This Day in History for 9th April

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 179

193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
475 - Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
715 - Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1241 - Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans
1388 - Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
1413 - Henry V is crowned King of England.
1440 - Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
1454 - Milan and Venice sign peace of Lodi
1474 - Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians
1483 - Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He was never crowned, and disappeared, presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard (the "Princes in the Tower")
1538 - Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union
1555 - Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II
1609 - Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact
Roman Emperor Septimius Severus1621 - Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
1667 - 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)
1682 - Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1691 - French troops occupy Mons
1731 - British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain
1768 - John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies
1783 - Tippu Sahib drives out British from Bednore, India
1808 - Mayor Wolters offers French King Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
1814 - Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance of the Netherlands
1816 - African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila)
1829 - Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
Statesman John Hancock1833 - 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)
1838 - UK National Gallery re-opens in its new dedicated building in Trafalgar Square, London
1864 - Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities
1864 - Union surgeon Mary Edwards Walker is captured by Confederate troops and arrested as a spy during US Civil War.
1865 - US Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
1866 - Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto
1869 - Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada
1870 - American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
1872 - Samuel R Percy patents dried milk
1894 - 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
17th US President Andrew Johnson1906 - 3½th modern Olympic games opens in Athens (4/22 NS)
1909 - The US Congress pass the Payne-Aldrich bill, raising certain tariffs on goods entering the United States
1912 - 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
1913 - Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
1914 - "World, the Flesh & the Devil", 1st color film, shown in London
1914 - Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico
1914 - US President W Wilson refuses to recognize Huerta as President of Mexico on the ground that he has not been elected by the people
1916 - The Libau sets sail from Germany with a cargo of 20,000 rifles to assist Irish republicans; Captain Karl Spindler changes the name of the vessel to the Aud to avoid British detection
1917 - Battle of Arras begins
1917 - Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
1918 - Latvia proclaims independence
1923 - Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman" premieres in Dublin
1923 - In 'Adkins vs Children's Hospital', the US Supreme Court finds that the minimum wage law for women and children, adopted by the District of Columbia, is unconstitutional
Baseball Legend Babe Ruth1925 - Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
1927 - Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences
1928 - Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed" premieres in Pasadena
1928 - Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
1928 - Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
1928 - Turkey passes separation of church & state
1931 - Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
1932 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games
1935 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
1939 - Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
1940 - German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
1940 - Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)
1941 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
Actress Mae West1942 - Battle of Bataan; US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
1944 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
1945 - Battleship Admiral Scheer sunk by RAF bombing in Kiel
1945 - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1945 - NFL requires players to wear long stockings
1945 - World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, East Prussia, ends.
1946 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1947 - Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
1947 - Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
1947 - Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
1948 - Massacre at Deir Yassin.
1949 - UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages
Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher1950 - 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
1950 - 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party & South Pacific win
1950 - Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance
1952 - Popular uprising in Bolivia
1952 - Hugo Ballivian's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines
1953 - "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
1953 - Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film, entitled House of Wax.
1954 - WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 - Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy" premieres in Wash DC
1957 - Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
1959 - Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators)
NBA Guard Bill Sharman1959 - Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1959 - NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
1959 - 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minn Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title
1960 - 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
1960 - South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
1962 - 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
1962 - 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story", Sophia Loren & Maximillian Schell win
1962 - JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
1963 - Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen
1965 - Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in UK
1965 - India & Pakistan engage in border fight
Baseball Legend Mickey Mantle1965 - 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition asMickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1966 - Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens
1967 - "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 perfs
1967 - 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
1967 - 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer Jr wins, shooting a 280

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 242

1336 - Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror and founder of the Timurid Dynasty (d. 1405)
1498 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)
1597 - John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)
1611 - Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer
1627 - Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer
1634 - Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau
1648 - Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
1649 - James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II
1680 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754)
Turkic Conqueror Tamerlane(1336)1686 - James Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721)
1691 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
1716 - Johann Georg Zechner, composer
1717 - Georg Matthias Monn, composer
1751 - Emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1]
1754 - Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer
1754 - Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO (National Convention)
1757 - Wojciech Boguslawski, composer
1770 - Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831)
1773 - Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824
1785 - Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835)
1791 - George Peacock, Denton County Durham, English Mathematician (algebraic theory)
1794 - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (d. 1881)
1798 - Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano
1806 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer
1812 - Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), (d. 1887)
1821 - Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)
1826 - Thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), (d. 1885)
1830 - Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography
1835 - Leopold II, King of Belgians (1865-1909)
1847 - Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer
1847 - Francis William Davenport, composer
1848 - F A MacKinnon, cricketer (later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon)
1848 - Helena Lange, German feminist
1850 - Herman Zumpe, composer
1851 - C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies)
1854 - Seaborn M Denson, composer
1855 - Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet
1861 - Charles Holroyd, painter/etcher
1864 - Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, English electrical Engineer and Inventor, born in Liverpool, England
1865 - Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity
1865 - Erich Ludendorff, general (Germany)
1867 - Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
1871 - Arthur Fickenscher, composer
1872 - Leon Blum, French premier (People's front government)
1874 - Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet)
1879 - Gerald Festus Kelly, artist
1882 - Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (d. 1946)
1883 - Renzo Bossi, composer
1884 - Franco Vittadini, composer
1888 - Florence Smith Price, US composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932)
1888 - Sol Hurok, theatrical impresario
1889 - Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer/violinist
1891 - John Gobau, Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights)
1894 - Ernest Kanitz, composer
1895 - Mance Lipscomb, Texas, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper)
1895 - Michel Simon, [Francois], Geneva Switzerland
1895 - Rudolf Kattnigg, composer
NFL Head Coach Curly Lambeau (1898)1898 - [Earl] Curly Lambeau, Green Bay Wisconsin, NFL coach (GB Packers)
1898 - Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer
1898 - Paul Robeson, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1899 - James Smith McDonnell, American aviator and engineer, born in Denver, Colorado
1900 - Allen Jenkins, Staten Island, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit)
1901 - Paul Willis, American actor (d. 1960)
1902 - Frantisek Suchy, composer [or April 21, 1891]
1903 - Gregory Pincus, inventor (birth control pill) [or Nov 9]
1903 - Ward Bond, actor (Seth-Wagon Trains), born in Denver, Colorado
1903 - Willem Pee, Belgian linguist
1904 - Lyle Latell, IA, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon)
1904 - Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972)
1905 - J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)
1906 - Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29
1906 - Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, MP (Labour)
1906 - Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996)
1908 - Fred Lohse, composer
1908 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter/author (Op Art)
1909 - Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio
1909 - Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer
1909 - Robert Helpmann, Mount Gambier, Australia, actor/dancer (Second Time Lucky, The Red Shoes)
1910 - Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)
1910 - Sharon Lynn, Weatherford TX, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast)
1911 - Albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)
1911 - Lord Deramore, architect
1912 - Lew Kopelew, Russian author (d. 1997)
1914 - Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)
1915 - Daniel Johnson, Sr., Quebec politician (d. 1968)
1917 - Johannes Bobrowski, writer
1917 - Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer
1917 - Brad Dexter, American actor (d. 2002)
1918 - Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)
1919 - John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)
1920 - Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)
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, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet), born in NYC, New York
1921 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French motorsports official (FIA) (d. 2008)
1922 - Carl Amery, writer
1922 - Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop (Hallam)
1922 - Michael Palliser, head of British diplomatic service
1923 - Bruno Kiefer, composer

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 9 of 9

Detective Writer Erle Stanley Gardner (1912)1912 - Detective writer Erle Stanley Gardner (22) weds Natalie Talbert
1913 - US Admiral Chester Nimitz (28) weds Catherine Freeman (21) in Wollaston, Massachusetts
1953 - Biologist Alexander Fleming (34) weds doctor Amalia Koutsouri-Vourekas (41)
1964 - Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (22) weds co-worker Marlynn Myers
1966 - Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
1981 - NFL coach Bill Cowher (23) weds Kaye Young
1994 - Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30)
2005 - His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles
2010 - Philadelphia Eagles long snapper Jon Dorenbos (30) weds Julie Lesicki at St. Augstine Catholic Church in Philadelphia

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

Singer and Actress Jennifer Lopez (2012)2012 - Salsa artist Marc Anthony (42) divorces pop star and actress Jennifer Lopez(43) due to irreconcilable differences after 7 years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 105

93 - Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty
491 - Zeno, Byzantine Emperor
715 - Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies
1024 - Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies
1137 - William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
1483 - Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) (b.1442)
1484 - Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473), son of Richard III King of England
1492 - Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent), leading Florentine statesman and patron of the arts during Florentine Renaissance, dies aged 43
1553 - Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49
1557 - Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies
Statesman/PhilosopherFrancis Bacon (1626)1626 - Francis Bacon, English statesman and philosopher, dies from pneumonia at 65
1654 - Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1588)
1681 - Alfonso Marsh, composer, dies at 54
1693 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
1747 - Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England
1754 - Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75
1761 - William Law, British minister and theologian (b. 1686)
1765 - Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77
1793 - Ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62
1804 - Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies
1806 - William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic dies at 58
1807 - John Opie, Engl painter/illustrator: Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45
1821 - Felix Maximo Lopez, composer, dies at 78
Princess of Orange Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel(1765)1850 - William Prout, physician/chemist, dies
1851 - Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80
1852 - John Howard Payne, actor/playwright (Fair Warning), dies
1862 - George W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50
1865 - Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32
1872 - Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
1876 - Charles Goodyear, American politician (b. 1804)
1879 - Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70
1882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter, dies at 53
1886 - Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60
1889 - Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786)
1893 - Disma Fumagalli, composer, dies at 66
1904 - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73
1909 - Charles Conder, artist, dies
1909 - Helena Modrzejewska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
1916 - Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62
1917 - Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1917 - James Hope Moulton, British scholar of Classical Greek (b. 1863)
1923 - Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies
1931 - Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67
1933 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55
1936 - Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (b. 1855)
1939 - Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89
1940 - Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies
1944 - Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59
1944 - Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (b. 1920)
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
1945 - Georg Elser, failed assassin of Hitler (b. 1903)
1947 - Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43
1948 - George Carpenter, Australian Salvation Army general (b. 1872)
1948 - Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b. 1903)
1951 - Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies
1951 - Vilhelm F K Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89
1954 - Philip Greeley Clapp, composer, dies at 65
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1959)1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89
1961 - Zog I, [Ahmed Zogu], King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65
1962 - Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70
1966 - Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at 57
1970 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (b. 1896)
1976 - Akio Yashiro, composer, dies at 46
1976 - Phil Ochs, singer (Draft Dodger Rag), commits suicide at 35
1978 - Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (b.1883)
1979 - Staats Cotsworth, dies at 71
1980 - Kathleen Burke, dies
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
1986 - Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64
1988 - Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis
1988 - Dave Prater, rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
1991 - Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73
1991 - Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948)
1992 - Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77
1992 - Ruth Hammond, dies in her sleep at 96
1993 - Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 74
1994 - Cornelis N "Cor" van Dis Jr, Dutch MP (1971-94), dies at 71
1994 - Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59
1994 - Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87
1994 - Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
1995 - James Bullock, colliery manager, dies at 92
1996 - James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls), dies at 81
1996 - Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist, dies at 83
1996 - Richard Thomas Condon, author, dies at 81
1996 - Sandy Becker, NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74
1997 - Helene Hanff, author (84 Charing Cross Road), dies at 80
1998 - Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
1999 - Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Niger politician and general (b. 1949)
2001 - Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)
2002 - Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
2002 - Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (b. 1926)
2006 - Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (b. 1916)
2006 - Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (b. 1924)
2007 - Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (b. 1930)
2009 - Nick Adenhart, MLB pitcher (b. 1986)

1967 - Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down
1967 - The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
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
1969 - 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
1969 - Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
1971 - Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
1972 - "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 506 performances
1972 - 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
1972 - Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand v WI
1972 - USSR & Iraq sign friendship treaty
1973 - 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283
1973 - Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1973 - Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
MacDonalds EntreprenuerRay Kroc1974 - Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies & gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1975 - 24 OECD members sign an agreement to establish a $25 billion lending facility to provide assistance to industrial nations hurt by high oil prices
1976 - US & Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
1977 - Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
1978 - 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
1978 - Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, & 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
1978 - David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
1978 - Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's George Gervinscores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)
1979 - 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter", Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win
1980 - Belgium's Marten's government resigns
1980 - Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles
Actress Jane Fonda1980 - Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
1981 - Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands wins a by-election to be elected as a Member of Parliament at Westminster; the law is later changed to prevent prisoners standing in elections
1981 - LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
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 penalty shot
1984 - 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment", Robert Duvall & Shirley MacLaine win
1985 - White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
1986 - "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
Ice Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky1987 - For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) in a Stanley Cup game and passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
1988 - "Les Miserables" opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
1988 - Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
1988 - US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
1989 - 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
1989 - Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1989 - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1989 - Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
1989 - Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament
1989 - Wash DC march supporting 1973 Roe vs Wade decision (allow abortions)
1990 - "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres 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
MLB Outfielder Rickey Henderson1990 - World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
1991 - Georgia SSR votes to secede from USSR
1992 - "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway
1992 - Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
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)
1992 - US Fed court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drugs
1992 - William O Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
1993 - Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
1994 - BPAA US Open by Justin Hromek
1994 - STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1995 - "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances
1995 - 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
1997 - Cleve Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
1997 - Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
1997 - NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl"
1999 - Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger, is assassinated.
2000 - 64th Golf Masters Championship: Vijay Singh wins, shooting a 278
Consort of George VI Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother2002 - Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey UK. More than a million people line the streets
2003 - Baghdad falls to U.S. forces ending the invasion of Iraqi but resulting in widespread looting
2006 - 70th Golf Masters Championship: Phil Mickelson wins, shooting a 281
2011 - A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands.
2012 - The Lion King becomes highest grossing Broadway show after overtaking The Phantom of the Opera
2013 - 12 civilians and UN peacekeepers are killed in an ambush in Jonglei, Sudan
2013 - 37 people are killed and 850 are injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Iran
2013 - 13 people are killed and 3 are injured from a shooting spree in Velika Ivanča, Serbia
Golfer and Five-Time Major Championship Winner Phil Mickelson2013 - The French Senate approves a bill for same-sex marriage
2014 - Stuart Parkin is awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for his work on magnetic storage

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 242

1923 - Dann Cahn, Hollywood, California, film editor (I Love Lucy, Beverly Hillbillies), (d. 2012)
1924 - Harald Heilmann, composer
1925 - Michael Richardson, vice CEO (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, [Marston], Chicagp, 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 (That Was The Week That Was)
1929 - Harvey Lichtenstein, pres (Bkln Academy of Music)
1930 - F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (d. 2007)
1930 - Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist
1931 - Bill Gilbert, Wash DC, sports author (They Also Served, Big E)
1931 - Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies)
1931 - Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (d. 1991)
1932 - Carl Perkins, Jackson Tn, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes)
1932 - Jim Fowler, Albany Ga, naturalist (Wild Kingdom)
1932 - Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist (MAD Magazine)/founder (Yippies)
1932 - Peter Moores, director (Littlewoods)
1932 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Degtyaryov, cosmonaut
1932 - Jim Fowler, American zoologist
1932 - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
1932 - Cheeta, chimpanzee actor
1933 - Jacques Molicard, translator/navigator
1933 - Jean-Paul Belmondo, Paris France, actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique)
1933 - Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy (Strathclyde University)
1934 - Bill Birch, New Zealand politician
1935 - Aulis Sallinen, composer
1935 - Avery Schreiber, comedian (My Mother the Car), born in Chicago, Illinois
1936 - Jerzy Maksymiuk, composer
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
1938 - Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician
1939 - Michael Learned, Wash DC, actress (Olivia-Waltons, Nurse)
1940 - Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut
1941 - Hannah Gordon, actress (Oh Alfie)
1941 - Kaye Adams, American country singer
1941 - Chu Song-woong, Korean stage actor (d. 1985)
1942 - Brandon De Wilde, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Jamie, Wild in the Sky)
1942 - Earl F Hillard, (Rep-D-Alabama)
1943 - Terry Knight, rock vocalist (Gloria, Terry Knight & the Pack)
1945 - Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer
1946 - Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper (1967-81)
1946 - Les Gray, vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In)
1946 - Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace)
1948 - Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
1949 - Chico Ryan, rock vocalist (Sha Na Na)
1949 - Steve Gadd, jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz)
1950 - Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82)
1950 - Kenneth D Cockrell, Austin Texas, Astronaut (STS 56, 69, 80)
1950 - Nathan Cook, Phila Pa, actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel)
1952 - Magnar Am, composer
1953 - Hal Ketchum, Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night)
1953 - Marc Jacobs, New York NY, American fashion designer
1954 - Dennis Quaid, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff), born in Houston, Texas
1954 - Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
1955 - Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist
1955 - Kate Heyhoe, American food writer
1956 - Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentine footballer
1957 - Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer
Golfer and Five-Time Major Championship Winner Seve Ballesteros (1957)1957 - Severiano Ballesteros, Pedrena Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88)
1957 - Brian Alexander, British broadcaster
1957 - Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer
1958 - Tony Sibson, boxer
1959 - Dave Innis, Bartlesville Oklahoma, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1961 - Kirk McCaskill, Kapuskasing Ont, pitcher (Chicago White Sox)
1961 - Mark Kelly, keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel), born in Dublin, Ireland
1962 - Freddie Joe Nunn, NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
1962 - Jeff Turner, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1963 - Joe Scarborough, American television personality
1964 - Shane Robinson, Adelaide SA, Australian golfer
1964 - Rob Awalt, American football player
1964 - Soyo Oka, Japanese musician
1965 - Hal Morris, Fort Rucker Alabama, infielder (Cin Reds)
1965 - Helen Alfredsson, Goteborg Sweden, LPGA golfer (1993 Dinah Shore)
1965 - Paolo Cane, Itaty, tennis star
1965 - Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov Czech, model (Playboy-Aug 87)
1965 - Jeff Zucker, American television executive
1965 - Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted murderer (d. 2002)
1965 - Mark Pellegrino, American actor
Actress Cynthia Nixon(1966)1966 - Cynthia Nixon, actress (Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief), born in NYC, New York
1966 - Oliver Barnett, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
1967 - Graeme Lloyd, Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers)
1967 - Alex Kahn, American artist
1968 - Janne Ojanen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
1969 - Amy Feng, Tianjin China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1969 - Karl Krikken, cricketer (Derbyshire 1989-, wicketkeeper)
1969 - Timothy Young, Phila, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
1970 - Chuck Bradley, CFL/WLAF tackle (BC Lions, Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Neal Caloia, Torrance California, free pistol (Olympics-1996)
1970 - Olaf Kolzig, Johannesburg SAF, NHL goalie (Team Germany, Washington)
1970 - Mike Barz, American meteorologist and TV anchor
1971 - Anthony Redmon, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 - Austin Peck, Hawaii, actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives)
1971 - Derwin Gray, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - James Hundon, wide receiver (Cincinnati Benga

2010 - Zoltán Varga, Hungarian Footballer (b. 1945)
2010 - Aladár Kovácsi, Hungarian modern pentathlon olimpic champion (1952, Helsinki) (b. 1932)
2011 - Sidney Lumet, American film director (b. 1924)
2012 - Mark Lenzi, American Olympic Diver, dies from hypertension at 43
2013 - David Hayes, American sculptor, dies from leukemia at 82