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Author Topic: On This Date in History Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 07:28 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 20: 0121 Marcus Aurelius 16th Roman emperor (161-80), philosopher 1442 Edward IV King (England, 1461-83) 1494 John Agricola [Schneider] German theologist/prime minister 1592 John Eliot St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author 1594 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern composer 1705 Balthasar Schmid composer 1725 Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer 1726 Jozef de Ferraris French/Austrian earl/General/cartographer 1745 Philippe Pinel physician, founder of psychiatry 1748 Georg Michael Telemann composer 1748 Guillaume Albert Teniers composer 1761 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer 1808 Louis-Napoleon [Napoleon III] emperor of France (1852-71) 1809 John Smith Preston Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1881 1824 Alfred Holt Colquitt Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 1826 Dina M Craik writer 1827 John Gibbon Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 1839 Carol I King of Romania (1881-1914) 1840 Odilon Redon French painter/author (La nuit, Rêves) 1850 Daniel Chester French/American sculptor (The Minute Man) 1857 Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken painter/author (HW Knife Day) 1857 Hermann Bang writer 1858 Auguste Chapuis composer 1860 Charles Gordon Curtis US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine) 1860 Pieter Jelles Troelstra Dutch MP (SDAP) 1865 Max HHR Nettlau Austrian historian (Le Première Internationale) 1866 Victor Hollaender composer 1870 Simeon Roncal composer 1871 William Henry Davies Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) 1876 Gerard J Arbous actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) 1879 Robert Lynd Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) 1881 Nikolai Miaskovsky Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) 1881 Sem Dresden composer/conductor 1889 Adolf Hitler Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) 1890 Adolf Schärf President of Austria (1957-65) 1893 Harold Lloyd Burchard NE, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last) 1893 Joan Miró Spain, painter/sculptor (Dog Barking at the Moon) 1893 Hermann Ungar writer 1894 Martinus Nijhoff poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling) 1896 Senor Wences ventriloquist (Close the Door) 1897 Bernard Verhoeven poet/literature (About the Laugh) 1897 Gregory Ratoff Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers) 1900 Fred Raymond composer 1900 Kees Verwey painter/water colors painter/cartoonist 1901 Michel Leiris French cultural anthropologist 1902 Donald Wolfit England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed) 1902 Vesselin Stoyanov composer 1903 Dagmar Edqvist Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade) 1904 Bruce Cabot Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong) 1907 William Dollar St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer 1907 Alan Reed actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone) 1907 Miran Bux cricketer (his one season of Test & 1st-class play 1954-55) 1908 Wilhelmus M Bekkers bishop of Hertogenbosch 1909 Guido Alberti literary patron/businessman 1909 Lionel Hampton orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below) 1909 Richard Stubbs publicity adviser 1911 Kukrit Pramoj politician 1912 David Townsend cricketer (3 Tests England vs West Indies 1935) 1912 Ed Jones (Representative-Democrat-TN, 1969- ) 1912 Frederick Craig Riddle violist 1912 Soewarsil Djojopoespito Indonesia, writer (Toe the Line) 1913 Dick Wessel Wisconsin, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie) 1920 John Paul Stevens Chicago IL, 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975- ) 1921 Donald Gunn MacRae sociologist 1923 Tito Puente Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania) 1924 Nina Foch Leiden Netherlands, actress (American in Paris) 1924 Gerhard Samuel composer 1924 Paul M Van Buren US theologist (Theological Explorations) 1925 Ernie Stautner NFL defensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)/WLAF head coach (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1925 Richard Hoffmann composer 1926 Harriett Elizabeth Byrd politician (Wyoming House of Representatives) 1927 Karl Müller Switzerland, superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987) 1929 Bob Braun Ludlow KY, singer (Dotty Mack Show) 1930 Alan Oakman cricketer (England batsman against Australia 1956) 1931 Lee H Hamilton Daytona Beach FL, (Representative-Democrat-IN, 1965- ) 1934 Lindsay Oliver John Boynton furniture historian 1936 Pat Roberts (Representative-Republican-KS, 1981- ) 1938 Bernard Malivoire France, cox pair (Olympics-gold-1952) 1938 Betty Cuthbert Australia 100 meter/200 meter/400 meter dash (Olympics-gold-1956, 64) 1938 Johnny Tillotson Jacksonville FL, singer (Gidget, Poetry in Motion) 1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland Norwegian premier (1981-82, 86-89, 90- ) 1940 George Takei Los Angeles CA, actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets) 1940 James Gammon Newman IL, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges) 1940 Jan Cremer Dutch writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer) 1940 Pilar Miro director (Wether, Beltenebros) 1941 Joni Evans New York NY, publisher (Simon & Schuster, Random House) 1941 Ryan O'Neal Los Angeles CA, actor (Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story) 1943 Michael Greer Galesburg IL, actor (Bobby Gentry Show) 1943 Edie Sedgwick Santa Barbara CA, actor (Ciao Manhattan) 1943 Ian Watson UK, sci-fi author (Book of Being, Whores of Babylon) 1945 Jimmy Winston London England, organist (Small Facres-Itchycoo Park) 1947 David Leland Cambridge England, actor/director (Nothing But Trouble) 1948 Craig Frost keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) 1949 Jessica Lange Cloquet MN, actress (King Kong, Tootsie) 1949 Michal Israel, rocker (Sky with Stars) 1950 Itumeleng J Mosala South Africa President (Azanian People's Organization) 1951 Luther Vandross Bronx NY, rock vocalist (Here and Now, Never Too Much) 1951 Geraint Wyn Davies Wales, actor (Bury Me in Niagara, High Hopes) 1952 Tamara Sergeyevna Zakharova Russian cosmonaut 1952 Toine van Benthem dentist/playwright/cabaret performer (Purper) 1954 Peter Toohey cricketer (New South Wales & Australian batsman 1977-80) 1955 Donald R Pettit Silverton OR, PhD/astronaut 1957 Graeme Fowler cricketer (England left-handed opener early 80s) 1957 Richenel [Hubertus R Baars] singer/performer (Dance Around The World) 1958 Viacheslav Fetisov Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Detroit) 1959 Clint Howard Burbank CA, actor (Gentle Ben) 1960 Rodney Holman NFL tight end (Detroit Lions) 1961 Don "Hitman" Mattingly Evansville IN, New York Yankee 1st baseman (MVP 1985) 1961 Marci Bozarth Lampasas TX, LPGA golfer (1994 Lady Keystone Open-37th) 1963 Brett Edward Garsed Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson) 1963 Kal Swan heavy metal rocker 1964 John Carney NFL kicker (San Diego Chargers) 1964 Paul Nobes cricketer (prolific opening batsman for Victoria & SA) 1965 Jim Terrell Cincinnati OH, sprint canoe (Olympics-96) 1967 J D Roth Beverly Hills CA, TV host (Fun House) 1967 Lara Jill Miller Allentown PA, actress (Samantha-Gimme a Break) 1967 Miroslav Stefanovic soccer player (FC Volendam) 1967 Townsend Saunders White Sands NM, freestyle wrestler (Olympics-silver-92, 96) 1968 LeShundra Nathan Birmingham AL, heptathlete 1969 John van Halst soccer player (FC Twente) 1969 Takayuki Kobori hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) 1970 Ben Weir Rock Island IL, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Bogey Hills-2nd) 1970 Shemar Moore Oakland CA, actor (Malcolm-Young & Restless) 1971 Chris Penn NFL wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears) 1971 Grant Smith Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96) 1971 John Senden Brisbane Queensland, Australasia golfer 1971 Terry Smith NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) 1971 Yonel Jourdain NFL running back/kick returner (Buffalo Bills) 1973 Itula Mili tight end (Seattle Seahawks) 1973 Lamond Murray NBA forward (Los Angeles Clippers) 1973 Todd Hollandsworth Dayton OH, outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1974 Ben[jamin] Lincoln Holbrook Hartland WI, rower (Olympics-1996) 1974 Kevin Sullivan Brantford Ontario Canada, 1.5k runner (Olympics-96) 1974 Paul Bradford cornerback (San Diego Chargers) 1975 Joey [Joseph Mignogna Jr] Lawrence Philadelphia PA, actor (Brotherly Love, Joey-Gimme a Break, Blossom) 1976 Lenka Nemeckova Brno Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Maribor-SLO) 1977 Lisa Ervin figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992) Deaths which occurred on April 20: 1164 Victor IV [Ottaviano Montecello] Italian antipope (1159-64), dies 1314 Clement V [Bertrand Got] pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies 1317 Agnes van Montepulciano Italian mystic/saint, dies 1534 Elizabeth Barton [Nun of Kent] British prophet, is executed 1632 Nicolas Antione converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake 1643 Christoph Demantius composer, dies at 75 1662 Gerard Terborch the elder, painter, dies 1695 Georg Caspar Weckler composer, dies at 63 1759 Georg Friedrich Händel buried in Westminster Abbey 1768 Giovanni AC Canaletto Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 1769 Pontiac Indian chief to Ottawa, murdered 1786 John Goodricke English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 1812 George Clinton 4th US Vice President, dies at 73 1st Vice President to die in office 1820 Arthur Young author (Annals of Agriculture), dies 1821 Franz K Achard German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 1836 Johan I Jozef monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 1839 Giuseppe Rossini father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies 1869 Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe composer, dies at 72 1869 Piotr Studzinski composer, dies at 42 1872 Ljudwit Gaj Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 1899 Edouard Pailleron French attorney/comedian (voice où), dies at 64 1900 Mabel Mercer popular British singer, dies 1906 Australian wombat oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 1908 Henry Chadwick sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 1912 Bram Stoker Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies 1918 Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands cricketer (1 Test for South Africa), dies 1932 Giuseppe Peano mathematician, dies 1935 Juliaan de Vriendt Flemish painter, dies at 92 1941 Barend ter Haar Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49 1947 Christian X King of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76 1953 Erich Weinert writer, dies at 62 1956 Jaap Vranken organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies 1956 Lieven Duvosel Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78 1962 Jesse G Vincent engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82 1962 Arthur Harmat composer, dies at 76 1965 Richard Wessell actor (Carney-Riverboat), dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday 1968 Marion Weeks singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 1971 Cecil Parker actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 1973 Robert Armstrong actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82 1974 Mohammed Ayub Khan premier/President (Pakistan), dies 1977 Bryan Foy director/writer, dies at 80 1977 Len Johnson cricketer (one Test for Australia, 3-66 & 3-8), dies 1979 Peter Donald host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 1982 Andrew Sandham cricketer (325 England 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies 1982 Archibald MacLeish US, lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at 89 1982 Mimi Boesnach actress (Wedding of Kloris & Roses), dies at 82 1983 Jerzy Andrezjewski writer, dies 1984 Mabel Mercer English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 1990 Horst Sinderman RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies 1991 Don[ald] Siegel US director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78 1991 Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal Mongolian politician, dies 1991 Sean O'Faolain [J Whelan] Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91 1991 Steve Marriott English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44 1991 Yumzhagin Tsendenbal PM of Mongolia (1952-74), dies 1992 Benny [Alfred Hawthorn] Hill comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67 1992 Johnny Shines Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76 1993 Cantinflas [Mario Moreno] Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81 1994 Jean Carmet French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72 1995 Milovan Djilas Yugoslavian politician (1945-54), dies 1995 R E S Wyatt cricketer (England captain 16 times), dies 1995 Sunil Jayasinghe Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide 1995 Tessie O'Shea entertainer, dies at 81 1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie BBC Executive, dies at 88 1996 Christopher Robin Milne bookseller/son of writer A A Milne (Winnie the Pooh), dies at 75 1996 Tran Van Tra soldier, dies at 77 On this day...April 20 Events 0295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 0850 Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne 1139 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgundy by Philibert of Luxembourg 1551 John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal 1650 VOC-management sets new guidelines 1653 Cromwell routes English parliament to house 1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1702 Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth 1715 Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray", premieres in London 1770 Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales 1775 British begin siege of Boston 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia 1799 Friedrich von Schiller's "Wallensteins Tod", premieres in Weimar 1799 Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews 1809 Napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 1836 Territory of Wisconsin created 1841 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue") published 1853 Harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad 1861 Battle of Norfolk VA 1861 Colonel Robert E Lee resigns from Union army 1865 Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens 1871 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus) 1872 San Francisco Bar Association organized 1879 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus 1884 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" 1894 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase 1896 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitán", premieres in NYC 1898 US Assay Office in Deadwood SD opens 1902 Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium 1903 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Massachusetts in 2:41:29.8 1903 New York Highlanders play their 1st game, with Jack Chesbro losing 3-1 to Al Orth & Washington Nationals 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis 1904 George Bernard Shaw's "Candida", premieres in London 1908 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of New York in 2:25:43.2 1910 Cleveland Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 1910 Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 1912 Fenway Park officially opens, Boston Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11 1912 Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5 1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow CO 1914 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2 1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast 1916 1st National League game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Chicago Cubs beat Cincinnati Reds 7-6 1917 Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") 1919 Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army 1920 Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi 1920 7th modern Olympic games open in Antwerp Belgium 1920 Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate 1920 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio 1920 Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3-run homer and beats New York Giants 3-0 1925 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6 1926 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across the Atlantic 1931 35th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Massachusetts in 2:46:45.8 1931 British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday 1934 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police 1935 "You're Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly) 1936 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of Rhode Island in 2:33:40.8 1936 Jews repel an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah Palestine 1939 New York World's Fair opens 1939 Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double 1940 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia PA 1941 100 German bombers attack Athens 1941 Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps 1942 German occupiers forbid Dutch access to their beach 1942 Heavy German assault on Malta 1943 Atlanta Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg 1944 NFL legalizes coaching from the bench 1944 Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death 1945 Soviet troops enter Berlin 1945 US 7th Army & allies forces capture Nuremberg & Stuttgart in Germany 1945 Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride 1945 German occupiers flood Beemster & Fencer 1945 US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa 1946 1st televised baseball broadcast in Chicago, St Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs 1946 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27 1947 Frederik IX becomes King of Denmark 1948 UAW president Walter P Reuther shot & wounded at his home in Detroit 1948 NYC hikes subway fare from 5¢ to 10¢ 1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany CA 1950 Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League 1951 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak Atoll 1951 Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators 1953 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51 1954 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 125 performances 1955 "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances 1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway Park 1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05 1958 Buses replace Key System trains in San Francisco area at 3 AM 1958 Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup 1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1958 Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops 1959 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42 1960 "From A to Z" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 21 performances 1961 American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to an altitude of 63,250 meters 1962 New Orleans Citizens Company gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North 1962 OAS-leader ex-General Salan arrested in Algiers 1963 "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 8 performances 1963 All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda 1964 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools 1964 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59 1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1966 WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington DC (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during the Vietnam War 1967 US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon 1967 French author Régis Debray caught in Bolivia 1967 New York Mets' Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Chicago Cubs, 6-1 1967 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM 1968 South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed 1969 23rd Tony Awards Great White Hope & 1776 win 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 (new US marathon record) 1970 Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria 1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun" 1971 US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1972 Apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 1972 Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket 1973 Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit 1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" 1975 Penguins 1-Islanders 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead 1975 29th Tony Awards Equus & The Wiz win 1975 4th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer 1976 George Harrison sings the lumberjack song with Monty Python 1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres 1980 Cubans begin to arrive in US from Mariel boatlift 1980 Donna White wins LPGA Florida "Lady Citrus" Golf Tournament 1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs 1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession 1981 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46 1981 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26 1982 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season 1983 Rangers 2-Islanders 7-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 3-2 lead 1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock 1983 President Ronald Reagan signs a $165 billion bail-out for Social Security 1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei Afghánistán 1985 Karyn Marshall of New York NY lifted 303 lbs in a clean-and-jerk lift 1985 Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12) 1985 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams 1986 Michael Jrdan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game 1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland 1986 "Jerry's Girls" closes at St James Theater NYC after 139 performances 1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1987 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21 1987 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50 1987 Sri Lanka Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead 1987 US deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to USSR 1988 Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) 1988 New Jersey Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten 1988 New York Yankees homerun 9,999 (Dave Winfield) 10,000 (Claudell Washington) 10,001 (Jack Clark) 1988 US accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians 1990 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of the Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips 1990 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income 1991 Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million 1991 "Les Miserables", opens at Odense Teater, Odense 1991 1st non stop flight Schiphol-Flamingo airport Bonaire 1991 Mark Lenzi is 1st diver to score 100 points on a dive (101.85) 1992 100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs 1992 Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain 1992 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43 1992 96th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14 1992 All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium London 1992 Joan Lunden breaks her left shoulder after being thrown from a horse 1992 Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner 1993 Uranus passes Neptune (this occurs once every 171 years) 1994 Danny Harold Rolling, sentenced to death in Florida, for killing 5 1994 Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze Bosnia, 47 killed 1994 Sohail & Inzamam make world record ODI partnership of 263 1994 Space shuttle STS-59 (Endeavour 6), lands 1996 Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season 1997 1st baseball game in Hawaii, St Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Padres in doubleheader 1997 27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682 1997 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Hale Irwin 1997 Chicago Cubs beat New York Mets ending National League worst opening, lost 14 straight games 1997 DL Coburn's "Gin Game", opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances 1997 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Susan G Komen International 1997 Mark McGwire, is 4th to homerun on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, & Cecil Fielder) 1997 Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic 1997 Noël Coward's "Present Laughter", closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC 1997 PGA Seniors Championship; Hale Irwin wins 1999 Deadliest school shooting in US history at Columbine High School, Littleton CO, 13 killed, 23 wounded  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-13-2006 07:32 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 21: 1488 Ulrich von Hutten German poet/humanist/patriot 1546 Arcangelo Crivelli composer 1619 John A van Riebeeck colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) 1672 Johann Philipp Kafer composer 1713 Louis Duke de Noailles marshal of France 1729 Catharina II the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96) 1730 Antonin Kammel composer 1749 Johann Michael Malzat composer 1774 Jean-Baptiste Biot French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) 1775 Alexander Anderson US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare) 1779 William Knyvett composer 1782 Friedrich W A Fröbel Germany, educator (founded kindergarten) 1795 Vincenzo Pallotti Italian saint 1803 Levin Minn Powell Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885 1806 Peter van Schendel Dutch painter 1809 Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter Secretary of State (Confederacy) 1814 Beni Egressy composer 1816 Charlotte Brontë Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre) 1816 Louis Trezevant Wigfall Confederate Army, died in 1874 1824 Anselmo Clave composer 1828 Hippolyte Taine French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy) 1834 William Rufus Terrill Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 1837 Fredrik Bajer Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) 1838 John Muir US, naturalist (discovered glaciers in High Sierras) 1838 Nat Thompson cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match) 1840 Franz Xaver Haberl German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis) 1849 Oskar Hertwig Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization 1853 Charles-Theodore Malherbe composer 1854 Eusapia Palladino Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons 1854 Wladyslaw Rzepko composer 1864 Max Weber German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism) 1867 Benjamin A Jesurun Antillian literary 1871 Leo Blech composer 1871 Vojtech Rihovsky composer 1872 G W Bitzer [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer] Roxbury MA 1878 Albert Weisgerber German painter/graphic artist 1881 Jules-Marie Canneel Flemish painter/caricaturist (Rocks of Oran) 1886 Charlie Naughton Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits) 1887 Lillian Walker Brooklyn NY, entertainer 1892 ? 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park 1892 Jaroslav Kvapil composer 1896 Attila Hörbiger Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika) 1896 Henry M de Montherlant French stage author (La Reine Morte) 1898 Steve Owen NFL tackle, coach (New York Giants) 1899 Randall Thompson New York NY, composer (Trip to Nahant) 1899 Clement D'Hooghe composer 19-- Christopher [Chip] Mayer New York NY, actor (Vance-Dukes of Hazzard, Glitter) 1901 Julian Bautista composer 1902 Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard) 1903 Hans Hedtoft premier Denmark (1947..55) 1904 Jean Hélion artist/author (They Shall Not Have Me) 1904 Gijsbert van Hall banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67) 1905 Edmund G "Pat" Brown (Governor-Democrat-CA) 1906 Tom Burns editor 1907 Beatrice Kay New York NY, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Colonel) 1907 Antoni Szalowski composer 1908 Louis Hostin France, Light Heavyweight (Olympics-gold-1932, 36) 1909 Rollo May US, psychologist (Love & Will) 1911 Leonard Warren New York NY, baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60) died on stage 1912 Feike P Asma Dutch organist 1912 Marcel Camus French director, Orfeu negro) 1912 Nell [Petronella GS] Koppen actress, Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen) 1913 Choh Hao Li biochemist professor (isolated growth hormones) 1913 Norman Parkinson England, fashion photographer (Harper's Bazaar) 1913 Kai-Uwe von Hassel German politician 1915 Anthony Quinn Chihuahua México, actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia) 1915 Andor Kovach composer 1915 Frick [W Groebli] Swiss clown (Frick & Frack) 1916 Sidney Clute Brooklyn NY, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey) 1917 Emanuel Vardi Jerusalem Israel, violist (San Diego Symphony 1978-82) 1919 Franc [Franklin E] Essed Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper) 1919 John Goddard cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57) 1920 Bruno Maderna Venice Italy, conductor/composer (Hyperion) 1920 Christopher Dark New York NY, actor, (Suddenly, Tenderfoot) 1921 Jack Fletcher Forrest Hills NY, actor (Grady, Bob Crane Show) 1922 Allan Watkins cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s) 1923 Andrea Domburg Dutch actress, (Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel) 1924 Ira Louvin Rainsville AL, country singer (Louvin Brothers) 1924 Daniel Melnick New York NY, producer, Get Smart) 1926 Elizabeth [Alexandra Mary Windsor II] queen of England (1952- ) 1927 Robert Brustein New York NY, dean (Yale School of Drama) 1930 Silvana Mangano Rome Italy, actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas) 1930 Don Tyson founder, Tyson Foods) 1930 Margaret Rose London England, Princess of York [or Aug 21] 1932 Elaine May Philadelphia PA, comedienne/writer/actress (New Leaf) 1932 Angela Mortimer English tennis player, Wimbledon) 1933 Easley Blackwood Indianapolis IN, composer (Un Voyage á Cythere) 1934 Martin Horton cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959) 1935 Charles Grodin Pittsburgh PA, actor (Beethoven, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid) 1935 Robin Dixon England, 2 man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1960) 1936 Bob Cleary US, ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1960) 1936 Anthony Joseph Gnazzo composer 1937 Charles Lee Herron Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986) 1939 Ernie Maresca singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer) 1939 John McCabe composer 1940 Souleymane Cisse director (Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara) 1942 Bobby McClure US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing) 1946 S Venkataraghavan cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee) 1947 Iggy Pop [James Newell Osterberg] Ypsilanti MI, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse) 1947 John Weider bassist (Family-Family Entertainment) 1947 Alan Warner rocker (Foundations) 1948 Claire Denis Paris France, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat) 1948 Gary A Condit (Representative-Democrat-CA) 1948 Lord Egremont English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1948 Paul Davis Meridian MI, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy) 1949 Patti LuPone Northport NY, stage/screen actress/singer (Evita, Life Goes On) 1951 Tony Danza Brooklyn, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss) 1951 Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-2) 1951 Nicoel Barclay rocker 1951 Paul Carrack Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Mike + the Mechanics-All I Need Is A Miracle, Squeeze/Ace-How Long) 1953 Edward Ray Fiori Lynwood CA, PGA golfer (1979 Southern Open) 1954 Dale Eggeling Statesboro GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile Classic) 1956 Rick DeMont US, 400 meter swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics) 1957 Jesse Orosco Santa Barbara CA, baseball relief pitcher (New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers) 1958 Andie [Rosalie Anderson] MacDowell Gaffney SC, actress (Groundhog Day, Multiplicity, Greystoke) 1958 Kyle Stevens LPGA golfer 1959 Robert Smith Sussex England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Just Like Heaven ) 1960 Julius Korir Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympics-gold-1984) 1962 Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin Russia, Major/cosmonaut 1963 John Cameron Mitchell El Paso TX, actor (Misplaced, Band of the Hand) 1963 Ken Caminiti Hanford CA, infielder (San Diego Padres) 1964 Louise Mullard Kurri Kurri New South Wales, golfer (1990 T3 Coca Cola Classic) 1965 Karen Foster Lufkin TX, playmate (October 1989) 1965 Ed Belfour Carman, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks) 1965 Gary Grant NBA guard (New York Knicks) 1966 Judy Diduck ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Olympics-98) 1968 Peter van Foxes soccer player (Ajax) 1969 Conrad Clarks NFL center (Indianapolis Colts) 1969 Dwight Hollier NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins) 1970 Israel Stanley NFL/WLAF defensive end (New Orleans Saints, Rhein Fire) 1970 Stewart Malgunas Prince George, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals) 1971 Samantha Druce youngest woman to swim the English Channel 1971 Jennifer Reed Miss Michigan-USA (1997) 1971 Tom Cavallo NFL/WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, San Francisco 49ers) 1971 Tony Mcgee NFL tight end (Cincinnati Bengals) 1972 David Williams Bedford PA, outfielder (San Francisco Giants) 1972 Lori Flick Boston MA, Miss Massachusetts-America (1997) 1972 Tia Jackson WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury) 1974 Brice Hunter wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1975 Angela Michelle Hughes Anderson SC, Miss South Carolina-America (1997) 1975 Danyon Joseph Loader Dunedin New Zealand, 200 meter/400 meter swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-96) 1977 Karen Ann Peterson Miss Aruba-Universe (1997) 1978 Avi Phillips Ontario Canada, actor (Maniac Mansion) 1978 Aimee Delatte Miss Arkansas Teen-USA (1996) 1978 Melissa Coish Miss New Hampshire Teen-USA (1996) 1984 Ashley Peldon Staten Island NY, actress (Marah Lewis-Guilding Light, Deceived) Deaths which occurred on April 21: 1073 Alexander II [Anselmo da Baggio] Pope (1061-73), dies 1109 Anselmus philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 1142 Pierre Abélard French philosopher (Sic et Non, Héloïse), dies at 62 1509 Henry VII 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 1552 Peter Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz] German astronomer, dies at 50 1574 Cosimo de Medici Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54 1652 Pietro Della Valle composer, dies at 66 1696 Andres de Sola composer, dies at 61 1699 Jean Racine French playwright (Phèdre), dies at 59 1730 Jan Palfijn Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 1736 Frans Eugenius duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72 1780 Ferdinand Zellbell composer, dies at 60 1871 Elisabeth Grube writer, dies 1878 Temistocle Solera composer, dies at 62 1898 Louis Theodore Gouvy composer, dies at 78 1899 Heinrich Kiepert German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 1900 Heinrich Vogl composer, dies at 55 1910 Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] author(Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn), dies in Redding CT at 74 1918 "Red Baron" [Manfred von Richtofen] shot down in WWI at 25 1924 Eleanora Duse Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64 1930 Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79 1930 Robert S Bridges poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85 1938 Muhammad Iqbal Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 1939 Herman Finck composer, dies at 66 1945 John Poston British Major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 1946 John M Keynes English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62 1946 Robert Graham cricketer (3 wickets for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies 1948 Carlos Lopez Buchardo composer, dies at 66 1952 [Richard] Stafford Cripps English minister of Plane-manufacturing, dies at 62 1952 Leslie Banks actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 1961 James Melton opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 1962 Frederick Handley Page designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies 1965 Edward V Appleton English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 1967 André L Danjon French astronomer, dies at 77 1968 Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt 1968 Norman Demuth composer, dies at 69 1971 Edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 1971 François "Doc" Duvalier dictator of Haiti, dies at 64 1973 Ursula Jeans [McMinn] actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 1975 Jack Allan Westrup composer, dies at 70 1977 Gummo [Milton] Marx US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84 1978 Sandy Denny country singer, dies at 37 1981 Harry Lee cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies 1982 Joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80 1983 Walter Slezak actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in New York at 80 1985 Rudi Gernreich US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 1985 Tancredo Neves President-elect of Brazil, dies at 75 1987 Edith S Green (Representative-Democrat-OR), dies at 77 1989 James Kirkwood actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 1990 Erté art deco stylist, dies at 97 1990 Johnny Beagley winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies 1991 Richard Bolling (Representative-Democrat-MO), dies at 74 1991 Willi Boskovsky Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81 1992 Robert Harris murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39 1992 Vladimir K Romanov Grand Duke/Russian pretender to the throne, dies at 74 1993 Hal Schumacher baseball pitcher, dies at 82 1994 Clement Merk animal trainer, dies at 93 1995 Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt cricketer, dies at 93 1995 Stafford Heginbotham toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61 1996 A H Kardar cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pakistan 1946-58), dies 1996 Dzhokhar Dudayev President of Republic of Chechenia (1991), dies at 52 1996 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76 1996 Robert Hersant press baron, dies at 76 1996 Rodney Meredith Thomas architect/painter, dies at 93 1996 Zora Arkus-Duntov engineer, dies at 86 1997 Andres Rodriguez Paraguayan President (1989-93), dies 1997 Diosdado Macapagal Philippine President (1961-65), dies On this day...Events 0753 -BC- Traditional date of the foundation of Rome 0953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights 1420 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike 1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople 1477 Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondië at proxy 1521 Battle at Villalar Emperor Charles I beats Communards 1526 Battle at Panipat Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi 1572 France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant 1600 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS) 1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship 1654 England & Sweden sign trade agreement 1689 William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England 1739 Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord 1785 Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges 1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st US Vice President (9 days before Washington) 1794 NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British 1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho", premieres in Vienna 1828 Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from México 1856 1st railroad bridge across Mississippi River, Rock Island IL-Davenport IA 1857 Alexander Douglas patents the bustle 1862 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver CO 1862 Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston 1863 Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Feast of Ridván (Jalâl 13, 20) 1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington 1878 The ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia 1878 New York installs 1st firehouse pole 1878 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili 1884 Potters Field reopened as Madison Park 1892 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park 1892 Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis Mo 1894 George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man", premieres in London 1898 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat 1898 Spanish-American War begins 1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1908 Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't) 1910 Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0 1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground 1913 Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper 1914 US marines occupy Vera Cruz México, stay 6 months 1920 John Galsworthy's "Skin Game", premieres in London 1921 Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 1925 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR 1925 No baseball games played in National League due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1925 Noël Coward's "Fallen Angels", premieres in London 1930 Fire (set as part of an escape attempt) at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 320 1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid", premieres in Moscow 1934 Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays American League record 117th cons errorless game 1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties 1940 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It", on CBS Radio 1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer 1941 Greece surrenders to Nazi-Germany 1944 NFL Chicago Cardinals & Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3) 1945 Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory 1945 Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream", premieres in London 1945 Russian army arrives at outskirts of Berlin 1945 US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg 1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany 1948 1st Polaroid camera is sold in US 1948 2nd NBA Championship Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 4 games to 2 1951 5th NBA Championship Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 1951 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montréal Canadiens, 4 games to 1 1952 BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route) 1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR 1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win 10th straight game to begin a season (this was a record at the time) 1955 Jerome Lawrence & Robert E Lee's "Inherit the Wind", premieres in NYC 1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel", becomes #1 1957 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum 1959 Alf Dean (using a rod and reel) hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" great white shark (largest fish ever caught on a rod) 1960 Brasilia becomes the capital of Brazil 1961 French army revolts in Algeria 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to an altitude of 32,000 meters 1961 Dirk U Stikker chosen as Secretary-General of NATO 1962 Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle WA 1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time 1963 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open 1963 Dr Michael Ellis De Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant 1964 Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 homeruns, Pirates win 8-5 1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica 1967 Los Angeles Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games) 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC 1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands 1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier 1968 22nd Tony Awards Rosencranz & Guilderstern & Hallelujah Baby! win 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1969 Record 1,152 starters compete in Boston Marathon 1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland 1972 John Young & Charles Duke explore Moon (Apollo 16) 1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched 1974 28th Tony Awards River Niger & Raisin win 1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice 1975 Last South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years 1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of West Germany in 2:42:24 1975 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:09:55 1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing 1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6 1977 Charles Strouse & Martin Charnins musical "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances 1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed President of Bangladesh 1979 "Carmelina" closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances 1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:12:11 1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champion; she hadn't run entire course 1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit MI 1981 US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia 1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game 1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress 1983 £1 coin introduced in United Kingdom 1984 "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to ½ hour 1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose" 1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph 1984 Montréal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inning game 1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS 1985 Flyers 5-Islanders 2-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead 1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins the London Marathon in a record 2:21:6 1985 Bomb attack in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels 1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Arizona) 1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing 1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51 1987 Dow Jones Average soars 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history 1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose, ending American League season-opening winning streak at 13 games 1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151 (v Sri Lanka) 1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed 1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know" 1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence 1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom 1990 "Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks 1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 1990 Cincinnati Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history 1991 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship Jack Nicklaus wins 1991 Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pittsburgh scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Chicago Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th 1991 Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17) 1991 Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14) 1992 "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway 1992 Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill 1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Square NYC for 30 performances 1993 Brazil votes against a monarchy 1993 Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria 1994 "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances 1994 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit homeruns in a games (11 times) 1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed 1995 Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92 1995 FBI arrests Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Oklahoma City bombing 1996 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Hale Irwin 1996 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship 1996 Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8) 1996 Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance", opens at Plymouth Theater NYC 1996 Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup 1996 Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final 1997 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34 1997 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-22-2006 10:09 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 22: 1357 Johan I King of Portugal (1383-1433) 1451 Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus 1515 Antoine of Bourbon duke of Vendôme/king of Navarra 1610 Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni] Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91) 1640 Mariana Alcoforado Portugal, nun 1658 Giuseppe Torelli Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi op 8) 1682 Willem I Kerricx the Young Flemish architect/sculptor/painter 1690 John Carteret Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42) 1707 Henry Fielding England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones) 1724 Immanuel Kant Konigsberg Germany, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason) 1766 Madame de Stael Swiss-French belle-lettrist (An Extraordinary Woman) 1773 Jean V baron de Rebecque Swiss/Dutch army leader 1775 Georg Hermes German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen) 1777 Henry Clay the great compromiser 1781 Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber composer 1799 Jean Poiseuille physician/physiologist (blood pressure) 1816 Philip James Bailey English poet (Festus) 1818 Cadwallader Colden Washburn Major General (Union volunteers) 1823 Alfred Gibbs Major General (Union Army), died in 1868 1827 William Hopkins Morris Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 1828 Guilherme Antonio Cossoul composer 1831 Alexander McDowell McCook Major General (Union volunteers) 1832 Julius Sterling Morton Adams NY, (Governor-NE), started Arbor Day 1839 August W Eichler German botanist 1853 Alphonse Bertillon France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system 1854 Henri-Marie Lafontaine Belgium, international lawyer (Nobel 1913) 1856 [Marie] Louise Hens Flemish actress (Two Orphans) 1858 Ethel Mary Smyth composer 1863 Cornelis A J van Dishoeck Dutch publisher 1864 Phil May Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist 1866 Hans von Seeckt German General (Future of the Reich) 1868 Jose Vianna da Motta composer 1870 Nikolai Lenin [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov] Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist 1873 Ellen Anderson Glasgow US, novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942) 1876 O E Rölvaag Norwegian-American novelist (Giants in the Earth) 1876 Robert Bárány Sweden, otologist, vestibular expert (Nobel 1914) 1878 Kitty Gordon Folkestone England, entertainer 1881 Alexander Kerensky Simbirsk, Russian PM (1917) 1884 Armas Emmanuel Launis composer 1884 John van Capel oldest man in Netherlands (Died Sept 3, 1992) 1884 Otto Rank [Rosenfeld] Austria, psychoanalysist (Künstler) 1889 Ludwig Renn writer 1891 Belle Bennett Milcoon Rapids IA, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask) 1891 Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Sontsovka Ukraine, composer 1892 Nikolai Obouhov composer 1899 Martyn Green London, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh) 1899 Vladimir Nabokov St Petersburg, novelist 19-- Mark Davis rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad) 1902 Megan Lloyd George English politician 1904 J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer New York NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project 1906 Eric William Fenby composer/president (Delius Society) 1908 Eddie Albert [Heimberger] Rock Island IL, actor (Oliver-Green Acres) 1909 Ralph Byrd Dayton OH, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show) 1910 Eric Scowen physician 1910 R J Ritchie tennis player 1912 Gavalda Miguel Querol composer 1912 Kathleen Mary Ferrier England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice) 1914 Charles Hubert Sisson author/poet (Christopher Homm) 1914 Hans Baumann writer 1914 Jan de Hartog Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory) 1915 Dick Dudley Tennessee, TV host (Village Barn) 1915 Lord Airedale British Lord (Socialist Democrat) 1916 Yehudi Menuhin New York NY, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata) 1916 Earl of Oxford & Asquith Governor (Seychelles) 1917 Leo Abse biographer/MP 1917 Mile Yvette Chauviré France, ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty) 1917 Sidney Nolan Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly) 1918 Robert Wadlow Alton IL, world's tallest man (8'11.1") 1919 Donald Cram US, biochemist (Nobel 1987) 1920 Hal March San Francisco CA, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage) 1920 Jos de Haes Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word) 1922 Charles Mingus Arizona, jazz musician (Pithecanthropus Erectus) 1922 Lou Stein Philadelphia PA, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark) 1922 Richard C Diebenkorn Jr US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings) 1923 Aaron Spelling Dallas TX, TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels, Melrose Place, Dynasty, Love Boat, Starsky and Hutch, Mod Squad) 1923 Betty Page Kingsport TN, playmate (January 1955)/model (Dark Angel) 1923 Hugh Lloyd actor (Punch & Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising) 1923 Paula Fox US children's books author (Poor George) 1923 Peter Bowring CEO (C T Bowring) 1925 Christopher Ball Oxford, warden (Keble College) 1925 George Cole London England, actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers) 1926 Bob Flannigan Greencastle IN, singer (4 Freshmen) 1926 Charlotte Rae Milwaukee WI, actress (Edna-Facts of Life) 1926 James Stirling Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight 1927 Pascal Bentoiu composer 1928 Margaret Pereira forensic scientist 1929 Geoffrey Marshall Provost (Queen's College, Oxford) 1929 Margaret Pereira forensic scientist 1929 Michael Atiyah educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England) 1929 Robert Wade-Gery diplomat/exec director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd) 1929 Victoria Opoku-Ware Ghanaian queen 1931 Robert Dickson Canada, ice hockey player (1948) 1931 Henk Gortzak Dutch MP (CPN/PSP) 1931 Ronald Hynd British choreographer (English National Ballet) 1931 Siem Vroom Dutch actor (The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries) 1932 Michael Colgrass Chicago IL, composer (Best Wishes) 1933 John A Llewellyn Cardiff Wales, astronaut 1933 Robin Hutton merchant banker 1934 David Ratford diplomat 1934 John K Barlow English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire 1934 Nico Ladenis British restauranteur (Nico at 90)/= 1934 Viscount Portman British landowner/multi-millionaire 1935 Christopher Ball linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford) 1936 Glen Campbell Delight AR, actor/singer (Rhinestone Cowboy, By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston, Wichita Lineman) 1937 Jack Nicholson Neptune NJ, actor (As Good As It Gets, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shining) 1937 Bobbi Fiedler (Representative-Republican-CA, 1981- ) 1937 David Summerscale head master (Westminster School England) 1937 Jack Nitzsche composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman) 1937 Ken[neth] Palmer cricketer (1-190 in only Test for England, now Test umpire) 1938 Alan Bond tycoon/yachtsman 1939 Jason Miller Scranton PA, actor/writer (Exorcist, Light of Day) 1939 John Chilcot civil servant 1939 John Foley Major-General 1940 Peter Goldstein joint founder (Superdrug) 1943 Mel Carter singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me) 1943 Steve Dunne cricketer (New Zealand Test umpire on international panel) 1944 Joshua Rifkin composer 1945 Alan Dukes Irish President (Fine Gael 1945 Donald Graham US businessman(?) 1945 Gielijn Escher Dutch postage stamp artist 1945 Robert Key MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage 1946 Dectuplets Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females 1946 Archy Kirkwood MP (L-D) 1947 Barry Guy composer 1948 Carole Drinkwater actress (Father, All Creatures Great & Small) 1949 Spencer Haywood Silver City MS, NBA star (Seattle Supersonics, New York Knicks, Olympics-gold-1968) 1950 Jancis Robinson wine writer/broadcaster 1950 Lewis Biggs curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool) 1950 Peter Frampton Kent England, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive) 1952 Steve Bond Haifa Israel, actor (Jimmy Lee Holt-General Hospital, To Die For) 1954 Joseph Bottoms Santa Barbara CA, actor (Surfacing, Blind Date) 1955 Arthur Baker rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock) 1957 Alan Campbell Homestead FL, actor (EZ-3's a Crowd) 1957 Ethel White WBL guard (New York Stars) 1958 Ashraf Ali cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-80s) 1958 Ken Olandt actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun) 1959 Catherine Mary Stewart Edmonton Alberta Canada, actress (Passion & Paradise, Riding the Edge) 1959 Nicky Le Roux South Africa, LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta champion-15th) 1959 Ranjan Madugalle cricketer (pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams) 1959 Ryan Stiles Seattle WA, actor (Lewis-Drew Carey Show) 196- Brooke McCarter Philadelphia PA, actor (Paul-The Lost Boys) 1960 Lloyd Honeyghan English welterweight boxing champion (1986) 1961 Byron Allen Los Angeles CA, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show) 1961 Jeff Hostetler NFL quarterback (New York Giants, Raiders, Redskins/1990 Superbowl) 1961 Jimmy Key Huntsville AL, pitcher (Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Orioles) 1962 David Wettlaufer Kitchener Ontario Canada, golfer (Ontario Beefeater-1986, 87) 1962 Denise Baldwin Atlanta GA, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury) 1964 Bob McCann NBA forward (Washington Bullets) 1964 Chris Makepeace Toronto Ontario Canada, actor (Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis) 1966 Glenn Parker NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs) 1966 Serge Poudrier hockey defenseman (Team France 1998) 1967 Bart Bowen Albuquerque NM, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1967 Harvey Williams NFL running back (Oakland Raiders) 1967 Mike Buck NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals) 1967 Sheryl Lee Boulder CO, actress (Twin Peaks, Love Lies & Murder) 1968 Bimbo Coles NBA guard (Golden State Warriors) 1968 Carlos Costa Spain, tennis star 1968 Jo Angel cricketer (big Western Australia right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-) 1968 Vernell Coles basketball player (Olympics-bronze-1988) 1968 Zarley Zalapski Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames) 1969 Craig Logan Scotland, rock bassist (Brothers Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey) 1969 Bobby Olive NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) 1969 George Williams Lacrosse WI, catcher (Oakland A's) 1969 Roger Jones NFL center (Cincinnati Bengals) 1970 Claus Biedermann WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire) 1970 Coleman Bell NFL tight end (Washington Redskins) 1971 Ingo Rademacher German Federal Republic, actor (Jasper Jacks-General Hospital) 1971 James Burton NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears) 1971 Milos Holan Bilovec Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) 1971 Nicklas Kulti Sweden, tennis star 1972 Anna Falchi Tampera Finland, actress (La Dolce Vita '90) 1972 Sabine Appelmans Aalst Belgium, tennis star (Strasbourg doubles final) 1973 Christopher Sanders tight end (Washington Redskins) 1973 Scott Fields NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons) 1974 Scott Nemes actor (Ricky Halsenbach-The Wonder Years, Grant Schumacker-It's Garry Shandling) 1974 Adam Parfitt Victoria British Columbia Canada, rower (Olympics-96) 1974 Georgia Goettmann model (Cosmopolitan-May 1995) 1975 Brian Manning wide receiver (Miami Dolphins) 1975 Stijn Haeldermans Belgian soccer player (MVV) 1976 Milena Mayorga Miss El Salvador-Universe (1996) 1980 Aaron Metchnik Santa Barbara CA, actor (Stephen-Torkelsons) 1980 Monica Flammer Gainesville FL, gymnast (alternate-Olympics-96) 1985 Lauri Hendler Fort Belvoir VA, actress (Julie-Gimme a Break) Deaths which occurred on April 22: 0536 Agapitus I Italian Pope (535-36), dies 1253 Elias van Cortona Italian General (1232-39), dies at about 53 1355 Eleonora Plantagenet daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36 1462 Gilbert of Lannoy master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies 1521 Juan de Padilla Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded 1592 Bartolommeo Ammanati Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80 1648 Catharina Belgian van Nassau daughter of Willem, dies at 69 1662 John Tradescant traveller/gardener, dies 1672 Georg Stiernhielm Swedish scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73 1677 Wenzel E Fürst von Lobkowitz Austria chancellor (16..-74), dies at 68 1699 Hans A baron von Abschatz Silesian poet, dies at 53 1722 Pieter Erberfeld German/Thais merchant on Java, dies 1776 Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 1778 James Hargreaves inventor (spinning jenny), dies 1782 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer, dies at 66 1788 Zacharias H Alewijn Dutch poet, dies 46 1821 John Crome [Old Crome] English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 1827 Thomas Rowlandson caricaturist, dies 1830 Knud L Rahbek Danish literary/historian, dies at 69 1833 Richard Trevithick inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62 1844 Henri-Montan Berton composer, dies at 76 1864 Joseph Gilbert Totten US Union General-Major, dies at 76 1865 Francis Washburn US Union Colonel/General Major, dies of injuries 1883 Octave Fouque composer, dies at 38 1892 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo composer, dies at 69 1899 E J [Ned] Gregory cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies 1901 William Stubbs historian/bishop, dies 1908 Henry Campbell-Bannerman British premier (1905-08), dies 1929 Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich composer, dies at 86 1930 Jeppe Aakjær Danish journalist/author/poet (Rugens sange), dies at 63 1933 Frederick Henry Royce motorcar pioneer, dies 1941 Arthur Briscoe cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies 1944 Mezio Agostini composer, dies at 68 1945 Käthe Kollwitz German graphic artist, dies at 77 1946 Harlan Fiske Stone Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 1946 Lionel Atwill actor (Captain Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61 1950 Charles H Houston architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54 1951 Stanley Ridges actor (possessed, Sergeant York, Mr Ace), dies at 59 1953 Top Naeff [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N] Dutch writer, dies at 75 1957 Ignatius Roy D Campbell British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54 1961 Maria Radulphus [Adrian Hermus] Curaçao school inspector, dies at 91 1962 Solomon Pimsleur composer, dies at 61 1962 Vera Reynolds actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62 1967 Tom Conway actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62 1975 Mary Philips actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75 1976 Frutuoso de Lima Viana composer, dies at 79 1977 Charles Sanford orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71 1978 Will[iam Auge] Geer actor (Grandpa-The Waltons), dies from a respiratory ailment at 75 1980 Jane Froman singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72 1981 Brailsford Reese Brazeal dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76 1982 Melville Bell Grosvenor president (National Geographic Society), dies at 80 1983 Earl "Fatha" Hines US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies 1984 Ansel Adams US photographer, dies at 82 1986 Mircea Eliade writer, dies 1988 Irene Rich US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96 1989 Huey Newton US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47 1990 Bertil Unger actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies 1992 Billy Wayne White murderer, executed in Texas at 34 1992 Joop [Joseph] van Santen Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies 1992 Youcca Troubatzkoy actress (Flower of the Night), dies 1993 Andries Treurnicht founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at 72 1993 Cesar Chavez US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66 1993 Mark Koenig baseball shortstop (New York Yankees), dies at 88 1994 D Nauta theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96 1994 Denis Pitts journalist, dies at 64 1994 Jack Alexander Bently trombonist, dies at 80 1994 Richard Milhous Nixon 37th US President (1969-74), dies of stroke at 81 1994 Schmidt Hans Burkhardt artist, dies at 89 1995 Don Pullen pianist/composer, dies at 53 1995 Maggie Kuhn activist (Gray Panthers), dies at 89 1996 David Shipman film historian, dies at 63 1996 Erma Bombeck humorist (Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at 69 1996 Hiteshwar Saikia PM of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies On this day...Events 0687 -BC- Chinese record a meteor shower in Lyra 0296 St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 0536 St Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1056 Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye 1073 Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII 1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1164 Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III 1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris France 1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal 1509 Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England 1521 French king François I declares war on Spain 1526 1st slave revolt occurs in South Carolina 1529 Treaty of Saragosa Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere 1648 English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed 1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 1662 Royal Society incorporates 1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament 1674 Netherlands & Münster sign peace treaty 1676 Battle of Etna - Netherlands/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded 1677 Battle at Catania between French & Dutch fleet 1692 Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft 1722 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed 1728 Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus", premieres in Paris France 1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress 1793 President George Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US 1796 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi 1804 Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola 1809 Battle at Eckmühl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl 1817 Curaçao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight 1823 Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London 1823 R J Tyers patents roller skates 1838 English steamship "Sirius" docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing 1861 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces 1864 US mints 2¢ coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust") 1876 1st National League game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5; Philadelphia Athletics Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run 1876 Tchaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet 1884 Thomas Stevens starts 1st bicycle trip around the world (2 years 9 months) 1884 US recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially starts; as many as nine out of ten of these settlers had jumped the gun, earning themselves the name "Sooners" 1893 Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo 1893 Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for 3rd time 1897 NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (stiil active) 1898 1st Spanish-American War action USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1898 Baltimore Oriole James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0 1898 Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0 1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry 1898 US President William McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors 1903 American Power Boat Association forms 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950 1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature Monument in Amsterdam 1906 Olympic games held in Athens are not accepted by the IOC 1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls 1908 Queensland beat New South Wales by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba 1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania 1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win 1914 México ends diplomatic relations with US 1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI 1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins 1915 New York Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time 1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont 1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region is established in Georgian SSR 1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms, Netherlands 1926 Persia, Turkey & Afghánistán sign treaties of security 1927 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E 1930 US, Britain & Japan sign London Naval Treaty to reduce naval forces 1931 Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty 1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address 1937 NYC college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right) 1943 German counter attack in North-Tunisia 1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea 1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea 1944 Hitler & Mussolini meet at Salzburg 1945 Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated 1945 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1946 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms 1947 1st NBA Championship Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2 1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond VA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in NYC 1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob NV 1952 Eugène Ionesco's "Les Chaises", premieres in NYC 1954 NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule 1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began 1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government 1954 USSR joins UNESCO 1955 Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust" 1955 Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2 1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open 1957 All National League teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies 1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, & 3 errors 1959 New York Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Washington Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings 1961 Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria 1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open 1962 New York Mets tie a National League record by losing 9 straight to start season 1962 Pittsburgh Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season 1962 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2 1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens 1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4 1966 USSR performs underground nuclear test 1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece 1969 1st human eye transplant performed 1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1:36 for heavyweight boxing title 1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing 1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources 1970 New York Mets' Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher 1970 New York Mets' Tom Seaver consecutively strikes out 10 San Diego Padres, for a total of 19 1970 Washington Senators beat New York Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings 1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances 1970 Flat Earth celebrated 1971 Soyuz 10 launched 1972 Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on the Moon 1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-New York Islanders 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead 1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation 1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel 1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 1978 'The Blues Brothers' (Dan Akroyd and John Belushi) make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live 1979 Keith Richards and The New Barbarians give a concert to benefit the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Ottawa Canada 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament 1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike 1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers on strike 1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts 1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season 1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma & Fullerton 1983 New York Rangers 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders win series 4-2 1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth 1983 Stern magazine announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolf Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) 1984 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic 1986 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row 1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed 1988 Women are allowed to compete in the Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington IN, for the 1st time 1988 New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 points in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) 1989 "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 12 performances 1990 "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances 1990 Lebanon releases US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months 1991 Intel releases the 486SX chip 1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show 1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens 1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panamá, kills 95 1991 Frank Thomas is 1st Chicago White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park 1992 "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at Helen Hayes NYC 14 performances 1992 6.0 earthquake in California 1992 Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara México 1992 Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport, California, kills 16 parachutists 1993 "Who's Tommy" opens at St James Theater NYC for 899 performances 1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78 1993 Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington DC 1993 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox 1993 Tennis star Björn Börg divorces Loredana Berte 1994 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda 1994 Børge Ousland reaches North pole 1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500 1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds is made 1994 Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1994 Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam 1995 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby 1995 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-23-2006 12:01 PM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 23: 1464 Johanna van Valois Queen of France 1464 Robert Fayrfax composer 1484 Julius Cæsar Scaliger Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) 1500 Alexander Alesius [Aless/Alane] System theologist/physician 1551 Boris Godunov tsar of Muscovy (1598-1605) in Time of Troubles 1564 William Shakespeare Stratford-on-Avon England, bard (Hamlet, MacBeth, Julius Cæsar) 1598 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp naval commander 1623 Jan Adam Reincken composer 1629 John Commelin director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) 1649 Andreas Kneller composer 1697 George Baron Anson British Admiral/explorer 1708 Friedrich von Hagedorn German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) 1715 Johann Friedrich Doles composer 1728 Samuel Wallis explorer (Wallis Island) 1735 Ildephons Haas composer 1747 Alexandre-Auguste Robineau composer 1756 Alexander Reinagle composer 1775 Joseph Mallord Turner England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) 1791 James Buchanan Cove Gap PA, (Federalist/Democrat), 15th US President (1857-61) 1791 W Friedrich Olivier German landscape painter/cartoonist 1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan Belgian minister of Justice 1804 Guillaume Nerenburger Belgian General (Triangulatie of Belgium) 1809 Eugene-Prosper Prevost composer 1810 Thomas Wright historian 1812 Louis-Antoine Julien conductor 1813 Stephen Arnold Douglas [Little Giant] US Senator (Lincoln debates) 1818 James Anthony Froude historian 1818 John Gill Shorter Governor (Confederacy), died in 1872 1821 Pierre Dupont song writer 1823 Abdül-Medjid 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61) 1827 Johann F Ritter von Schulte German Catholic lawyer 1828 Albert king of Saxon (1873-1902) 1838 Alfred J Verwee Flemish painter 1852 Edwin Markham US, poet (1st winner of Amer Academy of Poets Award 1937) 1855 Ernst L Wolzogen German writer/founder (Cabaret Überbrettl) 1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo Naples Italy, composer (I Medici) 1858 Max Ludwig Planck German physicist (Quanta Physics, Planck Constant, Nobel 1918) 1861 Edmund Henry Hynman 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal 1867 Simon Abramsz Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) 1877 Arthur Farwell composer 1881 Claude Carter South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22) 1881 Otakar Sini composer 1882 Albert Coates St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle) 1882 Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien Belgium, architect (WWII) 1889 Charles Warrell big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher 1890 Donald Nichols Tweedy composer 1890 Marcel L'Herbier French director/screenwriter (El Dorado) 1891 Sergey Prokofiev Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) 1891 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) 1892 Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Voort] Flemish writer 1892 R Huelsenbeck writer 1893 Frank Borzage Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo) 1894 Basil Sydney St Osyth Essex England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) 1894 George Renevant Paris France, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X) 1896 Margaret Kennedy novelist 1897 Lester Bowles Pearson (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957) 1897 Lucius D Clay US, General (WWII) 1897 Harold French director (Encore)/actor 1897 John Wengraf Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion) 1897 Lucius du Bignon Clay US, General (WWII)/Governor (West Germany) 1898 Edwin E Dwinger German writer (General Vlassov) 1899 Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh Christchurch New Zealand, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew) 1899 Vladimir Nabokov St Petersburg Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada) 19-- Tina Andrews Chicago IL, actress (Sanford Arms, Valerie-Falcon Crest) 1900 Ary Verhaar composer 1900 Henry Barraud composer 1900 Joseph Green film maker 1902 Halldór Laxness Iceland, novelist (Salka Valka) (Nobel 1955) 1904 Duncan Renaldo Spain, actor (Cisco Kid) 1904 Leslie French actor/singer (More than a Miracle) 1905 Lord Carew Ireland, judge (dressage) 1906 Marcel Hillaire Cologne Germany, actor (Adventures in Paradise) 1906 Maria Arnoldo [Adrianus Broeders], photographer/writer 1907 Baroness Dudley 1908 Frederick Hawkins dancer 1908 Herbert Telley British actuary 1909 Thomas Padmore senior civil servant 1910 Simone Simon France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love) 1911 Ronald Neame director (1st Monday in October, Poseidon Adventure) 1913 Jan Meyerowitz composer 1914 John Hubbard Indiana Harbor IN, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie) 1914 Andrew Martin Lord-Lieutenant (Lechestershire England) 1914 Mitsu Suzuki teacher of tea ceremony at San Francisco Zen Center 1915 Arnold Hall CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group) 1916 Bud Wilkinson college football coach (Oklahoma) 1917 Jacob Kistemaker nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge) 1918 Anthony Craxton British TV producer 1918 Maurice Druon [Kessel] French writer/journalist (Prix Goncourt) 1919 Dorian Leigh San Antonio TX, model, sister of Suzy Parker 1919 Talivaldis Kenins composer 1920 Eric Yarrow CEO (Clydesdale Bank) 1920 Louis Barron composer 1921 Janet Blair Altoona PA, actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family) 1921 Warren Spahn left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves) 1922 Boy [Segundo JA] Ecury Aruba, resistance fighter 1922 Diarmuid Downs auto engineer 1923 Avram Davidson American sci-fi writer (Joyleg, Phoenix & the Mirror, Peregrine Primus, Rork!) 1923 James Kirkup travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland) 1923 Nathan "Dambuzza" Mdledle singer (played a major role in the evolution of South African music) 1924 Arthur Frackenpohl Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Music) 1924 James Colin Ross Welch columnist/critic 1924 Malcolm Anson CEO (Wessex Water Authority) 1926 James P Donleavy Brooklyn NY, novelist (The Ginger Man, Onion Eaters) 1926 Virgil I [Gus] Grissom astronaut (Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3) 1926 Richard Laws Master (St Edmunds College Cambridge) 1927 Russell Smith composer 1928 Shirley Temple Black Santa Monica CA, child actress (Heidi)/ambassador (UN) 1928 Bill Cotton CEO (Noel Gay TV) 1928 Okke Jager Dutch theologist/writer/poet 1929 George Steiner professor (English) 1930 Alan Oppenheimer New York NY, actor (6 Million Dollar Man, Eischied) 1930 Michael Bowen Roman Catholic Archbishop (Southwark) 1932 Halston [R Halston Frowick] fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame) 1932 Jim Fixx jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running) 1933 Roger Wittevrongel Flemish painter 1935 David Evans MP 1936 Elias [Etienne Michiels] Flemish painter 1936 Estelle Harris actress (Estelle Castanza-Seinfeld) 1936 John D'Arcy cricketer (New Zealand Test batsman on 1958 England tour) 1936 Joseph Willaert Flemish painter 1936 Roy Orbison Vernon TX, rocker (Oh Pretty Woman, Only The Lonely) 1937 Barry Shepherd cricketer (Australian lefty bat early 60's) 1937 Don Massengale Jackson TX, PGA golfer (1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity) 1937 Victoria Glendinning author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions) 1938 Leonard Ernest John Chant social worker 1938 Russell Hillhouse under-secretary Scottish Office 1938 Steven D Symms (Senator-Republican-ID, 1981- ) 1939 David Birney Washington DC, actor (Brigette Loves Bernie, St Elsewhere) 1939 Lee Majors [Harvey Lee Yearly] Wyandotte MI, TV actor (Big Valley, $6,000,000 Man, Fall Guy) 1939 Ray Peterson Denton TX, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her) 1939 William Hagerty editor (People) 1940 Richard Monaco US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest) 1941 Ed Stewart British DJ 1941 Hal Daub (Representative-Republican-NE, 1981- ) 1943 Herve Villechaize France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!" (Fantasy Island) 1943 Tony Esposito Ontario Canada, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks) 1943 [Gerardus] Bob van Toll actor/interpreter/director (Pastorale 1943) 1943 Carmen von Thyssen Barcelona Spain, Baroness 1943 Hugh Davies composer 1944 Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck] Bayonne NJ, actress (Gidget, A Summer Place, Tammy and the Doctor, Imitation of Life) 1944 Niklaus Schilling Basel Germany, director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold) 1947 Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Ireland, political activist 1947 Saskia [Trudy van den Berg] singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel) 1948 Richard Day engineer/development expert 1948 Tessa Wyatt actress (Beast in the Cellar, Wedding Night) 1949 Blair Brown Washington DC, actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd) 1949 John Miles vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon) 1949 Joyce DeWitt Wheeling WV, actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company) 1949 Walter Sweeney MP 1951 Loek Hermans Dutch MP (VVD) 1952 Lionel Johnston Augusta GA, actor (Sons & Daughters) 1952 Narada Michael Walden Kalamazoo MI, rocker/producer (I Don't Want Nobody Else, I Shoulda Loved Ya) 1952 Tony Maselli (fictional character on "Who's the Boss") 1952 Terry Moor Hartford CT, tennis star 1953 Fred Upton (Representative-Republican-MI) 1953 James Russo New York NY, actor (My Own Private Idaho, China Girl) 1955 Captain Sensible bassist (Damned-Happy Talk) 1955 Judy Davis Perth Australia, actress (Husbands & Wives) 1955 Mike Smith British DJ 1955 Su Ingle London England, British TV hostess (Tomorrow's World) 1955 Tony Miles chess player 1956 Peter Teravainen Plymouth MA USA, Australasia golfer 1957 Jan Hooks Decatur GA, comedienne actress (Saturday Night Live, Designing Women) 1957 Kathleen Lynch Motueka New Zealand, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1959 Terri Luckhurst LPGA golfer 1960 Steve Clark Hillsborough England, rock guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria) 1960 Valerie Bertinelli Wilmington DE, actress(One Day at a Time, Sydney)/ Mrs Eddie Van Halen 1960 Joseph Martin Mudd Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1988 Federal Express) 1963 Benoit Doucet Montréal Québec Canada, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) 1964 Dan Frischman Whippany NJ, actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class) 1964 Gen [Simon Matthews] English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones) 1964 Martin Lopez-Zubero Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200 meter) 1965 Donna Weinbrecht skier (Olympics-gold) 1966 Jacques "Jacq" Koumans soccer player (NAC) 1966 Richard Greenwood Los Angeles CA, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Napa Valley) 1966 Wayne Drinkwalter CFL defensive tackle (British Columbia Lions) 1967 Brent Muscat rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over) 1967 Melina Kanakaredes Akron OH, actress (Dr Sydney Hanson-Providence, Eleni Andros-Guiding Light) 1967 Rheal Cormier New Brunswick, pitcher (Montréal Expos) 1968 Susan Emily Savastano East Providence RI, Miss Rhode Island-America (1991) 1969 Nadeem Shahid cricketer 1970 Cristiano Caratti Italy, tennis star (1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles) 1970 Frank Temming WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals) 1971 Chuck Adams Pacific Palisades CA, tennis star (1989 USTA Boys) 1972 Rachel Hetherington Port Macquarie New South Wales, golfer (1993 New South Wales champion) 1973 Derek Armstrong Ottawa, NHL center (New York Islanders) 1973 Patrick Poulin Vanier, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1974 Joey Kent wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers) 1974 Sam Madison cornerback (Miami Dolphins) 1975 Bret Anderson CFL slot back (British Columbia Lions) 1976 Tamas Buday Jr Budapest Hungary, Canadian canoeist (Olympics-96) 1981 Gabriella Windsor daughter of English prince Michael Deaths which occurred on April 23: 0034 Christ crucified, according to Isaac Newton 0303 George knight of Cappadocië/saint/patron of England, beheaded 0871 Ethelred I king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies 0990 Ekkehart II [Palatinus] monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies 0997 Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 1014 Brian Boru king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 1014 Sweyn Forkbeard Viking king of England (1013-14), dies 1016 Aethelbred II "the Unready" king of England (979-1016), dies 1416 Blaise/Blasius of Parma Italian astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies 1616 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 1616 William Shakespeare English author (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet), dies on his 52nd birthday 1625 Maurice of Nassau Prince of Orange, dies at 57 1670 Loreto Vittori composer, dies at 69 1691 Jean-Henri D'Anglebert composer, dies 1695 Henry Vaughan poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 1728 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, dies at 83 1732 Cajetan Kolberer composer, dies at 63 1740 Thomas Tickell poet, dies 1742 Mihael Omerza composer, dies at 62 1762 Johann Samuel Endler composer, dies at 67 1774 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich painter, dies 1786 Alexander Cozens English water colors painter, dies at about 68 1812 Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, dies at 85 1827 Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 1838 John W Janssens Governor-General of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75 1847 Erik Gustaf Geijer composer, dies at 64 1850 William Wordsworth poet, dies at 80 1853 Auguste Laurent chemist, dies 1865 James Dearing US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 24 1878 Friedrich Preller landscape painter, dies 1880 Guess Saleh [Sarief Bastaman] Javanese painter, dies 1885 William Henry Holmes composer, dies at 73 1895 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig physiologist, dies 1897 Clement Harris composer, dies at 25 1905 Karel Komzak composer, dies at 54 1915 Rupert Chawner Brooke English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 1918 Percy Thomson Dean Lieutenant-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies 1925 André Caplet French composer (Le miroir de Jésus), dies at 45 1926 Joseph Pennell artist/author, dies 1929 Rudolf W Nilsen Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28 1942 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear President of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 1943 Fréderic baron d'Erlanger French composer/banker, dies at 74 1945 Albrecht Haushofer writer, dies at 42 1946 Jesus Castillo composer, dies at 68 1952 Elisabeth Schumann singer, dies 1952 Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Neart] Flemish writer, dies at 60 1955 Robert H Woltjer classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 1957 William Orlamond actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89 1960 Cornelis Jan Bakkerr Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies 1960 Toyohiko Kagawa Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71 1962 Stirling Moss auto racer, killed while racing at 32 1965 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67 1969 Krzystzof Komeda composer, dies at 37 1970 Herb Shriner humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 1971 William Tubman President of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76 1973 Otto Eissfeldt German old testament scholar, dies at 85 1975 Pete Ham rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27 1975 R D Brinkmann writer, dies 1975 William Hartnell actor (Dr Who), dies at 67 1976 James Flavin actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 1976 Shimen Ruskin actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68 1976 Ronald Radd actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47 1980 Jane Froman US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72 1983 Buster Crabbe 400 meter US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)/actor, dies from a heart attack in Scottsdale AZ at 76 1983 Selena Royale actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78 1984 August "Guus" Oster actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68 1985 Kent Smith actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78 1985 Sam J Ervin Jr (Senator-Democrat-NC), dies at 88 1986 Harold Arlen [Hyman Arluck] US composer, murdered at 81 1986 Jim Laker cricketer (193 wickets for England at 21 24), dies 1986 Otto Preminger director (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79 1988 Arthur Michael Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 1990 Albert Salmi (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62 1990 Palmer Deane actor (Still of the Night), dies 1990 Paulette Goddard actress (Hazard), dies of heart failure in Ronco Switzerland at 78 1991 Peter Bailey Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies 1992 Deron Johnson 1965 National League run leader, dies of cancer at 53 1992 Satyajit Ray Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70 1992 Victoria Kellem Lederman model, dies of amyloidosis at 52 1993 Bertus Aafjes poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78 1993 Lalith Athulathmudali Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59 1994 Cassidy Clinton Cremer author (John Cremer), murdered at 30 1994 Cecile Dreesmann son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74 1995 Howard Cosell sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77 1995 John Stennis (Senator-Democrat-MS), dies at 93 1995 Lonesome Sundown blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66 1995 Robert Selby Taylor bishop, dies at 86 1996 Leonard Kuntstat blues discographer, dies at 70 1996 Pamela Lyndon Travers writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96 On this day...Events 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf 1154 Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo 1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter) 1500 Pedro Álvarez Cabral lands & annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz) 1504 King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria 1616 Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England 1633 Sweden & Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn 1661 English king Charles II crowned in London 1662 Connecticut chartered as an English colony 1705 Richard Steele's "Tender Husband", premieres in London 1723 Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht 1775 The opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) 1789 President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York 1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1798 Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution 1826 Missolonghi captured by Turks 1838 English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York NY 1851 Canada issues its 1st postage stamps 1860 Democratic convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery 1861 Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith 1861 Battle of San Antonio TX 1864 Battle of Cane River LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry) 1867 Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel 1871 Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up 1878 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram 1881 Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" produced in London 1883 John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch government 1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia 1896 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC) 1900 1st known occurrence of word "hillbillie" (New York Journal) 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Washington Senators 7-2 1904 American Academy of Arts & Letters forms 1908 Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands & Sweden signs North Sea accord 1910 International Exhibition opens in Brussels 1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) 1916 Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn", premieres in NYC 1918 Battle of Zeebrugge ends 1918 Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea 1918 National Urban League forms 1919 Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season 1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1921 Charles Paddock runs world record 100 meter (10.4 seconds) 1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley 1925 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged 1925 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms 1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon 1933 Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal 1936 Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win 1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government 1939 1st performance of Béla Bartók's 2nd Concerto for violin 1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st homerun 1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez MS) 1940 New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert 1941 Greece Army surrenders to German Nazi's RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt 1942 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1943 British & US offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta 1945 Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated 1945 US troops in Italy cross river Po 1946 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis MN (ABC) 1st broadcast 1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco 1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing 1949 Netherlands annexes Elten & Tudderen 1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phillies 6, Braves 5) 1950 4th NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2 1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island 1950 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3 1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open 1952 Bob Cain of St Louis Browns & Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter 1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game & hits his only homerun 1952 Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed 1953 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA 1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers 1954 NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock rule 1955 "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances 1955 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open 1956 US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses 1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th homerun & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game 1959 "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 performances 1959 1st heliport in Britain opens in London 1960 1st performance of Ferde Grofé's "San Francisco Suite" 1961 "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances 1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1962 New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 1962 Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 1962 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched 1963 Jerry Bock & S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me", premieres at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 302 performances 1964 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0 1964 James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie", premieres in NYC 1964 New York State Theater opens 1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite 1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty when its parachute lines became tangled and the parachutes failed to open properly upon return to Earth 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational 1968 United Methodist Church forms 1968 "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 7 performances 1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 pence) 1969 Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province China 1969 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy 1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney 1969 Los Angeles Laker Jerry West scores 53 points 1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 1971 Soyuz 10 launched; soft docked with Salyut 1 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explore Moon surface 1972 26th Tony Awards Sticks & Bones & 2 Gentlemen of Verona win 1972 Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR 1975 Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land", premieres in London 1977 Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously & only loses 10 1977 Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops 1977 ADO The Hague soccer team forms 1977 Military workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa 1978 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic 1978 Cincinnati Red Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd 1978 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143 vs Sri Lanka 1984 AIDS-virus identified (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) 1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational 1985 New Coke debuts 1985 Philadelphia Flyers 5-New York Islanders 3-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead 1985 Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula 1986 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking 1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60 meter indoor (7 seconds) 1987 28 construction workers killed in an apartment building collapse in Bridgeport CT 1987 New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY 1988 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles 1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less 1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47:06) 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Los Angeles Laker 1989 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts 1989 Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic 1989 Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning 1990 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1991 Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off 1991 Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs Australia, his last Test Cricket knock at home 1991 USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions 1992 "Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances 1992 Marion Berry (former mayor of Washington DC) is released from prison 1992 McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China 1993 Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia 1993 Mötley Crüe's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn 1993 Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy", premieres in NYC 1994 Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti 1994 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke 1994 Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York 1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship 1995 President Bill Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City bombing victims 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM 1996 Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-takes in $34.5 million 1997 "Titanic", opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC 1997 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards LeAnn Rines, Brooks & Dunn win  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-24-2006 01:53 PM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 24: 1538 Gugliemo Gonzaga composer 1576 San Vicente de Paúl 1594 Benedikt Lechler composer 1620 John Graunt statistician, founder of science of demography 1660 Cornelis Dusart Dutch painter/engraver 1670 Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer 1706 Giovanni Battista Martini composer 1721 Johann Philipp Kirnberger German composer, baptised 1742 Roman Hoffstetter composer 1743 Edmund Cartwright England, cleric, inventor (power loom) 1750 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier Swiss mathematician 1766 Robert Bailey Thomas founded Farmer's Almanac 1769 Arthur Wellesley General/Duke of Wellington 1773 Harman W Muntinghe lawyer/Dutch colonial director 1791 Nikolaj A Bestuzhev Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) 1796 K L Immermann writer 1804 Thomas Oliver Selfridge Commander (Union Navy) 1807 Charles Ferguson Smith Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 1814 Angela Burdett-Coutts philanthropist extrordinaire 1814 Vincente F López Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje) 1815 Anthony Trollope England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) 1815 James Edward Harrison Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 1822 Erastus Barnard Tyler Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) 1824 Fournier Swiss/French postage stamp forger 1828 Robert Brank Vance Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 1829 George Peabody Estey Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 1836 Jeltje de Bosch Kemper Dutch feminist 1837 Friedrich von Holstein German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) 1845 Carl Spitteler Switzerland, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus/Nobel 1919) 1849 Joseph S Galliéni General (Battle of Marne)/military governor (Paris) 1851 Eduardo Acevedo Díaz Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) 1856 Henri POBJ Pétain French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) 1864 George Alting van Geusau Director-General (PTT)/Dutch Minister of War (1918-20) 1867 Fannie Thomas became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death) 1873 Theodor Körner von Siegringen Austrian General/President 1874 John Russell Pope US, architect (Jefferson Memorial) 1874 Willem E Roelofs Dutch painter/cartoonist 1875 Jeno Huszka composer 1877 Charles Cuvillier composer 1883 Jaroslav Hasek Czechoslovakia, writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] 1886 Kurt Pinthus writer 1886 R Pelgrom oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108) 1889 [Richard] Stafford Cripps English Minister of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45) 1892 Jack Hulbert Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack) 1893 Robert Harron New York NY, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) 1895 S Constantine Timoshenko Russian marshal/people's commissioner 1897 Benjamin Lee Whorf linguist (or 1797) 1897 Gyorgy Kosa composer 19-- Colleen Quinn actress (Carly Rescott-Loving) 19-- John Vargas actor (Lorenzo Delgado-Primary Colors) 1903 Mike Michalske NFL guard (New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers) 1903 José A Primo de Rivera y Saénz de Heredia founder (Spanish Falange) 1903 Siegfried F Nadel Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium) 1904 Friedrich Siemens German industrialist (Siemens), dies 1904 Willem De Kooning Rotterdam Netherlands, artist (North Atlantic Light) 1905 Robert Penn Warren 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) 1907 Vaclav Trojan composer 1909 Bernhard Grzimek zoologist (West Germany) 1909 Irven Spence animator 1911 Jack E Leonard Chicago IL, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) 1911 Karl O Schiller German economist (Minister of Economics) 1911 Robert Joseph Kane Ithaca NY, President of US Olympic Committee (1976) 1911 Sigursveinn David Kristinsson composer 1914 Bernard Caulfield judge 1914 Justin Wilson cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips) 1914 Ruth White Perth Amboy NJ, actress (Up the Down Staircase) 1916 Stanley Kauffmann New York NY, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man) 1917 Len Creed bookmaker 1921 Laci Boldemann composer 1922 J D Cannon Salmon ID, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) 1924 Marilyn Erskine Rochester NY, actor (Fran-Tom Ewell Show) 1924 Yehoshua Lakner composer 1927 Josy Barthel Luxembourg, 1500 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1952) 1927 Pasqualino de Santis cinematographer 1927 Patrick Bowles writer/translator 1928 Gustav Krivinka composer 1929 Ferit Tuzun composer 1930 Conn Findlay Stockton CA, coxswain (Olympics-2 gold/bronze-56, 64, 76) 1931 Bridget Riley British painter (op-art) 1932 Coen[rad] Flink Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje) 1933 Freddie Scott US songwriter/singer (Cry to Me) 1934 John Barbour Toronto Ontario Canada, TV host (Real People) 1934 Shirley MacLaine Richmond VA, actress/mystic (Irma la Douce) 1935 Louis Keith Chicago IL, physician (expert on multiple-births) 1936 Jill Ireland London, actress (Breakout, Assassination, Chino) 1940 David Larter cricketer (two-metre tall England pace bowler) 1941 John Williams Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Academy Award) 1942 Barbra [Joan] Streisand Brooklyn NY, singer/actress/award winner (Funny Girl, The Way We Were) 1942 Richard M Daley (mayor-Democrat-Chicago) 1942 Valeri Abramovich Voloshin Russian cosmonaut 1943 Richard Sterban Camden NJ, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) 1944 [Bernard] St Clair Lee [Calhoun] US singer (Rock the Boat) 1945 Doug Clifford Palo Alto CA, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary) 1945 Eugene O'Brien composer 1945 Robert Knight Franklin TN, rocker (Everlasting Love) 1946 Bruce Stuart Saylor composer 1947 Glenn Cornick rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick) 1947 Hubert Ann Kelly US singer (Hues Corporation/Rock the boat) 1948 Benzion Freshwater English multi-millionaire 1948 Eddie James Hart Martinez CA, 4x100 meter relay runner (Olympics-gold-72) 1949 Wilfrido [Radamés] Vargas [Martínez] Altamira Puerto Plata Dominican Republic, Spanish singer (El Barbarazoí) 1951 Andrew John Fairclough trade union educator 1953 Porter Carroll Jr drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 1953 Eric Bogosian Woburn MA, actor (Talk Radio) 1953 John P Hiler (Representative-Republican-IN, 1981- ) 1954 Captain Sensible [Raymond Burns] Balham London England, rocker (Women & Captains First) 1954 Jack Blades rock bassist (Damn Yankees-Coming of Age, Night Ranger) 1954 Vince Ferragamo NFL/CFL quarterback (Los Angeles Rams, Montréal Alouettes) 1955 Jack Kingston (Representative-Republican-GA) 1955 Michael O'Keefe Mount Vernon NY, actor (Caddyshack, Ironweed, Slugger's Wife) 1957 Tricia Lange Hollywood CA, playmate (June 1984) 1958 Fernando Luna Spain, tennis star 1959 Yvonne D Cagle West Point NY, MD/astronaut 1960 Paula Yates London England, Mrs Bob Geldof/rocker/writer (Blondes) 1963 Joey Vera heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint-Aftermath) 1963 Billy Gould Los Angeles CA, rock bassist (Faith No More) 1965 Mike Blowers Wurlzburg Germany, infielder (New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers) 1966 Margashayam Venkataramana cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989) 1966 Pascale Paradis-Mangon France, tennis star 1966 Theo Adams WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1967 Dino Radja NBA forward (Boston Celtics) 1967 Leslie M Marx Fort Belvoir VA, fencer-epee (Olympics-96) 1967 Pam[ela] Bustin Somerset MA, field hockey defender (Olympics-96) 1968 Aaron Comes rocker (Spin Doctors) 1968 Mark Vanderloo Waddenveen Netherlands, model 1968 Todd Jones Marietta GA, pitcher (Houston Astros) 1968 Tracy Gravely CFL linebacker (Montréal Alouettes) 1970 Damien Fleming Australian cricket pace bowler (hat-trick on Test debut) 1970 Emanuela Zardo Switzerland, tennis star 1971 Jeff Brohm quarterback (San Francisco 49ers) 1971 Ken Klee Indianapolis IN, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals) 1971 Kumara Dharmasena cricketer (Sri Lankan off-spinner) 1971 Phil Rogers Adelaide SA Australia, 100 meter breaststroker (Olympics-bronze-92, 96) 1972 Chipper Jones Deland FL, infielder (Atlanta Braves) 1972 Jamie Brown NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1972 Nicolas Gill Montréal Québec Canada, 86kg judoka (Olympics-bronze-92, 96) 1973 Eric Snow NBA guard (Philadelphia 76ers, Seattle Supersonics) 1973 Jamie Brown NFL tackle (Denver Broncos) 1973 Mark Babic Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics-96) 1973 Melissa Short Kaaawa HI, Miss Hawaii-America (Top 10-1997) 1973 Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian captain at 23) 1973 Ville Peltonen hockey forward (Team Finland Olympics-bronze-1998) 1974 Jared Tomich defensive end (New Orleans Saints) 1974 Marc Collins NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks) 1974 Toine Rorije soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) 1975 Justin Boocock Launceston Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) 1975 Michael Stewart NBA center (Sacramento Kings) 1976 Shane McDermott actor (Garrett Booth-Swan's Crossing) 1976 Sonya Jeyaseelan Newestminster British Columbia Canada, tennis star (1995 Futures Florida) 1977 Ryan Mitchell Port Augusta SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) 1987 Michael [Mickey] Tylo son of US actor Michael Tylo/actress [Deborah] Hunter Tylo 1992 Sean Rademaker actor (Kirkland Harrison-Another World) Deaths which occurred on April 24: 0709 Wilfried bishop of York, dies at about 76 0729 Egbert[us] English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 1077 Geza I King of Hungary (1074-7), dies 1185 Antoku Taira emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns 1530 Jacopo Sannazaro Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies 1617 Carlo Concino French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered 1731 Daniel Defoe English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies 1758 Florian Wrastill composer, dies at 41 1776 Carolus van de Abeele Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 1776 Giuseppi Paolucci composer, dies at 49 1824 Herman Muntinghe theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle composer, dies at 82 1848 François van Campenhout Belgian composer (Brabançonne), dies at 69 1850 Louis Alexandre Piccinni composer, dies at 70 1855 Walenty Karol Kratzer composer, dies at 75 1875 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura composer, dies at 58 1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke Prussian General/fieldmarshal, dies 1900 George J D Campbell British minister of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 1904 Friedrich Siemens German industrial, dies at 77 1912 Justin M'Carthy politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 1917 Oskar Blumenthal writer, dies 1922 Richard Batka composer, dies at 53 1924 George Street English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies 1928 Ferdinand B Hummel composer, dies at 72 1935 Paul Klengel composer, dies at 80 1936 Alphons Diepenbrock composer, dies at 73 1936 Bernard van Dieren composer, dies at 51 1939 John Foulds composer, dies at 58 1943 Gerardus H de Hare socialist vicar, dies at 63 1945 Anton de Kom Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 1945 Hubert Bath composer, dies at 61 1948 Joseph Wihtol composer, dies at 84 1948 Manuel Marua Ponce Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65 1948 Rosita Marstini actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54 1952 Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 1952 Jules Poncelet Belgian minister of State, dies at 82 1955 Alfred Polgar Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 1956 Albrecht G Alt German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 1956 Henry Stephenson actor (Conquest, Mr Lucky), dies at 85 1957 Andries CD de Graeff Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 1959 Jef van Hoof composer, dies at 72 1960 John P "John" Musch actor/founder (JM), dies at 84 1961 Lee Moran actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 1965 Louise Dresser actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 1967 Frank Overton actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48 1967 Vladimir M Komarov cosmonaut (Voshkod I), is 1st to die in space, aboard Soyuz 1 at 40 1968 Norman McKaye actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62 1968 Tommy Noonan actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45 1974 Bud Abbott comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 78 1975 William Hartnell actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 1976 Mark Tobey US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at 85 1979 John Carroll actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72 1980 Alentejo Carpentier Cuban/Fren writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75 1985 Sergei Yutkevich Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80 1986 Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) dies 1986 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 1986 Bill Edrich cricketer (39 Tests for England), dies 1988 E S "Bob" Newson cricketer (South African fast bowler in 1930's), dies 1990 Joseph Leberman entertainer, dies 1990 Tom Rolfing actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies 1991 J de Graaf ethicus/president church & peace, dies 1993 Oliver R Tambo chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 1995 Douglas Gunsekera banker, dies at 77 1996 Donald Cammell film director, dies at 62 1996 Preston Lockwood actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83 1997 Pat Paulsen comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69 On this day...Events 0858 Nicolas I succeeds Benedict III as Catholic Pope 1061 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed 1185 Battle at Danoura Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet 1288 Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder 1311 General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 1364 Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht 1524 Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan 1547 Battle of Mühlberg Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave 1558 Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince François 1570 Battles between Spanish troops & followers of sultan Suleiman 1596 Pacificatie of Ireland drawn 1704 "Boston News-Letter", 1st successful newspaper in US, is established 1762 Russia & Prussia signs peace treaty 1792 "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle 1800 Library of Congress is established with $5,000 allocation 1801 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" 1823 Eugène Scribes "Le Menteur Véridique", premieres in Paris France 1833 Patent granted for 1st soda fountain to Jacob Evert & George Dulty 1854 Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" 1863 Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham MS (Grierson's Raid) 1865 Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (San Francisco) 1867 Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond VA streetcars 1871 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo) 1872 Volcano Vesuvius erupts 1877 Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans) 1877 Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England 1883 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair 1884 National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta GA) 1888 Eastman Kodak forms 1891 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" 1894 Philadelphia Phillies' Lave Cross hits for the cycle vs Brooklyn Dodgers 1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 1895 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat 1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), is assigned to White House 1898 Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba 1898 US fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines 1899 Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid 1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer 1901 1st American League game, Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians 8-2, 3 other games rained out 1905 Washington Senators execute a triple-play & beat New York Yankees 4-3 1905 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey vs Gentlemen (18 & 28) 1908 Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become the 1st to travel across the US by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32 days-5 hours-25 minutes 1909 Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100 meter 3-legged race in 11 seconds 1910 German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms 1915 Massacre of Armenians by Turks (Armenian Martyrs Day) 1915 Pittsburgh's Frank Allen no-hits St Louis (Federal League), 2-0 1915 German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper 1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins 1917 Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway 1920 British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years) 1920 Polish troops attack Ukraine 1921 1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium 1923 Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers 1923 General harbor strike begins in New York NY 1925 88ºF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in April 1928 Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented 1929 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off 1929 Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark 1932 German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia) 1933 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 innings (Dick Bartell) 1938 Lindenheuvel soccer team forms 1941 British army begins evacuation of Greece 1941 Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes an RAF pilot 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1944 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" 1944 RAF bombs Munich 1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner 1946 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, & McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame 1949 3rd Tony Awards Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win 1950 "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances 1950 Independent republic of South Molukkas declared 1950 President Harry Truman denies there are communists in US government 1951 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open 1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II 1954 1st American, civilian pilot, P R Holden, wounded in Indochina 1954 Australia & USSR break diplomatic relations 1954 WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination ends 1955 Gaullists lose elections in France 1955 KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 American League umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game 1957 Chicago Cub pitchers walk National League record 9 Reds in 5th inning 1958 Lee Walls hits 3 homerunS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 1959 Netherlands Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier) 1959 WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 14th Tony Awards Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win 1960 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open 1960 Record 4 grand slams hit today 1961 JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs 1961 The Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised 1962 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested 1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time California to Massachusetts 1962 Sandy Koufax's 2nd 18-strikeout game 1963 Boston Celtics' Bob Cousy retires 1963 17th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 1963 English princess Alexandra marries sir Angus Ogilvy 1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1965 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden NYC after 192 performances 1965 Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic 1965 New York Mets' Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager 1966 Atlanta Braves win National League-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee) 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational 1967 21st NBA Championship Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2 1968 Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York NY 1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas 1968 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1969 Paul McCartney says there is no truth to the rumours he is dead 1969 General Lin Piao succeeds Mao, is seriously wounded 1969 Lebanese army in battle with Palestinians 1969 US B-52's drop 3,000 ton bombs at Cambodian boundary 1970 Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth 1970 People's Rebublic of China launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red" 1970 Senegal adopts constitution 1971 Soyuz 10 returns to Earth 1971 "Frank Merriwell" opens/closes at Longacre Theater NYC for 1 performance 1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers 1974 Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion 1975 Penguins 1-Islanders 4-Quarterfinals-series tied at 3-3 1975 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1977 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament 1978 Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game 1979 Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election 1980 US military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey 1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record 1981 IBM-PC computer introduced 1981 US ends grain embargo against USSR 1982 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany 1982 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin 1982 St Louis Cardinals win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Philadelphia Phillies 1983 "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 73 performances 1983 Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic 1984 Edmonton Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1985 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin" 1987 Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza NYC 1988 Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic 1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day" 1989 Tens of thousands of students strike in Beijing China 1990 Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies 1990 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit 1990 West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July 1st 1990 Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa", premieres in Dublin 1991 26th Academy of Country Music Awards Garth Brooks wins 1992 "Man of La Mancha" with Sheena Easton opens at Marquis theater NYC for 108 performances 1992 David Bowie marries model Iman in Switzerland 1992 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball 1992 Vinson Pike fined £1000 for distributing obscene computer pictures 1993 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1 1993 ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett 1993 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham 1994 "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 73 performances 1994 "Flowering Peach" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 41 performances 1994 Actress Kelly Preston (26) weds actor Lou Diamond Phillips (32) 1994 Armando Calderón Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 1994 Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed 1994 David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71 1994 New York Rangers sweep New York Islanders in NHL playoffs 1995 Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes 1995 Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98 1995 Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B Murray 1996 "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 performances 1996 31st Academy of Country Music Awards Shania Twain wins 1996 Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 1997 "Steel Peer", opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 76 performances  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-16-2006 07:27 PM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 25: 1214 Louis IX king of France (1226-70) 1228 Koenraad IV Roman Catholic German king (1237-54) 1284 Edward II king of England (1307-27) 1567 Aurelio Signoretti composer 1599 Oliver Cromwell Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58) 1608 Jean duke of Orléans brother of French King Louis XIII/General 1614 Hieronymus van Beverningk chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas 1614 Marc'Antonio Pasqualini composer 1666 Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer 1677 Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly) 1690 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat composer 1710 James Ferguson astronomer 1723 Giovanni Marco Rutini composer 1730 Fedele Fenaroli composer 1769 Mark Isambard Brunel engineer/inventor 1792 John Keble Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement) 1818 Marek Konrad Sokolowski composer 1824 Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger painter 1825 Charles Ferdinand Dowd US, standardized time zones 1837 William Charles Levey composer 1840 James Dearing Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 1841 Pauline Lucca soprano 1842 Antonio Fogazzarro Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila) 1849 Felix Klein German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium) 1862 Edward Grey English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs 1867 Jean Demoor Belgian physician/physiologist 1869 Karl Prohaska composer 1871 Sara Amsel Indonesian/Dutch actress 1872 Charles Burgess Fry cricketer/world record long jumper 1873 Walter De la Mare English poet/anthologist (Behold the Dreamer) 1874 Guglielmo Marconi Bologna Italy, inventor (radio/Nobel 1909) 1876 Ruben Marcos Campos composer 1881 Hans Windisch German new testament expert 1883 Elsa Maxwell Keokuk IA, writer (Jack Paar Show) 1889 Charles Kellaway cricketer (great Australian all-rounder of 1920's) 1895 Stanley Rous British soccer official 1897 Haro Levoni Step'anyan composer 1897 VAA Mary English princess 19-- Pamela Brull Monterey Park CA, actress (Princess Maya-Secret Empire) 1900 Lord [Hubert Miles] Gladwyn [Jebb] MP (Liberal) 1900 Wolfgang Ernst Pauli Austria, physicist (Pauli inhibition/Nobel 1945) 1901 Ernst Gernot Klussmann composer 1903 Camilla Horn actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol) 1903 Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen composer 1905 Hugh Willatt solicitor/public servant 1905 Walter Hassan engineer 1906 Sally Salminen writer 1906 William J Brennan Jr Newark NJ, 92nd Supreme Court judge (1956-90) 1906 Zoltan Gardonyi composer 1907 Paula Trueman New York NY, actress (Gran-Billy) 1907 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy composer 1908 Edward R Murrow Pole Creek NC, newscaster (Person to Person) 1909 Jaroslav Doubrava composer 1912 Gladys L Presley mother of Elvis 1913 Earl Bostic Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation) 1913 Russ Conway Brandon Manitoba, actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye) 1914 Claude Mauriac writer 1914 Marcos Perez Jimenez President/dictator Venezuela 1915 A J A Quintus Bosz Indonesian/Suriname lawyer 1915 William Goyen writer 1918 Astrid Varnay Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Metropolitan Opera 1941-56) 1918 [Ibolyka] Astridm Varnay Hungarian/US singer (Walküre) 1918 Ella Fitzgerald Newport News VA, jazz singer (The First Lady of Song, Is it live or Memorex, A-Tisket A-Tasket) 1919 Heinz Wunderlich composer 1920 Jean Carmet actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic) 1920 Marre reformer of the bar 1921 Jean Mogin Belgian poet 1921 Karel Appel painter (Vragende Children) 1923 Albert King Indianola MS, blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues) 1923 Anita Bjorak actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People) 1923 Melissa Hayden Toronto Ontario Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl) 1923 Aafje J R Bouber [Blom] actress (Traveller Without Baggage) 1923 Francis Graham-Smith British astronomer 1924 Erzsebet Szonyi composer 1924 Franco Mannino composer 1925 Flannery O'Connor short story writer (or 03/25) 1925 Anthony Christopher British trade unionist 1926 Paul Walter Furst composer 1927 Ernst Widmer composer 1929 José Angel Valente Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza) 1929 Yvette Corlett athlete 1929 Yvette Williams New Zealand, long jumper (Olympics-gold-52) 1930 Dotty Mack Cincinatti OH, actress (Paul Dixon Show) 1930 Lynn Hamilton Yazoo City MS, actress (Alice Morgan-Port Charles, Donna-Sanford & Son) 1930 Paul Mazursky Brooklyn NY, writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson) 1930 Roy Marshall cricket opener (prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for West Indies) 1931 David Shepherd painter 1932 Lia Manoliu Romania, discus thrower (Olympics-gold-1968) 1932 Meadowlark [George] Lemon basketball star (Harlem Globetrotter) 1932 William Roache England, actor (Ken Barlow-Coronation Street) 1933 Helen Paling British circuit judge 1933 Jerry Leiber songwriter (Leiber & Stoller) 1934 Denny "Scott" Miller Bloomington IN, actor (Wagon Train) 1934 David de Peyer cancer research campaigner 1937 Bo Brundin Stockholm Sweden, actress (Rhinemann Exchange) 1937 Thomas Faber publisher 1939 Richard Earl of Lichfield English photographer 1939 Veronica Sutherland British diplomat 1940 Al Pacino New York NY, actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio) 1940 Marian Norrie 1940 O B McClinton [Burnett] Senatobia MS, country singer (Keep your arms around me) 1941 Bertrand Tavernier actor (Captain Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie) 1941 Chris Augustine rocker (Every Mother's Son) 1941 Lawrence J Smith (Representative-Democrat-FL, 1983- ) 1942 John Martin Dalby composer 1942 Jon Kyl (Representative-Republican-AZ) 1944 John Bryant editor (Europeans) 1945 Björn Ulvaeus Gothenburg Sweden, guitarist/songwriter (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen) 1945 Stu Cook Oakland CA, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary) 1945 Walt Wesley NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers) 1945 Michael Kogel rocker 1946 Talia [Rose Coppola] Shire Jamaica NY, actress (Adrian-Rocky, Constanzia Corleone-Godfather) 1946 Digby Fairweather jazz trumpeter 1946 Peter Sutherland CEO (Allied Irish Banks) 1946 Ronnie Gilbert rocker (Lifeline, Harp) 1946 Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite 1947 Bill Fontana composer 1947 Jeffrey DeMunn Buffalo NY, actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City) 1947 Johan Cruyff Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona) 1948 Mike Selvey cricketer (England pace bowler of late 70's) 1949 Michael Brown New York NY, keyboardist/songwriter (The Left Banke-Walk Away Renee) 1950 Steve Ferrone Brighton England, drummer (Average White Band) 1951 Ian McCartney MP 1951 Linda Stone pharmacist 1952 Cory Day Bronx NY, rock vocalist 1952 Vladislav Tretiak USSR hockey player (Olympics-gold-1972, 76) 1953 Gary Cosier cricketer (Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut vs West Indies) 1954 Rob Crosby Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural) 1955 Buster Mottram tennis player 1955 Joanne Abbott Sarnia Ontario Canada, yachter (Olympics-96) 1955 John Nunn British chess player 1957 Eric "The Crafty Cockney" Bristow London England, dart thrower (5 World Masters titles) 1958 Fish [Derek William Dick] Edinburgh Scotland, rock vocalist (Marillion-Real to Reel) 1958 Chris Johnson Arcata CA, LPGA golfer (1990 Atlantic City Classic) 1958 Flab rocker 1959 Billy Rankin Glasgow, Scotland, rocker 1959 Tony Phillips Atlanta GA, baseballoutfielder Chicago White Sox 1964 Andy Bell rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour) 1964 Jackie Campbell Los Angeles CA, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-5th-1993) 1964 Jamie Siddons cricketer (Victorian & SA batsman ODI for Australia 1988) 1965 Denis Perez hockey defenseman (Team France 1998) 1965 Mark Bryant NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets) 1966 Darren Holmes Asheville NC, pitcher (Colorado Rockies) 1966 Isabelle Pasco France, actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue) 1967 Angel Martino Americus GA, 50 meter/100 meter freestyle (Olympics-gold/2 bronze-92, 96) 1969 Darren Woodson NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys) 1969 Gavin Bruk-Jackson cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993) 1969 Jon Olsen US, 100 meter freestyle/400 meter/800 meter medley (Olympics-gold-1992, 96) 1969 Marisa Pedulla Bellefonte PA, half-lightweight judoka (Olympics-96) 1969 Nir Shental Israel, Men's 470 yachter (Olympics-15th-1996) 1969 Sanjeeva Ranatunga cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994- ) 1969 Travis Fryman Lexington KY, infielder (Detroit Tigers) 1970 Corwin Brown NFL safety (New York Jets, New England Patriots) 1970 Steve Tovar NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals) 1971 Andrew Grigg CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1971 Brad Clontz Stuart VA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1971 Eric England NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals) 1971 Joël Bourgeois Moncton New Brunswick, 3000 meter Steeplechase (Olympics-96) 1971 Michelle Harris Newark DE, Miss Delaware-America (1996) 1971 Pam Schaffrath Chicago IL, female catcher (Colorado Silver Bullets) 1972 Percell Gaskins linebacker (Carolina Panthers) 1973 Alek Stojanov Windsor, NHL right wing (Pittsburgh Penguins) 1973 Barbara Rittner Krefeld German Federal Republic, tennis star (1992 Schenectady) 1973 Paige Gordon North Vancouver British Columbia Canada, diver (Olympics-16-92, 96) 1973 Wes Martin Calgary Alta, golfer (1990 Alberta Jr Masters-2nd) 1974 Brad Hassell Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96) 1974 Libor Prochazka hockey defenseman (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998) 1974 Tricia Dunn ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98) 1974 Twan Russell linebacker (Washington Redskins) 1975 Ruben Gomez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball) 1975 Jacque Jones San Diego CA, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96) 1976 Tim Duncan NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs) 1977 Jonathan Angel San Francisco CA, actor (Tommy Delucca-Saved By The Bell) 1977 Marguerite Moreau actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3) 1985 Jonathan Halyalkar Ramsey NJ, actor (Billy-Who's the Boss) Deaths which occurred on April 25: 0974 Ratherius of Verona/Liege bishop/abbot, dies at about 84 1295 Sancho IV the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/León, dies 1342 Benedict XII [Jacques Fournier] Pope (1334-42), dies 1472 Leon Battista degli Alberti scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies 1482 Margaret of Anjou Queen (Henry VI), dies 1566 Diane de Poitiers lover of French King Henry II, dies 1595 Torquato Tasso Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51 1607 Don Juan Alvarez Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle 1607 Jacob van Heemskerck Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle 1635 Alessandro Tassoni Italian political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69 1647 Matthias Gallas Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62 1663 Heinrich Pape composer, dies at 53 1690 David Teniers the Younger Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 1728 John Woodward geologist/physician, dies 1744 Anders Celsius Swedish astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 1792 Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann composer, dies at 54 1792 Nicolas J Pelletier Frenchman, first to be guillotined 1800 William Cowper English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 1808 Alois Luigi Tomasini composer, dies at 66 1813 Louis-Sébastien Mercier French poet (Le Déserteur), dies at 73 1822 Frederick "William" Herschel German/British astronomer, dies at 83 1828 John Goldberg Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64 1840 Siméon-Denis Poisson French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies 1845 Thomas Duncan painter, dies 1853 William Beaumont physiologist, dies 1862 Charles Ferguson Smith US Union General-Major, dies of infection at 55 1873 Walter de la Mare English poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 1882 Johann CF Zöllner German astronomer (astro photography), dies 1905 Jacob Olie Dutch photographer, dies at about 70 1906 John Knowles Paine US composer, dies at 67 1915 Nicola d' Arienzo composer, dies at 72 1925 George Stephanescu composer, dies at 81 1926 Ellen K S Key Swedish author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76 1928 Pjotr N Wrangel Russian baron General, dies at 49 1931 A J Y [Bert] Hopkins cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 509 runs), dies 1937 Clem Sohn air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open 1942 Paul Kornfeld writer, dies at 52 1943 Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko playwright/director, dies 1946 Albert Knight cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies 1946 Joseph Vine cricketer (batted in two Tests England vs Australia 1911-12), dies 1951 Jerzy Fitelberg composer, dies at 47 1954 Joseph Hergesheimer novelist (Java Head), dies 1955 Constance Collier actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77 1955 Paulus B Barth Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at 73 1960 Hope Emerson actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62 1960 Amanullah emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at 67 1960 Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn composer, dies at 92 1961 Hans F Blunck writer, dies 1966 Maurice Roelants Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70 1969 Margarita Xirgu actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at 80 1970 Anita Louise actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at about 55 1971 Max Drischner composer, dies at 80 1972 George Sanders actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at 65 1976 Carol Reed director (Agony & Ecstasy), dies 1976 Margaret Bannerman actress (Great Defender), dies at 79 1981 Dixie a mouse who lived 6½ years, dies 1982 Don Wilson TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81 1982 Celia Johnson actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed), dies at 73 1982 John Cody US cardinal/archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at 74 1982 Paul de Vree Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies 1982 William R Burnett US, writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at 82 1984 Richard Benedict actor (Okinawa), dies of a heart attack at 64 1985 Murray Matheson actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72 1985 Richard Haydn British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80 1988 Boris Kremenliev composer, dies at 76 1988 Carolyn Franklin singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43 1988 Clifford D[onald] Simak sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83 1989 George Coulouris actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at 85 1990 Dexter Gordon jazz saxophonist, dies in Philadelphia of kidney failure at 67 1991 Frank Hamilton actor (Subterraneans), dies at 66 1991 Theo Laseroms [Tank] Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies 1992 Brian Macleod Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39 1992 Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman Dutch minister of traffic & water, dies at 77 1992 Panos Christi entertainer, dies of AIDS at 54 1992 Yutaka Ozaki Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema 1993 Rosita Moreno actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85 1994 David Langton British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at 82 1994 George Gennimatas Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55 1994 Talaat Yassin Hamman militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32 1995 Art Fleming game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74 1995 Francis Henry Smith librarian, dies at 85 1995 Ginger Rogers actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83 1995 Joseph Heifitz film director, dies at 89 1996 John Eustace Theodore Brancker lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at 87 1996 John Lorne Campbell folklorist, dies at 90 1996 Saul Bass designer, dies at 74 On this day...Events 1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family 1449 Anti-pope Felix V resigns 1507 Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America 1541 Liege flooded after heavy down pour 1604 Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand 1607 Battle at Gibraltar Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet 1614 Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms 1626 Battle at the Dessauer bridge Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld 1660 London Convention Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II 1678 French troops conquer Ypres 1684 Patent granted for the thimble 1707 Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese 1719 Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe" 1747 Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand 1792 Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier 1850 Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices 1859 Ground broken for Suez Canal 1861 7th New York arrives to reinforce Washington DC 1861 Battle of Lavaca TX 1862 Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans LA 1862 Battle of New Orleans LA - US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans 1864 Battle of Marks' Mill AR (Camden Expedition) 1867 Tokyo is opened for foreign trade 1875 Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3") 1876 Chicago Cubs 1st National League game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st National League shutout) 1881 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany 1881 French troops occupy Algeria & Tunisia 1886 Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna 1891 President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco 1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek CO) 1896 Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London 1898 US declares war on Spain over Cuba 1901 Erve Beck hit the 1st home run in the American League 1901 In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of the greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit) 1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee) 1902 Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game 1904 New York Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year 1905 Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Australia season (New South Wales vs Queensland) 1905 Whites win right to vote in South Africa 1915 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli 1925 Paul von Hindenburg elected 2nd President of Germany (Adolf Hitler is 3rd) 1926 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot", premieres in Milan 1926 Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi 1927 Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen) 1928 Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind 1932 Rose Franken's "Another Language", premieres in NYC 1933 New York Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0 1933 US & Canada drop Gold Standard 1938 1st use of seeing eye dog 1941 Operation Merkur Hitler orders conquest of Kreta 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Bath 1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates 1945 46 countries convene United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco CA 1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission 1945 Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany 1945 US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River 1945 Allied air raid on Surabaja Java 1945 British troops reach Grebbe line Netherlands 1945 Red army completely surrounds Berlin 1946 "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville IL, killing 48 1946 Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent", premieres in London 1947 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling champion 1947 Trial against WWII mayor of Amsterdam Edward Voûte begins 1949 Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse", premieres in Basel 1950 Chuck Cooper becomes the 1st black to play in the NBA 1950 Ambon proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan) 1952 American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 1952 6th NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 1952 German "Country" Bathe-Württemberg forms 1953 Scientists identify DNA 1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (New York NY) 1954 British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects are arrested) 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1954 WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga TN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1 1956 Noël Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble", premieres in London 1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated 1957 Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government 1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia PA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping 1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton) 1961 Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin 1961 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit 1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 performances 1961 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria 1961 Premier Moïse Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo 1962 US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on the Moon 1962 Cleveland sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland 1962 Lion & Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 1962 US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island 1964 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1965 19th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 1965 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational 1966 Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium 1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland 1967 Abortion legalized in Colorado 1967 Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders", premieres in NYC 1968 "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances 1969 5,400th and last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBC Radio 1970 Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold" 1970 Melanie releases "Lay Down" 1970 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances 1971 US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire 1971 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington DC 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational 1971 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1972 Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12 1973 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 NFL moves the goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff 1974 Chancellor Willy Brandt Secretary Günther Guillaume found to be a spy 1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government 1974 Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal; he is exiled to Madeira and later to Brazil (Carnation revolution) 1975 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal 1975 USSR performs underground nuclear test 1975 West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden 1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire 1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1976 India all out for 97 vs West Indies 1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1976 Portugal adopts constitution 1977 Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Atlanta Braves 23-9 1977 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1978 Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance 1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more 1979 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres 1979 Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect 1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran 1980 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb 1980 Oakland A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan 1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28) 1981 Seattle Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot 1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal 1982 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic 1982 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1982 Yankees fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael 1983 "Nightline" expands from ½ hour to a full hour 1983 Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR 1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 Rock group Wings disbands 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1985 For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game 1985 Philadelphia Flyers 2-New York Islanders 6-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead 1985 Roger Miller's musical "Big River", premieres at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances 1985 West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust 1986 ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5 1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-211 1988 John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem 1989 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY 1989 Penguin Mario Lemieux ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period 1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery 1990 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's President 1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win 1991 Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23) 1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment 1991 "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 1018 performances 1991 Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical "The Secret Garden" premieres in NYC 1992 "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances 1992 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell 1993 Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader 1993 Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances 1994 14" of snow in Southern California 1994 Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed 1994 Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed 1994 King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns 1994 Mexican businessman & billionaire Angel Losada kidnapped 1994 Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan 1995 "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 performances 1995 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1996 "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk", opens at Ambassador Theater NYC 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th homerun  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-16-2006 07:32 PM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 26: 0121 Antonius Marcus Aurelius [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180) 1319 Jean II the Good, king of France (1350-64) 1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo Italian writer/poet (Trattato) 1567 Nicolas Forme composer 1573 Marie de'Medici Queen of France 1603 Francesco Nigetti composer 1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh Governor of Suriname, baptized 1648 Pedro II King of Portugal (1683-1706) 1711 David Hume England, empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature) 1718 Esek Hopkins US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) 1726 Pasquale Paoli Corsican freedom fighter 1776 Joan M Kemper Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) 1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily wife of Louis Phillip of Austria 1785 John James Audubon Haiti, bird watcher/artist 1787 Ludwig Uhland writer 1796 Auguste-Matthieu Panseron composer 1798 Ferdinand Eugène Delacroix French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) 1806 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch composer 1808 Martha Finley children's book author 1812 Alfred Krupp German arms merchant 1820 Alice Cary Cincinnati OH, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted architect/writer (designed Central Park) 1822 Jan Albert van Eyken composer/organist 1827 Charles Edward Hovey Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) 1834 Artemus Ward [Charles Farrar Browne] humorist 1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer composer 1836 Erminnie Adelle Platt US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary) 1839 Cyrus Hamblin Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 1841 Wilhelm Scherer German literature historian 1860 Alphonse Ariëns Dutch pastor 1863 Arno Holz writer 1863 Charles Haslewood Shannon lithographer/painter 1868 Harold Sidney Harmsworth 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher 1868 Robert Herrick US writer (Common lot) 1873 Otto zur Linde German author (Charon) 1874 J H "Biddy" Anderson cricketer (one Test South Africa vs Australia 1902) 1875 Syngman Rhee Whanghai Province South Korea, President of South Korea (1948-60) 1878 Ethel Griffies actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again) 1879 Sir Owen Williams Richardson England, physicist (Nobel 1928) 1880 Mikhail Fokine Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance 1884 Harry Sothern actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers) 1886 Ma Rainey [Gertrude Pridgett] "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer 1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov USSR, astronomer 1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein Austria, philosopher (Tractatus) 1890 Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy US actor/director (My Old Dutch) 1893 Anita Loos author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) 1895 Rudolf Hess Hitler's Deputy Führer, only prisoner at Spandau 1897 Olga Chekova Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children) 1898 Vicente Aleixandre Spain, poet (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977) 1898 Edward PF Eagan Denver CO, boxer (Olympics-gold-20)/bobsledder (Olympics-gold-32) 1898 John Grierson documentary film maker 1899 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Decatur TX, actor (Circus Boy, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail) 19-- Diego Verdaguer Buenos Aires Argentina, Spanish singer (Estoy Celoso) 19-- Ron McLarty Providence RI, actor (Sergeant Frank Belson-Spenser For Hire) 1900 Charles Richter Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale) 1900 Douglas Sirk director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje) 1900 James Sutherland English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953) 1903 Geoffrey Worthington Air vice-marshall 1903 Niven Busch US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice) 1904 Paul E "Cardinal" Leger archbishop (Montréal Québec Canada) 1904 William "Count" Basie jazz pianist (Policy Man, Blazing Saddles) 1905 Charles K Feldman [Gould] New York NY, producer (Casino Royale) 1905 Denis O'Dea Dublin, actor (Esther & the King, Treasure Island) 1905 Jean Vigo France, actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante) 1906 Gracie Allen Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show) 1906 Leopold Spinner composer 1907 Theun de Vries writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981) 1909 Richard Howorth cricketer (English all-rounder, three county doubles) 1910 Erland von Koch composer 1910 Ernst Tittel composer 1910 Johan Doorn Dutch journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper) 1910 Tomoyuki Tanaka director (Godzilla) 1911 Marianne Hoppe Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen) 1912 A[lfred] E[lton] Van Vogt Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, science fiction writer (Cosmic Encounter) 1914 Bernard Malamud Brooklyn NY, novelist (Fixer, The Natural Pulitizer 1967) 1914 Charlie Chester British comedian (Never Say Die) 1914 Horace Leonard Gold Sci-Fi writer/editor 1914 James William Rouse US builder (shopping malls/Columbia MD) 1914 Wilfred Howard Mellers composer 1916 Morris L West Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman) 1916 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk composer 1917 I[eoh] M[ing] Pei Canton China, architect (1961 Brunner Prize) 1917 Sal "The Barber" Maglie pitcher (New York Giants, 8th best won-lost percentage) 1918 Fanny Blankers-Koen Holland, 100 meter/200 meter dash, Hurdler (Olympics-gold-1948) 1918 Stafford Repp California, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road) 1918 Jack Morpurgo American Literature scholar (Leeds University) 1920 Juan C Lampe Aruba, pianist/composer 1921 Harry Knutton Major-General/Director-General (London City & Guilds Institute) 1921 Jimmy Giuffre jazz musician 1921 Margaret Gowing professor (history, science) 1922 Mike Kellin Hartford CT, actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz & Bones) 1922 James Holt medieval historian 1922 Jeanne Sauvé 1st female Governor-General (Canada, 1984-90) 1922 Margaret Scott founder (Australian Ballet School) 1922 Paul-Andre Gaillard composer 1922 Pol Bury Belgian sculptor 1923 Oliver Millar Surveyor (Queen's Pictures) 1924 Russell Nype Zion IL, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy) 1926 Preston "Bob" Tisch NFL co-owner (New York Giants) 1926 Anton PO Ekström Swedish writer (Summer Dances) 1926 David Coleman sports commentator 1926 Michael Joughin CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric) 1926 Oldrich Frantisek Korte composer 1927 Anne McLaren biologist/zoologist/actress (Things to Come) 1927 Jack Douglas comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show) 1928 Gordon Downey British Comptroller General/Reader Representative (Independent) 1928 Hertha Kräftner writer 1930 Roger Moens Belgium, 800 meter runner (Olympics-silver-1960) 1930 Derek Waring actor (Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country) 1930 Justin Gosling principal (St Edmund Hall Oxford) 1933 Carol Burnett San Antonio TX, comedian/actress (Annie, 4 Seasons) 1934 J Micheal McCloskey environmentalist, Sierra Club chairman 1936 Edward Cazalet British High Court Judge 1937 Robert Boozer Omaha NE, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1960) 1938 Duane Eddy Phoenix AZ, guitarist (Peter Gunn, Cannonball) 1938 Maurice Williams rocker 1938 Willie Wood bowler 1939 Roger Buckley British High Court Judge 1940 Giorgio Moroder Ortisei Italy, composer/producer/singer (Top Gun, Metropolis, Electric Dreams, Cat People, Let it Ride) 1941 John Battle MP 1942 Bobby Rydell Philadelphia PA, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie) 1942 Claudine Auger Paris France, Miss France-Universe (1958)/actress (Thunderball) 1942 Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko Russia, cosmonaut 1943 Gary Wright Creskill NJ, singer/keyboardist (Dream Weaver, Spooky Tooth-Love Is Alive) 1944 David O'B Martin (Representative-Republican-NY, 1981- ) 1944 Martha Rockwell Providence RI, skier (Mount Washington) 1945 V K Ramaswamy cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup) 1947 Donna Elizabeth De Varona Greenwich CT, swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-64) 1947 Gervase Frank Ashworth Jackson-Stops architectural adviser 1948 Boyd Matson TV host/correspondent (National Geographic Explorer) 1948 Gerry Sikorski (Representative-Democrat-MN, 1983- ) 1949 Jimmy Hall rocker (Wet Willie) 1950 Howard "Leon" Reeder rock guitarist (Champaign) 1950 Peter Schaufuss director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin) 1951 Lynne Jones MP 1952 Popo Simon Molefe Secretary-General (South Africa UDF) 1956 Koo Stark [Kathleen Dee-Anne] photographer/actress (Emily) 1958 Giancarlo Esposito actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of New York) 1958 Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries racing driver 1959 Ann O'Neill Toowoomba Queensland, golfer (1989 Downs District Champion) 1960 Roger Taylor England, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf) 1961 Albert Lawrence Jamaica, 4X100 meter relayer (Olympics-silver-1984) 1961 Joan Chen [Chen Chong] Shanghai China, actress (Heaven & Earth) 1961 Nancy Scranton Centralia IL, golfer (1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic) 1962 Graham "Skin" Skinner rocker (Hipsway) 1962 Michael Damian San Diego CA, actor/singer (Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat/Young & the Restless) 1963 Bill Wennington NBA center (Chicago Bulls) 1963 Thomas Searle hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998) 1964 Tod Bass Los Angeles CA, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) 1966 Heather Rattray Moline IL, actress (Lily-As the World Turns) 1966 Andrea Temesvari Budapest Hungary, tennis star (1983, 1984, 1985 US Clay Courts) 1967 Klaus Merk Augsburg Germany, hockey goaltender (Team Germany 1998) 1967 Matt Peterson Chicago IL, Nike golfer (1992 Hawkeye Open-7th) 1968 Ahmed Elmaghraby Suez Egypt, US field hockey forward (Olympics-96) 1971 Ryan Yarborough NFL wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets) 1972 Francisco Cordova Veracruz México, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) 1972 Marco Rivera NFL/WLAF guard (Scottish Claymores, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1972 Natrone Means NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars) 1973 Damien Munoz Miss Colorado-USA (1997) 1973 Mark Davis NBA guard/forward (Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves) 1973 Tracy Kathleen Hayes Wheaton IL, Miss Illinois-America (5th-1996) 1975 Jabbar Threats defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1975 Trudi Ferguson Miss Jamaica-Universe (1996) 1976 Sarah Tueting ice hockey goalie (USA, Olympics-98) 1979 Sean Fox actor (3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl) 1980 Jordana Brewster Panamá, actress (Nikki Graves-As the World Turns) 1980 Marne Patterson Sherman Oaks CA, actress (Nicole-Something So Right) 1984 Ryan O'Donohue Pomona CA, actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back) Deaths which occurred on April 26: 0757 Stephen II Pope (752-57), dies 1196 Alfonso II King of Aragon (1162-96), dies 1444 Robert Campin South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 1478 Giuliano de' Medici Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 1558 Jean François Fernel French physician, dies 1648 Christoph Thomas Walliser composer, dies at 79 1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner composer, dies at 58 1726 Jeremy Collier English bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 1731 Daniel Defoe English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 1785 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff composer, dies at 40 1789 Peter I Panin Russian General (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 1805 Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 1827 Bernardo Ottani composer, dies at 90 1865 Charles J Sax Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 1865 John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27 1907 Pietro Plantania composer, dies at 79 1910 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77 1920 Srinivasa Ramanujan Indian math genius ('pi'/Notebooks), dies at 32 1922 Hans Sommer composer, dies at 84 1924 Josef Labor composer, dies at 82 1932 Bill Lockwood cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies 1938 Edmund Husserl German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 1940 Carl Bosch German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 1941 Jean Demoor Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 1946 Hermann Keyserling count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 1951 John Alden Carpenter US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75 1952 Charles L Baars Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59 1956 Edward Arnold actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66 1958 Joe Small cricketer (West Indies all-rounder in 1928 series), dies 1958 Johan N C "Joan" Collette painter, dies at 68 1960 Wander J de Haas Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82 1961 Gail Russell actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36 1964 Edwin John Pratt Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81 1964 Pieter van der Lijn Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93 1965 Aaron Avshalomov composer, dies at 70 1970 Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Louise Hovick] stripper/actress (Pruitts of Southampton), dies rom cancer at 56 1970 John Knittel writer, dies at 79 1970 Paul Celan writer, dies at 49 [or May 5] 1972 Margaret A R Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59 1973 Irene Ryan actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69 1976 Allan Jackson newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60 1976 Neil McCallum actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45 1976 Sidney James actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at 65 1980 Cicely Courtneidge actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87 1981 Jim Davis actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65 1981 Madge Evans TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71 1981 Robert Davi dies at 54 1982 Dame Celia Johnson British actress, dies of a stroke at 73 1982 Celia Johnson British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73 1982 Ville Ritola Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympics-gold-1924, 28), dies 1983 Bronislaw Kaper composer, dies at 81 1983 Vaughn Taylor actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72 1984 Count Basie jazz piano great, dies at 78 1984 Henry Rowland actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70 1984 May McAvoy actress (Ben Hur), dies after a heart attack at 82 1984 William "Count" Basie jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday 1986 [William] Broderick Crawford actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74 1986 Bessie Love actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87 1989 Lucille Ball comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy), dies of a massive heart attack at 78 1990 Carlos Pizarro Leongomez Colombian presidential candidate, assassinated 1991 Carmine Coppola composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies 1991 Emily McLaughlin US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at 61 1992 Alberta Vaughn actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87 1992 Clyde Hartley entertainer, dies at 68 1995 Alexander Knox actor/writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88 1996 Burton Stein historian, dies at 69 1996 John Norrie McArthur malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94 1996 Stirling Silliphant screenwriter, dies at 78 1997 Joey Faye comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86 1997 Peng Zhen mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies 1997 Yegorov Russian leader (1994-95), dies On this day...Events 0757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights 1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici 1478 Easter is celebrated for the first time 1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn 1532 Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna 1564 William Shakespeare baptized 1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry VA 1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil 1655 Dutch West Indies Company denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam 1677 Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck 1709 Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa 1721 Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated 1755 1st Russian university opens (Moscow) 1777 Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from New York to Connecticut rallying her father's militia 1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France 1814 King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England 1819 Odd Fellows Lodge is established 1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1835 Frédéric Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante", premieres in Paris France 1841 "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk 1853 Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber 1855 Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy 1865 Battle of Durham Station NC (Greensboro) 1865 Battle of Fort Tobacco VA 1865 Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham NC 1887 Huntsville Electric Company is established to sell electricity 1890 Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London 1893 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms 1900 American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 1904 Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms 1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at the plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play 1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii 1907 Jamestown VA Tercentenary Exposition opens 1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox) 1913 Panamá-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco 1913 Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China 1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia 1920 H Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae 1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big" 1926 Karachai Autonomous Region is established in RSFSR (until 1943) 1926 Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty 1928 Madame Tussaud's waxworks exhibition opens in London 1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands 1931 Lou Gehrig hits a homerun but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him American League home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season 1932 Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine", premieres in Paris France 1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany 1935 Frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years 1936 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony 1937 German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain 1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks 1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs) 1941 Potatoes rationed in Holland 1942 Colliery explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Bath 1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1944 Papandreou government in Greece forms 1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WWII, arrested for treason 1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London 1948 The XP-86 prototype for the Sabre Jet first "officially" breaks the sound barrier. The first operational F-86A Sabres entered service in May of the same year 1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Maryland is run 1950 University of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 1951 Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum 1952 US minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp", kills 176 1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman 1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins 1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva 1957 Jamestown VA 350th Anniversary Festival opens 1959 Cuba invades Panamá 1959 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open 1961 French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria 1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961 1962 1st Lockheed A-12 flies 1962 Boston Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits Chicago White Sox 1-0 1962 US/UK launch Ariel; 1st international payload 1962 Ariel 1 Launch (1st UK Satellite) 1962 Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon 1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar unite to form Tanzania (Tanzanian Union Day) 1964 18th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1 1964 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1965 Ives' 4th Symphony premieres 1966 Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach 1967 "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 performances 1967 KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch) 1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State 1968 US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device 1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1969 "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 110 performances 1969 "George M!" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 435 performances 1969 Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman 1970 "Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 690 performances 1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hours 1971 San Francisco lightship replaced by automatic buoy 1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed 1973 "2 Gentlemen of Verona", musical opens in London 1973 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam 1974 Nw York Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Cleveland Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw 1974 Malta adopts constitution 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins 0-New York Islanders 1-Quarterfinals-Islanders win series 4-3 1975 Philadelphia Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 homeruns ties National League record of 11 homeruns in April 1976 Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York-Tokyo 1977 New York's famed disco Studio 54 opens 1978 NASA launches space vehicle S-201 1978 France sends troops to Chad 1980 Iran begins scattering US hostages from the US Embassy 1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' 1980 Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats St Louis Cardinals) 1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01) 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 13 performances 1981 Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1981 Largest US bank robbery (Tucson AZ), more than $33 million stolen 1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on South Georgia near Falkland Island 1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, the gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche 1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio 1982 Gene Michael becomes New York Yankee manager for 2nd time 1983 Boston Bruins 2-New York Islanders 5-Wales Conference Championship-Islanders hold 1-0 lead 1983 Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1200 for 1st time 1983 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game 1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens 1984 President Ronald Reagan visits China 1986 Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver 1986 Baseball game between California Angels & Minnesota Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds 1986 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman 1986 France performs nuclear test 1986 Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl USSR explodes, 31 die 1987 "Barbara Cook A Concert..." closes at Ambassador NYC after 13 performances 1988 1st TNN Viewers Choice Awards-Randy Travis wins in 5 categories 1988 NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in the 1988-89 season 1988 New York Mets' Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st) 1989 AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 & 201 1989 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany 1990 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China 1990 Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle 1990 New York court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of the case 1990 Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters 1990 "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 52 performances 1991 "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV 1991 23 killed in Kansas & Oklahoma by tornadoes 1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics 1992 "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1,018 performances 1992 "Growing Pains", final episode on ABC TV 1992 "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 569 performances 1992 "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances 1992 "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances 1992 "Who's The Boss", final episode after 8 years on ABC TV 1992 Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously 1992 Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic 1992 Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base 1993 "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 266 performances 1993 Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56 1993 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman 1993 STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr Nomaza Paintin in New Zealand is 1st black South African to vote 1994 26.9ºC in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) 1994 Mad About You actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34) 1994 Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed 1995 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike 1995 Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings 1996 Shaun Pollock takes 4 wickets in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H 1996 Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million 1997 "Life", opens at Barrymore Theater NYC  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-16-2006 07:35 PM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 27: 1410 John Van Lannoy Flemish Governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia 1623 Johann Adam Reincken composer 1701 Charles Emanuel I King of Sardinia 1707 John Burman Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens 1724 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer 1737 Edward Gibbon England, historian (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) 1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) 1767 Andreas Jakob Romberg German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock) 1791 Samuel Finley Breece Morse US painter/inventor (telegraph) 1802 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer composer 1803 Alfred Julius Becher composer 1812 Friedrich von Flotow composer 1820 Herbert Spencer Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) 1822 [Hiram] Ulysses S[impson] Grant Point Pleasant OH, 18th US President (1869-77, Republican) 1824 William Richard Bexfield composer 1828 Gerben Colmjon Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher 1835 John Murray Corse Pittsburgh PA, Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) 1840 Edward Whymper 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) 1861 Georgy L'vovich Catoire composer 1861 Johan M Skjoldborg Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) 1865 Emile Erens Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) 1869 William Victor Harris composer 1871 Arthur Finlay Nevin composer 1873 Harry M O'Connor Chicago IL, actor (Stranger than Fiction) 1875 André Baillon Belgian/French author (Un homme si simple) 1875 Freddie Fane cricketer (Hobbs' 1st Test opening partner) 1875 Lumsden Hare Ireland, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess) 1883 Hubert Harrison St Croix Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter 1884 Louis de Bree [Louis C Davids] actor (Bluejackets) 1891 Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev composer 1892 Louis Victor de Broglie physicist (studied electrons) 1893 Norman Bel Geddes Adrian MI, theatrical designer (Rivals, Dead End) 1894 Nicolas Slonimsky composer 1896 Rogers Hornsby Winters TX, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cardinals) 1896 Wallace Hume Carothers inventor (nylon) 19-- Ellen Regan Long Island NY, actress (Irma-Ted Knight Show, Me & Mrs C) 1900 Walter Lantz animator (Woody Woodpecker's creator) 1902 Kitty Kelly New York NY, actress (Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors) 1903 Frank Belknap Long American writer (Rim of the Unknown) 1903 Hans Walter Kosterliz biochemist 1904 Arthur F Burns economist/chairman (Federal Reserve Board) 1904 Cecil Day-Lewis England, poet laureate/detective (Nicholas Blake) 1904 Ragnar Skrede Norwegian poet (Lauvfall) 1905 Julian Stryjkowski writer 1905 Philip Radcliffe composer 1906 Mark Alexander Abrams market researcher 1909 Muriel C Bradbrook English writer (That Infidel Place) 1911 Colin Gordon Ceylon, actor (John-The Baron) 1911 Georges Dargaud French publisher (Asterix, Tintin) 1912 Franz Weyergans Belgian literary (Les Gens Heureux) 1912 Frederick Rand Weissman philanthropist 1912 Renato Rascel actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria) 1914 Albert Soboult French historian 1916 Jan Rychlik composer 1918 John Alfred Scali journalist/correspondant (ABC) 1918 Kirby Stone New York NY, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads) 1918 Willem N "Pim" Koot pianist of Concert building (Oh, Lady! Lady!) 1919 Walter Ritchie sculptor 1922 Jack Klugman Philadelphia PA, actor (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus) 1922 Daphne Anderson London, actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice) 1927 Connie Kay jazz drummer 1927 Coretta Scott King Marion AL, civil rights leader 1927 John Joseph Moakley (Representative-Democrat-MA, 1973- ) 1929 Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova USSR, discus thrower (Olympics-gold-1952, 60) 1930 Roelof F "Pik" Botha South African minister of Foreign affairs 1931 Robert Donner New York NY, actor (Yancy-The Waltons, Exidor-Mork & Mindy) 1931 Igor Oistrach Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach 1931 Krzystzof Komeda composer 1932 Anouk Aimee [Françoise Dreyfus] Paris France, actress (8½, La Dolce Vita) 1932 Casey Kasem Detroit MI, radio personality (American Top 40) 1932 Charles Adkins US, welterweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1952) 1932 Chuck Knox NFL coach (Rams, Bills, Seahawks) 1932 François Bayle composer 1932 Maxine Brown rocker (Browns) 1932 Petar Ozgijan composer 1936 Khalid Wazir cricketer (son of S Wazir Ali 2 Tests for Pakistan 1954) 1937 Phil Jones newsman (CBS) 1937 Sandy Dennis Hastings NE, actress (Honey-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) 1938 Earl Anthony bowler (PBA money champion 1974-6, 1981-3) 1939 Judy Carne Northhampton England, comedienne (Laugh-in, Fair Exchange) 1939 Jerry Mercer Montréal Québec Canada, rock drummer (April Wine) 1941 Judith Blegen Missoula MT, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute) 1941 Friedrich Goldmann composer 1941 Jan D Blaauw Dutch MP (VVD) 1942 Gordon Roddick English cosmetic manufacturer (Body Shop) 1942 Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6, TM-18) 1943 Helmut Marko auto racer (Le Mans Grand Prix) 1943 Eugene Polyakov dancer 1944 Michael Fish British TV weatherman 1944 Cuba Gooding US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool) 1944 Herb Pedersen Berkley CA, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) 1945 August Wilson US, playwright (Fences, Pulitzer 1987) 1946 John Maclean cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1978-79) 1947 Ann Peebles St Louis MO, soul singer (I Can't Stand the Rain) 1947 Jim Ryun middle distance runner/world's outstanding athlete (1966) 1947 Pete Ham Swansea South Wales, rock guitarist/pianist/vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It) 1947 Herbie Murrell US singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything) 1947 Peter Gena composer 1948 Kate Pierson Weehawken NJ, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack) 1949 Douglas Sheehan Santa Monica CA, actor (Ben-Knots Landing, Joe Kelly-General Hospital) 1949 Yoshiaki Fujiwara wrestler (NJPW/PWF/UWF) 1951 Ace Frehley Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet) 1951 Boris Kinberg rock percussionist (Mink Deville) 1953 Dr Ellen L Shulman Baker Fayetteville NC, MD/astronaut (STS 34, 50, 71) 1955 Cora Ann Mahalick New Jersey, news anchor (WNYW-TV) 1956 Dennie Shupryt-Knoop Chicago IL, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96) 1958 Keith Denunzio rocker 1959 Marco Pirroni London, rock guitarist (Adam & The Ants) 1959 Sheena [Shirley Orr] Easton Belshill Scotland, singer (Morning Train, For Your Eyes Only) 1962 Denise Baldwin Atlanta GA, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury Classic) 1962 Grant Show Detroit MI, actor (Jake-Melrose Place, Rick-Ryan's Hope) 1962 Patricia Susan Plumer Levere Covina CA, 1.5k/3K/5k runner 1963 Schae Harrison [Deborah Schaeffer] Anaheim Hills CA, actress (Darla-The Bold & Beautiful) 1963 Arther van Dijk drummer (Ivy Green) 1964 Paul Osbaldiston CFL kicker (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1965 Courtenay Becker-Dey Greenwich CT, Europe yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996) 1966 Peter McIntyre cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1995) 1967 Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Netherlands/heir apparent 1967 Bridgette Gordon WNBA forward (Sacramento Monarchs, Olympics-gold-88) 1968 Adrian Cooper NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings) 1969 Mica Paris rocker (So Good) 1969 Brett Steven Bermuda, New Zealand tennis player (Olympics-96) 1969 Francine "Frankie" McRae Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96) 1969 Tyrone Rodgers CFL defensive linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1970 Mikiko Hagiwara WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs) 1970 Tim Hanshaw NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers) 1971 Hayley Barr [Sparks] Salzburg Austria, actress (Courtney-As the World Turns) 1971 Craig Keith NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1971 James Burton cornerback (Chicago Bears) 1971 Ricky Sutton WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons) 1972 Alison McKnight Bakersfield CA, 100 meter hurdler/heptathlete 1972 David Lascher New York NY, actor (Josh-Clueless, Kidz in the Wood) 1972 Ethan Brooks NFL/WAFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Rhein Fire) 1972 Silvia Farina Milan Italy, tennis star (1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles) 1972 Tim Ruddy NFL center (Miami Dolphins) 1972 Tommy Thompson NFL punter (San Francisco 49ers) 1973 André Gower Culver City CA, actor (Monster Squad, Baby Makes 5, Fathers & Sons, Mr President) 1973 Sébastien Lareau Montréal Québec Canada, tennis player (Olympics-96) 1974 Carlos Fortes soccer player (Sparta) 1974 Pete Chryplewicz tight end (Detroit Lions) 1975 Kenny Harris safety (Arizona Cardinals) 1975 Michael Booker cornerback (Atlanta Falcons) 1992 James Duke Mason son of singer Belinda Carlisle & Morgan Mason Deaths which occurred on April 27: 1076 Willem bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies 1124 Alexander I king of Scotland (1107-24), dies 1404 Philip the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 1521 Ferdinand Magellan world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 1605 Leo XI [Alessandro O de' Medici] Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 1656 Gerard van Honthorst painter, dies at 65 1656 Jan J van Goyen Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60 1682 Theodorus III czar of Russia (1676-82), dies 1694 Johan Georg IV elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 1695 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz [Asbaje] Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 1702 Jean Bart French captain/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 1758 Jan Francisci composer, dies at 66 1764 Jaime de Casellas composer, dies at 73 1794 William Jones British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 1806 Amalia Fürstin Gallitzin Prussian daughter of Golitsyn, dies at 57 1813 Zebulon M Pike US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 1871 Sigismond Fortune François Thalberg composer, dies at 59 1872 Ion Heliade-Radulescu Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 1881 Ludwig A Benedek Austrian General, dies at 76 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson US poet (Representive Men), dies 1893 John Murray Corse US General (Union), dies on his 58th birthday 1901 Richard Redhead composer, dies at 81 1902 Julius Sterling Morton who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 1915 Alexander N Skriabin Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 1932 Harold "Heart" Crane US poet (Bridge), commits suicide by jumping from a steamer while sailing from México to New York at 32 1936 Frederik A Stoett linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 1936 Karl Pearson mathematician, dies 1937 Antonio Gramsci Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 1938 Edmond Rubbens Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 1950 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski composer, dies at 70 1950 Karl Straube German organist/conductor, dies 1951 Philip Albert Myburgh Hands cricketer (7 Tests for South Africa), dies 1957 Mario A Gianini creator of the maraschino cherry, dies 1959 Gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies 1961 Roy Del Ruth director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 1964 Georg Britting writer, dies at 73 1965 Alan Bunce actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61 1965 Edward R Murrow newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 1969 Dino Terranova actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 1970 Arthur Shields actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 1972 Kwame Nkrumah President of Ghana, dies at 62 1972 Phil King rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling 1973 Jim Sims cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies 1973 Libbe de Wal founder of Humanistic Covenant, dies at 72 1975 Nicholas Soussanin actor (Last Command), dies at 86 1977 Stanley Adams actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 1978 Mohammed Daud premier/President of Afghánistán, murdered 1982 Tom Tully actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 1984 Piet Kraak Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 1991 Ken Curtis actor (Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at 74 1991 Marcus Heeresma writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies 1992 Olivier Messiaen French composer, dies at 83 1993 Hans Sahl German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90 1994 Jerome Lejeune physiologist, dies at 69 1994 John Preston US writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48 1994 Lynne Frederick Unger actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39 1996 Joan Sterndale Bennett actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86 1996 William Egan Colby CIA Director, dies at 76 1997 Paul Lambert actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 On this day...Events 4977 -BC- Johannes Kepler's date for creation of universe 1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice 1518 Treaty of St Truiden anti-French Trapdoors/Bourgondisch covenant 1522 Battle at Bicacca Charles I & Pope Adrianus VI beat France 1526 Mogol King Babur beats sultan of Delhi 1565 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms 1576 Peace of Beaulieu & Paix de Monsieur 1643 Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez", premieres in Madrid 1646 King Charles I flees Oxford 1650 Scottish General Montrose defeated 1662 Netherlands & France sign military covenant 1694 Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen 1746 Battle at Culloden Moor Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII & III" 1773 British Parliament passes the Tea Act (eventually leads to Boston Tea Party on December 16) 1805 US Marines attack shores of Tripoli 1813 Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed 1828 Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens 1838 Fire destroys half of Charleston 1841 Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D T Suzuki, found the awakening 1857 Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited 1859 "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard 1860 Thomas J Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry 1861 President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus 1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from US 1863 Battle of Streight's raid Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff AL 1865 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" explodes on the Mississippi River 1865 Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered 1867 The opera "Roméo et Juliette" is produced (Paris France) 1870 Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi 1874 White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms 1877 The opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris France) 1877 President Rutherford Hayes removes Federal troops from Louisiana, Reconstruction ends 1881 Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad 1890 French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Oussébougou West Sudan 1897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) dedicated 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia A's win 6-0 1903 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens 1905 World Exposition opens in Luik 1908 4th modern Olympic games open in London 1909 Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown 1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights 1912 Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands 1918 Brooklyn Dodgers get 1st victory after worst major league start (0-9) 1920 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence 1921 Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam 1922 Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR 1922 Fritz Langs "Dr Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin 1923 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige 1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1 1926 In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance 1931 100º F (38º C), Pahala HI (state record) 1933 Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington DC 1935 Yankees pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Philadelphia A's 9-8 1935 Brussel's World Expo opens 1937 US Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment 1940 Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1941 German troops occupy Athens Greece 1942 Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 1942 Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars 1943 Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland 1943 Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London 1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 1945 2nd Republic of Austria forms 1945 Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner 1945 US 5th army enters Genua 1946 1st radar installation aboard a commercial ship installed 1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US 1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River 1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races 1950 "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances 1951 Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia 1952 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 performances 1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins the term "Pencil neck geek" 1953 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP 1956 Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing 1956 Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election 1959 "Today" show goes abroad for the 1st time (Paris France) 1959 Liu Sjau-chi elected President of People's Rebublic of China 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) 1960 France grants Togo independence (National Day) 1960 South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns 1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays 1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton OH 1961 Sierra Leone declares independence from UK 1962 Arnold Wesker's "Chips with Everything", premieres in London 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1963 "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname 1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow 1964 John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in the US 1965 RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper 1965 "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 7 performances 1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd cello concert 1967 Expo '67 opens in Montréal 1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1968 Baltimore Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0 1968 Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin NYC after 28 performances 1968 Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational 1971 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games & departs for Denmark 1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth 1972 NYC Mayor John Lindsay appeals that John Lennon not be deported 1973 Kansas City Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic 1975 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1976 "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 16 performances 1976 Arabic Monetary Fund established in Abu Dhabi 1977 Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa 1977 HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands 1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Yankees beat New York Mets 4-3 in 11 1978 Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, Charleston WV, kills 51 1978 Afghánistán revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 1979 George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone" 1980 Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1981 1st female soccer official is hired by the NASL 1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach] 1982 Québec Nordiques 1-New York Islanders 4-Semifinals-Islanders hold 1-0 lead 1982 Trial of John W Hinckley Jr, attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan, begins 1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings 1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake MT 1986 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO 1986 "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 368 performances 1986 Pat Bradley wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic 1987 US Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US, due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WWII 1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China 1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy 1989 "Starmites" opens at Criter Center Theater NYC for 60 performances 1989 Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500 1990 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Michigan) 1990 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery 1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 meter relay world record of 17:18:10 1991 "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 28 performances 1991 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio 1992 "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 performances 1992 New York Jets finish perfect 5-0 pre-season for 1st time 1992 New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent 1993 Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76 1994 "Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 454 performances 1994 29.0ºC in Genevad Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) 1994 7th longest NHL game New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 minutes 43 seconds) 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km) 1994 Minnesota Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0 1994 President Richard Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California 1995 "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 performances 1995 Coors Field in Colorado opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14 1996 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont 1997 "Little Foxes" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances 1997 "Stanley" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC 1997 Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks 1997 Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn 1997 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-16-2006 07:40 PM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 28: 1442 Edward IV king of England (1461-70, 1471-83) 1592 George Villiers 1st duke of Buckingham/English Admiral 1698 Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi 1715 Franz Sparry composer 1748 Lorenz Justinian Ott composer 1750 Paul Ignaz Kurzinger composer 1753 Franz K Achard German physicist 1757 Claus Nielsen Schali composer 1758 James Monroe Westmoreland VA, 5th US President (1817-25, Democratic Republican) 1770 Nikita P Panin Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs 1774 Francis Baily describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse 1795 Charles Sturt England, explorered Australia 1809 Conradus Leemans Dutch archaeologist 1810 Daniel Ullmann Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 1812 Daniel Henry Rucker Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 1815 Andrew Jackson Smith Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 1825 James Winning McMillan Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) 1826 Alexander Stadtfeld composer 1838 Tobias M Carel Asser Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel Peace Prize 1911) 1842 Louis of Orleans Earl of Brazil (1870-89) 1846 Johann E Backlund Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids) 1848 Ludvig Schytte composer 1864 William F A Ellison Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory) 1868 Émile Bernard writer 1870 Hermann Suter composer 1873 Harold Bauer English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association) 1874 Karl Kraus writer 1874 Sidney Toler Warrensburg MO, actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight) 1876 Frank Cavanagh one of football's coaching greats 1878 Lionel [Herbert Blythe] Barrymore Philadelphia PA, actor (A Free Soul, David Cooperfield, Dr Kildare) 1879 Edgar Tytgat Flemish painter/etcher 1879 Franz Arnold writer 1882 Alberto Pirelli Italian industrialist 1886 Erich Salomon German photographer 1888 Henry Crerar Canadian General (WWI/Italy/Netherlands) 1889 António de Oliveira Salazar premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68) 1889 Bryant Washburn Chicago IL, actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga) 1889 Karel Doorman Dutch Rear Admiral 1892 Joseph Dunninger New York NY, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger) 1892 Georges Antoine composer 1892 John Jacob Niles composer 19-- Daniel Zippi Los Angeles CA, actor (King's Crossing) 1900 Maurice Thorez coal miner, Secretary-General of French Communist Party 1900 Bruno Apitz writer 1900 Jan Hendrik Oort Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud") 1901 Corry Vonk [Cornelia D] wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret) 1906 Kurt Gödel Austria, mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem) 1906 Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way) 1906 Pierre [Louis] Boileau Paris France, novelist (Vertigo) 1907 Marion Coulon Belgian theoriest (Jeunesse à la dérive) 1908 Arnoud Breeveld Suriname bishop 1908 Jack Fingleton cricketer (Australian opener of 30's) 1908 Michael T Fitzmaurice Chicago IL, actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours) 1911 Frans Vroons actor/tenor/director (Netherlands Opera) 1912 Odette Hallowes British classified agent in France (WWII) 1914 Skuli Halldorsson composer 1917 Robert Anderson New York NY, writer (Tea & Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father) 1917 Robert Cornthwaite St Helen OR, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds) 1917 Joop Waasdorp Dutch writer (Naked Life) 1920 Nan Merriman US/Netherlands singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra) 1921 Rowland Evans White Marsh PA, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak) 1922 Guillaume Jorissen Flemish politician (Volksunie) 1922 Iser J Koepermann Russian/US world checkers champion (1958-68, 75-76) 1922 William S Broomfield (Representative-Republican-MI, 1956- ) 1923 Adele Mara Dearborn MI, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels) 1923 Wolfgang Steffen composer 1924 Kenneth David Kaunda founder/President (Zambia, 1964-91) 1925 Richard C Sarafian New York NY, director/actor (Foley Square) 1926 Harper Lee author (To Kill a Mockingbird) 1927 Garfield Weston English industrial/billionaire (Twinings Tea) 1928 Yves Klein French sculptor/painter 1929 Carolyn Jones Amarillo TX, actress (Morticia-Addams Family) 1930 James Baker 3 Houston TX, Secretary of Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92) 1930 Christopher John Magenis Headington composer 1932 Marek Kopelent composer 1933 Karl Heinz Wahren composer 1933 Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer 1936 John Martin Tchicai composer 1937 Saddam Hussein [At-Takriti] President of Iraq (1979- ) 1938 Madge Sinclair Kingston Jamaica, actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John) 1938 Beverly F Albert architect 1941 Ann-Margret [Olsson] Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Carnal Knowledge, Viva Las Vegas, Tommy) 1941 Ann-Margret Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy) 1942 Ghislaine Hermanez architect 1942 Mike Brearley cricketer (outstanding England captainain 1977-81) 1943 John Oliver Creighton Orange TX, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48) 1943 Fantastic Johnny C[orley] US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway) 1945 Ajit Manohar Pai cricketer (one Test India vs New Zealand 1969) 1947 Steve Khan jazz musician (Christmas Waltz) 1948 Marcia Strassman New York NY, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter) 1949 Jerome "Jay" Apt Springfield MA, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79) 1950 Willie Colon Bronx NY, actor (The Last Flight) 1950 Jay Leno New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show) 1952 Mary McDonnell Wilkes-Barre PA, actress (Sneakers, Independence Day) 1953 Julie Cole LPGA golfer 1955 Eddie Jobson rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure) 1956 Jeremy John Beadle writer/broadcaster 1956 Paul S Lockhart Amarillo TX, Major USAF/astronaut 1957 Leopold Eyharts France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27) 1958 Kathy Willets nymphomaniac (1991 Florida Sex Scandal) 1958 Hal Evan Sutton Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1982 Walt Disney, PGA 1983) 1958 Nancy Lee Grahn Skokie IL, actress (Julia-Santa Barbara) 1960 Wally Langdon bassist (Bob Color) 1961 Cathy Gerring Fort Wayne IN, LPGA golfer (1990 Lady Keystone Open) 1962 Evguenni Rochtchin NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-98) 1964 Barry Larkin Cincinnati OH, shortstop (Cincinnati Reds) 1964 Helen Marina Lucy Windsor England, daughter of Prince Edward 1964 Mark Hager Australian field hockey forward/captain (Olympics-4th-88, 96) 1966 Jim Poole Rochester NY, pitcher (Cleveland Indians) 1966 John Patrick Daly Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1995 British Open) 1967 Monique Noel Salem OR, playmate (May 1989) 1967 Pete Stoyanovich NFL kicker (Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs) 1968 Andy Flower cricketer (Zimbabwe keeper & victorious Test captain) 1968 Damion Lyons CFL cornerback (British Columbia Lions) 1968 Mark Carrier NFL safety (Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions) 1969 Merlelynn Lange-Harris Toronto Ontario Canada, basketball center (Olympics-96) 1970 Jason Belser defensive back (Indianapolis Colts) 1970 Mark Harris wide receiver (San Francisco 49ers) 1970 Nicklas Lidstrom Vasteras Sweden, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Detroit) 1970 Richard Fromberg Australia, tennis star 1971 Chris[topher Tyler] Young Chambersburg PA, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors) 1971 Meredith McGrath Midland MI, tennis star (1996 Essen doubles) 1971 Mihai Apostal Bucharest Romania, Canadian kayaker (Olympics-96) 1971 Simbi Khali actress (Nina-Third Rock From the Sun) 1972 Jan Benda Reet Belgium, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) 1972 Jean-Paul van Gastel soccer player (Willem II) 1972 Michelle Menzies Barrie Ontario Canada, Canadian ice pairs (1995, 96 Can champions) 1973 Earl Holmes linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1973 Marc[us] Blake Schneider Lubbock TX, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996) 1973 Melvin Hayes NFL tackle (New York Jets, Tennessee Oilers) 1973 Serge Zwikker NBA center (Houston Rockets) 1974 Sergei Stas NHL defenseman (Team Belarus, Olympics-98) 1975 James Thrash wide receiver (Washington Redskins) 1975 Martin Lewis NBA guard (Toronto Raptors) 1978 Nate Richert St Paul MN, actor (Harvey-Sabrina) Deaths which occurred on April 28: 1089 Dirk de Grote bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies 1109 Hugo van Cluny 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies 1770 Marie AC de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 1799 François Giroust composer, dies at 62 1804 Hans Gram composer, dies at 49 1843 William Wallace Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies 1853 Ludwig Tieck writer, dies at 79 1860 Isaac da Costa poet/writer (Réveil, Wachter!), dies at 62 1881 Robert W Ollinger US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies 1887 Carl Ferdinand Pohl composer, dies at 67 1896 Heinrich von Treitschke German historian, dies 1925 Louis F J Bouwmeester actor (Shakespeare), dies 1933 Robin Irvine actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31 1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Scottish composer, dies at 87 1936 Foead I king of Egypt (1922-36), dies 1945 Benito Mussolini Fascist leader (Italy), captured, tried, & shot 1945 Claretta Petacci mistress of Mussolini, executed 1945 Hans Bloesch writer, dies 1955 Lode Cantens Flemish playwrite (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43 1960 Anton Pancake astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87 1965 Ferdinand Bordewijk Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80 1966 Ralph Bunker actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77 1969 Johannes Rontgen composer, dies at 70 1970 Ed Begley actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69 1973 Pat Henning actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 62 1974 Paul Page actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70 1975 Jan A de Jonge Dutch historian, dies at 48 1976 Eugen Roth writer, dies at 81 1977 Ricardo Cortez actor/director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87 1979 Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer, dies at 86 1980 Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies 1980 Dee Carroll [Betty Jean Marsh] actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies 1981 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight champion (1922-26) dies at 79 1982 Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66 1982 EW "Nobby" Clark England cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies 1983 Ron James cricketer (New South Wales's Sheffield Shield captain 1949-50), dies 1984 Glen H Taylor US Senator/vice presidential candidate (1948), dies at 80 1984 Silvia A Warner writer, dies 1987 Ben Linder development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua 1989 Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude] Dutch writer, dies at 77 1990 Jean Blazer Baney entertainer, dies 1991 Floyd B McKissick US founder (CORE), dies 1991 Ken Curtis actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), dies at 74 1992 Francis Bacon Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82 1992 Olivier Messiaen French composer (St François d'Assise), dies at 83 1993 Jim Valvano basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at 47 1995 Andrew Salkey author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67 1995 Henry C Rogers press Agent, dies at 81 1995 Peaches Roy Davis baseball pitcher, dies at 89 1996 Giles Grangier film director, dies at 84 1996 Henry Clarke fashion photographer, dies at 75 1996 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro politician, dies at 80 1996 William E Colby director of CIA (1973-76), dies 1997 Susan Seddon Boulet artist, dies of cancer at 45 On this day...Events 0357 Emperor Constantius II visits Rome 0585 War between Lydia & Media ended by solar eclipse 1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France 1253 Utrecht destroyed by fire 1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay 1503 Battle at Cerignalo Spanish army under G Córdoba beats France 1521 Treaty of Worms Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria 1550 Powers of Dutch inquisition extends 1635 Virginia Governor John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office 1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet 1686 1st volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published 1770 Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia 1788 Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution 1789 Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Captain William Bligh 1796 Cease fire of Cherasco 1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony 1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain 1829 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws 1847 George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter New York State Bar 1848 Free last slaves in French colonies 1855 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston 1865 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine", premieres in Paris France 1892 1st performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval" 1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0) 1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as Chicago White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 1910 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England) 1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV 1914 W H Carrier patents air conditioner 1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 1920 Azerbaijan SSR joins the USSR (1st time) 1922 WOI (Ames IA) country's 1st licensed educational radio station 1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup) 1924 119 die in Benwood WV coal mine disaster 1925 Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army 1925 Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard 1930 1st night organized baseball game (Independence KS) 1931 Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field 1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced 1932 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio 1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays 1934 FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act 1934 Soccer team Blue White '34 forms 1934 Spanish government of Samper forms 1935 Moscow underground opens (81 km long) 1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York NY) 1937 1st commercial flight across the Pacific, Pan Am 1938 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary 1939 Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect 1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000" 1940 Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz 1941 Last British troops in Greece surrenders 1942 "WWII" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll 1942 Nightly "dim-out" begins along the East Coast 1943 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning" 1943 German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa 1943 US 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia 1944 Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats 1944 Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski 1945 British commands attack Elbe & occupies Lauenburg 1945 US 5th army reaches Swiss border 1947 Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia 1949 Brooklyn's Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to 1952 WWII Pacific peace treaty takes effect 1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open 1952 St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan 1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam 1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 homeruns 1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte NC (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1958 Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1959 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1960 "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances 1960 WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Lieutenant Colonel Georgi Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 meter altitude 1961 Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats San Francisco Giants, 1-0 1963 17th Tony Awards Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? & A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win 1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1964 Japan joins OECO 1965 Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS 1965 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966 1965 Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola 1965 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S Carter as deputy director of CIA 1965 William F Raborn Jr replaces John A McCone as 7th head of CIA 1966 20th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1966 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music", Julie Christie & L Marvin win 1966 Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day 1966 OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms 1967 Expo 67 opens in Montréal Canada 1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title 1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old Martin Brown 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational 1968 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances 1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France 1969 King Crimson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts 1971 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black Admiral in US Navy 1971 Dutch social Democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election 1972 The courts awarded the Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because the winner was given drugs before the race 1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1975 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smothers Brothers" 1975 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon 1975 South-Vietnam General Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30 1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling US secrets to the Russians 1977 Andreas Baader & members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart Germany 1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns 1980 Reunion Arena in Dallas opens 1983 Boston Bruins 4-New York Islanders 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1 1983 NASA launches Goes-F 1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead 1984 "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 performances 1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless innings to start season 1985 Philadelphia Flyers New York Islanders 1-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers win series 4-1 1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic 1985 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 4th time 1986 Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster 1987 NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami FL in 1988 & Minneapolis MN & Orlando FL in 1989 1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess 1988 Baltimore Orioles lose American League record 21 games in a row 1988 New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes 1988 "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 68 performances 1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money 1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie 1990 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128 1990 "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 6,137 performances (15 years) 1990 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro 1990 Guns & Roses' Axl Rose marries Erin Everly (annulled same year) 1990 Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth) 1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) is launched 1991 "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 105 performances 1991 "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 78 performances 1992 Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns 1992 Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto Blue Jays 22-2 with American League record 31 hits in 9 innings 1993 "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances 1993 Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists 1993 New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4 to 1 in playoffs, Capitals Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville Gabon, 30 soccer players die 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days] 1994 Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer & wife Rosario plead guilty to spying 1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium 1994 Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough 1995 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die 1995 Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die 1996 "Big", opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances 1996 Martin Bryant shoots & kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania 1996 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic 1997 "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-16-2006 07:43 PM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 29: 1584 Melchior Teschner composer 1636 Esaias Reusner composer 1642 Christian Weise German writer (Niederländische Bauer) 1660 Matthias Henriksen Schacht composer 1667 John Arbuthnot Scottish writer (Alexander Pope) 1727 Jean-Georges Noverre French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action) 1745 Oliver Ellsworth 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800) 1771 Matthaus Stegmayer composer 1780 Charles Nodier French writer (La fée aux miettes) 1783 David Cox English painter (Treatise on landscape painting) 1806 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben Austria, physician/philosopher 1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch German politician/reformer [or 1883] 1815 Abram Duryee Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 1818 Alexander II [N Romanov] Tsar of Russia (1855-81) 1830 Adolph Sutro San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels 1842 Karl Millöcker Austria conductor/composer (Beggar Student) 1854 Henri Poincaré France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher 1855 Anatol K Liadov Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) 1855 Edmund van der Straeten composer 1857 Edouard Rod France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e) 1857 Frantisek Ondricek composer 1860 Lorado Taft US, sculptor (Black Hawk) 1862 Vittorio Mario Vanzo composer 1863 William Randolph Hearst publisher (San Francisco Examiner, Seattle P-I) 1871 Louis William Stern German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children) 1872 Eyvind Alnaes composer 1873 Alida J M Tartaud-Klein actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage) 1879 Sir Thomas Beecham England, composer, founded London Philharmonic 1882 Hendrik N Werkman painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing) 1885 Wallingford Riegger Albany GA, composer (Bacchangle) 1885 Egon E Kisch Czechoslovakia, writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter) 1893 Elisaveta Bagrjana [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet 1893 Harold C Urey Walkerton IN, physicist (discovered Deuterium, Nobel 1934) 1894 Paul Hörbiger Budapest Hungary, actor (Liebelei) 1895 Malcolm Sargent English conductor (Promenade Concerts) 1896 Jacques Leon Wolfe composer 1896 Walter Mehring writer 1899 Duke [Edward Kennedy] Ellington Washington DC, bandleader (Take the A Train, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)) 1899 Karl Yngve Skold composer 1899 Natalie Talmadge actress (Our Hospitality) 19-- Greg Christian rocker (Testament-Souls of Black) 19-- Mark Kendall rocker (Great White-Twice Shy) 19-- Richard Kline New York NY, actor (Larry-3's Company, Dr. Mark Benson-Bold & the Beautiful) 1901 Emperor Hirohito of Japan (1926-89) 1901 George Osborne Sayles historian 1902 Theodore Chanler composer 1903 Frank Parker New York NY, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party) 1904 Russ Morgan Scranton PA, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard) 1904 Enrico Mattei Italian oil magnate 1907 Fred Zinnemann Vienna Austria, movie director (From Here to Eternity, Day of the Jackal, Julia) 1907 Tino Rossi Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene) 1908 Jack [Stewart] Williamson US, sci-fi author (Firechild, Golden Blood, Cometeers) 1908 Philippe Brun jazz trumpeter 1909 Daniel Raphael Mayer journalist/resistance leader 1909 Tom Ewell [S Yewell Tompkins] Owensboro KY, actor (Tom Ewell Show, 7 Year Itch, Adam's Rib) 1910 John Beavan newspaper editor 1912 Richard Carlson Albert Lea MN, actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi) 1912 Italo Valenti Italian sculptor 1912 Terence de Vere White novelist/critic 1913 Jack Alexander Bently trombonist 1913 Thomas Chalmers broadcaster 1914 Ewan Roberts Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pvt Benjamin) 1915 Donald Mills singer (Mills Brothers) 1918 Mervyn Roye Harvey cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia) 1919 Celeste Holm New York NY, actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve) 1920 Edward Blishen writer teacher/broadcaster 1920 Harold Samuel Shapero Lynn MA, composer (9 Minute Opera) 1921 Cornelis de Jager Dutch astronomer (Sun) 1922 George Allen football coach (Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins) 1922 Parren J Mitchell (Representative-Democrat-MD, 1971- ) 1922 Tommy Noonan Bellingham WA, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises) 1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans Belgian/US jazz musician/composer 1923 Irvin Kershner Philadelphia PA, director (Never Say Never Again) 1923 Maxine Audley London, actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards) 1924 Al Balding Toronto Ontario Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (Québec Open-1952) 1924 Renée Jeanmaire Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson) 1925 Ab Abspoel Dutch actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator) 1925 Danny Davis rocker (Nashville Brass 1926 Carie Meek (Representative-Democrat-FL) 1927 Dorothy Manley England, 100 meter sprint (Olympics-silver-1948) 1927 Betsy Ancker-Johnson physicist/auto company exec 1928 Big Jay McNeely rocker 1928 Carl Gardner Tyler TX, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin) 1929 [John] Jeremy Thorpe British MP (Liberal) 1929 Peter Joshua Sculthorpe composer 1929 Vaclav Kucera composer 1929 Walter Kempowski German writer (Tadellöser & Wolff) 1930 Alf[red Lewis] Valentine Jamaican cricket player (great West Indian lefty spinner) 1931 Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28) 1931 Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan Glasgow Scotland, skiffle vocalist/guitarist 1931 William Ball actor (Suburban Commando) 1932 Alexei A Gubarev cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28) 1932 King Hu film director 1932 Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin Russian cosmonaut (Voshkod 2 backup) 1933 Keith Baxter South Wales, actor (Barretts at Wimpole Street) 1933 Darijan Bozic composer 1933 Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist 1933 Rod [Marvin] McKuen Oakland CA, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville) 1934 Pedro Pires premier (Cape Verde, 1975-91) 1935 Len Weinrib New York NY, comedian (Spike Jones Show) 1935 Otto M Zykan composer 1936 April Stevens Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple) 1936 Lane Smith Memphis TN, actor (Perry-Lois & Clark, Chiefs, Nathan-V) 1936 Richard Lynch actor (Xavier-Battlestar Galactica) 1936 Zubin Mehta Bombay India, conductor (New York Philharmonic) 1936 Jacob Rothschild English banker/multi-millionaire 1940 Brian Taber cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh) 1941 Jonah Barrington British World champion squash player (1966-73) 1942 Galina Kulakova USSR, skier (Olympics-3 golds-1972) 1942 Klaus Voorman rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) 1943 Duane Allen Taylortown TX, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) 1944 Jim Hart Evanston IL, NFL quarterback (St Louis Cardinals) 1944 Benedikte Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX 1945 [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell [Montgomery] singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough) 1945 Hugh Hopper rocker (Soft Machine) 1945 Richard Warwick actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If) 1946 Franc Roddam director (K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia) 1946 John Waters Baltimore MD, director (Hairspray) 1947 Jim Ryun US, 1500 meter runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympics-silver-1968) 1947 Tommy James singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver) 1947 John[ny Laurence] Miller San Francisco CA, golfer (US Open 1973, 1974 PGA Player of the Year, British Open 1976) 1948 Reb Brown Los Angeles CA, actor (Cage, Yor, Captain America, Fast Break) 1949 Anita Dobson England, actress (Annie Watts-EastEnders) 1949 Eddie Hart US, 100 meter runner (Olympics-1972) 1949 Susan Pratt actress (Barbara Montgomery-All My Children, Claire Ramsey-Guiding Light) 1951 [Ralph] Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis NC, NASCAR driver/"The Intimidator" 1952 Deborah Van Valkenburgh Schnectady, actress (Too Close for Comfort) 1952 Nora Dunn Chicago IL, comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Miami Blues, Working Girl) 1953 Dale Earnhardt auto racer (6-time NASCAR national champion) 1953 Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin Kirya Russia, cosmonaut (STS 71, TM-27) 1954 Bill Paxon (Representative-Republican-NY) 1954 Deborah Iyall rocker (Romeo Void) 1955 Kate Mulgrew Dubuque IA, actress (Captain Janeway-Star Trek Voyager, Heartbeat, Kate Loves a Mystery) 1955 Jerry Seinfeld comedian/actor (Seinfeld) 1956 Ron Verlin rocker (Shooting Star) 1957 Richie C Robertson rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles) 1958 Eve Plumb Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka) 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer Santa Ana CA, actress (What Lies Beneath, Up Close & Personal, Ladyhawke, Married to the Mob, Grease 2) 1958 Simon Edwards rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love) 1958 Daniel Day-Lewis England, actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot) 1960 Joseph Guzaldo Chicago IL, actor (Stir Crazy) 1960 Gerard Joling Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes) 1960 William Lee Glasson Jr Fresno CA, PGA golfer (1985 Kemper Open) 1962 Bruce Driver Toronto Ontario Canada, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers) 1962 Dieter Hegen Kaufbeuren Germany, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) 1962 Robert Druppers runner (world record 1 km indoor) 1965 Reggie Miller NBA player (Indiana Pacers) 1966 John VanderWal Grand Rapids MI, outfielder (Colorado Rockies) 1966 Phil Tufnell cricketer (England slow lefty & slower fieldsman) 1967 Curtis Joseph Keswick Ontario Canada, NHL goalie (Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers) 1967 Elizabeth "Betsy" McCagg Kirkland WA, rower/twin sister of Mary (Olympics-4th-92, 96) 1967 Mary McCagg Kirkland WA, rower/twin sister of Elizabeth (Olympics-4th-92, 96) 1967 Rachel Williams Greenwich Village NY, model (Absolut Vodka, Elle) 1968 Browning Nagle NFL quarterback (New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons) 1968 Carnie Wilson Los Angeles CA, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On) 1969 Arthur Marshall NFL wide receiver (New York Giants) 1970 Andre Agassi Las Vegas NV, tennis star (Olympics-gold-96, US Open-1994 & 1999, Wimbledon-1992) 1970 Arnaud Briand hockey forward (Team France 1998) 1970 Derrick Frazier NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles) 1970 J R Phillips West Covina CA, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies) 1970 Leuea Tagoai CFL defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1970 Mark McMillian NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs) 1970 Uma Thurman Boston MA, actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction) 1970 William Martin III Charleston SC, Finnish yachter (Olympics-23rd-1996) 1971 Sterling Hitchcock Fayetteville NC, pitcher (New York Yankees, Sea Mariners) 1972 Gwendolyn Wentland Flint MI, high jumper 1974 Alana Blahoski ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98) 1975 John Macready Los Angeles CA, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96) 1976 God Shammgod NBA guard (Washington Wizards) 1976 Nayla Micherif Miss Brazil-Universe (1997) 1978 Mike Bryan Oxnard CA, tennis star (USTA National 18 doubles) 1993 Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer daughter of Pieter & Mirtle Deaths which occurred on April 29: 0852 Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon bishop, dies at 76 1499 John IV Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies 1535 John Houghton English, executed 1676 Michiel A de Ruyter Dutch Rear-Admiral, (Newport), killed at 69 1699 Samuel Apostool vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50 1712 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles composer, dies at 67 1813 Christian Danner composer, dies at 55 1841 A Bertrand writer, dies 1864 Charles-Julien Brianchon math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 1871 John Gelinde van Blom Fries notary/author, dies at 75 1905 Ignacio Cervantes composer, dies at 57 1918 Gavrilo Princip Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22 1921 Arthur Mold British cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies 1928 Henrich Federer Switzerland, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 1935 Leroy Carr blues singer/songwriter/pianist, dies= 1936 Florentinus M Wibaut Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76 1943 Joseph Achron Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies at 56 1943 Karl Adrian Wohlfart composer, dies at 68 1943 Sidney A K Keyes English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20 1947 Irving Fisher US economist, dies at 80 1951 Jules Verstraete [Julien G de Graef] actor (Boefje), dies at 67 1951 Ludwig J J Wittgenstein Austria/English philosopher, dies at 62 1953 Moïse Kisling Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse), dies at 62 1954 Ernst Heldring Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82 1956 Nemesio Otano y Eugenio composer, dies at 75 1957 Otallo Morales composer, dies at 82 1964 Albert Saverys Flemish painter, dies at 77 1966 Eugene O'Brien actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85 1967 Anthony Mann US director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at 60 1968 Frankie Lymon rocker (& Teenagers), dies of a drug overdose at 25 1972 Ntare V deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup 1973 Manfred Gurlitt composer, dies at 82 1975 Charles McMahon Jr US USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam 1975 Darwin Judge USMC-corporal, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet 1975 Michael John Shea USMC-Lieutenant/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam 1975 William Craig Nystul USMC Captain, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet 1976 Wilhelm Maler composer, dies at 73 1979 Julia A Perry US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55 1980 Alfred Joseph Hitchcock British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80 1984 Marvin Gaye rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45 1986 Seamus McElwaine Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25 1988 Andrew Cruickshank actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies 1988 Jan Kapr composer, dies at 74 1991 Claude Gallimard French publisher, dies 1992 Mae Clarke actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at 84 1993 Cy Howard director (Lovers & Other Strangers), dies at 77 1993 Michael Gordon actor/director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83 1993 Mick Ronson English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46 1994 Bill Quinn US actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies at 81 1994 Erik Erikson anthropologist, dies at 53 1994 Oscar Sheldon A Williams artist/critic, dies at 74 1995 Robert Gibb zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57 1996 David William Eric Davis broadcaster, dies at 87 1996 Jaime Garcia Terre poet/essayist, dies at 71 1996 Siti Hartinah Suharto wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, dies at 72 1996 Tony Hymphris political activist, dies at 45 1997 Keith Ferguson blues (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose at 50 1997 Mike Royko columnist, dies of stroke at 64 1997 Peter Tali Coleman Governor of American Samoa (1956-61, 78-85, 89-93), dies On this day...Events 1091 Battle at Monte Levunium Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes 1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans France, to victory over English 1522 Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-General of Netherlands 1540 Emperor Charles V declares all privileges of Gent ended 1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority 1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England 1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru 1628 Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein 1636 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans 1644 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking 1661 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan 1670 Pope Clemens X elected 1701 Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701 1706 Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1715 John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time 1781 French fleet occupies Tobago 1781 French fleet stops Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope 1784 Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna) 1793 Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall 1813 Rubber is patented 1834 Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia 1845 Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice 1852 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published 1853 Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth 1856 End of Crimean War 1857 US Army, Pacific Division HQ is permanently established at Presidio (San Francisco) 1861 Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union 1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth MS 1862 New Orleans falls to Union forces during Civil War 1863 Battle of Chancellorville VA (Fredericksburg, Wilderness Tavern) 1864 Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry AR begins 1886 1st public Dutch electricity opens 1888 Old Kavallison, Congo Stanley meet Emin Pasha 1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter 1894 Commonwealth of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Washington DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol 1901 27th Kentucky Derby Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75 1901 Anti semitic riot in Budapest 1903 Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta) 1905 2" rain falls in 10 minutes in Taylor TX 1905 Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon 1910 Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam 1912 108º F (42º C), Tuguegarao Philippines (Oceania record) 1912 Frank Wedekind's "Tod und Teufel", premieres in Berlin 1913 Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper 1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper 1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin 1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays 1922 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champion (Tallinn Estonia) 1925 Netherlands returns to gold standard 1926 France & US reach accord on repayment of WWI 1927 Construction of the Spirit of St Louis is completed 1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games 1930 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens 1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service 1931 Cleveland Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0 1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday 1936 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 1939 Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens 1940 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS 1940 Norwegian King Haakon & government flees to England 1940 Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night", premieres in NYC 1942 Japanese troops march into Lashio, cut off Burma Road 1942 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands & Vichy-France 1943 Dietrich Bonhöffer arrested by Nazi's 1943 Noël Coward's "Present Laughter", premieres in London 1943 US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia 1944 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague 1945 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) 1945 Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun 1945 Japanese army evacuates Rangoon 1945 Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed 1945 US liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany 1945 Venice & Mestre are captured by the Allies 1946 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals 1948 Bradman scores 107 Australia vs Worcestershire, 152 minutes, 15 fours 1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers 1955 Giovanni Gronchi elected President of Italy 1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open 1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg SC (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond VA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir VA 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts 1962 16th Tony Awards Man For All Seasons & How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying win 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT 1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish Prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma 1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die 1965 Australian government announces it will send troops to Vietnam 1965 Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe 1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect" 1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 performances 1970 50,000 US & South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia 1971 Bill Graham closes down the Fillmore & Fillmore East 1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration 1971 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1974 President Richard Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House 1975 Flyers 4-Islanders 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead 1975 US Forces pull out of Vietnam 1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth 1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water 1977 British Aerospace forms 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic 1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women) 1981 Philadelphia Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters 1982 Québec Nordiques 2-New York Islanders 5-Semifinals-Islanders hold 2-0 lead 1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards Alabama, Barbara Mandrell win 1982 Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor 1984 "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic 1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched 1985 Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 homeruns in a game in both leagues 1985 Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing championship 1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners 1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library 1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for the cycle 1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US 1988 "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols 1988 Baltimore Orioles beat Chicago White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 losses 1988 Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry 1989 2nd government of Lubbers falls 1990 "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances 1990 Dan Quisenberry (all-time American League save king, 238) announces his retirement 1990 STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands 1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate 1991 "Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 performances 1991 Croatia declares independence 1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1991 Earthquake in Georgia kills 100 1992 "March of Falsettos & Falsettoland" premieres at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances 1992 Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps 1992 27th Academy of Country Music Awards Garth Brooks 1992 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery 1992 Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin 1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha" 1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300 1994 Israel & PLO sign economic accord 1995 Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV 1995 Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to homerun on his 1st at bat 1995 Longest sausage ever, at 2877 miles, made in Kitchener Ontario Canada 1996 "Rent", opens at Nederlander Theater NYC 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM 1997 "Candide", opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances 1997 Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 homeruns 1998 15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-16-2006 07:47 PM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on April 30: 1309 Kazimierz III de Great King of Poland (1333-70) 1602 William Lilly England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler 1651 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle French priest/theorist/saint 1717 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer 1743 Robert Jasper van de Capellen master of Marsch/politician 1767 Jean Henri Appelius lawyer/minister of Finance 1770 David Thompson English/Canadian explorer (Columbia River) 1777 Carl Friedrich Gauss Brunswick Germany, one of the world's great mathematicians (number theory, non-Euclidean geometry, gravitation) 1790 John Cockerill English/Belgian industrialist 1792 Johann Friedrich Schwencke composer 1796 Isaäc M "Isaac A" Crémieux French lawyer/minister of Justice 1797 Andreas V Michiels Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra 1805 William Kerley Strong Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 1812 Kaspar Hauser German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe 1823 George JD Campbell Scottish/British Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85) 1830 Davis Tillson Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 1837 Alfred Gaul composer 1846 Rosalie Amstein writer 1851 Indrið Einarsson Iceland playwright (Nyjársnóttin) 1853 Alfred von Berger writer 1858 Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison 1st lady (1889-1893) 1864 Frans Netscher Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model) 1870 Franz Lehar operetta composer (Naughty Marietta) 1874 Cyriel Verschaeve Belgian priest/writer 1882 Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf author (To the Invisible) 1883 David John de Lloyd composer 1884 Albert Israel Elkus composer 1885 Luigi Russolo composer 1886 Frank Merrik composer 1888 John Crowe Ransom American poet/critic (God Without Thunder) 1889 Acario Cotapos composer 1889 Rudolph Hermann Simonsen composer 1891 Watze Cuperus Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik) 1893 Joachim von Ribbentrop German SS führer/foreign minister 1896 Reverend Gary Davis Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith) 1899 Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal author (regional novels) 1899 Lucie Mannheim Berlin, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps) 19-- Thom Bray Camden NJ, actor (Cyril-Breaking Away) 1902 Andre-François Marescotti composer 1902 Rudolf Wittelsbach composer 1903 Günther Raphael German composer (Symphony Breve) 1905 Henrich Schläppi Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1924) 1909 Queen Juliana of Netherlands (1948-80) 1910 Al Lewis actor (Leo-Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters) 1911 Hans Studer composer 1911 John-Baptist J Walgrave [Henricus/Humanus], Flemish, theologist 1911 Luise Rinser writer 1912 Eve Arden Mill Valley CA, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks) 1912 Manuel Gutierrez Mellado soldier/politician 1913 Bernard Charles Sendall deputy director general (ITA) 1913 Edith Fowke folklorist 1914 Sid Weiss bassist 1915 Johnny Galecki actor (Danny-American Dreamer) 1916 Robert Shaw Red Bluff CA, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale) 1916 Claude Shannon information theorist 1916 Dugo D Schenker Suriname/Antillian producer 1917 Bea Wain US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade) 1918 W Donald McNeill tennis champion (US Open-1940) 1919 Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove Flemish writer/producer 1920 Duncan Hamilton driver 1920 Leen 't Hart Dutch organist/composer 1922 Anton Murray cricketer (South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55) 1923 Al Lewis actor (Grandpa-The Munsters) 1923 Alan Wharton cricketer (England batsman once vs New Zealand 1949, scored 7 & 13) 1923 George Byatt playwright 1924 Sheldon Harnick Chicago IL, Broadway lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof) 1925 Corinne Calvet Paris France, actress (Phantom of Hollywood) 1926 Cloris Leachman Des Moines IA, actress (Phyllis, Last Picture Show) 1926 Corinne Calvet France, actress (Apache Uprising) 1926 Edmund Cooper UK, sci-fi author (Seed of Light, All Fool's Day) 1927 Lars Hall Sweden, Pentathlete (Olympics-gold-1952) 1927 Johnny Horton Los Angeles CA, rocker 1929 Peter Carsten Weissenberg Bavaria, actor (Mr Super Invisible) 1930 Raoul de Keyser [Dekeyser], Flemish painter 1931 William L [Bill] Clay (Representative-Democrat-MO, 1969- ) 1932 Anton Larrauri composer 1933 Willie Nelson Abbott TX, country singer (On the Road Again) 1936 Zohra Lampert actress (Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra) 1938 Gary Collins Venice CA, actor (6th Sense, Home Show) 1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Queen of Netherlands (1980- ) 1938 Larry [Van Cott] Niven US, sci-fi author (5 Hugo, Neutron Star, Flash Crowd) 1939 Ellen Taafe Zwilich Miami FL, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982) 1939 Pieter van Vollenhoven husband of Dutch Princess Margriet 1940 Burt Young New York NY, actor (Convoy, Rocky) 1941 Johnny Farina rocker (Santo & Johnny) 1941 Wilfried Jentzsh composer 1943 Bobby Vee Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes) 1943 Robert L Livingston (Representative-Republican-LA, 1977- ) 1944 Jill Clayburgh New York NY, actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough) 1944 Richard Shoff rocker (Sandpipers) 1945 Annie Dillard American writer (An American Childhood) 1945 Michael J Smith Beaufort NC, Commander USN, astronaut (51L-Challenger disaster) 1945 Claude van de Berge [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory) 1945 Mike Beacon rocker (Ox) 1945 Mimi Farina rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind) 1946 Carl XVI Gustav King of Sweden (1973- ) 1946 Donald Schollander Charlotte NC, 100 meter/400 meter freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1964) 1947 Robert Scott (Representative-Democrat-VA) 1948 Perry King Alliance OH, actor (Cody-Riptide, Andy Warhol's "Bad") 1948 Wayne Kramer jazz artist (Dangerous Madness) 1951 Panuta Rosani Poland, discus (Olympics 1976) drug disqualified 1952 Tom Pesek PC programmer (creator of HAL 9000 program) 1953 Merrill Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) 1954 Günther Tiersch German Democratic Republic, 8 man cox (Olympics-gold-1968) 1955 Dimitra Papandreau Greece, wife of Greek PM Andreas Papandreau 1956 Richard Farina folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind) 1957 Duane G Carey St Paul MN, Major USAF/astronaut 1959 Kamaran Abdalla Iraq/England/Netherlands actor (Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden) 1959 Lauren Howe LPGA golfer 1961 Isiah Thomas NBA forward (Detroit Pistons, 1990 NBA playoff MVP) 1963 Steve Smith Glasgow Sco, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks) 1964 Ian Healy cricket wicket-keeper (Australian since 1988) 1964 Jeff Reboulet Dayton OH, infielder (Minnesota Twins) 1965 Adrian Pasdar Pittsfield MA, actor (C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun) 1965 Daniela Costian Australian discus/shot putter (Olympics-96) 1966 Aundray Bruce defensive end (Oakland Raiders) 1966 David Meggett NFL running back (New York Giants, New England Patriots) 1966 Jeff Brown Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers) 1968 Babette Van Veen Netherlands, actress (Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill) 1968 Paulo Jr Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions) 1968 Richard Pilon Saskatoon, NHL defenseman (New York Islanders) 1968 Roger Mar Seattle WA, rapid fire pistol (Olympics-1996) 1968 Sandra Beikoff Mackay Queensland, golfer (1990 Sunshine Coast Open) 1969 Joey Restivo Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies) 1969 Dexter Rogers St Petersburg FL, volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics-96) 1970 Brad Layton Seymour IN, rower (Olympics-1996) 1970 Debbie D Philadelphia PA, actress (Attack of Vampire Mermaid) 1971 B J Tyler NBA guard (Toronto Raptors) 1971 Matt Martin Hamden, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs, Olympics-US-94) 1971 Randy Bierman WLAF tackle (Scottish Claymores) 1971 Ryan Hawblitzel West Palm Beach FL, pitcher (Colorado Rockies) 1971 Ty Hallock fullback (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1972 Kendricke Bullard NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots) 1972 Mario Schaden hockey forward (Team Austria 1998) 1974 Cedric Jones defensive end (New York Giants) 1974 Chris Darkins NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1975 Beverley Peele model [or Apr 7] 1975 Johnny Galecki Bree Belgium, actor (American Dreamer, David-Roseanne) 1982 Kirsten Dunst actress (Interview with the Vampire) 1988 Molloko San Diego Zoo, 1st California condor chick conceived in captivity Deaths which occurred on April 30: 0313 Gaius G V Maximus [Daia] Emperor of Rome, dies 0535 Amalaswintha queen of Ostrogoten, murdered 1030 Mohammud van Ghazna Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies 1196 Boudouin II bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies 1214 Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa Italian bishop, dies 1328 Meister Johann Eckhard German theologist/mystic, dies 1630 Ercole Porta composer, dies at 44 1632 Jean de Tilly fieldmarshal, dies 1632 Sigismund III King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65 1660 Peter Scriverius Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84 1671 Péter Zrinyi Hungarian banished to Croatia, beheaded at 49 1708 Simon de Vries book seller/writer (Unequal), dies 1712 Philippus van Limborch remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at 78 1743 Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo Peruvian playwright/poet, dies 1784 Franz K earl von Velbruck German free mason, dies 1785 Frederick Philipse 3 land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65 1792 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, dies at 36 1792 John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich English Naval minister, dies at 73 1793 Lorenzo Fago composer, dies at 88 1795 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy French historian (Ancient Greece), dies 1800 John H Midderigh Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46 1828 Shaka the great Zulu king, killed 1829 George Washington Adams son of John Q Adams, dies on City Island New York NY 1847 Charles archduke of Austria/Governor-General (Austria-Netherlands), dies 1848 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 1855 Henry Rowley Bishop British composer/conductor, dies at 68 1859 Sergei T Aksakov Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 1887 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer, dies at 71 1893 Edouard Manet French painter (Olympia), dies at 61 1893 Gyula Beliczay composer, dies at 57 1895 Gustav Freytag writer, dies at 78 1896 Antonio Cagnoni composer, dies at 68 19-- Richard Farina rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident 1900 John Luther [Casey] Jones dies in Cannonball Express train wreck 1903 François Crépin Belgian botany, dies at 72 1912 Frantisek Kmoch composer, dies 1919 Henry Wood England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies 1922 David M Chumaceiro Curaçaos poet, dies 1929 Friedrich Lienhard German publisher (Türmer), dies at 63 1931 Sammy Woods cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies 1933 Luis Sanchez Cerro President of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza 1934 Dr William Henry Welch pathologist who played a major role in the introduction of modern medical practice and education dies at 75 1942 Catherine Murphy Urner composer, dies at 51 1942 J van Hoddis writer, dies at 54 1943 Beatrice Potter Webb British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85 1943 Etty Hillesum Dutch diarist, dies in Auschwitz 1945 Adolf Hitler German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 1945 Eva Braun mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33 1952 Charles Radoux-Rogier composer, dies 1956 Alben W Barkley (Vice President-Democrat-1949-53), dies at 78 1957 Ludwig Schiedermair German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80 1959 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick composer, dies at 81 1963 Bryant Washburn actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74 1965 Helen Chandler actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56 1966 Richard Farina rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident 1968 Frankie Lymon rocker, dies of a heroin overdose 1970 Inger Stevens actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35 1970 Hall Johnson composer, dies at 82 1970 Jacob Presser historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71 1971 Elmo Roper pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70 1972 Gia Scala actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38 1972 Ntare V king of Burundi, murdered 1973 Josie Sedgwick actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75 1974 Agnes Moorehead actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies from cancer at 67 1976 Edvard Fliflet Braein composer, dies at 51 1977 Clive Martin Douglas composer, dies at 73 1980 Mary McCarty actress (French Line), dies 1982 Albert Bird lecture artist, dies 1982 Herman Tholen Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies 1982 Taisen Deshimaru founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67 1983 George Balanchine choreographer, dies at 78 1983 Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71 1983 Muddy Waters US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68 1984 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris bombed Nazi-Germany, dies 1984 Muddy Waters blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68 1985 George Pravada actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66 1987 Hugh Dempster actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies 1988 James McCracken US tenor, dies at 61 1989 Sergio Leone Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 60 1991 George Sperti Sperti inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91 1991 Michael G Hagerty actor (Overboard), dies at 39 1992 Daan van Driel Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies 1993 David Waymer NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34 1993 Eric Rowan cricketer (26 Tests for South Africa), dies 1994 David Langton dies of a heart at 81 1994 Ferdinando Scarfiotti Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53 1994 Geoffery Michael Roberts vintner, dies at 46 1994 Richard McClure Scarry US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74 1994 Roland Ratzenberger Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31 1995 Donald Edwin White ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59 1995 Reinaldo de Carvalho carnival king, dies at 34 1996 David Michael Ifshin British political campaign organiser, dies at 46 1996 David Opatoshu actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at 78 1996 Frank Henry Copplestone TV executive, dies at 71 1996 Helene Cordet entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78 1996 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro President of Guatemala (1966-70), dies On this day...[vents 0311 Emperor Galerius recognizes Christians legally in the Roman Empire 1006 Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed 1064 German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland 1349 Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated 1396 Crusaders & earl of Nevers depart from Dijon 1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet 1506 Philip of Bourgondy & England sign trade agreement 1527 England & France sign treaty of Westminster 1562 1st French colonists in US Jean Ribaut & Hugenots at Parris Island NC 1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI 1598 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande) 1616 English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen 1650 French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain 1661 Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa 1695 William Congreve's "Love for Love", premieres in London 1722 The game of Billiards is mentioned in the New England Courant 1725 Emperor Charles VI & King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna 1748 Ceasefire at Aken ends 1748 French troops occupy Maastricht 1763 London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower 1772 John Clais patents 1st scale 1774 Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee 1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st President of US 1790 Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village 1798 Department of the Navy is established 1803 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million) 1804 Hague's Theater opens 1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri 1812 (Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state 1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation 1852 Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi", premieres in St Petersburg 1857 San Jose State University forms 1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires 1860 Navaho Indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby) 1861 President Abraham Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory 1862 Swift Run Gap WV skirmishes 1864 New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee 1864 Battle of Jenkins' Ferry AR; General William Read Scurry is killed 1865 General Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill VA 1869 Hawaiian YMCA organized 1871 Apaches in Arizona surrender to white & Mexican adventurers; 144 die 1885 Boston Pops Orchestra forms 1887 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 1888 Hailstones kill about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi India 1889 1st US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration 1898 Championship wrestling match at the Metropolitan turns into a brawl 1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match 1900 USA annexes Hawaii 1902 Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélissande", premieres in Paris France 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St & Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2 1904 Ice cream cone makes its debut 1905 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4) 1910 Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox 1911 Portugal approves woman suffrage 1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen 1919 Philadelphia Phillies beat Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings 1921 American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron 1921 Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante" 1922 Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1927 Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State 1928 Cherkess Autonomous Region is established in RSFSR (until 1957) 1929 Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria 1934 Austria gets "Austrian facist" constitution 1935 World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul 1937 General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth 1938 Bradman scores 258 Australia vs Worcestershire, 293 minutes, 33 fours 1 five 1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of New York World's Fair 1939 Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms 1940 Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0 1941 Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia 1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc WI 1943 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms 1943 Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry 1943 Noël Coward's "This Happy Breed", premieres in London 1944 New York Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time 1944 New York Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs 1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio 1945 Concentration camp München-Allag freed 1945 Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks 1945 Red Army occupies Demmin 1945 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin 1945 Russian Army frees Ravensbrück concentration camp 1945 US troops attack the Elbe 1946 Cleveland Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats New York Yankees, 1-0 1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover 1948 Organization of American States charter signed at Bogotá, Colombia 1948 "Inside USA" opens at Century Theater NYC for 339 performances 1948 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Stockton Golf Open 1952 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television 1953 Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League 1954 Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Haifa 1955 Element 101, Mendelevium, announced 1955 Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks 1955 Imperial Bank of India nationalized 1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week & more wages 1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits 1961 1st shuttle flights between Washington DC, Boston MA & New York NY begin (Eastern) 1961 Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk USSR 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1961 Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize 1961 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 homeruns in a game 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to an altitude of 75,190 meters 1967 Baltimore Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Detroit Tigers 1967 Highest tower in the world finished, 537 meters (USSR) 1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1967 New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver wins his 1st game 1968 3 Baltimore Oriole pitchers walk 14 New York Yankees in a 9 inning game 1969 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0 1969 WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin NH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 US troops invade Cambodia 1970 Chicago Cubs Billy Williams is 1st National Leaguer to play in 1,000 consecutive games 1971 25th NBA Championship Milwaukee Bucks beat Baltimore Bullets in 4 games 1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio 1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Open 1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al 1973 Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love" 1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments 1974 President Richard Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings 1975 Last US helicopter leaves US embassy groundsin Vietnam, Saigon surrenders 1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs" 1976 Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1976 Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba 1977 "Party with Comden & Green" closes at Morosco NYC after 92 performances 1977 Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore MD, to become WWF champion 1977 Ron Cey sets record of 29 RBIs in April 1978 "Elvis The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace NYC after 101 performances 1978 Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic 1979 Mary Therese Friel, (New York), crowned 28th Miss USA 1980 Queen Beatrix of Netherlands, Wilhelmina Armgard, ascends to the throne 1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London 1980 "Barnum" opens at St James Theater NYC for 854 performances 1980 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, abdicates 1980 Ronald Harwood's "Dresser", premieres in London 1981 "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances 1981 16th Academy of Country Music Awards Barbara Mandrell & George Jones win 1982 Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season 1982 Iranian offensive in Khusistan 1983 Bruins 3-Islanders 7-Wales Conference Championship-Islanders hold 2-1 lead 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 minute delay in Toronto Blue Jays game 1984 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden 1985 Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th & 29th runs of April 1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 1986 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles 1986 Seattle Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games 1987 New York Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game 1987 Lou Lamoriello is named New Jersey Devils president 1988 New Jersey Devils beat Capitals 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final 1988 New York Knights 1st arena football game; beat Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in Los Angeles) 1988 New York Yankee Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets American League & ties major league record 1988 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia 1988 Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season 1988 Largest banana split ever, at 4.55 miles long, is made in Selinsgrove PA 1989 Critics Siskel & Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show 1989 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 1989 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic 1989 Pope John Paul II beatifies Victoire Rasoamanarivo of Madagascar 1990 As New York Mets pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Atlanta Braves score 1990 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space 1990 Seattle Mariner's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1990 US hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians 1991 In Bangladesh a cyclone kills over 131,000 & leaves 9 million homeless 1992 208th & final episode of "The Cosby Show" on NBC-TV 1994 Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36) 1995 "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 839 performances 1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 24 performances 1995 "Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 80 performances 1995 After 120 years the last 15 A & S department stores close 1995 Val Skinner wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship 1996 "Buried Child", opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 77 performances 1996 Dutch/Italian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM 1997 "London Assurance", opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 72 performances 1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay 1997 Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April 1997 Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes 1997 President Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College 1997 Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt 1997 Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-17-2006 08:58 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on May 01: 1238 Magnus VI Lagabuter King of Norway (1263-80) 1245 Philippe III Poissy Yvelines France, King of France (1270-85) 1493 Phillippus Paracelsus Switzerland, physician/alchemist 1545 Franciscus Junius [François du Jon], French/Netherlands calvinist theologist 1567 Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt Dutch royal painter 1577 François van Kinschot Dutch treasurer 1582 Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer 1592 Johann A Schall von Bell German missionaries/astronomer 1633 Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban French fortress architect 1672 Joseph Addison England, essayist (Spectator) 1735 John H van Kinsbergen Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corps 1759 Jacob Albright [Albrecht], German/US predictor 1764 Benjamin Henry Latrobe engineer/architect (built Capitol) 1764 Gottfried Rieger composer 1769 Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) 1771 George Guest composer 1775 Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn composer 1800 Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin Commander (Union Navy), died in 1874 1807 John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder Major General (Confederate Army) 1818 José Amador de los Ríos Spanish historian/poet 1819 William Steele Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 1825 George Inness US landscape painter ("Delaware Water Gap") 1829 José M de Alencar Brazilian writer/minister of Justice 1830 Mary Harris Jones [Mother Jones], hell-raiser 1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie Brigadier General (Union volunteers) 1839 Chardonnet inventor (rayon) 1851 Eberhard Nestle German oriëntalist/biblical scholar 1852 Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke] frontier adventurer/Indian fighter 1858 Anthony Johnson Showalter composer 1859 Bohuslav Jeremias composer 1859 Willem J Leyds Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat 1862 Anthony G Kröller entrepreneur/government advisor/husband of Helene Müller 1862 Marcel Prévost French publisher/writer (Les demis-vierges) 1872 Hugo Alfvén Stockholm Sweden, composer (Midsommarvaka) 1880 Conrad Weiss German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo) 1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin France, philosopher/paleontologist 1884 Felipe Boero composer 1887 Alan Gordon Cunningham Irish/British general/director of Palestine (1945-48) 1892 Howard Barlow Plain City OH, conductor (Voice of Firestone) 1895 Leo Sowerby Grand Rapids MI, composer (Pulitzer 1946) 1898 Eugene R Black US, President of World Bank (1953-62) 1899 Jón Leifs Iceland, composer/conductor 19-- Sharon Spelman Los Angeles CA, actress (Joyce-Angie) 1900 Ignazio Silone Italy, novelist/politician (Bread and Wine) 1905 Leila Hyams New York NY, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap) 1905 Nikolai Tikhonov Soviet PM (1980-85) 1907 Jan Pauw CEO (Aruban Theater Group) 1907 Kate Smith Greenville AL, singer (God Bless America)/Philadelphia Flyer luck charm 1908 Giovanni Guareschi Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone) 1909 Ethel Jane Cain original UK Speaking Clock voice 1909 George Melachrino composer 1909 Yannis Ritsos Greek poet 1910 Cliff Battles Akron OH, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins) 1912 Anna Pollak mezzo-soprano 1912 Felipe Padilla de Leon composer 1913 Walter Susskind Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor 1916 Glenn Ford Québec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway) 1916 Jack Parr Canton OH, TV host (Jack Paar Show) 1916 Jane Jacobs Scranton PA, urbanologist 1917 Danielle Darrieux France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling) 1917 John Beradino Los Angeles CA, actor (Steve Hardy-General Hospital) 1917 Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen actor/author (Amsterdam Affair) 1919 Alwyn Farquharson Scottish clan-captain/large landowner 1919 Dan O'Herlihy Ireland, actor (Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop) 1921 12th Lord Middleton English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1921 Paul Daels president (Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee) 1922 Louis Nye Hartford CT, comedian (Steve Allen, Happy Days) 1923 Joseph Heller Brooklyn NY, novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award) 1924 Art Fleming Bronx NY, TV host (Jeopardy) 1924 Earl George composer 1924 Enrico Josif composer 1924 Patricia Roberts Harris 1st US black woman cabinet member 1924 Terry Southern writer 1925 Chuck Bednarik Pennsylvania, NFL hall of fame center/linebacker (Philadelphia) 1925 Malcolm Scott Carpenter Boulder CO, astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7) 1927 Greta Andersen Denmark, 100 meter freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1948) 1927 Harry [Harold George Jr] Belafonte New York NY, calypso singer (The Banana Boat Song) 1927 Israr Ali cricket pace bowler (Pakistan in 4 Tests 1952-59) 1927 Lord Bathurst English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire 1927 Roland Verhavert Flemish screen writer (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor) 1927 William Mitchell Byers musician 1928 Raoul Servais Belgian cartoonist/president (l'ASIFA) 1929 Sonny James [James Loden] Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love) 1929 Sonny Ramadhin cricket spin bowler (great West Indies spin bowler) 1930 Little Walter [Marion Walter Jacobs] rocker 1930 Ollie Matson NFL halfback (Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Eagles) 1933 Joan Hackett East Harlem New York NY, actress (Defenders, Another Day) 1933 Uwe Greßmann writer 1934 Alette Beaujon Curaçaos poet (Gedichten on the Bay & Elsewhere) 1937 Bo Nilsson Swedish composer (Doppelspiel) 1939 Judy Collins Seattle WA, singer (Send in the Clowns, Both Sides Now, Clouds) 1939 Max Robinson Richmond VA, black news anchor (ABC Evening News) 1939 Ray Aranha Miami FL, actor (Nick-Married People) 1941 Barbara Barendrecht [BHM Wurfbain], actress (Dirty Picture) 1941 Juraj Hatrick composer 1942 Stephen Macht Philadelphia PA, actor (Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey) 1943 Joy Harmon St Louis MO, actress (Cool Hand Luke) 1944 Rita Coolidge Nashville TN, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone) 1946 Bruce Robinson actor (Story of Adele H) 1946 Jerry Weiss New York NY, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears) 1946 Joanna Lumley Kashmir India, actress (Ab Fab, On Her Majesty's Secret Service) 1946 Nick Fortune [Nicholas Fortuna], rock bassist (Buckinghams Chicago) 1946 Tony Ashton rocker 1947 Carlos Ward rocker (B T Express) 1947 Ghulam Abbas cricketer (scored 12 & 0 in only Test for Pakistan 1967) 1948 James Wise US soul singer (Archie Bell & the Drells) 1949 Douglas Barr Cedar Rapids IA, actor (Howie-The Fall Guy) 1949 Margo Miller San Fransisco CA, fencer-epee (Olympics-96) 1950 Marina Stepanova Russian hurdler (world record 1986) 1951 Gordon Greenidge cricketer (great West Indian opener 1974-91) 1953 Elquemedo Willett cricketer (West Indies lefty spinner early 70's) 1953 Felix Hanemann rocker (Zebra) 1953 Mindy Moore LPGA golfer 1954 Michael Scott reporter (Entertainment Tonight) 1954 Ray Parker Jr Detroit MI, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters-Who You Gonna Call?) 1954 Taslim Arif cricketer (Pakistan keeper/batsman, 210 vs Australia 1980) 1955 Julien Wiener cricketer (Australian opening batsman 1979-80) 1956 Byron Stewart Baxter Springs KS, actor (Warren Coolidge-St Elsewhere) 1957 Dick Swett (Representative-D-NH) 1957 Paul D Ronney Los Angeles CA, ScD/astronaut (STS 83 alternate) 1957 Rick Darling cricketer (accident-prone/dashing Aussie opener 1978-79) 1957 Steve Farris rock guitarist (Mr Mister) 1958 John Diehl Cincinnati OH, actor (Detective Zito-Miami Vice) 1959 Eddie Johnson NBA guard/forward (Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers) 1959 Paul Smith rock saxophonist (Haircut 100) 1960 Albert McDonald Dartmouth Nova Scotia, US canoe (alternate-Olympics-96) 1961 Charlie O'Brien Tulsa OK, catcher (Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays) 1961 Steven Cauthen jockey (1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed) 1962 Gary Clark NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins) 1962 Paula Weishoff Hollywood CA, volleyballer (Olympics-silver-84, bronze-92, 96) 1962 Reggie Pleasant CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos) 1963 Robert Seguso Minneapolis MN, tennis star 1964 Bruno Ravel Paris France, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It) 1964 Carlos Aalbers Dutch soccer player (NEC) 1964 Ruth Picardie journalist 1964 Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones daughter of princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon 1965 Jon Warren Akron OH, 1.5k runner 1966 Armando Reynoso San Luis Potosi México, pitcher (Colorado Rockies) 1966 Charlie Schlatter New York NY, actor (18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel) 1966 Johnny Colt Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker) 1966 Mark Coogan Manhaset NY, marathoner (Olympics-96) 1967 Bill Schultz NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Denver Broncos, Scot Claymores) 1967 Marvcus Patton NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins) 1967 Scott Coffey Hawaii, actor (Satisfaction, Shout) 1967 Tawni Cable Salem OR, playmate (June 1989) 1967 Yael Arad Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka (Olympics-1996) 1968 Anton Scheutjens soccer player (Roda JC) 1968 Lisa Campbell Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) 1968 Mark Scott Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) 1969 Billy Owens NBA forward/guard (Sacramento Kings) 1969 Bryan Marchment Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers) 1969 Carrie Stevens Buffalo NY, playmate (June 1997) 1969 Roy Rosello singer (Menudo-Cannonball) 1970 Alex Van Pelt NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills) 1970 Allen DeGraffenreid WLAF wide receiver (Scotland Claymores) 1970 Alundis Brice NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys) 1970 Damon Diletti Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-silver-92, 96) 1971 Ethan Albright NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills) 1971 Jamie Marie Swenson Miss USA-South Dakota (1997) 1971 Renee Poetschka Australian 200 meter/400 meter (Olympics-92, 96) 1971 Stuart Appleby Cohuna Australia, Nike golfer (1994 Victorian PGA) 1972 Bobby Chouinard Manilla Phillipines, pitcher (Oakland A's) 1973 Curtis Martin NFL running back (New England Patriots) 1973 Frank Beede NFL center (Seattle Seahawks) 1974 Keri Phebus Laguna Beach CA, tennis star 1974 Matthew Hatchette NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings) 1974 Vladimir Zavyalov hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998) 1975 Austin Croshere NBA forward (Indiana Pacers) 1976 Darius McCrary Walnut CA, actor (Edward Winslow-Family Matters) 1977 Anna Louise Wilson Dunedin New Zealand, 100 meter breast stroke (Olympics-96) 1979 Jennifer Botterill ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-98) 1979 Kimberly Grigsby Miss Virginia Teen USA (1997) Deaths which occurred on May 01: 1171 Dermot MacMurrough last Irish king of Leinster, dies 1277 Stefanus IV Uros I de Great King of Serbia (1243-76), dies 1308 Albrecht I van Habsburg German King (1298-1308), murdered 1447 Louis VII Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies 1456 Hugues de Lannoy Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies 1471 Thomas a Kempis spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 1555 Marcellus II [Marcello Cervini] Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 1572 Pius V [Antonio Ghislieri] great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies 1679 Esaias Reusner composer, dies at 43 1700 John Dryden English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies 1703 Kiva Yoshinaka Japanese monarch, murdered 1733 Nicolas Coustou French sculptor (Saôn), dies at 75 1772 Gottfried Achenwall German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 1831 Antonius van Alphen apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 1863 Edward Dorr Tracy US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 29 1869 ? colt reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH 1870 Francisco Solano López fieldmarshal/President of Paraguay 1872 Amalia princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies 1873 David Livingstone British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 1874 Vilem Blodek composer, dies at 39 1886 Conrad Busken Huet writer (Country of Rubens) 1886 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl composer, dies at 56 1892 Willem A Scholten manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 1896 Naser ed-Din shah of Persia (1848-96), murdered at 65 1898 Alphonse Wauters Belgian historian, dies at 81 1900 Mihály von Munkácsy [Michael von Lieb], German painter, dies at 56 1902 John Glover English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 1903 Arthur Haygarth cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies 1903 Luigi Arditi violist/composer, dies at 80 1904 Antonín Dvorak Czechoslovakia, composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 1917 José E Rodo Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies 1921 Louis Campbell-Tipton composer, dies at 43 1924 August Cuppens Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62 1926 Nicolaus Adriani translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60 1932 Paul Doumer President of France (1931-32), assassinated by Russia's Paul Gargalov 1934 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer, dies at 35 1937 Snitz Edwards actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 1939 Wilhelm Normann German chemist (harden van oliën), dies 1941 John R Locksmith de Brown vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71 1945 Desider Antalffy-Zsiross Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59 1945 Paul Josef Goebbels Nazi minister on propoganda, commits suicide 1946 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow composer, dies at 71 1946 Percy William Whitlock composer, dies at 42 1947 Sanner leader of Norger blood bath, executed 1948 Christos Ladas Greek minister of Justice, murdered 1952 William Fox [Fried] US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73 1954 Tom Tyler actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50 1957 Grant Mitchell actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 1959 Oscar Torp Norwegian premier, dies 1965 Leo Spies composer, dies at 65 1965 Spike Jones composer (Spike Jones Show), dies at 53 1968 Harold G Nicolson English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 1969 Ella Logan actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 1969 George Parker cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1924), dies 1971 Edith Day actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75 1971 Glenda Farrell actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66 1972 Fernand Ansseau Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82 1976 Rex O'Malley actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75 1978 Aram Katchaturian Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74 1979 Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin cricketer (2 Tests for West Indies), dies 1981 Dr Clarence A Bacote historian & political scientist, dies at 75 1981 Peter Huchel writer, dies at 78 1982 Gene Sheldon actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72 1983 V N Swamy Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies 1984 Gordon Jenkins orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73 1988 Carroll Righter astrologer, dies at 88 of postate cancer 1988 Paolo Stoppa actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies 1989 David Webster South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered 1989 Douglass Watson actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 68 1989 Marion Mack actress (General), dies 1990 Sunset Carson cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62 1991 Richard Thorpe director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies 1993 Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50 1993 Pierre Bérégovoy PM of France (1992-93), commits suicide at 67 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa President (Sri Lanka, 1989-93), assassinated at 68 1994 Ayrton Senna Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34 1994 Imre Gyöngyössy Hungarian director, dies at 64 1996 Asher Wallfish journalist, dies at 67 1996 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy film scholar/exhibitor, dies at 74 1996 William Mitchell Byers musician, dies on 79th birthday 1997 Bebe AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40 On this day...Events 0305 Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns 1006 Supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus 1048 Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands 1394 Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & its surroundings from an old badger 1523 Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere 1528 Pánfilo the Narvaéz begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida 1544 Turkish troops occupy Hungary 1551 Council of Trente resumes 1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java 1625 Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) 1625 Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland 1682 Louis XIV & his court inaugurate Paris Observatory 1703 Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians 1704 Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad 1707 England, Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain 1711 Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar 1715 Prussia declares war on Sweden 1725 Spain & Austria sign trade treaty 1751 1st American cricket match is played 1757 Austria & France divide Prussia 1759 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France 1776 Adam Weishaupt founds the secret society of Illuminati 1777 RB Sheridans "School for Scandal" premieres in London 1781 Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population 1786 Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) 1822 John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston 1834 Belgian parliament accept railway laws 1840 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued 1841 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California 1844 Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message 1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate 1846 Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world 1850 John Geary becomes 1st San Fransisco mayor 1851 Great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace 1853 Argentina adopts its constitution 1854 Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes 1857 William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy 1861 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry 1862 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died) 1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi 1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars & Bars" 1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers 1864 Atlanta campaign, Georgia 1864 Battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign) 1864 Wilderness campaign 1866 American Equal Rights Association forms 1867 Howard University chartered 1867 Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration 1869 "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France 1869 A colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH 1873 1st US postal card issued 1873 Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna) 1875 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities 1883 "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show 1883 Amsterdam World's Fair opens 1883 Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st National League game since 1876 1883 New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer 1884 Construction begins on Chicago's 1st skyscraper (10 stories) 1884 Moses Walker became 1st black player in the major league 1885 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands 1886 US general strike for 8 hour day, begins 1889 1st International Workers Day, according to the 2nd International 1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) 1891 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3 1892 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay 1893 World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago 1898 George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila 1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT 1900 Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond 1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox 1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in the American League 1901 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo 1906 Phillie's John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0 1907 Belgian Government of De Trooz forms 1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies) 1908 World's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panamá 1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium 1912 Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms 1912 Beverly Hills Hotel opens 1913 Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St New York NY 1914 China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification 1915 British Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool 1915 German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight 1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee homerun & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds 1920 Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens 1920 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings 1921 Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda 1922 Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game 1923 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4 1924 Admiral Paul Koundouriótis becomes President of Greece 1925 A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single 1925 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony 1926 British coal-miners go on strike 1926 Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League 1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways) 1927 Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam 1927 Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen 1928 6 children die & 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania 1928 Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter 1928 Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration) 1928 Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service 1928 Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms 1929 Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds 1929 Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen 1929 Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin 1930 Bradman scores 236 Australia vs Worcestershire, his 1st f-class innings in England 1931 Empire State Building opens in New York NY 1931 Norway claims Peter I Island 1931 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS 1932 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo 1934 Austria signs pact with Vatican 1934 Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence 1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert 1935 Boulder Dam completed 1935 Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades 1936 FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis 1937 FDR signs act of neutrality 1939 Batman Comics hit the street 1939 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (The Yearling) 1940 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship 1940 The 1940 Olympics are cancelled 1941 "Citizen Kane", directed by & starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York 1941 General Mills introduces Cheerios 1941 German assault on Tobruk 1942 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" 1943 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam 1943 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04 1943 Food rationing begins in US 1943 German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta 1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes 1943 Rauter signs unofficial death sentence 1944 Messerschmitt Me-262 Sturmvogel, first operational jet aircraft (twin-jet fighter), makes 1st flight 1944 Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the Dark) 1944 Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails 1945 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide 1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government 1945 Australian & Dutch troops lands on Tarakan 1945 General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms 1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII 1945 Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg 1945 Soviet army reach Rostock 1946 Fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander 1946 Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year" 1947 Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stadium 1947 Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA 1947 Radar for commercial & private planes 1st demonstrated 1947 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA 1948 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4; this is Arcaro's 4th win 1948 Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes" 1948 North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea 1948 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam 1949 A's Elmer Valo is 1st American League'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game 1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) 1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade 1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China 1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein (South Pacific) 1950 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 600,000 march for peace & freedom in Germany 1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir 1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st homerun 1951 Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox 1952 Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada 1952 Mr Potato Head, introduced 1952 TWA introduces tourist class 1954 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03 1954 Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist organization forbidden) 1954 HSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies) 1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan Puerto Rico (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting 1955 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament 1955 Bobby Feller's 15th 1-hit or less game (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters) 1957 Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord 1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast 1957 US give Poland credit of $95 million 1957 Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km 1958 Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai 1958 Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina 1959 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own homerun 1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states 1960 Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis 1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk 1961 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba 1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 1961 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) 1961 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain 1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara 1962 Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start 1962 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1962 JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA) 1963 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest 1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands 1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) 1965 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2 1965 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 1965 USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon 1966 Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1966 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting 1966 US troops shooting targets in Cambodia 1967 Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua 1967 Elvis Presley & Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas 1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank 1967 Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer) 1968 "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 215 performances 1968 Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup 1969 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC 1969 Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 4-0 1969 Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000 1969 Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting 1971 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2 1971 Amtrak railroad begins operation 1971 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar" 1972 "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances 1972 North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee 1972 Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose) 1972 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres 1973 San Fransisco Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7 1975 Islanders Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead 1976 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6 1976 Jos Hermens, Netherlands sets record for 20,000 meter, 57:24.2 1977 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4) 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1977 Empress Lilly dedicated 1978 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated 1978 MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht 1978 Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone 1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel 1979 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) 1979 Marshall Islands (in the Pacific) become self-governing 1980 "Day in Hollywood, Night in Ukraine" opens at John Golden NYC for 588 performances 1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins 1980 American Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff) 1980 Sabres & Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff 1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett 1981 Harrison Williams (Senator-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 1982 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4 1982 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville TN opens 1982 Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead 1983 "My One & Only" opens at St James Theater NYC for 767 performances 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament 1983 Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508) 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy 1985 "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels 1985 US President Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua 1985 William Hoffman's "As Is" premieres in NYC 1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph 1986 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap 1986 Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole 1987 46 homeruns hit in 13 baseball games 1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun 1988 "Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 performances 1988 IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 1988 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic 1989 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public 1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting 1990 "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC 1991 "Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances 1991 Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy 1991 Angola's civil war ends 1991 A's Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal (vs Yankees) 1991 Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge 1991 Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings 1991 Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base 1991 Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual & heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC 1991 Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0) 1992 Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King 1992 New York Rangers win their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils) 1992 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base 1993 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4 1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die) 1994 "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 165 performances 1994 "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon NYC for 9 performances 1994 Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road) 1994 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament 1994 Sherri Steinhauer wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship 1994 Tornado & hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed 1995 "On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances 1995 Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park 1996 "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances 1996 Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM 1997 Toni Blair elected PM of UK 1999 125th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Charismatic wins in 2:03.2  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-17-2006 09:03 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on May 02: 1551 William Camden English historian (Brittania, Annales) 1601 Athanasius Kircher German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) 1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) 1729 Catherine II (the Great) empress of Russia (1762-96) 1729 Florian Johann Deller composer 1740 Elias Boudinot lawyer/patriot, found American Biblical Society 1752 Ludwig August Lebrun composer 1754 Vicente Martin y Soler composer 1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert French dermatologist 1772 Novalis writer 1779 John Galt Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) 1810 Hans Christian Lumbye composer 1810 Leo XIII 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) 1817 Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky composer 1821 Abram Sanders Piatt Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 1837 General Henry Martyn Robert parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) 1840 Theodor Herzl founded Zionist movement 1843 Carl Michael Ziehrer composer 1844 Elijah McCoy black inventor, held over 50 patents including a lubricator for steam engines ("the Real McCoy") 1846 Zygmunt Noskowski composer 1849 Fürst Bernhard HM von Bülow German chancellor/Prussian PM (1900-09) 1853 Marie Verstraete actress (Louise-Frou Frou) 1855 Theodore Moses Tobani composer 1857 Frederic Cliffe composer 1859 Eugene D'Harcourt composer 1860 Sir D'Arcy Thompson zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) 1860 Theodor Herzl Austria, journalist/founder (Zionist movement) 1862 Marie F M Emmanuel French composer/musicologist (Salamine) 1869 Tyrone Power Sr London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band) 1872 G G van der Hoeven Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC) 1884 François de Vries Dutch economist 1885 Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry] Hollidaysburg PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat) 1886 Gottfried Benn writer 1887 Edward Collins New York, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's) 1890 E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary) 1892 Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen [the Red Baron], German WWI ace 1893 Beppie Nooij Jr Dutch actress (Rooie Sien) [or May 13, 1912] 1895 Alfred Kurella writer 1895 Peggy Bacon Ridgefield CT, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads) 1898 Jef [Josephus C F] Last Dutch poet/politician (The Spark) 19-- Matt Thorr rocker (Jailhouse-Alive in a Mad World) 1900 Helen Morgan singer/actress (Applause, Frankie & Johnny) 1901 Lev N Lunts Russia, writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth) 1901 Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt cricketer (England batsman 1927-37) 1901 Willi Bredel writer 1902 Brian Aherne Worcestershire England, actor (Juarez) 1902 Erin O'Brien-Moore Los Angeles CA, actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl) 1903 Benjamin Spock New Haven CT, pediatrician/author (Common Sense Book of Baby Care) 1903 Oivin Fjeldstad composer 1904 Georgi Dimitrov composer 1905 Alan Rawsthorne Haslingden England, composer (Cortéges) 1906 Aileen Riggin Newport RI, springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1920, 24) 1906 Maurice Thiriet composer 1907 Pinky Lee children's show host (Pinky Lee Show) 1908 William Bakewell Los Angeles CA, actor (Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show) 1910 Laurie Nash cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia) 1911 Lillian Rambach teacher violinist 1912 Axel Springer German newspaper magnate 1912 Marten Toonder writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel) 1913 Nigel Patrick London England, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold) 1914 Dennis Dyer cricketer (opened batting for South Africa vs England 1947) 1915 Jan Hanus composer 1915 Van Alexander New York NY, orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show) 1918 Frederick Archibauld Warner diplomat 1919 Than Wyenn New York NY, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) 1920 Jacob Gilboa composer 1921 Satyajit Ray Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary) 1922 Abraham Rosenthal editor (New York Times) 1923 Christina Spierenburg Dutch singer 1924 Aafje Heynis Dutch singer 1924 Theodore Bikel Austrian/US folk singer/actor (The Russians Are Coming) 1925 David Ironside cricketer (South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs New Zealand 1953-54) 1925 John Neville actor (Adventures of Baron Münchausen) 1925 Roscoe Lee Browne Woodbury NJ, actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap) 1925 Svatopluk Havelka composer 1929 Edward Levy Irving composer 1929 Luc Ferrari composer 1929 Sydney Gedye cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964) 1930 Morris Courtright manned spaceflight pioneer and Arizona State legislator 1932 Bruce Glover Chicago IL, actor (Diamonds are Forever) 1932 Kees de Galan Dutch economist 1932 Malcolm Leyland Lipkin composer 1933 Bunk Gardner rocker (Mothers Of Invention) 1935 Faisal II King of Iraq (1939-58)/son of Ghasi I 1935 Hussain ibn Talal King of Jordan (1952-99) 1935 Link Wray rocker (Link Wray & His Ray Men) 1936 Michael Rabin New York NY, violinist (In Memorium) 1936 Quinn Redeker Woodstock IL, actor (Dan Raven, Young & Restless) 1937 Gisela Elsner writer 1937 Lorenzo Music Brooklyn NY, writer/actor/voice (Carlton the doorman-Rhoda, Garfield) 1938 Constantine Bereng Seeiso king Moshushoe II of Lesotho 1940 Bryan Davis cricketer (brother of Charlie; West Indies batsman vs Australia 1965) 1940 Roger Robinson Seattle WA, actor (Warren-Friends, Newman's Law) 1940 Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot Dutch MP (VVD) 1941 Jules Wijdenbosch premier Suriname 1944 F Innerhofer writer 1944 John Verity rocker (Argent) 1945 Bianca Pérez Morena de Macias Jagger Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wife 1945 Bob Henrit English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset) 1945 Goldy McJohn rocker (Steppenwolf) 1945 Randy Cain US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics) 1945 Robert Henrit England, rocker (Argent) 1946 Lesley Gore Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party) 1947 Bill Lowery (Representative-R-CA, 1981- ) 1947 Jo Ann Pflug Atlanta GA, actress (MASH, Candid Camera, Rituals) 1948 Larry Gatlin Seminole TX, country singer (Gatlin Brothers-Broken Lady) 1949 Joey Phillips percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 1950 Lou Gramm Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-I Want to Know What Love Is) 1952 Christine Baranski Buffalo NY, actress (Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage) 1953 "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Year 1975) 1954 Bulelani T Ngcuka South African attorney/leader (UDF) 1955 Ian Callen cricketer (one Test Australia vs India 1978, six wickets) 1955 Jay Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers) 1955 Joe Callis rocker 1957 Domonic L Pudwill Gorie Lake Charles LA, USN/astronaut (STS-91) 1958 Kim Jones Sonoma CA, 5k runner 1959 Brian Tochi Los Angeles CA, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades) 1960 Ravi Ratnayeke cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler & opening batsman) 1961 Doctor Robert [Bruce R Howard] rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) 1961 Peter Doohan Australia, tennis star 1962 Elizabeth Berridge Westchester NY, actress (Amadeus, Funhouse) 1962 Nancy Harvey Swift Current Sask, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th) 1963 Jos van Eck Dutch soccer player (Sparta) 1963 Kenton Leonard CFL cornerback (Calgary Stampeders) 1964 Kelly Michael Gibson New Orleans LA, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-7th) 1967 Kerryn McCann Australian marathoner (Olympics-96) 1968 Reggie Slack CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1968 Will Furrer WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) 1969 Brian Lara cricketer (West Indies left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994) 1969 Glen Young NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers) 1970 Vania Thomas Miss US Virgin Islands Universe (1997) 1971 Greg Bishop NFL guard (New York Giants) 1972 Erik Maes Dutch soccer player (MVV) 1972 Jennifer Miriam Oklahoma City OK, playmate (March, 1997) 1972 Jill Savery Fort Lauderdale FL, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96) 1972 Peter Ogilvie Vancouver British Columbia, 100 meter sprinter (Olympics-96) 1973 Rich Yurkiewicz NFL/WLAF linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Amst Admirals) 1974 Miles Joseph West Springfield MA, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96) 1975 Mark Johnson Dayton OH, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1975 Murray William Burdan Wellington New Zealand, swimmer (Olympics-96) 1976 Ailleen Damiles Miss Universe-Philippines/Miss Photogenic (1996) 1976 Nancy Feber Antwerp Belgium, tennis star 1977 Amy D'Entremont Stoneham MA, figure skater (1995 New England Jr champion) 1977 Jenna Von Oy actress (Six LeMeure-Blossom) Deaths which occurred on May 02: 0649 Maruta of Tagrit theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies 1250 Toeransa sultan of Egypt, murdered 1459 Pierozzi Antoninus Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies 1488 Jacob van Horne Burgundy statesman, dies 1519 Leonardo Da Vinci artist/scientist, dies at 67 1567 Marin Drzic Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies 1669 Pieter Jansz Post master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61 1685 Adriaen van Ostade Dutch painter, buried 1727 Paul Aler French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70 1736 Albert Seba Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 1799 Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, dies at 58 1818 Herman W Daendels Governor-General of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 1845 August Pauly German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 1849 David H Chassé Baron/General (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 1857 LC Alfred the Musset French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies 1864 Giacomo Meyerbeer composer, dies at 72 1892 Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at 69 1897 William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer, dies at 63 1919 Gustav Landauer German socialist, dies 1937 Arthur Somervell composer, dies at 73 1945 Martin Bormann propoganda minister for Hitler, dies 1954 Pauline de Cock-Manifarges singer, dies at 82 1955 Tadeusz Jarecki composer, dies at 66 1957 Joseph McCarthy commie hunting senator (R-WI), dies at 47 1957 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern composer, dies at 53 1958 Alfred Weber German economist/sociologist, dies at 89 1959 Yrlö Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, dies at 67 1960 Caryl Chessman rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39 1961 J C White cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for England 1921-31), dies 1963 Jack Crawford cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies 1963 Tomas Vackar composer, dies at 17 1963 Van Wyck Brooks US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77 1964 Nancy N Witcher Astor US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies 1968 Donald L Hall airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 1969 Franz von Papen German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 1972 Hugo Hartung writer, dies at 69 1972 J Edgar Hoover head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77 1973 Alan Carney actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 1980 Clarrie Grimmett cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies 1982 Helmut Dantine 1982 Hugh Marlowe actor (Ellery Queen, Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71 1983 Marius F Duintjer architect, dies 1984 Jack Barry game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 1984 Piet van Aken Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at 64 1985 Hal LeRoy dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after cardiac surgery 1985 Milton S Eisenhower US diplomat, dies at 85 1990 David Rappaport 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 1990 Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49 1990 William Levi Dawson composer, dies at 90 1991 Hal Bell dies at 65 1991 Leib Lensky dies at 82 1992 Joey Cuevas dancer, dies at 34 1992 Lee Salk baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at 65 1992 Margareth Wallmann Austrian opera director, dies at 88 1992 Philip Dunne screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84 1992 Wilbur Mills (Representative-D-AR)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82 1993 Julio Gallo wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82 1993 Will Weng Sunday Times crossword puzzle editor (1968-78), dies at 86 1994 Louis Calaferte writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65 1994 Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin hero, dies at 75 1996 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton civil servant, dies at 97 1996 Emile Habibi writer, dies at 73 1996 Peter John Swales football club chairman, dies at 63 1995 Michael Hordern actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83 On this day...Events 1345 "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers 1497 John Cabot departs to North-America 1526 German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League 1536 King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest 1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands 1598 France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins 1652 Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik 1668 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands 1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution 1670 King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company 1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant 1749 Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" 1750 Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua 1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels 1780 William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris 1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid 1824 Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) 1833 Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs 1845 Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie" 1847 Sabbath famine 1853 Franconi's Hippodrome opens (New York NY) 1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North 1865 President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis 1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st homerun in the National League 1878 US stops minting 20¢ coin 1885 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published 1885 Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium 1887 G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence 1887 Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film 1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale 1890 Territory of Oklahoma created 1900 George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell" premieres in London 1902 The 1st science fiction film, "A Trip To The Moon", is released 1903 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09 1904 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08½ 1905 French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work 1906 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8 1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian Government 1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs 1911 French troops occupy Fès El Bali Morocco 1915 Old Fordham Road in the Bronx renamed Landing Road 1916 2nd Ave & Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Place renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe & Selwyn Avenue named 1916 US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act 1917 Cincinnati's Fred Tooney & Chicago's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in the 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0 1919 1st US air passenger service starts 1920 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis 1921 Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia 1922 WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Fort Worth TX 1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0 1924 Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR 1925 Kezar Stadium in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park opens 1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua 1927 International Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens 1927 Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) 1928 KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions 1930 Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights 1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) 1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth) 1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions 1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court 1936 "Peter & the Wolf" premieres in Moscow 1936 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia 1938 Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" 1938 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town) 1939 Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yankees beat Tigers 22-2 1941 FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1 1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy 1941 Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists 1941 Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in the year he hit over .400 1942 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma 1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia 1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York NY (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast 1945 Allies occupy Wismar 1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen 1945 German Army in Italy surrenders 1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste 1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die 1947 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten" premieres in NYC 1949 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" 1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed 1949 Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0 1950 Carlo Terrons "Giuditta" premieres in Milan 1950 Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration 1950 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China People's Republic 1952 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music" 1952 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service begins with a BOAC Comet 1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1953 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02 1953 Feisal II installed as king of Iraq 1953 Hussein I installed as king of Jordan 1954 Stan Musial hits 5 homeruns in a doubleheader 1955 India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable 1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof) 1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus 1956 US Methodist church disallows race separation 1958 Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if National League goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC 1959 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2 1960 Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance 1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions 1960 Pulitzer prize awarded to Allen Drury (Advise & Consent) 1962 Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I 1962 OAS strikes in Algeria 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1962 WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Albany NY (PBS) 1st broadcast 1964 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00 1964 Beatles' "Second Album" goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks 1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champion 1965 "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances 1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational 1965 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open 1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days) 1967 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montréal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 1968 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony 1968 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London 1968 Israeli television begins transmitting 1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York 1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump) 1970 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4 1970 KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 1972 Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred 1975 Apple records closes down 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic 1977 "The King & I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances 1978 NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games 1979 "Quadrophenia" premieres in London 1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell win 1980 Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder 1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa 1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour 1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02 1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA 1984 "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth NYC for 604 performances 1984 Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 innings) 1984 Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1986 Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II 1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver British Columbia 1987 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4 1988 Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Baltimore & get a new park 1988 David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" premieres in NYC 1988 Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000 1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an umpire 1990 "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 performances 1990 South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid 1991 Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus 1992 "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" opens at Helen Hayes Theatre NYC fpr 14 performances 1992 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03 1992 Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic 1993 "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 445 performances 1993 "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances 1993 "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 40 performances 1993 "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances 1993 Kristi Albers wins Sprint Golf Classic 1993 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament 1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed 1994 Dr Kevokian found innocent on assisting suicides 1994 Michael Bolton found to have plagiarized Isley Brothers "Love is Wonderful Thing" 1995 "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances 1995 Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning 1995 Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six 1997 Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating 1997 Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber 1997 Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy 1997 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders 1998 124th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Real Quiet wins in 2:02.4  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-17-2006 09:06 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on May 03: 1446 Margaretha English princess/duchess of Bourgondie 1455 Joâo II the perfect, King of Portugal (1481-95)/took in Spanish Jews 1469 Niccolò Machiavelli Italy, politician/writer (The Prince) 1514 Bartholomaeus a Martyribus [Fernandez], primate of Portugal 1535 Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori Italian painter/carpet designer 1647 John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes poet (Bellone aen bant) 1649 Johann Valentin Meder composer 1691 Carolus van der Abeele Flemish jesuit/author (Introduction à l'amour) 1692 Jan J Mauricius Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1742-51) 1708 Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theroist/composer 1729 Florian Leopold Gassmann composer 1737 Friedrich Schwindl composer 1742 Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz composer 1744 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis composer 1752 Braz Francisco de Lima composer 1764 Elisabeth PMH princess of France/son of king Louis XVI 1773 Giuseppe Acerbi Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat 1815 Hermanus W Witteveen Dutch theologist 1816 Montgomery Cunningham Meigs Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1892 1819 Nicola De Giosa composer 1826 Charles XV Louis E King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet 1844 Edouard A Drumont French anti-semitic journalist 1844 Richard D'Oyly Carte England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) 1849 Jacob Riis Denmark, reporter (New York Tribune, New York Evening Sun) 1859 Andy Adams US writer (Log of a Cowboy) 1867 Jack Hearne cricketer (cousin of George & Alec 12 Tests for England) 1867 Valère-Gille Belgian playwright (La Corbeille d'Octobre) 1873 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll Norwegian author (Kvinnen og Denmark) 1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs 1874 François Coty Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker 1876 Bert Hopkins cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's) 1876 John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer cricketer (Sussex) 1886 Marcel Dupré French organist/composer 1890 B Traven writer 1892 Beulah Bondi Chicago IL, actress (It's a Wonderful Life) 1892 Sir George Thomson demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937) 1893 Hope Landin Minneapolis MN 1895 Earnest Kantorowicz German/US historian (Laudes regiae) 1895 Gabriel Chevallier French author (Le petit général) 1895 Zoltan Korda Hungarian/British director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers) 1897 V K Krishna Menon India, nationalist/statesman 1898 Golda Meir [Meyerson] Kiev Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74) 1898 Septima Poinsette Clark civil rights activist/educator 1899 Aline MacMahon McKeesport PA, actress (Backdoor to Heaven) 19-- Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter) 19-- Mark Thomas Miller Louisville KY, actor (Johnny-Misfits of Science) 1901 Gino Cervi Bologna Italy, actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja) 1902 Hugo Friedhofer composer 1902 Jack Larue New York NY, actor (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette) 1902 Seton I Miller Chehalis WA, writer (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul) 1902 Walter Slezak Vienna, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General) 1903 Bing Crosby (Harry Lillis Crosby) Tacoma WA, crooner/actor (White Christmas, Going My Way) 1904 Charles "Red" Ruffing New York Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46) 1904 John Breeden San Fransisco CA, actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street) 1905 Albrecht Luitpold G Ferdinand Michael Wittelsbach duke of Bavaria 1905 Sebastian Lewis Shaw actor (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste) 1906 Mary Astor Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky, Across the Pacific) 1907 Earl Wilson Rockford OH, columnist (Midnight Earl) 1910 Alceo Galliera composer 1911 John Rhea "Yank" Lawson trumpeter 1913 Earl Blackwell Atlanta GA, author (Celebrity Register) 1913 William M Inge US playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953) 1915 Evencio Castellanos composer 1916 Henry Barbosa Gonzalez San Antonio TX, (Representative-D-TX, 1961- ) 1916 Pierre Emmanuel French poet (Sodome) 1917 James Penberthy composer 1919 Betty Comden Brooklyn NY, song writer (Comden & Green-Bells are Ringing) 1919 Pete Seeger New York NY, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene) 1920 Sugar Ray Robinson [Walter Smith] middleweight/welterweight boxer (champion) 1921 Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves Portuguese leftist colonel 1922 Marina Svetlova ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) 1923 Ralph M Hall (Representative-D-TX, 1981- ) 1924 Mary Carver Los Angeles CA, actress (Cecilia-Simon & Simon) 1925 Nina Bara Buenos Aires Argentina, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol) 1928 James Brown Augusta GA, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1 (Hot Pants) 1928 Jeanne Bal Santa Monica CA, actress (Pat-Love & Marriage) 1929 Hendrik L van Beek Dutch Vice-Admiral 1929 Jaharna Imam Bangladeshi writer/political activist 1930 David Evatt Tunley composer 1931 Alex Cord actor (The Dead are Alive) 1931 Joseph Lichtman Layton dancer 1933 Collie Smith cricketer (exciting West Indies all-rounder all too briefly) 1934 Georg Kroll composer 1935 Donald P Hodel Portland OR, US Secretary of Interior (1985-89) 1936 Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey] Madras India, singer (After The Lovin', Release Me, Quando Quando Quando) 1937 Frankie Valli [Castelluccio] Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry) 1939 Jonathan David Harvey English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen) 1939 José Torres US, boxer (Olympics) 1939 Samantha Eggar London England, actress (Anna and the King, Collector) 1941 Nona Gaprindasvili USSR, world women's chess champion (1962-78) 1942 Lynn Farleigh Bristol England, actress (Lovers of Their Time) 1942 Vera Càslavskà-Odlozilova Czechoslovakia, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1964, 68) 1943 John Costello historian 1944 Ian Peter Leslie Smith journalist 1944 Peter Staples rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing) 1945 Sadiq Mohammad cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81) 1946 Greg Gumbel sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN) 1947 Doug Henning Fort Garry Manitoba, magician (Broadway play-Magic) 1949 Albert Sacco Jr Boston MA, PhD/astronaut (STS 73) 1949 Ron Wyden (Representative-D-OR, 1981- ) 1950 Mary Hopkin South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days) 1951 Christopher Cross [Geppert] San Antonio TX, singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme) 1952 Allen Wells England, 100 meter dash (Olympics-gold-1980) 1953 Bruce Hall Champaign IL, rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon) 1953 Van McLain rocker (Shooting Star) 1955 David Hookes cricketer (dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart) 1955 Steve Jones English pop guitarist (Sex Pistols-Mercy) 1957 Cactus Moser Montrose CO, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) 1957 Rod Langway Formosa, NHL defenseman (Montréal Canadiens, Washington Capitals) 1959 Ben Elton London UK, actor (Stark, Friday Night Live) 1959 David Ball Blackpool, rock keyboardist (Soft Cell) 1962 Anthony Gilligan Penrith New South Wales, Australasia golfer 1963 Jeff Hornacek NBA guard (Utah Jazz) 1964 Ron Hextall Winnipeg, NHL goalie (Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders) 1966 Paul Stevenson Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) 1968 Deborah Caprioglio Miestre Italy, actress (Big Game Hunter) 1968 Jay Darlington London England, keyboardist (Kula Shaker) 1969 Karen Kraft San Mateo CA, rower (Olympics-silver-96) 1970 Alexia Dechaume-Ballert La Rochelle France, tennis star (1992 Australia) 1970 Ted Crowley Concord MA, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994) 1971 James Roberson defensive end (Tennessee Oilers) 1972 Brett Hayman Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1972 Josh Taves defensive end (New England Patriots) 1972 Vyacheslav Kozlov Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings) 1973 Dominique Monami Verviers Belgium, tennis star 1973 Michel Traveller soccer player (Ajax) Deaths which occurred on May 03: 1010 Ansfried 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 1294 Jan I duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies 1410 Alexander V [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies 1442 Engelbert I Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies 1481 Mohammed II [Fâtih], sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies 1567 Leonhard Paminger composer, dies at 72 1614 Sasbout Vosmeer Roman Catholic theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66 1654 François van Kinschot treasurer-general/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77 1703 Eglon van de Down still-life painter, dies 1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59 1707 Michiel de Swaen South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 1737 Abraham Patras Governor-General of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65 1758 Benedict XIV [Prospero L Lambertini] Pope (1740-58), dies at 83 1764 Francesco Algarotti Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53 1774 Heinrich A Fouqué Prussian general (7 year war), dies at 76 1783 Pieter Valck(x) South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 1792 Carlo Zuccari composer, dies at 87 1839 Ferdinando Paer composer, dies at 67 1841 Cornelis T Elout Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 1854 William Beale composer, dies at 70 1856 Adolfo Fumagalli composer, dies at 27 1856 Adolphe Charles Adam French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52 1861 Anthony Philip Heinrich composer, dies at 80 1863 Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 35 1868 Olof Wilhelm Udden composer, dies at 68 1881 Josip Jurcic Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies 1893 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal composer, dies at 73 1902 David R Capriles Curaçaos director of psychiatric, dies at 64 1916 Pádraic Pearse Irish nationalist, executed by British firing squad 1917 Norman Callaway New South Wales bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies 1925 Clément Ader French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84 1926 Napoleon V Bonaparte French pretender to the throne, dies at 63 1931 Frank Hoyt Losey composer, dies at 59 1931 Otto Winter-Hjelm composer, dies at 93 1932 Anton Wildgans Austrian writer (Dies Irae)/director Burgtheater, dies at 51 1939 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener German general, dies at 71 1942 Johan H Westerveld Lieutenant-Colonel/leader Order Service, executed 1943 Leslie Heward composer, dies at 45 1945 Louis L H de Visser Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66 1955 Philips C Visser explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies 1958 Frank Foster cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies 1961 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty French philosopher, dies at 53 1964 Diana Wynyard dies at 58 1965 Howard Spring British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 1965 Otto Forst de Battaglia Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75 1966 Wylie Watson dies at 77 1968 Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev composer, dies at 86 1969 Imre Vincze composer, dies at 42 1970 Candelario Huizar composer, dies at 82 1972 Bruce Cabot actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68 1972 Dan Blocker actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 43 1972 Les Harvey rocker, dies 1975 Samuel Gonard chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 1976 David Bruce dies at 62 1976 Ernie Nevers college fullback (Stanford), dies at 72 1978 Wim van Doorne Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71 1979 Erin O'Brien-Moore actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76 1982 Helmut Dantine actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64 1982 Hugh Beaumont actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73 1983 Vaughn Taylor actor (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 72 1986 Robert Alda actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72 1987 Dicky Fuller cricketer (one Test for West Indies 1935, one run, 0-12), dies 1987 Yolande Christina Dalida dies at 54 1989 Christine Jorgensen 1st transsexual, dies at 62 1989 Muriel Ostriche dies 1990 Pimen [Sergei Irzyekov] patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, dies at 79 1991 Gerrit Mik child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies 1991 Jersy Kosinski author (Being There), dies at 57 1991 Margaret Tallichet actress (Stranger on the 3rd Floor), dies 1992 Elizabeth Lennox radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98 1992 George Murphy (Senator-R-CA, 1965-71)/actor, dies of Leukemia at 89 1992 Peter Bruni dies of heart failure at 60 1994 Gustaaf baron van Hemert Dingshof mayor of Maarn, dies at 78 1994 Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker Dutch MP (CDA), dies at 63 1994 Milford Dolliole pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90 1994 Richard Scarry author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74 1996 Jack Weston actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at 71 1996 Timothy Gullikson tennis player/coach, dies at 45 On this day...Events 1294 John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg 1342 Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein) 1382 Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge 1455 Jews flee Spain 1494 Jamaica discovered by Christopher Columbus; he names it "St Iago" 1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen (18th ecumenical council) in Rome 1515 Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz 1616 Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war 1621 Francis Bacon accused of bribery 1624 Spanish silver fleet sails to Panamá 1629 French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain 1640 English Upper house accept Act of Attainder 1654 Bridge at Rowley MA begins charging tolls for animals 1660 Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva 1661 Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen 1662 Royal charter granted Connecticut 1678 French conquering fleet at Curaçao, 1200 die 1715 Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads" 1722 Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance" premieres in Paris France 1747 Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht 1765 1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia; founded by John Morgan, the School of Medicine belonged to the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania). 1802 Washington DC incorporates as a city 1808 Goya's "Executions of the 3rd of May" 1810 Lord Byron swims the Hellespont 1815 Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples 1822 Society for the Propagation of the Faith starts (Lyon, France) 1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts 1845 1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Massachusetts) 1845 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China 1846 Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas 1851 Most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die 1855 Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens 1861 General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan 1861 Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers & another 18,000 seamen 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville-Beaten Union army withdraws 1863 Battle of Fredricksburg VA (Marye's Heights) 1863 Battle of Salem Church VA 1864 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria LA: Confederate assault 1886 M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver British Columbia 1898 Camp Merriman established at Presidio (San Fransisco) 1900 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06¼ 1901 Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville FL 1902 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75 1903 AVC Heracles (SC Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo 1906 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey 1909 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2 1917 1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel" 1919 Afghánistán Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain 1919 America's 1st passenger flight (New York-Atlantic City) 1921 West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax 1922 Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium 1922 Salt layer find at Winterswijk 1923 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (New York-San Diego) completed 1926 British general strike-3 million workers support miners 1926 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith) 1926 US marines land in Nicaragua (9-months after leaving), stay until 1933 1929 Prussia bans anti-fascists 1932 24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switzerland) 1933 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office 1934 Bradman scores 206 Australia vs Worcestershire, 210 minutes, 27 fours 1936 French People's Front wins elections 1936 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits 1937 Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind" 1938 Concentration camp at Flossenbürg goes into use 1938 Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941 1938 Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain 1941 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 2:01.4 1941 German air raid on Liverpool 1942 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu & Tanambogo, Solomon Islands 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1942 Nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands 1942 Nazis require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star 1943 Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth) 1943 Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed 1943 US 1st armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia 1944 "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway 1944 Meat rationing ends in US 1945 1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen 1945 Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg 1945 British troop join in Rangoon 1945 German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed 1946 International military tribunal in Tokyo begins 1947 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8 1947 Japan forms a constitutional democracy 1948 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams 1949 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km 1951 New York Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th) 1952 "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances 1952 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole 1952 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6 1953 Westchester conference of American Library Association proclaims "Freedom to Read" 1953 WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh & John Patrick 1954 WHA TV channel 21 in Madison WI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') 1956 Frank Loesser's musical "Most Happy Fella" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 678 performances 1958 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05 1958 WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament 1959 Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive homeruns in a doubleheader 1960 Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC 1961 Warren Spahn pitches a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter 1962 Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) 1963 Leslie Narum is the only Baltimore Oriole to homer on his 1st at bat 1963 Martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational 1965 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite 1965 3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 2-1 in 10 1965 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US 1965 Don Steele, begins a 40+ year radio career at KRTH (Los Angeles CA) 1965 KTCI TV channel 17 in St Paul-Minneapolis MN (PBS) 1st broadcast 1965 Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era) 1966 WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University 1968 Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica International 1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 performances 1969 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8 1970 24th NBA Championship: New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1970 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational 1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1971 National Public Radio begins programming; 112 NPR stations premiere "All Things Considered" 1971 Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days 1971 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun) 1973 Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out 1973 Kansas City Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit 1975 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02 1975 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8) 1976 Panamá 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26) 1976 Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift) 1978 "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US 1978 Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II 1978 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston 1978 West Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game 1979 Bobby Bonds hits his 300th homerun (2nd to have 300 homeruns & 300 stolen bases) 1979 Martin Sherman's "Bent" premieres in London 1980 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02 1980 Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final homerun 1980 Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in American League & National League 1981 "Can-Can" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances 1981 "Moony, Shapiro Songbook" opens & closes at Morosco Theater NYC 1981 Sally Little wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International 1982 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) 1982 New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget 1982 President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts 1983 Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead 1983 Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe 1983 US bishops condemn nuclear weapons 1985 Date of $5 million check in "View to a Kill" 1986 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8 1986 Air Lanka crashes, killing 22 1986 Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st homerun 1986 NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit 1986 New York Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game 1987 "Mikado" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances 1987 Cindy Hill wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic 1987 Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday & Saturday with Gary Hart 1988 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs FL 1988 Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000 1991 356th & final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke 1991 Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass 1992 Baltimore's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves 1992 Beverly Hills 90210's Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs 1992 Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic 1992 New York Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 homeruns 1992 Ohio Glory wins 1st WLAF game (after 6 loses), beat Frankfurt 20-17 1992 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge 1993 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances 1994 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1994 D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 1994 US space probe Clementine launched 1995 "My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater NYC for 16 performances 1995 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy 1995 David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus & Buddy) 1996 Martin Moxon & Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks vs Glam 1997 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3 1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen 1997 Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-17-2006 09:14 AM                        Rated G Birthdates which occurred on May 04: 1006 Abd-Allah Ansari Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) 1611 Carlo Rainaldi composer 1622 Juan de Valdés Leal Spanish painter/sculptor 1631 Mary I Henriette Stuart daughter of Charles I/Queen of England 1635 Willem van Outhoorn Dutch Governor-General (Dutch East Indies) 1655 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori Italy, piano builder 1738 Josef Kohaut composer 1744 Marianne von Martinez composer 1763 Franz Stanislaus Spindler composer 1769 Charles Hague composer 1776 Johann Friedrich Herbart Germany, philosopher/psychologist 1777 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens composer 1796 Horace Mann US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) 1796 Joseph Pannell Taylor Brigadier General (Union Army), died in 1864 1820 Joseph Whitaker England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack 1820 Julia Gardiner Tyler 2nd wife of President John Tyler (1841-45) 1825 Thomas Henry Huxley scientist/humanist/Darwinist 1826 Frederick Church US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School) 1835 Edmund Hart Turpin composer 1846 Emile Gallé French glass/marble/ceramic artist (Gallé Glaze) 1860 Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) 1867 Dynam-Victor Fumet composer 1871 Mynona writer 1875 Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine) 1875 Reggie Schwartz cricketer (1st of great South African googlists) 1877 Arthur Lang US, boxer/businessman (Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115) 1881 Aleksandr F Kerenski Russian premier (1917-Prelude to Bolshevism) 1882 Wilhelm Lehmann writer 1889 Francis J Spellman US Cardinal 1891 Frederick Jacobi composer 1891 Johan W F Werumeus Buning Dutch poet (Daily Bread) 1893 Edgar Dearing Ceres CA, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free & Easy) 1893 Royal Butler [Edwin Richey] Atlanta GA, actor 1902 Cola [Nicolas] Debrot Bonaire Governor (Netherlands Antilles)/author 1902 Cvjetko Rihtman composer 1902 Rodney Meredith Thomas architect/painter 1903 Luther Adler New York NY, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist) 1905 Mátyás Seiber Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando) 1906 Esmond Knight East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder) 1909 Howard Da Silva [Silverblatt] Cleveland OH, actor (Ben Franklin-1776) 1909 Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten] Flemish playwright 1910 Mady Alfredo [Maria M the Brieder] actress (Alicia) 1912 Lou Brown Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show) 1914 Abdel Karim Kassem general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63) 1914 Emmanuel Roblès Algerian-Fren journalist/playwright (Lesson Hauteurs) 1915 Curt Conway Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal) 1915 Pedro Saenz composer 1916 Maurice "Moe" Purtill jazz drummer 1917 Edward Toner Cone composer 1918 Kakuei Tanaka Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking 1919 Dimiter Petkov composer 1919 Mary Ann McCall singer 1921 John van Kesteren Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin) 1921 Patsy Garrett Atlantic City NJ, actress (Nanny & the Professor) 1922 John Paul Hammerschmidt (Representative-R-AR, 1967- ) 1924 Dennis Weaver actor (McCloud) 1924 Peter Aldersley actor/disc jockey 1924 Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva composer 1925 Peter Blum German/South African/English poet (Capricorn) 1926 G Reinshagen writer 1926 Milton "Milt" Thompson US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15) 1928 Betsy Rawls Spartanburg SC, LPGA golfer (Hall of Fame, US Women's Open-51, 53, 57, 60) 1928 Hosni Mubarak Egyptian President (1981- ) 1928 Maynard Ferguson Verdun Québec Canada, jazz trumpeter (Birdland, Roulette) 1929 Audrey Hepburn [Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston] Brussels Belgium (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady) 1930 Roberta Peters New York NY, operatic soprano (New York Metropolitan) 1931 Ed Cassidy Chicago IL, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) 1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio) 1932 Fausto Razzi composer 1932 Susan Brown San Francisco, actress (General Hospital) 1934 Pete Barbutti Scranton PA, comedian (Garry Moore Show) 1936 El Cordobés [Manuel Benítez] Spanish toreador 1937 Hans Ulrich Lehmann composer 1938 Tyrone Davis US R&B singer (Are you serious) 1938 William J Bennett US Secretary of Education (1985-88) 1939 Amos Oz Jerusalem Israel, author (My Michael) 1940 Dick Curl Chester PA, offensive coordinator coach (Barcelona Dragons) 1941 George F Will political analyst (Night Line) 1942 Ronnie Bond drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing) 1943 Nickolas Ashford Fairfield SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock) 1943 Stella Parton sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch) 1944 Dave [Otto Levenbach] Dutch singer (Du coté the Chez Swann) 1944 Paul Gleason Jersey City NJ, actor (Breakfast Club, Die Hard) 1944 Peggy Santiglia McGannon New Jersey, rocker (Angels) 1944 Ronnie Bond drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing) 1945 George Wadenius rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1945 Monika van Paemel Belgian writer (Accursed Fathers) 1946 Renee Powell LPGA golfer 1948 Billy O'Donnell harness racer driver of the year (1984) 1949 Gerrit J P van Otterloo Dutch MP (PvdA) 1949 Sybil Danning [Danninger], Weis Austria, actress (Chained Heat) 1949 Zal Cleminson rocker (Alex Harvey Band) 1950 Darryl Hunt English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes) 1950 Hilly Hicks Los Angeles CA, actor (Roll Out, Roots) 1950 René CM van Asten Dutch actor (Herenstraat 10) 1951 Gene Greenwood (Representative-R-PA) 1951 Jackie [Sigmund Esco] Jackson Gary IN, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC) 1954 Julie Budd Brooklyn NY, singer (Child of Plenty) 1956 Jackie Bertsch LPGA golfer 1956 Michael L Gernhardt Mansfield OH, PhD/astronaut (STS 69, 83, 94, sk 100) 1956 Ulrike Meyfarth Frankfurt West Germany, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1972) 1957 Peter Sleep cricketer (Australian leg-spin all-rounder 1979-90) 1957 Richard E Grant Swaziland, actor (Posse, Bram Stoker's Dracula) 1958 Keith Haring Kutztown PA, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review) 1959 Randy Travis [Randy Bruce Traywick] Marshville NC, country singer (Forever and Ever Amen, Diggin' Up Bones) 1959 Robert Raymond Tway Oklahoma City OK, PGA golfer (1986 Shearson) 1959 Rohn Stark NFL punter (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1960 Martyn Moxon cricketer (England batsman in ten Tests 1986-89) 1961 Eugene Daniel NFL center (Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens) 1961 Jay Aston rocker 1961 Mary Elizabeth McDonough Van Nuys CA, actress (Erin-Waltons) 1962 Tracy Vaccaro Glendale CA, playmate (October, 1983) 1964 Goran Prpic Yugoslavia, tennis star 1965 Adri Bogers Dutch soccer player (Willem II) 1966 Monica Tranel [Michini] Billings MT, rower (Olympics-96) 1967 Derek MacCready CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos) 1967 John Child East York Ontario, beach volleyballer (Olympics-bronze-96) 1967 Matthew Crane Kimberton PA, actor (Matt Cory-Another World) 1968 Andre Collins NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals) 1968 Eddie Perez Cuidad Ojeda Venezuela, catcher (Atlanta Braves) 1968 Kevin Todd Winnipeg, NHL center (Los Angeles Kings) 1970 Dawn Staley Philadelphia PA, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96) 1971 Derrick Clark NFL/WLAF fullback (Broncos, Rhein Fire) 1971 Steve Glenn CFL linebacker (British Columbia Lions) 1972 Ethan Watts Philadelphia PA, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96) 1972 Gretchen Ulion ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98) 1972 Marc Lamb WLAF T (London Monarchs) 1973 Edward Hervey NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys) 1973 Matthew Barnaby Ottawa, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres) 1973 Melissa Boyd Miss Ohio USA (1996) 1973 Michelle Martinez Dallas TX, Miss America (Texas-Top 10-1997) 1975 Pablo Ruiz Buenos Aires Argentina, Spanish singer 1976 Heather Kozar Akron OH, playmate (January 1998) Deaths which occurred on May 04: 1594 Paul Buys Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 1604 Claudio Merulo composer, dies at 71 1605 Ulisse Aldrovandi Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 1752 Pieter Snyers Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 1770 Christian Gottfried Krause composer, dies at 51 1832 Jan van Speyck Dutch Admiral, buried in New Church 1855 Camille Pleyel Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 1860 Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek composer, dies 1879 William Froude British civil engineer/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 1885 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 1891 Sherlock Holmes "dies" at Reichenbach Falls 1893 George Washington Hewitt composer, dies at 82 1928 Barry E Odell Pain English writer (Punch), dies at 63 1929 Henry Morton Dunham composer, dies at 75 1935 Lodewijk Scharpé Flemish literature historian, dies at 65 1938 Carl von Ossietzky German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48 1953 Edward B B Shanks British poet/critic, dies at 60 1953 Thomas Tertius Noble composer, dies at 85 1955 Georges Enescu Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73 1955 Louis Breguet French aviation pioneer, dies at 75 1961 Anita Stewart dies of heart attack at 66 1965 Norman Brokenshire TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 1966 Juan Maria Thomas Sabater composer, dies at 69 1967 Bengt Axel von Torne composer, dies at 75 1969 F Osbert S Sitwell English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76 1970 Allison Krause 1 of 4 students at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 1970 Jeffrey Miller 1 of 4 students at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 1970 Sandy Scheuer 1 of 4 students at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 1970 William Schroeder 1 of 4 students at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 1971 Donald Dexter Van Slyke US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88 1971 Joseph Csaky Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83 1971 Louis de Bree [Louis C Davids] Dutch actor (Bluejackets), dies at 87 1973 Jane Bowles writer, dies at 56 1974 Israel Citkowitz composer, dies at 65 1974 John Wengraf actor (Pride & Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77 1975 Moe Howard [Moses Horowitz] comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77 1980 Josip Broz Tito leader of Yugoslavia (1945-80), dies at 87 1980 Kay Hammond actress (Blithe Spirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies in Brighton UK at 71 1981 Bobby Sands Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike 1983 Nino Sanzogno composer, dies at 72 1984 Diana Dors actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer 1987 Cathryn Damon actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56 1987 Dick Hillenius Dutch biologist/writer, dies at 59 1987 Paul Butterfield singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44 1990 Don Appell dies 1991 Dennis Crosby son of Bing, commits suicide at 54 1992 Henri Guillemin French historian, dies at 89 1992 Ismael Galeano "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies 1992 Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50 1994 Karl Francis Hettinger onion Field survivor, dies at 59 1995 Lewis T Preston banker, dies at 68 1995 Louis Krasner violinist, dies at 91 1996 Jean Crepin soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 1996 Stanley William Reed cineaste, dies at 85 1997 Alvy Moore actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75 1997 Vijayananda Dahanayake PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies On this day... 1303 Flemings conquers Middelburg 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha 1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides non-Christian world between Spain & Portugal 1494 Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica 1540 Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1572 Veere sides with Geuzen 1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons 1626 Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands 1634 Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies 1652 Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels 1715 French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris France) 1728 Georg F Händels opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto" premieres in London 1747 Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel 1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England 1780 American Academy of Arts & Science founded 1780 Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins 1st Epsom Derby 1783 Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus 1805 Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY 1814 Bourbon reign restored in France 1818 Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling 1834 Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean 1839 The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio 1843 Great-Britain annexes Natal 1846 US state of Michigan ends death penalty 1847 New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration 1851 1st major San Fransisco fire 1858 War of the Reform (México); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz 1861 At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast 1862 Battle at Williamsburg VA 1862 Yorktown VA - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville ends-Beaten Union army withdraws 1864 General Grant's Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock 1864 Ulysses S Grant crosses Rapidan & begins his duel with Robert E Lee 1865 Battle of Citronville AL; Richard Taylor surrenders 1865 Battle of Mobile AL 1866 Woodward's Gardens opens to public 1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Fort Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House 1883 John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Mississippi) 1886 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen 1888 Italy & Spain sign military covenant 1893 Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging 1896 1st edition of London Daily Mail (½ penny) 1896 Grease fire ignites ½ ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek CO 1897 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5 1897 Fire in Paris France bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 1898 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09 1899 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12 1910 Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent 1910 Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy 1910 Tel Aviv founded 1912 Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes 1915 Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany 1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare 1917 Arabs sack Tel Aviv 1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) 1919 FVC soccer team forms 1922 KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions 1923 Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist & police in Vienna 1923 New York state revokes Prohibition law 1924 8th modern Olympic games open in Paris France 1924 German Republic election fascists & communists win 1925 League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage 1926 General strike hits Britain 1927 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field IL) 1927 Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms 1927 Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928 1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive homeruns, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 1931 Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president 1932 Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary 1933 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) 1935 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05 1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn) 1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire 1940 21 "not neutral" Nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands 1940 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05 1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) 1942 Food 1st rationed in US 1942 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages 1942 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) 1943 National League's Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier 1945 German troops in Netherlands, Denmark & Norway surrender 1946 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Fransisco bay 1946 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6 1946 Washington Senator's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped 1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death 1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives) 1952 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open 1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ernest Hemingway (Old Man & The Sea) 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam 1956 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1957 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2 1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show 1957 Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam 1958 Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen President of Colombia 1959 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win 1959 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB) 1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland 1961 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South 1961 1st on-the-road Spacemobile lecture given. 1961 Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon 1961 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1963 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8 1963 Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game 1964 "Another World" & "As the World Turns" premiere on TV 1964 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva 1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism) 1965 Willie Mays 512th homerun breaks Mel Ott's 511th National League record homerun 1966 Soviet Government signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR 1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7 1968 1st ABA championship: Pittsburgh Pipers beat New Orleans Buccaneers, 4 games to 3 1968 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 2:02½ 1968 Dancer's Image disqualified due to drugs after winning 94th Kentucky Derby 1969 Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody" premieres in NYC 1969 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1969 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games 1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio 1970 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt 1970 Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) 1972 Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam 1973 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)- Valerie Perrine 1973 BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella 1973 Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 1973 Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope 1973 Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK 1974 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04 1975 Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots 1975 Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time 1975 Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 7 performances 1978 Russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany 1979 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) 1979 Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st 1979 NASA launches Fltsatcom-2 1980 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning 1980 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament 1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958 1981 Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles 1981 Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0) 1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2 1982 British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket 1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles win series 4-0 1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans 1983 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China 1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) 1985 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2 1986 President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán 1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1989 Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit homerun on 1st at bat 1989 US launches Magellan to Venus 1989 US space shuttle STS-30 launched 1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger 1990 Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence 1990 Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher record of 41 consecutive scoreless innings 1990 Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah 1991 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03 1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent 1991 Actress Sharon Gless & producer Barney Rosenzeig wed 1991 Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9) 1991 Morris K Udall (Representative-D-AZ), resigns due to Parkinson disease 1991 New York Mets M Sasser & Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch homeruns 1991 President Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat 1993 "Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 performances 1994 Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II 1994 Courtney Love cleared of drug charges 1996 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01 1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel 1996 Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st American League team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917 1997 Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic 1997 Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open 1997 Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders 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