Subj : This Day In History
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From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Wed Apr 14 2021 12:05 am

 Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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                              By Scott Labrecque
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Births:

04/14/1578 Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)
04/14/1629 Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)
04/14/1676 Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer
04/14/1710 Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer
04/14/1718 Emanuele Barbella, composer
04/14/1723 John Wainwright, composer
04/14/1738 Duck of Portland, (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09)
04/14/1782 Carlo Coccia, composer
04/14/1803 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter
04/14/1809 George W Vreede, lawyer/politician
04/14/1813 Junius S Morgan, US, merchant/philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art)
04/14/1820 Harry Thompson Hays, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
04/14/1831 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia
04/14/1832 James Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
04/14/1842 Sven August Korling, composer
04/14/1843 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer
04/14/1852 Henrique Oswald, composer
04/14/1857 Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)
04/14/1862 Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
04/14/1866 Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller
04/14/1873 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer
04/14/1874 Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)
04/14/1877 Dani�l Plooy, new testament scholar
04/14/1879 James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)
04/14/1881 Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)
04/14/1886 Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism)
04/14/1886 Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian
04/14/1889 Arnold Toynbee, England, historian (Study of History)
04/14/1889 Efim D Bogoljubov, Russian chess player
04/14/1889 James Stephenson, actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew)
04/14/1892 Giorgio Cesana, Italy, coxswain, (Olympic-gold-1906)
04/14/1892 Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian
04/14/1895 Mary Marquet, actress (Matter of Resistance)
04/14/1895 Wiktor Labunski, composer
04/14/1898 Lee Tracy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye)
04/14/1900 Salvatore Baccaloni, actor (Fanny, Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby)
04/14/1901 Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits)
04/14/1902 Menachem A Schneerson, rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews)
04/14/1904 John Gielgud, Great Britain, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man)
04/14/1904 Reinout W van Bemmelen, geologist
04/14/1904 Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreography
04/14/1905 Frits Philips
04/14/1906 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, King Saudi-Arabia (1964-75)
04/14/1906 Hunter Johnson, composer
04/14/1907 Fran�ois 'Doc' Duvalier, physician/dictator Ha�ti
04/14/1907 Otto F A H van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/(KVP) 1st Chamber
04/14/1907 Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game)
04/14/1910 Werner Wolf Glaser, composer
04/14/1912 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor
04/14/1913 Everhard van Royen, flautist/founder (Alma musica)
04/14/1913 Jean Fournet, French conductor
04/14/1913 John Howard, Cleve Ohio, actor (Dave-My Three Sons)
04/14/1916 Denis ApIvor, composer
04/14/1916 Emerson Buckley, composer
04/14/1918 Mary Healy, New Orleans, actress (2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife)
04/14/1920 Eduardo Maturana, composer
04/14/1922 David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer
04/14/1924 Shorty Rogers, composer
04/14/1925 Abel Muzorewa, bishop (Rhodesia)
04/14/1925 Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin')
04/14/1925 Rod Steiger, actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker, Chosen)
04/14/1926 Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer
04/14/1927 Gloria Jean, Buffalo NY, actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break)

04/14/1928 Robert Mugabe, president (Zimbabwe, 1988-  )
04/14/1929 William Edgar Thornton, Faison NC, MD/astronaut (STS-8, 51-B, sk:49)

04/14/1930 Bradford Dillman, SF Calif, actor (Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer)

04/14/1930 George W Gekas, (Rep-R-PA, 1983-  )
04/14/1930 Jay Robinson, NYC, actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop)
04/14/1933 Buddy Knox, Happy Tx, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey)
04/14/1933 Morton Subotnick, LA Calif, composer (Wild Bull)
04/14/1935 Joan Darling, Boston, actress (Frieda-Owen Marshall)
04/14/1935 Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow Ky, singer (Coal Miner's Daughter)
04/14/1939 Jennifer Fowler, composer
04/14/1941 Julie Christie, Assam India, actress (Dr Zhivago)
04/14/1941 Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle (most hits in majors)
04/14/1942 Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 35, T-5)
04/14/1943 Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
04/14/1945 Ritchie Blackmore, Engld, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple

04/14/1945 Steve Martin, writer/actor (Jerk, Housesitter)
04/14/1945 Uwe Beyer, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
04/14/1946 Patrick Fairley, guitarist (Marmalade-Oh La Di Oh La Do)
04/14/1946 Tom Monteleone, US writer (Dark Star & Illumination)
04/14/1948 Chester G Atkins, (Rep-D-MA)
04/14/1948 Larry Ferguson, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
04/14/1949 John Shea, NH, actor (Honeymoon, New Life)
04/14/1949 Michael Shea, Glendale NY, actor (Lucas- New Dick Van Dyke Show)
04/14/1950 Randolph Powell, Iowa City Iowa, actor (Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run)
04/14/1954 Bruce Sterling, US, sci-fi author (Involution Ocean, Schismatrix)
04/14/1955 Simone Griffeth, Savannah Georgia, actress (Death Race 2000, Amanda'

04/14/1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco
04/14/1961 John Clarke, actor (Michael-Days of Our Life)
04/14/1963 Cynthia Cooper, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988)
04/14/1967 Marla Wynne, Easton Penn, Miss Penn-America (1991) (top 10)
04/14/1968 Anthony Michael Hall, Boston Mass, comedian (SNL, Breakfast Club)
04/14/1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress (Kendall-All My Children)


Deaths:

04/14/ 485 Proclus, Greek philosopher, dies
04/14/ 711 Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27
04/14/ 911 Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies
04/14/1099 Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, burned at stake
04/14/1427 John IV, duke of Brabant, dies
04/14/1433 Liduina van Schiedam, mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53
04/14/1471 Richard N graaf van Warwick, (kingmaker), English politician, dies
04/14/1552 Laurentius Andreae, [Lars Andersson], Swedish church reformer, dies
04/14/1574 Hendrik, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, murdered
04/14/1574 Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at 35
04/14/1655 Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39
04/14/1692 Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish land owner in Spanish Netherlands, dies
04/14/1695 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73
04/14/1759 Georg Friedrich H�ndel, organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74
04/14/1764 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84
04/14/1768 Fran�ois de Cuvilli�s, Belgian architect of Bayern, dies
04/14/1813 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer, dies at 34
04/14/1843 Josef Franz Karl Lanner, composer, dies at 42
04/14/1843 Joseph F K Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42
04/14/1874 Hermanus J Abbring, author/engineer on Cura�ao, dies at 86
04/14/1888 William Fisk Sherwin, composer, dies at 62
04/14/1914 Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist, dies
04/14/1915 James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies
04/14/1917 Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish physician/linguist (Esperanto), dies

04/14/1924 Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building St Louis), dies at

04/14/1924 Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer, dies at 65
04/14/1925 Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officier, dies
04/14/1941 Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobroek (Victoria Cross), dies

04/14/1943 Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer, dies at 63
04/14/1949 Joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist, dies
04/14/1953 Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish writer (Scheldelucht), dies at 84
04/14/1964 Earle Hodgins, actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at 64
04/14/1964 Rachel L Carson, US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies
04/14/1971 Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies
04/14/1973 Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher, dies at 88
04/14/1975 Frederic March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77
04/14/1976 Gerard Roms�e, Flemish nationalist, dies at 74
04/14/1976 Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60
04/14/1977 Riekus Waskowsky, poet, dies at 44
04/14/1980 Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84

04/14/1983 Nina Dumbadze, Discus thrower (Olympic-bronze-1952), dies at 64
04/14/1983 Willem F Voucher, composer, dies at 42
04/14/1985 Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63

04/14/1986 Jean Gen�t, French, playwright (Lesson N�gres), dies at 75
04/14/1986 Simone de Beauvoir, French author (Deuxi�me Sexe), dies at 86
04/14/1987 Karl Holler, composer, dies at 79
04/14/1988 Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer, dies at 83
04/14/1988 Johan Franco, composer, dies at 79
04/14/1992 Sammy Price, US boogie-woogie pianist, dies
04/14/1993 Jo Farmer, author (Heir)
04/14/1993 Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South-Africa, shot to death
04/14/1994 Harry Cordon, comic (Fred Hach� Show), dies at 70
04/14/1994 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered


Significant Events:

04/14/ 193 Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome
04/14/ 754 Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte
04/14/ 972 Notger becomes bishop of Luik
04/14/ 979 Chanllenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
04/14/1028 German emperor Conrad II the Salier crowns his son Henry III, king
04/14/1191 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
04/14/1471 Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick
04/14/1574 Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau
04/14/1611 Word 'telescope' is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)
04/14/1614 Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe
04/14/1756 Gov Glen of SC protests against 900 Acadia indians
04/14/1775 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Phila
04/14/1818 US Medical Corp forms
04/14/1828 18-gun sloop 'Acorn' sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
04/14/1828 1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary published
04/14/1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo
04/14/1861 Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter
04/14/1862 Battle of Ft Pillow TN
04/14/1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured
04/14/1865 Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
04/14/1868 SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
04/14/1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
04/14/1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Reigate Squires' (BG)
04/14/1890 Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC)
04/14/1894 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
04/14/1900 Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley established
04/14/1906 Pres Theodore Roosevelt denounces 'muckrakers' in US press
04/14/1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
04/14/1910 President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
04/14/1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
04/14/1915 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
04/14/1917 Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
04/14/1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
04/14/1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 govt courts in Dublin
04/14/1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
04/14/1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1095 Tulipa
04/14/1928 Maddus AL starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF & LA
04/14/1928 NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
04/14/1931 Mont Canadiens beat Chicago Black Hawks 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup

04/14/1931 Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
04/14/1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2856
04/14/1935 Sandstorm ravages US midwest (Dust Bowl)
04/14/1940 Allies troops land in Norway
04/14/1941 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up
04/14/1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2501 Lohja
04/14/1944 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz
04/14/1944 Freighter 'Fort Stikene' explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
04/14/1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms govt
04/14/1945 Arnhem/Zwolle freed from nazis
04/14/1945 Tokyo incendiary raids, using B-29's, damage Imperial Palace
04/14/1945 US marines attack Yae Take in Okinawa
04/14/1948 A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon
04/14/1948 Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for Stanley Cup
04/14/1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands
04/14/1953 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
04/14/1953 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
04/14/1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begin

04/14/1955 Detroit Red Wings beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup
04/14/1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
04/14/1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
04/14/1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship
04/14/1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
04/14/1959 (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC
04/14/1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
04/14/1960 1st underwater launching of polaris rocket
04/14/1960 Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup
04/14/1961 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
04/14/1961 Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
04/14/1961 US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
04/14/1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam
04/14/1962 Georges Pompidou becomes president of France
04/14/1963 George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group 'Rolling Stones'
04/14/1967 Gen Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes president of Togo
04/14/1968 Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card

04/14/1969 1st major league baseball game outside US played in Montreal, Canada

04/14/1969 41st Academy Awards
04/14/1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
04/14/1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
04/14/1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
04/14/1971 Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site
04/14/1971 president Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
04/14/1974 Gary Player wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
04/14/1978 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2364 Seillier
04/14/1978 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
04/14/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2759 Idomeneus & #2830 Greenwich
04/14/1980 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)
04/14/1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
04/14/1982 M Watt discovers asteroid #2675 Tolkien
04/14/1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger

04/14/1983 North Carolina State beats Houston for NCAA basketball title
04/14/1983 Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
04/14/1984 Farewell concert of 'Doe Maar' in Den Bosch Neth
04/14/1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
04/14/1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Wash Caps 1st playoff penality shot

04/14/1985 Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
04/14/1986 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
04/14/1986 US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
04/14/1987 Turkey asks to join European market
04/14/1988 Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
04/14/1988 USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
04/14/1989 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
04/14/1992 'Guys & Dolls' opens at Martin Beck theater on Broadway
04/14/1992 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft
04/14/1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
04/14/1992 UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect
04/14/1994 Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announces plans to divorce
04/14/1994 US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die

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