) 1928 Eric Porter, London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps) 1928 John Gavin, LA Calif, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale) 1928 Monty Sunshine, bandleader 1929 Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__) 1929 Walter Berry, Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig 1930 Dorothy Tutin, London, actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell) 1930 John Bartholomew Tucker, Pa, TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island) 1930 John Reardon, NYC, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus) 1930 Julien Van Remoortere, [Piet Mortelman], Flemish writer (Fist) 1930 Mary Moore, principal (St Hilda's College, Oxford) 1933 Fred Ebb, lyricist (Cabaret) 1935 Albert G Bustamante, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- ) 1935 Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire 1936 Klaus Lowitsch, Berlin, actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun) 1937 Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter (NY Times) 1938 Lory Patrick, Beckley WV, actress (TRina-Tales of Welles Fargo) 1940 John Havlicek, Martin's Ferry Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics) 1941 Peggy Lennon, LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters) 1942 Eduard Fisherman, writer (Fyffes to be called now Chiquita) 1942 Eduard Visser, writer (Fyffes heten nu Chiquita) 1943 Carol Lavell, Fairfax Vt, US Equestrian athlete (Olympic-92) 1943 J P Kavanaugh, racehorse trainer 1943 Michael Bennett, aids victim/choreographer (Chorus Line) 1943 Robby Weaver, actor (Stone) 1943 Tony Banks, English politician (Lab) 1943 William Garth Morrison, Chief scout 1944 Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian 1944 Roger Chapman, vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment) 1944 Santiago Jimenez Jr, US accordionist 1945 Ian White, MEP 1946 Jim "Catfish" Hunter, major-league pitcher (A's, Yankees) 1947 Cindy Pickett, Norman Okla, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere) 1947 Steve Howe, Yes, he plays guitar (Asia, Yes-Roundabout) 1947 Thomas D Delay, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- ) 1948 Richard Alan Litchfield, Mass, bank robber (FBI most wanted) 1949 Jim Lampley, Hendersonville NC, newscaster (Monday Night Baseball) 1952 Adam Woods, rocker (Fixx) 1954 Gary Carter, catcher (Mont Expos, NY Mets) 1954 John Schneider, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Bo-Dukes of Hazzard) 1959 Martin Weston, cricketer 1962 Izzy Stradin, rocker (Guns 'n' Roses-Welcome to the Jungle) 1963 Alec Stewart, cricketer 1963 Erica Terwillegar, Nelsonville NJ, lugist 1963 Julian Lennon, John's son/singer (Too Late for Goodbyes) 1967 Robin Wright, Dallas Tx, actress (Kelly-Santa Barbara, Princess Bride) 1984 Taran Noah Smith, actor (Home Improvement) Back to GREGSITE Passings for April 08217 Caracalla, [Marcus A Antoniius], Roman emperor (211-17), dies at 29 1143 John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident 1364 Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 1697 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kj”gebocht), dies at 67 1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies 1870 Charles-Auguste the Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies 1890 Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 1894 Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55 1897 Heinrich von Stephan, UK politician, dies 1902 Sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated 1914 Jakub Arbes, Czech author (And‚l Miru), dies at 73 1919 Roland baron E”tv”s, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70 1921 Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies 1931 Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies 1935 Edwin Cannan, economist, dies 1937 William Henry Hadow, musicologist (Studies in Modern Music), dies 1941 Eugne-Marcel Pr‚vost, novelist, dies 1943 Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed 1943 Richard Sears, 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 1947 Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies 1950 Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London 1959 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies 1969 Denton Cooley, US open heart surgeon, dies at 48 1970 Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies 1973 Pablo Picasso, artist, dies near Mougins, France, at 91 1976 Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35 1977 Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71 1978 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 1981 Omar Bradley, last US 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in NY at 88 1987 Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90 1990 Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18 1993 H Earnest, bishop of Breda 1993 Marian Anderson, US alto singer (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 91 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for April 08Back to GREGSITE Interest events for April 08[Buddhist] Kambutsue, Buddha's birthday (Japan, Taiwan, Hawaii, Korea) [Christian] Feast of St Dionysius of Corinth [Christian] Feast of St Perpetuus of tours [Christian] Feast of St Walter of Pontoise [RC] Commemoration of Our Lady of Good Counsel 1816 [RC] Commemoration of St Julia Billiart, virgin 1877 [Ang] Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg, priest 1994 [Jewish] Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) (Nisan 27, 5754 AM) 1995 [Christian] Palm Sunday of Passion of Jesus Christ 1998 [Moslem]'Id al-Adha (Dh–l-Hijjah 10, 1418 AH) 2001 [Jewish] Passover/Pesach (Feast of Deliverance) Back to GREGSITE Special events for April 08 [US] Taxes in 1 week! Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 AM Golf Masters Championship (Atlanta) ends Golf Masters Championship (Atlanta) begins 1341 Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome 1378 Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI 1455 Alfonso the Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III 1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 1730 1st Jewish congregation in US consecrates synagogue (NY) 1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain 1789 House of Representives 1st meeting 1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported & -controlled 1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC) 1861 US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy 1864 Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor 1865 Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House 1876 Opera "La Gioconda" is produced (Milan) 1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink 1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese 1904 Entente Cordiale signed by France & England 1904 Gr Brit & France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 1908 Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England 1912 Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified 1914 US & Columbia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone 1916 Norway approves active & passive female suffrage 1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London 1935 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress 1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2911 1939 King Milk I of Angolia flees 1940 Germany battle cruiser sinks British aircraft carrier Glorious 1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tony Musto in St Louis 1943 Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins for Stanley Cup 1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau 1946 League of Nations assembles for last time 1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed 1952 Pres Truman seizes steel mills to prevent a strike 1953 Dag Hammarskj”ld chosen as secretary-general of UN 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway 1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradies Is SC 1956 M Bandaranaikes People's front wins election in Ceylon 1960 Neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties 1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236 1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France 1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched 1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner 1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched 1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect 1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court 1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York) 1974 Discovery Island opens 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record 1975 Frank Robinson 1st black baseball mgr (Cleveland, beats NY 5-3) 1978 W Liller discovers asteroid #2449 1979 204th & final episode of "All in the Family" 1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead 1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California, Make his day 1987 Al Campanis, LA Dodger VP resigns after racial remarks on "Nightline" 1989 Entertainment Tonights Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman 1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premiers on ABC-TV 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas 1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking 1992 "Five Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill theater on Broadway 1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue Back to GREGSITE Facts for April 0898th day of year with 267 days left (Numerology = 3) 1982 25øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1991 90øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on April 0804/08/43 --- Velvet Moon --- James, Harry 04/08/49 --- Again --- Torme, Mel 04/08/67 --- Don't You Care --- Buckinghams 04/08/67 --- I'm A Man --- Davis, Spencer 04/08/72 --- Doctor My Eyes --- Browne, Jackson 04/08/72 --- Look What You've Done For Me --- Green, Al 04/08/78 --- You're The One That I Want --- Newton-John, Olivia 04/08/78 --- With A Little Luck --- McCartney, Paul 04/08/81 --- Living Inside Myself --- Vannelli, Gino 04/08/89 --- Rock On --- Damian, Michael |
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