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1649 James Scott Duke, of Monmouth 1754 Pieter Paul, lawyer/chairman (National Meeting) 1794 Theobald B”hm, flautist/composer 1798 Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano 1802 Elias L”nrot, folklorist 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer 1806 Louis count of Barrthy nyi, premier of Hungary 1812 Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 1821 Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil) 1826 Thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 1830 Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography 1835 Leopold II, King of Belgium (1865-1909) 1847 Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer 1848 Helena Lange, German feminist 1851 C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies) 1861 Charles Holroyd, painter/etcher 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity 1865 Erich Ludendorff, general (Germany) 1872 L‚on Blum, French premier (People's front govt) 1879 Gerald Festus Kelly, artist 1879 W C Fields, [William Claude Dukinfield], Phila (or 01291880) 1888 Sol Hurok, theatrical impresario 1889 Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on the Don Russia, composer/concert violinist 1895 Mance Lipscomb, Texas, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper) 1898 Earl "Curly" Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers) 1898 Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer 1898 Paul Robeson, Philadelphia, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer 19-- Alvaro Torres, spanish entertainer 19-- Chris Durham, actor (Capitol) 19-- Vincent Bufano, NYC, actor (Turtle-Flatbush, Rick-Eischied) 1900 Allen Jenkins, NYC, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit) 1903 Gregory Pincus, inventor (birth control pill) 1903 Ward Bond, Denver Colo, actor (Seth-Wagon Trains) 1905 J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark) 1906 Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dressden Opera 1928-29) 1906 Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour party 1908 Victor Vasarely, painter (Op Art) 1909 Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio 1909 Robert Murray Halpmann, dancer 1910 Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct) 1911 Lord Deramore, architect 1914 Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes) 1917 Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer 1918 J”rn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) 1919 John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC) 1920 Alex Moulton, bicycle designer 1920 Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz) 1920 David Walker, Professor of Law (Glasgow University) 1920 F Don Miller, Racine Wisc, Boxing coach (Olympic-1956) 1921 Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet) 1922 Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop (Hallam) 1922 Michael Palliser, head of British diplomatic service 1925 Michael Richardson, vice chairman (N M Rotschild) 1925 Tom Jackson, British union leader (Post Office) 1926 Graham Hills, principal (Strathclyde University, England) 1926 Harris Wofford, (Sen-R-Pennsylvania) 1926 Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher (Playboy) 1926 Lord Fitt, MP (Belfast Ireland) 1926 Michael Ogden, QC 1928 Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant 1928 Floyd D Spence, (Rep-R-SC, 1971- ) 1928 Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer, proposed poisoning pigeons 1929 Harvey Lichtenstein, pres Bkln Academy of Music 1931 Bill Gilbert, Wasah DC, sports author (They Also Served, Big E) 1931 Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies) 1932 Carl Perkins, Jackson Tn, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes) 1932 Jim Fowler, Albany Ga, naturalist (Wild Kingdom) 1932 Peter Moores. director of Littlewoods 1933 Gian Maria Volont, Milan Italy, actress (Fistful of Dollars) 1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo, Paris France, actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique) 1933 Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy (Strathclyde University) 1935 Avery Schreiber, Chicago Ill, comedian (My Mother the Car) 1936 Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa & New Guinea) 1937 Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, UK, sci-fi author (Collision Course) 1937 Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster 1939 Michael Learned, Wash DC, actress (Olivia-Waltons, Nurse) 1941 Hannah Gordon, actress (Oh Alfie) 1942 Brandon De Wilde, Bkln NY, actor (Jamie, Wild in the Sky) 1942 Earl F Hillard, (Rep-D-Alabama) 1942 Galina Koulakova, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1972) 1946 Alan Knott, cricketer 1946 Les Gray, vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In) 1946 Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace) 1948 Chico Ryan, rocker (Sha Na Na) 1950 Kenneth D Cockrell, Austin Texas, Astronaut (STS 56) 1950 Nathan Cook, Phila Pa, actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel) 1954 Dennis Quaid, Houston TX, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff) 1957 Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer 1957 Severlano Ballesteros, Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88) 1958 Tony Sibson, boxer 1961 Mark Kelly, rock keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel) 1965 Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov Czech, Sports Ill swimsuit covergirl 1971 Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 (Oly-1988) 1979 Keshia Knight Pulliam, Newark NJ, actress (Rudy-Crosby) 1990 Marston Glenn Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner & Kimberley Conrad Back to GREGSITE Passings for April 09715 Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies 1024 Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies 1483 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38 1492 Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies 1553 Fran‡ois Rabelais, author (Gargabtua & Pantagruel), dies at 63 1557 Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies 1626 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies 1747 Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England 1761 William Law, theologian, dies 1804 Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman 1807 John Opie, infant prodigy/painter/illustrator, dies 1850 William Prout, physician/chemist, dies 1852 John Howard Payne, actor/playwright, dies 1882 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet/pre-Raphaelite painter, dies 1904 Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73 1909 Charles Conder, artist, dies 1917 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I 1940 Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress/mistress of Sean O'Casey, dies 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged 1945 Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged 1945 Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged 1945 Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged 1948 Jorge Elecier Gait n, Colombian politician, murdered 1951 Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89 1961 Milk I, [Ahmed Zogu], PM/president/king of Angolia, dies at 65 1961 Zog, King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65 1962 Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70 1982 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies 1982 Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85 1984 Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies 1988 Brook Benton, singer, dies at 56 of meningitis 1988 Dave Prater, singer, dies at 50 in an auto accident 1991 Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73 1993 Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch politician (KVP), dies at 74 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for April 09[Bolivia] National Day (1952) [Latvia] independence (1918) [Tunisia] Martyrs' Day [US, England] Churchill Day (1963) 0410 [Philippines] Bataan Day (1942) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for April 09[Christian] Feast of St Gaucherius [Christian] Feast of St Hugh of Rouen [Christian] Feast of St Mary Cleophas [Christian] Feast of St Uramar [Christian] Feast of St Waldetrudis of Waudru 1761 [Ang] Commemoration of William Law, priest 1945 [Luth] Commemoration of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, teacher 1998 [Christian] Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) Back to GREGSITE Special events for April 09 Golf Masters Championship (Atlanta) ends Golf Masters Championship (Atlanta) begins 715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans 1388 Battle of N„fels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army 1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II 1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) 1682 La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1770 Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) 1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila) 1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain 1833 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH) 1838 National Galley opens in London 1861 Asteroid 66, Maia discovered 1861 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #66 Maja 1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill LA 1865 Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama 1865 Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox 1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto 1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada 1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves 1898 Paul Robeson, actor (Emperor Jones) 1906 3«th modern Olympic games opens in Athens (4/22 NS) 1907 P Lowell discovers asteroid #793 Arizona 1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard) 1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for NY 1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 1914 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh & Devil" (London) 1914 Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico 1917 Battle of Arras begins 1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops 1918 Latvia proclaims independence 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital 1927 Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences 1928 Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil" 1928 Turkey passes separation of church & state 1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period 1931 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita 1932 Tor Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games for Stanley Cup 1935 Montreal Maroons sweep Tor Maple Leafs 3 games to 0 for Stanley Cup 1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1715 Salli 1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial 1940 Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders) 1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame 1942 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sunk during British air raid 1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings 1946 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 1947 Atomic Energy Commission formed 1947 Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year 1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance 1950 Jimmy Demaret wins 3rd Masters golf tournament 1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia 1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue 1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping 1959 1st 7 astronauts presented to press 1959 Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators) 1959 Bill Sharman hits a record 56 consecutive foul shot 1959 Boston Celtics win 8th consecutive NBA championship (record) 1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury 1960 Boston beats St Louis, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle 1962 Arnold Palmer wins his 3rd Masters golf tournament 1962 JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium 1966 Anaheim Stadium for Calif Angels opens 1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out 1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down 1968 German DR adopts constitution 1968 Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta 1968 Minn's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference 1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles 1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK 1972 Jack Nicklaus wins Masters golf tournament 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins 1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles 1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 1981 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru 1982 LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth 1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penality shot 1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game 1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character 1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game 1987 Wayne Gretsky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ 1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round 1988 US imposes economic sanctions on Panama 1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car 1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premiers on ABC-TV 1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees 1990 NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC) 1991 Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 1991 Georgia SSR votes to seceede from USSR 1992 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway 1992 John Majors, (C) elected PM of England 1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges 1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos Back to GREGSITE Facts for April 0999th day of year with 266 days left (Numerology = 4) 1977 25øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1991 86øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on April 0904/09/48 --- St. Louis Blues March --- Beneke, Tex 04/09/55 --- Unchained Melody --- Baxter, Les 04/09/55 --- Unchained Melody --- Hibbler, Al 04/09/55 --- Breeze And I, The --- Valente, Caterina 04/09/66 --- Sloop John B --- Beach Boys 04/09/83 --- Let's Dance --- Bowie, David 04/09/83 --- Overkill --- Men At Work 04/09/88 --- I Don't Want To Live Without You --- Foreigner 04/09/88 --- Aways On My Mind --- Pet Shop Boys 04/09/88 --- Wait --- White Lion |
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