Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Sun Apr 04 2021 06:00 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
04/04/ 188 Caracalla, [Marcus Aureiius Antoniius], Roman emperor (211-17)
04/04/1527 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
04/04/1646 Antoine Galland, French ori�ntalist/interpreter
04/04/1648 Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver
04/04/1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter
04/04/1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer
04/04/1731 Francisco Morera, composer
04/04/1740 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
04/04/1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)
04/04/1755 Vincenc Masek, composer
04/04/1758 John Hoppner, portrait painter
04/04/1762 Stephen Storace, composer
04/04/1785 Bettina Brentano, composer
04/04/1785 Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)
04/04/1786 John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)
04/04/1792 Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)
04/04/1802 Dorothea Dix, US, aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates
04/04/1804 Joseph Fischhof, composer
04/04/1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer
04/04/1814 John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
04/04/1817 John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 189
04/04/1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 18
04/04/1821 Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
04/04/1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
04/04/1823 Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
04/04/1826 Z�nobe Th�ophile Gramme, inventor (electric motor)
04/04/1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)
04/04/1831 Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
04/04/1832 Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)
04/04/1836 Jerome Hopkins, composer
04/04/1843 Hans Richter, composer
04/04/1858 R�my de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique de L'amour)
04/04/1870 George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church
04/04/1872 Nikolai Amani, composer
04/04/1872 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch singer
04/04/1875 Jozef Szulc, composer
04/04/1875 Pierre Monteux, Paris France, conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24)
04/04/1876 Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)
04/04/1879 Gabriel Groulez, composer
04/04/1881 Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)
04/04/1882 Mary Howe, composer
04/04/1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose
04/04/1892 Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot)
04/04/1895 Arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
04/04/1896 Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight
04/04/1896 Tristan Tzara, [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man)
04/04/1897 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Grand Illusion)
04/04/1901 Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show)
04/04/1902 Louise L the Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)
04/04/1905 Eugene Bozza, composer
04/04/1906 Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)
04/04/1906 John Cameron Swayze, Wichita Ks, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg)
04/04/1907 Nathan M Pusey, educator (1963 Natl Assoc for Social Sciences Medal)
04/04/1913 Frances Langford, Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time
04/04/1913 Jerome Weidman, US writer (Tenderloin)
04/04/1914 John Beith, British diplomat
04/04/1914 Marguerite Duras, France, novelist/playwright (Sea Wall)
04/04/1915 Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani)
04/04/1915 Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer (Death of Me)
04/04/1915 Muddy Waters, [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man
04/04/1918 Earl Jellicoe, chancellor (U of Southhampton)
04/04/1918 Margaret Dupont, tennis champion
04/04/1919 Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)
04/04/1921 Willem J 'Wim' the Villiers, S Afr minister of Administration
04/04/1922 Elmer Bernstein, NYC, movie music composer (Robot Monster)
04/04/1923 Eric Rohmer, Nancy Francy, director (Claire's Knee)
04/04/1923 Manon H E Alving, actress (Short Americans)
04/04/1924 Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets)
04/04/1924 Peter Vaughan, actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling)
04/04/1925 Elizabeth Wilson, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Doc, East Side/West Side
04/04/1925 Erna Spoorenberg, singer
04/04/1926 Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress (Phyllis, High Anxiety)
04/04/1927 Bob Stump, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- )
04/04/1928 Bill Ryan, Bkln NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)
04/04/1928 Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death)
04/04/1928 Maya Angelou, St Louis Mo, poet/actress (Nyo-Roots)
04/04/1928 Monty Norman, composer/writer
04/04/1929 William F Clinger Jr, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
04/04/1930 David Sexton, soccer manager
04/04/1931 Harold L Volkmer, (Rep-D-MO, 1977- )
04/04/1932 Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Solaris, Stalker)
04/04/1932 Anthony Perkins, NYC, actor (Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison
04/04/1932 Richard G Lugar, (Sen-R-IN, 1977- )
04/04/1933 Fritz Bolkestein, director (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD)
04/04/1933 Seoirse Bodley, composer
04/04/1935 Francois-Bernard Mache, composer
04/04/1935 Lord Ichayra, secretary-general (British Banking Assn)
04/04/1935 Trevor Griffiths, playwright (Absolute Beginners)
04/04/1937 Ian St James, novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)
04/04/1937 J Hans van den Doel, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
04/04/1938 A Bartlett Giamatti, Boston, pres of Yale/baseball commish (1989)
04/04/1938 Michael Parks, Corona Calif, actor (Then Came Bronson)
04/04/1938 Peter Attenborough, British headmaster (Charterhouse)
04/04/1939 Hugh Masekela, South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
04/04/1939 JoAnne Gunderson Carter, Kirkland Wash, golfer (US Women's Open 1971
04/04/1939 Joanne Carner, Kirkland Wash, LPGA golfer (US Open 1970, 76)
04/04/1940 Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
04/04/1941 Major Lance, US boxer/dancer/singer (Hey Little Girl)
04/04/1942 Kitty Kelley, author (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra)
04/04/1943 Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum)
04/04/1944 David Melville, professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic)
04/04/1944 Lawrence A Hough, US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver)
04/04/1945 Caroline McWilliams, Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson
04/04/1946 Craig T Nelson, Spokane Wash, actor (Poltergeist, Hayden Fox-Coach)
04/04/1947 Salvatore Sciarrino, composer
04/04/1948 Berry Oakley, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man)
04/04/1948 Gail Davies, Broken Bow Ok, country singer (Blue Heartache)
04/04/195- Luke Halpin, Astoria NY, actor (Sandy-Flipper)
04/04/1950 Christine Lahti, Detroit, actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift)
04/04/1951 Steve Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
04/04/1952 Dave Hill, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You)
04/04/1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, German DR, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
04/04/1954 Julie Carmen, Mount Vernon NY, actress (Gloria, Last Plane Out)
04/04/1956 Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)
04/04/1957 Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid)
04/04/1957 Paul Downton, British cricketeer
04/04/1958 John Wesley Jones, Lawton Ok, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1976)
04/04/1958 Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter
04/04/1960 Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster/test bowler
04/04/1962 Ava Fabian, Brewster NY, playmate (Aug, 1986)
04/04/1964 Paul Parker, soccer player
04/04/1964 Robbie Rist, Calif, actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch)
04/04/1965 Robert Downey Jr, NYC, comedian (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School
04/04/1965 Zwart Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
04/04/1966 Nancy McKeon, Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)
Deaths:
04/04/ 397 Ambrosius, gov of Ligurie/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies
04/04/ 896 Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies
04/04/1229 Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Luik, dies
04/04/1284 Alfonso X, King of Castili�/Le�n (1252-84), dies at 63
04/04/1292 Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies
04/04/1393 Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies
04/04/1406 Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies
04/04/1417 John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies
04/04/1585 Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Friesland, dies at about 57
04/04/1588 Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53
04/04/1604 Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies
04/04/1617 John Napier, inventor (logarithms), dies (birth date unknown)
04/04/1643 Simon Episcopius, bishop/theologist, dies
04/04/1662 Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57
04/04/1662 Leonhart Nucleus, German sculptor, dies at about 73
04/04/1664 Adam Willaerts, seascape painter, dies
04/04/1734 Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79
04/04/1774 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet/writer (She stoops to conquer), dies
04/04/1806 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84
04/04/1807 Joseph J�r�me Le Francais de Lalande, astronomer, dies
04/04/1817 Andr� Mass�na Duc de Rivoli, soldier, dies
04/04/1817 Prince d'Essing, dies
04/04/1841 William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68
04/04/1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 8
04/04/1862 Harmen S Sytstra, poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45
04/04/1889 Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 566
04/04/1900 Edward VII, King, assassinated
04/04/1905 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73
04/04/1908 Josef Sucher, composer, dies at 64
04/04/1919 William Crookes, phsicist/chemist, dies
04/04/1923 L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49
04/04/1929 Karl Freidrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies
04/04/1930 Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies
04/04/1931 Andre Michelin, CEO (Michelin Tires), dies
04/04/1931 George Whitfield Chadwick, composer, dies at 76
04/04/1932 Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies
04/04/1934 Braulio Dueno Colon, composer, dies at 80
04/04/1937 Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic, dies
04/04/1939 Ghazi, King of Iraq, dies
04/04/1943 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies
04/04/1943 Raoul Laparra, composer, dies at 66
04/04/1944 John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51
04/04/1944 Karel Weis, composer, dies at 82
04/04/1950 Kurt Weill, German/US composer (Street Scenes), dies
04/04/1953 Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies
04/04/1956 Fritz K�nkel, German physician, dies
04/04/1963 Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
04/04/1963 Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at 70
04/04/1967 Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies
04/04/1968 Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in Memphis (Dream continues)
04/04/1970 Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70
04/04/1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63
04/04/1972 John AHJS Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal)
04/04/1972 Stefan Wolpe, composer, dies at 69
04/04/1977 Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82
04/04/1978 Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70
04/04/1979 Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77
04/04/1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan
04/04/1981 Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
04/04/1982 Tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer, dies at 50
04/04/1983 Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies at 84 of a heart ailmen
04/04/1983 Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78
04/04/1986 Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87
04/04/1987 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76
04/04/1991 John Heinz, (Sen-R-Pa), dies in a plane crash
04/04/1991 Luc de R�ck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
04/04/1991 Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies
04/04/1992 Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies
04/04/1993 Alfred Mosher Butts, US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93
04/04/1993 Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop, [Rita la Roche], singer, dies
04/04/1994 Ginny Simms, [Virginia Sims], singer/actress (Playmates), dies at 77
04/04/1994 Olga Lowina, yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69
Significant Events:
04/04/ 896 Formosus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
04/04/1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
04/04/1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
04/04/1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits
04/04/1581 Frances Drake completres circumnavigation of world
04/04/1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
04/04/1660 Declaration of Breda
04/04/1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church
04/04/1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
04/04/1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars
04/04/1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
04/04/1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
04/04/1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated
04/04/1858 Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)
04/04/1858 R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso
04/04/1859 Opera 'Dinorah' is produced (Paris)
04/04/1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
04/04/1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
04/04/1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
04/04/1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
04/04/1870 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800
04/04/1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS)
04/04/1896 Announcement of Gold in Yukon
04/04/1900 Assassinaton attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
04/04/1900 British garrison surrenders to Boer general De Law
04/04/1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million
04/04/1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000
04/04/1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
04/04/1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
04/04/1912 Tibet declares independence from China
04/04/1914 'Perils of Pauline' shown for 1st time in LA
04/04/1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I
04/04/1918 Battle of Somme, ends
04/04/1918 Food riot in Amsterdam
04/04/1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
04/04/1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with 'W' calls
04/04/1929 'New Moon' musical opens in London
04/04/1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
04/04/1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, C.C. King, Univ of Pittsburgh
04/04/1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of NJ, 73 die
04/04/1933 US airship USS Akron crashes into Atlantic Ocean
04/04/1934 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1716 Peter
04/04/1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
04/04/1940 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2332 Kalm
04/04/1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
04/04/1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
04/04/1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communist
04/04/1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
04/04/1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
04/04/1947 Largest group of sunspots on record
04/04/1947 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established
04/04/1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)
04/04/1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
04/04/1950 Dirk Suffocated becomes chairman of OES
04/04/1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Per�n in Buenos Aires
04/04/1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
04/04/1955 British govt signs military treaty with Iraq
04/04/1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
04/04/1959 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
04/04/1960 Oscar awarded to Neth director Bert Haanstra
04/04/1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
04/04/1960 Senegal declares independence from France
04/04/1964 Beatles' 'Can't Buy Me Love,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
04/04/1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
04/04/1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out 'nozems' of Central Station
04/04/1967 Dutch De Young govt forms
04/04/1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
04/04/1969 Dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart
04/04/1971 Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)
04/04/1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
04/04/1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
04/04/1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
04/04/1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov
04/04/1976 Seni Pramojs Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
04/04/1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago Ill
04/04/1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
04/04/1983 North Carolina State wins NCAA women's basketball championship
04/04/1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's '1984' begins his secret diary
04/04/1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
04/04/1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
04/04/1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
04/04/1988 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to race a � mile in under 5 seconds
04/04/1988 Kansas upsets Oklahoma for NCAA basketball title
04/04/1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds Vs Cards
04/04/1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
04/04/1990 'Marshall Chronicles' premieres on ABC-TV
04/04/1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
04/04/1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
04/04/1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
04/04/1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
04/04/1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case
04/04/1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
04/04/1993 Wrestlemania IX-Hulk Hogan beats Okozuna for title
04/04/1994 Arkansas Razorbacks beat Duke 76-72 for NCAA basketball title
04/04/1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
04/04/1994 LA Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
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