Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Sun Apr 18 2021 12:05 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:
04/18/1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)
04/18/1521 Fran�ois de Coligny heer van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
04/18/1580 Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
04/18/1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)
04/18/1605 Giacomo Carissimi, composer
04/18/1732 George Colman, 'the Elder', playwright (baptised)
04/18/1740 Francis Baring, banker/merchant
04/18/1744 Pieter It Hen, Dutch journalist/patriot
04/18/1759 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
04/18/1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
04/18/1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer
04/18/1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
04/18/1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, statesman
04/18/1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)
04/18/1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer
04/18/1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
04/18/1819 Franz von Supp�, Spalato Dalmatia, composer (Light Cavalry Over)
04/18/1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
04/18/1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, poet
04/18/1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
04/18/1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer
04/18/1852 George Clausen, painter
04/18/1855 Abraham Bredius, art historian (John Stone)
04/18/1855 Josef Gruber, composer
04/18/1857 Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial
04/18/1864 Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)
04/18/1868 Didericus G van Epen, genealogist (Dutch Patriarchy)
04/18/1871 Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Little Old NY, Mr Lucky)
04/18/1873 Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer
04/18/1881 Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter
04/18/1882 Leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony)
04/18/1884 Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart)
04/18/1888 Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier
04/18/1889 Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter
04/18/1889 John Kilbane, US, featherweight boxing champ (1912-23)
04/18/1890 James Rennie, actor (Lash, Little Damozel)
04/18/1895 Anton F Pieck, illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel)
04/18/1896 C Eug�ne Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura pliss�)
04/18/1897 Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour)
04/18/1898 Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer
04/18/1900 Louise Tazewell, entertainer
04/18/1903 Leonid Kinskey, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca)
04/18/1903 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer
04/18/1906 Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], poetess (Leven met JC Bloem)
04/18/1906 Edgar Unsworth, Justice of Appeals (Gibralter)
04/18/1907 Miklos Rozas, movie composer
04/18/1907 Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing)
04/18/1908 Edward Roberts, bishop (Ely)
04/18/1908 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele)
04/18/1910 Jamie L Whitten, (Rep-D-MS, 1941- )
04/18/1910 Sylvia Fisher, soprano
04/18/1911 Huntington Hartford, A & P heir
04/18/1912 Wendy Barrie, Hong Kong, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show)
04/18/1913 Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video)
04/18/1913 Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer
04/18/1913 Milos Sokola, composer
04/18/1914 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Mermber of Dutch 2nd chamber (PSP)
04/18/1917 Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece
04/18/1918 Robert Zimonyi, Hungary, cox (Olympic-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64
04/18/1918 Roger de Grey, president (Royal Academy)
04/18/1918 Tony Mottola, Kearney NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street)
04/18/1920 Walter Clegg, MP
04/18/1921 Barbara Hale, Dekalb Ill, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)
04/18/1922 Avril Angers, actress (Brass Monkey)
04/18/1923 Baroness Platt of Writtle, British CEO (Equal Opportunities Comm)
04/18/1923 Leif Panduro, Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions)
04/18/1924 Buxton Daeblite Orr, composer
04/18/1924 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine)
04/18/1924 Henry J Hyde, (Rep-R-IL)
04/18/1924 Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP (Lab)/British defense secretary
04/18/1925 Bob Hastings, Bkln NY, actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family)
04/18/1925 Robert Caldwell Crawford, composer
04/18/1926 Gunter Meisner, Germany, actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum)
04/18/1928 Jean-Fran�ois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Fran�ois France, conductor
04/18/1929 Peter Hordern, British CEO (Fina)
04/18/1929 Peter Jeffrey, actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity)
04/18/1930 Clive Revill, Wellington NZ, actor (Legend of Hell House)
04/18/1931 Klas Lestander, Sweden, 20K biathlon (Olympic-gold-1960)
04/18/1932 Dominic Milroy, OSB/headmaster (Ampleforth College England)
04/18/1933 Alan Devereux, CEO (Scottish Tourist Board)
04/18/1934 James Drury, NYC, actor (Virginian)
04/18/1934 Jan Klusak, composer
04/18/1934 Jap F Scherpenhuizen, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
04/18/1934 Mark Kingston, actor (Intimate Contact)
04/18/1935 Joel Hefley, (Rep-R-Colorado)
04/18/1936 Brian Fuller, commandant (Fire Service College, England)
04/18/1936 Harold Innocent, actor (Centerville Ghost)
04/18/1937 Robert Hooks, Wash DC, actor (Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela)
04/18/1937 Tatyana Shchelkanova, USSR, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1964)
04/18/1938 Andreas J 'Cat' Liebenberg, supreme commander (S Afr army)
04/18/1938 Harold Innocent, [HS Harrison], English actor (Tall Guy)
04/18/1940 Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Assn)
04/18/1940 Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monac
04/18/1940 Joseph L Goldstein, Sumter SC, physcian (Nobel-1985)
04/18/1941 Mike Vickers, guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
04/18/1942 Dick K J Tommel, chemist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (D66)
04/18/1942 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver
04/18/1944 Rudy Shackelford, composer
04/18/1946 Alexander 'Skip' Spence, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha)
04/18/1946 Anne Boyd, composer
04/18/1946 Hayley Mills, London England, actress (Parent Trap, Pollyanna)
04/18/1946 Lenny Baker, rocker (Sha Na Na)
04/18/1947 David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)
04/18/1947 Dorothy Lyman, Minneapolis Mn, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family
04/18/1947 James Woods, Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds)
04/18/1947 Lori Martin, Glendale Calif, actress (Velvet-National Velvet)
04/18/1948 'Tiny' Nate Archibald, NBA guard (Cincinnati)
04/18/1948 Catherine Malfitano, NYC, soprano (Metropolitan Opera)
04/18/1948 Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)
04/18/1950 Bill Sudderth III, trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
04/18/1952 Jim Scholten, Midland Mich, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad)
04/18/1953 Rick Moranis, Toronto, (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs)
04/18/1954 Kim Stone, bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
04/18/1956 Eric Roberts, Miss, actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsie
04/18/1956 John James, Minneapolis Mn, actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty)
04/18/1956 Melody Thomas Scott, actress (Nikki-Young & Restless)
04/18/1958 Bernadette Robi, model/ex-wife of football player Lynn Swann
04/18/1958 Lee Pattinson, rock bassist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
04/18/1958 Malcolm Marshall, British cricketer
04/18/1961 Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You)
04/18/1962 Mick Sweda, heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike)
04/18/1962 Shirlie Hollman, rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now)
04/18/1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly, actor (Bo Brady-Another World)
04/18/1967 Jayce Fincher Jr, heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
04/18/1968 Christian Slater, actor (Tucker, Wizard, Young Guns 2)
04/18/198- Courtland Mead, actor (Phillip-Young & Restless)
Deaths:
04/18/ 680 Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies
04/18/1504 Filippino Lippi, painter, dies
04/18/1530 Fran�ois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43
04/18/1552 John Leland, antiquary, dies
04/18/1556 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61
04/18/1567 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63
04/18/1587 John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies
04/18/1612 Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies
04/18/1684 Gonzales Cocx, [Coques], painter, dies
04/18/1689 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies
04/18/1690 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian field marshal, dies
04/18/1710 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75
04/18/1800 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
04/18/1800 Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies
04/18/1807 Erasmus Darwin, physician/writer (Influence), dies
04/18/1818 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
04/18/1824 Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72
04/18/1830 Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62
04/18/1845 Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77
04/18/1854 Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 85
04/18/1855 Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies
04/18/1860 Count Istv�n Sz�chenyi, statesman, commits suicide
04/18/1861 Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67
04/18/1871 Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64
04/18/1873 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, dies at 69
04/18/1879 Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies
04/18/1883 Agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36
04/18/1898 Gustave Moureau, painter, dies
04/18/1917 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73
04/18/1919 Enny Peace, [Maria M M�ller], actress, dies
04/18/1928 Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58
04/18/1935 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist, dies at 90
04/18/1936 Ottorino Respighi, composer, dies at 56
04/18/1936 Seaborn M Denson, composer, dies at 82
04/18/1938 Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, dies
04/18/1939 Theo Mann, actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at 88
04/18/1940 Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies
04/18/1940 Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, historian, dies
04/18/1941 ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide
04/18/1943 I Yamamoto, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
04/18/1944 C�cile Chamindale, composer, dies
04/18/1945 Ernest T Pyle, British newscaster, dies at 44
04/18/1945 John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies
04/18/1947 Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51
04/18/1949 Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philospher, dies
04/18/1955 Albert Einstein, German/US physicist (E=MC�), dies
04/18/1955 Eugen Herrigel, Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70
04/18/1958 Richard B Goldschmidt, German zoologist (butterflies), dies
04/18/1959 Irving Cummings, actor/director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70
04/18/1960 Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies
04/18/1963 Henrietta Kreis, 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death
04/18/1964 Albe Vidakovic, composer, dies at 49
04/18/1964 Ben Hecht, playwright (Child of the Century), dies at 71
04/18/1969 Piotr F Scharoff, Russ/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at 82
04/18/1971 Masao Oki, composer, dies at 69
04/18/1974 Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
04/18/1974 Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79
04/18/1976 Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78
04/18/1984 John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
04/18/1986 Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94
04/18/1990 Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies
04/18/1992 Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer
04/18/1993 Arthur P Smith, US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76
04/18/1994 Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32
Significant Events:
04/18/ 310 St Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
04/18/ 387 Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus
04/18/1599 Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain
04/18/1666 Peace of Kleef: Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of M�nster
04/18/1676 Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians
04/18/1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn 'British are coming!'
04/18/1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
04/18/1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia
04/18/1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails
04/18/1839 Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)
04/18/1853 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)
04/18/1859 Montreal Canadiens wins their 4th straight NHL Stanley Cup
04/18/1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry, VA
04/18/1861 Col Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies
04/18/1862 Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orlean's, LA
04/18/1864 Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition)
04/18/1868 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #98 Ianthe
04/18/1868 San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
04/18/1869 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian
04/18/1874 Remains of David Livingstone interred in Westminster Abbey
04/18/1876 Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min
04/18/1879 Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins
04/18/1881 Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens
04/18/1899 John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager
04/18/1904 L'Humanit�, under Jean Jaur�s begins publishing
04/18/1906 Calvinist Reformed Union in Neth Church forms in Utrecht
04/18/1906 SF earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of city
04/18/1907 Fairmont Hotel opens
04/18/1908 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Jewey Smith
04/18/1909 Joan of Arc declared a saint
04/18/1911 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #713 Luscinia
04/18/1915 M Wolf discovers asteroids #806 Gyldenia & #807 Ceraskia
04/18/1922 Netherland soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0
04/18/1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium
04/18/1923 Poland annexes Central Lithuania
04/18/1925 World's fair opens in Chicago
04/18/1927 Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-govt in China
04/18/1929 Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire
04/18/1933 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1277 Dolores
04/18/1934 1st 'Washateria' (laundromat) opens (Ft Worth, Tx)
04/18/1934 Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament
04/18/1935 Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
04/18/1935 Netherland election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
04/18/1936 Clipper begins regular passenger flights from SF to Honolulu
04/18/1938 Find headless Mad Butcher victim Cleveland
04/18/1939 Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government
04/18/1942 'Stars & Stripes' paper for US armed forces starts
04/18/1942 James H Doolittle bombed Tokyo & other Japanese cities
04/18/1942 Tor Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup
04/18/1945 1 armed outfielder, St L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
04/18/1946 League of Nations dissolves (3 months after UN starts)
04/18/1946 US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia govt
04/18/1948 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands
04/18/1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
04/18/1950 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
04/18/1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
04/18/1950 Polish Catholic church & govt sign accord over relations
04/18/1950 Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th
04/18/1951 Dutch Antilles govt of Da Costa Gomez forms
04/18/1951 France, West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community
04/18/1952 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #1614 Goldschmidt
04/18/1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power & becomes PM of Egypt
04/18/1955 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
04/18/1956 Egypt & Israel agree to a ceasefire
04/18/1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
04/18/1957 Asteroid #2307 discovered
04/18/1958 Govt troops reconquer Padang, Middel-Sumatra Indonesia
04/18/1959 Montreal Canadiens beat Tor Maple Leafs 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
04/18/1962 Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship
04/18/1963 Tor Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
04/18/1964 Artsen strike in Belgium ends
04/18/1966 Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
04/18/1968 178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike
04/18/1968 1st ABA basketball championship began
04/18/1968 Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
04/18/1968 London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
04/18/1968 SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished
04/18/1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
04/18/1974 Red Brigade kidnaps officer of justice Mario Sossi
04/18/1975 John Lennon releases 'Stand by Me'
04/18/1977 Alex Haley, author of 'Roots,' awarded Pultizer Prize
04/18/1977 Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
04/18/1977 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for 'Shadow Box'
04/18/1978 US Senate approves transfer of Panama Canal to Panam� in 1999
04/18/1979 'Real People' premieres on NBC TV
04/18/1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent
04/18/1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK
04/18/1981 Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
04/18/1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
04/18/1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
04/18/1982 M Watt discovers asteroid #2687
04/18/1982 Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare
04/18/1983 A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
04/18/1983 Joan Benoit set a women's record for Boston Marathon
04/18/1983 KMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)
04/18/1983 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2933 Amber, #3151 Talbot & #3561 Devi
04/18/1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for 'Color Purple'
04/18/1983 Rangers 3-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Series tied at 2-2
04/18/1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
04/18/1985 Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
04/18/1987 An unconscous skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air
04/18/1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
04/18/1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
04/18/1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph
04/18/1988 Barbra Striesand records 'Warm All Over'
04/18/1989 Zimbabwe gains independence
04/18/1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines
04/18/1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
04/18/1991 Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike
04/18/1992 Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden
04/18/1993 Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil
04/18/1993 David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $10
04/18/1994 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994
04/18/1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record)
04/18/1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran
04/18/1994 Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold
04/18/1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) lands [approx]
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