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This Day in History

Today in History for 21st April 2013

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1509 – Henry the VIII becomes King of England
1914 – US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1976 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 – “Annie” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
1980 – Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
1985 – Patty Sheehan wins LPGA JandB Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

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Famous Birthdays

1651 – Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
1887 – Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer
1911 – Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage
1912 – Marcel Camus, French director, Orfeu negro)
1948 – Claire Denis, Paris France, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat)
1970 – Nicole Sullivan, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1509 – Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52
1793 – John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)
1918 – “Red Baron”, [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
1982 – Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O’Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
1989 – James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil’s Holiday), dies at 64
1996 – Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter, dies at 93

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This Day in History

Today in History for 20th April 2013

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1799 – Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1957 – Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway
1968 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada’s PM
1971 – Barbra Streisand records “We’ve Only Just Begun”
1973 – Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit
1997 – “Present Laughter,” closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC

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Famous Birthdays

1893 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian
1940 – Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer)
1958 – Viacheslav Fetisov, Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Detroit)
1971 – John Senden, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1977 – Johnny “The Bull” Stamboli, professional wrestler
1981 – Matus Valent, male fitness model

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Famous Deaths

1314 – Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies
1521 – Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)
1874 – Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)
1962 – Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82
1999 – Victims and shooters of the Columbine High School massacre
2007 – Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 19th April 2013

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1770 – Capt James Cook 1st sees Australia
1911 – 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6
1935 – 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4
1947 – AAU record for a 25′ rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
1982 – Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
1989 – Republic Day in Sierra Leone

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Famous Birthdays

1891 – Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband)
1913 – Cyril English, British educator
1928 – John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
1935 – Peter Scott, QC
1953 – Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger)
1972 – Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer

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Famous Deaths

1618 – Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566)
1923 – Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
1983 – Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
1986 – Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
1994 – Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
2008 – Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1935)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 18th April 2013

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1876 – Daniel O’Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min
1934 – 1st andquot;Washateriaandquot; (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth, Tx)
1935 – Gen Sarazen’s double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
1968 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 – Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1991 – Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census

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Famous Birthdays

1857 – Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial
1912 – John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer
1979 – Michael Bradley, American basketball player
1979 – Anthony Davidson, British Formula One driver
1979 – Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer
1987 – Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer

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Famous Deaths

1689 – George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies
1818 – Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
1871 – Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64
1879 – Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies
1955 – Don Blackie, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46
1990 – Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (b. 1921)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 17th April 2013

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1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America.
1969 – Czechoslovakia’s Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
1975 – Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day)
1983 – Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
1984 – Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
1997 – John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker

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Famous Birthdays

1845 – Isabel Barrows, US, editor/penologist (Conference on Negro Question)
1934 – Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer (invented bubblegum music)
1939 – Robin Knox-Johnston, yachtsman
1946 – J R Baines, professor (Egyptologist)
1973 – Ross Aloisi, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1982 – Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model

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Famous Deaths

1838 – J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71
1941 – Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)
1987 – Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (b. 1901)
1995 – Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator, dies at 88
1995 – A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs and 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies
1996 – Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82

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This Day in History

Today in History for 16th April 2013

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1509 – French army under Louis XII enters Alps
1866 – Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Co office explodes
1940 – 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)
1945 – Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
1972 – 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
1989 – Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup

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Famous Birthdays

1904 – Clifford Case, (Sen-R-NJ)
1909 – Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian
1927 – Pope Benedict XVI [Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger], Marktl, Bavaria, Germany
1958 – Philip Bainbridge, British cricketeer
1965 – Gerardo, rocker
1978 – Matthew Lloyd, Australian rules footballer

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Famous Deaths

69 – Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32)
1788 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707)
1904 – Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer and reformer (b. 1812)
1955 – Abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded
1995 – Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child slave labourer, activist (b. 1982)
2005 – Marla Ruzicka, American humanitarian worker and peace activist (b. 1976)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 15th April 2013

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1632 – Battle of Rain; Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat Count Tilly of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Yearsand#039; War.
1906 – The Armenian organization AGBU is established.
1910 – Taft is 1st pres to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
1952 – Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games
1957 – KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1977 – 1st baseball game at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

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Famous Birthdays

1688 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
1800 – James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)
1850 – John Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president
1940 – Robert Walker Jr, NYC, actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver)
1955 – Enith Salle Brigitha, Neth, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1971 – Katy Hill, British television presenter

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Famous Deaths

1220 – Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1632 – George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)
1854 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)
1889 – Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)
1912 – William T. Stead American author and journalist. (b. 1849)
1962 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (b. 1911)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 14th April 2013

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1921 – NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games
1969 – Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
1978 – 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1980 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner’s Song)
1991 – “Mule Bone” closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 perfs
1996 – Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games

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Famous Birthdays

1892 – Giorgio Cesana, Italy, coxswain, (Olympic-gold-1906)
1924 – Shorty Rogers, [Milton M Rajonsky], composer
1936 – Robert Herman Nichols, Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1986 Showdown)
1965 – Tom Dey, American film director
1965 – Stan Humphries, NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers)
1971 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer, (d. 2012)

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Famous Deaths

1099 – Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death
1574 – Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at 35
1695 – Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73
1965 – Leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82
1976 – Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60
1996 – Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at 50

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This Day in History

Today in History for 13th April 2013

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1180 – Republic day of Gelnhausen
1598 – Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1914 – 1st Federal League Game: Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2
1934 – US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act
1985 – Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead
1992 – “2 Trains Running” opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 perfs

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Famous Birthdays

1519 – Catherine deand#039; Medici, Italian born Queen consort to Henry II of France and later regent to her sons
1913 – David Donald Albritton, Danville Al, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1936)
1935 – Peter Heap, diplomat
1939 – Paul Sorvino, actor (Chiefs, Dick Tracy)
1947 – Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer andamp; former minister
1983 – Schalk Burger, South African rugby player

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Famous Deaths

1517 – Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged
1635 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)
1945 – Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (b. 1874)
1971 – Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
2006 – Bill Baker, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2008 – John Wheeler, American physicist and educator (b. 1911)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 12th April 2013

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1858 – 1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
1917 – Domenico Scarlatti and Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
1917 – Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)
1962 – San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area)
1966 – Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
1992 – “Streetcar Named Desire” opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs

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Famous Birthdays

1838 – John Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician
1914 – Armen Alchian, American economist
1920 – Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia)
1930 – Manuel Neri, American artist
1937 – Igor Petrovich Volk, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12)
1966 – Lorenzo White, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)

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Famous Deaths

1550 – Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1912 – Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90
1962 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1966 – Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
1987 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler
2006 – Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 11th April 2013

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1564 – England and France sign Peace of Troyes
1906 – Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1921 – KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1945 – US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp “Buchenwald”
1968 – W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1991 – “Miss Saigon,” opens at Broadway Theater NYC

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Famous Birthdays

1661 – Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet
1908 – Masura Ibuka, industrialist
1917 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993)
1969 – Jesse Campbell, NFL safety (NY Giants, Washington Redskins)
1972 – Kunihiko Sakurai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1972 – Dietrich Jells, wide receiver (New England Patriots)

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Famous Deaths

678 – Donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies
1723 – John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)
1887 – Pyotr Petrovich Sokal’sky, composer, dies at 54
1945 – Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29
1991 – Tom Rosqui, dies at 62
1993 – Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973..92), dies at 63

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Today in History for 10th April 2013

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837 – Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth
1961 – 25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280
1976 – Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
1977 – Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women’s International Golf Satellite
1981 – Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
1993 – BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr

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Famous Birthdays

401 – Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor
1880 – Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
1926 – Jacques Casterede, composer
1926 – “Alvin” Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw)
1972 – Richard Wearne, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1974 – Petros Passalis, Greek footballer

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Famous Deaths

1646 – Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
1955 – Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68
1956 – Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75
1975 – Sophia JW “Sophie” Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at 86
2005 – Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2009 – Deborah Digges, American poet (b. 1950)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 9th April 2013

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1724 – 1st Easter [NS=April 16]
1912 – 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
1959 – Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1962 – JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington’s new DC Stadium
1986 – “Dallas” announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
1989 – Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic

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Famous Birthdays

1883 – Renzo Bossi, composer
1895 – Michel Simon, [Francois], Geneva Switzerland
1909 – Robert Murray Halpmann, dancer
1946 – Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace)
1965 – Paolo Cane, Itaty, tennis star
1971 – Jacques Villeneuve, French-Canadian race car driver

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Famous Deaths

1693 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
1879 – Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70
1947 – Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43
1966 – Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at 57
1998 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
2011 – Sidney Lumet, American film director (b. 1924)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 8th April 2013

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1931 – Dmitri Sjostakovitch’ ballet “The Arrow,” premieres
1950 – “Miss Liberty” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
1972 – Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
1985 – India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1995 – BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted
2000 – Nineteen Marines are killed when a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona.

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Famous Birthdays

1911 – Emil Mihai Cioran, writer/aphorist
1929 – WIlliam K Everson, film historian
1955 – David Wu, Taiwanese-born American politician
1967 – Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin, cricketer (WI like his namesake)
1973 – Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer
1976 – Jim Farnum, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)

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Famous Deaths

1735 – Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (b. March 27, 1676)
1919 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. 1848)
1943 – Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed
1966 – George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79
2008 – Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)
2010 – Malcolm McLaren, British music manager and musician (b. 1946)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 7th April 2013

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1584 – Ieper surrenders to duke Van Parma
1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
1953 – Dag Hammarskjoeld of Sweden elected 2nd UN general-secretary
1963 – Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
1963 – Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
1997 – Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Myers FL on WRXK 96.1 FM

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Famous Birthdays

1848 – Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930)
1882 – Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33)
1942 – Jeetendra, Indian actor
1947 – Charles ‘skip’ Pitts, Washington D.C., soul and blues guitarist (Shaft), (d. 2012)
1954 – Jackie Chan, martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx)
1969 – Peggy Clasen, St Paul Minn, speed skater (Olympics-1994)

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Famous Deaths

1739 – Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)
1766 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch classicist, dies at 81
1778 – Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer, dies at 52
1961 – Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly), dies at 62
1987 – Maxine Sullivan, [Williams], US actress (Going Places), dies at 75
1997 – Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 6th April 2013

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1652 – Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under John of Riebeeck
1727 – Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover
1883 – Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Speckled Band” (BG)
1906 – 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
1955 – Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1994 – Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns

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Famous Birthdays

1483 – Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)
1651 – André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
1812 – Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870)
1927 – David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor (University of Kent at Canterbury)
1969 – Brian Williams, NBA center/forward (Detroit Pistons, LA Clippers)
1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player

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Famous Deaths

1490 – Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies
1825 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)
1978 – Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
1997 – Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Wash Redskins), dies at 84
2003 – David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963)
2010 – Wilma Mankiller, Native-American activist, chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1945)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 5th April 2013

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1874 – Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead, England. Designed by Joseph Paxton
1889 – Start of Sherlock Holmes’ “Adventure of Copper Beeches” (BG)
1916 – French troops occupy Bois de Caillette
1944 – World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
1944 – 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse
2009 – North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.

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Famous Birthdays

1799 – Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer
1871 – Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1913?)
1937 – Stuart May, senior partner (Theodore Goddard)
1939 – David Winters, London England, choreographer (Steve Allen Comedy Hour)
1944 – Nicholas Caldwell, rocker (Whispers)
1972 – Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver

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Famous Deaths

1717 – Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
1820 – Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81
1871 – Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66
1979 – Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)
1995 – Christian Pineau, French politician, dies
2005 – Dale Messick, American comic strip artist (b. 1906)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 4th April 2013

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1588 – Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark
1687 – King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church
1862 – US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond during US Civil War
1899 – South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
1947 – Largest group of sunspots on record
1988 – Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds Vs Cards)

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Famous Birthdays

1908 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author (Cheaper by the Dozen)
1919 – Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)
1938 – Peter Attenborough, British headmaster (Charterhouse)
1957 – Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats andamp; Star)
1971 – John Zandig, American professional wrestler
1986 – Aiden McGeady, Republic of Ireland and Celtic footballer,

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Famous Deaths

1862 – Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45
1874 – Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
1963 – Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
1992 – Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
1992 – Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies
1996 – Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist, dies at 97

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This Day in History

Today in History for 3rd April 2013

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1721 – Robert Walpole becomes England‘s 1st Lord of the Treasury
1962 – Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1966 – Luna 10 orbits Moon
1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to “Vietnamize” the war effort.
1983 – 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
1985 – Players’ Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games

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Famous Birthdays

1715 – William Watson, English physician and scientist (d. 1787)
1812 – Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I)
1874 – Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer
1903 – Peter Huchel, writer
1937 – William Gaunt, Leeds England, actor (Champions)
1942 – Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks)

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Famous Deaths

1691 – Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1608)
1882 – Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford
1950 – Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50
1966 – Russel Crouse, US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73
1987 – Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
1993 – Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat, dies at 83

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This Day in History

Today in History for 2nd April 2013

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1590 – States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
1877 – 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1878 – 1st issue of Rotterdam’s Newspaper
1980 – Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
1991 – Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
2001 – 63rd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis

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Famous Birthdays

1863 – Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)
1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991)
1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
1959 – Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, NYC, 5K runner
1962 – Clark Gregg, American actor
1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer

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Famous Deaths

1657 – Jean-Jacques Olier – French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
1865 – Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
1872 – Samuel Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
1892 – Willem J d’Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79
1951 – Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
1961 – Wallingford Riegger, US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History