Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Tue Apr 06 2021 12:05 pm
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:
04/06/1483 Raphael, [Raffaello Sanzio], Neth, painter (Sistine Madonna)
04/06/1631 Vincenzo De Grandis, composer
04/06/1660 Johann Kuhnau, composer
04/06/1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
04/06/1672 Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer
04/06/1708 George Reuter, composer
04/06/1752 Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer
04/06/1757 Alessandro Rolla, composer
04/06/1773 James Mill, Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India)
04/06/1778 Joseph Funk, composer
04/06/1810 Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)
04/06/1812 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer
04/06/1815 Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer
04/06/1818 Francis Henry Brown, composer
04/06/1819 Johann AH Scheler, Belgian librarian
04/06/1823 Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
04/06/1826 Gustave Moreau, French painter
04/06/1828 Charles William Field, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 189
04/06/1830 James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
04/06/1833 Johan HC Nucleus, Dutch translator (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
04/06/1835 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer
04/06/1844 Joseph Ludwig, composer
04/06/1860 Ren� Lalique, French jeweler
04/06/1866 Butch Cassidy [Robert Parker), US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)
04/06/1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)
04/06/1869 Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter
04/06/1871 Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria
04/06/1874 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Hungary, famous magician/escape artist
04/06/1878 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer
04/06/1883 Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress
04/06/1884 Walter Huston, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre)
04/06/1885 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer
04/06/1888 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)
04/06/1890 Andr� L Danjon, French astronomer
04/06/1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider)
04/06/1892 Donald Wills Douglas, US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas)
04/06/1892 Lowell Thomas, Woodington Ohio, newscaster (High Adventure)
04/06/1892 Mateusz Glinski, composer
04/06/1896 Juan Tomas Perez, composer
04/06/1900 Andres Sas, composer
04/06/1900 Leo Robin, US writer (Thanks For the Memory)
04/06/1901 Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer
04/06/1903 Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer
04/06/1903 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 avg)
04/06/1904 Kurt G Kiesinger, German chancellor (Wherever They May Be)
04/06/1906 John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion)
04/06/1908 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer
04/06/1910 Desmond Dreyer, British admiral
04/06/1911 Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer
04/06/1912 Endre Szekely, composer
04/06/1914 George Reeves, Ashland Ky, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind)
04/06/1920 Bernard Carter, British painter/etcher
04/06/1921 Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer
04/06/1921 Franta Belsky, British sculptor
04/06/1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice
04/06/1926 Ian Paisley, Northiers clergyman
04/06/1927 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orchestra leader
04/06/1928 James Watson, chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)
04/06/1928 Joi Lansing, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Bob Cummings Show)
04/06/1929 'Crazy' Joe Gallo, mobster
04/06/1929 Andr� Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist
04/06/1929 Edison Denisov, composer
04/06/1929 Willis Hall, British writer
04/06/1931 Ivan Dixon, NYC, actor (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes)
04/06/1931 Joan Carlyle, British soprano
04/06/1933 Dudley Sutton, British actor (Leather Boys, Brimstone & Treacle)
04/06/1934 Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
04/06/1934 Reijo Jyrkiainen, composer
04/06/1935 John Pepper Clark, Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat)
04/06/1936 Manfred Schoof, composer
04/06/1937 Billy Dee Williams, Harlem NYC, actor (Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back)
04/06/1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield Calif, country singer (Death Valley Days)
04/06/1938 Paul Daniels, British magician
04/06/1938 Roy Thinnes, Chicago Ill, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest)
04/06/1940 Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
04/06/1942 Phil Austin, comedian (Firesign Theater)
04/06/1943 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist
04/06/1943 Susan Tolsky, Houston, actress (Madame's Place, Here Comes the Bride
04/06/1944 Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano
04/06/1944 John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down)
04/06/1944 Michelle Phillips, Long Beach Calif, singer/actress (Mama & Papas)
04/06/1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman)
04/06/1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
04/06/1947 John Ratzenberger, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers)
04/06/1947 Tony Cooner, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
04/06/1949 Jane Actman, NYC, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show)
04/06/1950 Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- )
04/06/1951 Ralph Cooper, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
04/06/1952 Marilu Henner, Chicago, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shad
04/06/1952 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
04/06/1953 Janet Lynn, ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972)
04/06/1954 Judi Bowker, Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans)
04/06/1959 Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night
04/06/1962 Stan Cullimore, bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
04/06/1964 Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra
04/06/1965 Rica Reinisch, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic-gold-1980)
04/06/1966 Kymberly Paige, Newport Beach Ca, playmate (May, 1987)
04/06/1969 Ari Meyers, San Juan PR, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie)
04/06/1972 Jason Hervey, actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years)
04/06/1975 Damon Pampolina, drummer (Party)
04/06/1975 Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper (Party)
04/06/1976 Candace H Cameron, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House)
04/06/1976 Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster)
04/06/1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor, under English prince Michael
Deaths:
04/06/ 912 Nottker 'the Stamelaar', benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71
04/06/1199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
04/06/1252 Peter van Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45
04/06/1348 Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague
04/06/1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle
04/06/1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
04/06/1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded
04/06/1490 Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies
04/06/1520 Raphael, artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 35th birthday
04/06/1528 Albrecht D�rer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany
04/06/1590 Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies
04/06/1605 John Stow, British historian, dies
04/06/1674 Charles de M�an, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69
04/06/1707 Willem Van de Velde, the Young, seascape painter, dies a 73
04/06/1779 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer/bandmaster (Farnace), di
04/06/1782 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90
04/06/1805 Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56
04/06/1817 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78
04/06/1822 Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62
04/06/1829 Niels H Able, Norse mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26
04/06/1838 Jos� B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74
04/06/1854 William Strickland, US architect, dies
04/06/1862 Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51
04/06/1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, US Confederate general, dies in battle
04/06/1865 John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36
04/06/1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norse writer (Working People), dies at 57
04/06/1913 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday
04/06/1919 Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63
04/06/1926 Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 4
04/06/1931 Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73
04/06/1935 Edward Arlington Robinson, US poet, dies
04/06/1939 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies
04/06/1940 Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49
04/06/1945 Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies
04/06/1947 Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58
04/06/1951 Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71
04/06/1961 Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90
04/06/1962 J C Heldring, businessman, dies at 74
04/06/1968 Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death
04/06/1971 Igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 89
04/06/1972 Heinrich L�bke, West Germany chancellor (1959-69), dies at 77
04/06/1974 Willem Dudok, architect (Hilversum town hall), dies at 89
04/06/1975 Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87
04/06/1978 Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
04/06/1978 Reinoud Anders, actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65
04/06/1979 M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61
04/06/1979 Milton Ager, US composer, dies
04/06/1981 Bob 'the bear' Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
04/06/1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
04/06/1984 Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies
04/06/1990 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73
04/06/1992 Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies at 72 from kidney failur
04/06/1992 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 9
04/06/1993 Divya Bharati, 'baby doll', Indies actress, dies by accident at 19
04/06/1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, murdered
04/06/1994 Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1994), assassinated
04/06/1994 Juv�nal Habayarimana, president of Rwanda, assassinated
04/06/1994 Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54
Significant Events:
04/06/ 610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth
04/06/ 648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks
04/06/ 774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy
04/06/1106 Fire in Venice
04/06/1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura
04/06/1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France
04/06/1516 A Willaert installed as cardinal Ippolito I d'este
04/06/1634 Heeren XIX askes 'to secure Eylands Cura�ao'
04/06/1652 John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown
04/06/1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter
04/06/1712 Slave revolt in NY
04/06/1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC
04/06/1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY
04/06/1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
04/06/1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality
04/06/1853 Asteroid 25, Phocaea discovered
04/06/1853 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #25 Phocaea
04/06/1855 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #34 Circe
04/06/1859 US recognizes Liberal government in M�xico's War of Reform
04/06/1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
04/06/1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
04/06/1865 Skirmish at High Bridge VA (Appomattox); 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
04/06/1866 G.A.R. established
04/06/1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife
04/06/1878 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta
04/06/1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Speckled Band' (BG)
04/06/1886 City of Vancouver, BC incorporated
04/06/1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga
04/06/1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #309 Fraternitas
04/06/1893 Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds
04/06/1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
04/06/1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS]
04/06/1896 American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history
04/06/1900 Jim Jeffries KO's Jack Finnegan in 55 seconds
04/06/1903 General railroad strike against 'worgwetten' (anti-strike laws)
04/06/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #563 Suleika
04/06/1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
04/06/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #755 Quintilla
04/06/1909 1st credit union established in US
04/06/1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson
04/06/1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
04/06/1916 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #857 Glasenappia
04/06/1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
04/06/1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
04/06/1922 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #977 Philippa
04/06/1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
04/06/1924 Bayern: V�lkische Block (nazi's) recieves 17.8% of vote
04/06/1924 Italy fascists recieves 65% of vote of parliament
04/06/1925 1st film shown on an airplane (British Air)
04/06/1926 Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
04/06/1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed
04/06/1931 1st Scottsboro (Ala) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
04/06/1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
04/06/1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
04/06/1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
04/06/1936 Tornado, kills 203 & injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
04/06/1939 Great Britain & Poland sign military pact
04/06/1939 US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific)
04/06/1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die)
04/06/1941 British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
04/06/1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
04/06/1941 Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces
04/06/1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto
04/06/1943 British & US army link up in Africa during WW II
04/06/1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
04/06/1945 Coevorden freed from nazis
04/06/1945 Japanese large battleship Jamamoto heads to Okinawa
04/06/1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
04/06/1945 US marines explores Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
04/06/1947 Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
04/06/1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson
04/06/1952 Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
04/06/1954 Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det
04/06/1956 Polish communist Gomulka resigns
04/06/1957 NYC ends trolley car service
04/06/1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters
04/06/1964 Egypt & Belgium recover diplomatic relations
04/06/1965 Intelsat 1 ('Early Bird') 1st coml geosynchronous comm satellite
04/06/1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
04/06/1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
04/06/1967 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1804 Chebotarev
04/06/1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
04/06/1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)
04/06/1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
04/06/1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
04/06/1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
04/06/1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
04/06/1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter & Saturn
04/06/1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his #
04/06/1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
04/06/1974 200,000 attend rock concert 'California Jam'
04/06/1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
04/06/1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction, Colo
04/06/1975 Fastest hat trick by a Wash Cap 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson)
04/06/1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: 'Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones
04/06/1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
04/06/1977 Kingdome in Seattle opens
04/06/1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
04/06/1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
04/06/1981 Yugoslav govt routes troops to Kosovo
04/06/1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
04/06/1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
04/06/1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched
04/06/1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
04/06/1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
04/06/1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
04/06/1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
04/06/1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
04/06/1988 NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
04/06/1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
04/06/1991 NY-NJ Knights 1st home game (Giant Stad) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
04/06/1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
04/06/1992 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0
04/06/1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
04/06/1992 Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship
04/06/1992 Swedish troops begin siege of Sarajevo
04/06/1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
04/06/1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow)
04/06/1993 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers)
04/06/1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns
04/06/1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
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