Births
1442 - Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)
1592 - George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral
1698 - Karel Jozef, ruler of Batthy nyi
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, (D-R) 5th pres (1817-25)
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, explorer (Australia)
1809 - Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist
1810 - Daniel Ullmann, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1812 - Daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
1815 - Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1825 - James Winning McMillan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Alexander Stadtfeld, composer
1838 - Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911)
1842 - Louis PMFG 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 - mile 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 Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)
1879 - Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher
1879 - Franz Arnold, writer
1882 - Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist
1886 - Erich Salomon, German photographer
1888 - Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland)
1889 - Ant¢nio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)
1889 - Bryant Washburn, Chicago, actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga)
1889 - Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear admiral
1892 - Georges Antoine, composer
1892 - John Jacob Niles, composer
1892 - Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger)
1900 - Bruno Apitz, writer
1900 - Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud")
1900 - Maurice Thorez, secretary-general (French Communist Party)
1901 - Corry Vonk, [Cornelia D], wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret)
1906 - Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way)
1906 - Kurt G”del, Austria, mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem)
1906 - Pierre [Louis] Boileau, Paris France, novelist (Vertigo)
1907 - Marion Coulon, Belgian theoriest (Jeunesse … la d‚rive)
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 (Neth Opera)
1912 - Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WW II)
1914 - Skuli Halldorsson, composer
1917 - Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life)
1917 - Robert Anderson, NY, writer (Tea & Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father
1917 - Robert Cornthwaite, St Helen Oregon, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds)
1920 - Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orch)
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 champ (1958-68, 75-76)
1922 - William S Broomfield, (Rep-R-MI, 1956- )
1923 - Adele Mara, Dearborn Mich, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels)
1923 - Wolfgang Steffen, composer
1924 - Kenneth David Kaunda, founder/president (Zambia, 1964-91)
1925 - Richard C Sarafian, NYC, 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 Texas, actress (Morticia-Addams Family)
1930 - Christopher John Magenis Headington, composer
1930 - James Baker 3, Houston, Sec of Treasury (1985-88), Sec State (1989-92
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- )
1937 - Saddam Hussein, Ir
1938 - Beverly F Albert, architect
1938 - Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John)
1941 - Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)
1941 - Ann-Margret
1942 - Ghislaine Hermanez, architect
1942 - Mike Brearley, cricketer (outstanding England captain 1977-81)
1943 - Fantastic Johnny C[orley], US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway)
1943 - John Oliver Creighton, Orange Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48
1945 - Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969)
1947 - Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
1948 - Marcia Strassman, NYC, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter)
1949 - Jerome "Jay" Apt, Springfield Mass, astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79)
1950 - Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show)
1950 - Willie Colon, Bronx NY, actor (Last Flight)
1950 - Jay Leno, entertai
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 - Hal Evan Sutton, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1982 Walt Disney)
1958 - Nancy Lee Grahn, actress (Santa Barbara)
1958 - Nancy Lee Grahn
1960 - Wally Langdon, bassist (Bob Color)
1961 - Cathy Gerring, Ft Wayne IN, LPGA golfer (1990 Lady Keystone Open)
1962 - Evguenni Rochtchin, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1964 - Barry Larkin, Cincinnati OH, infielder (Cin Reds)
1964 - Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward
1964 - Mark Hager, Australian field hockey forward/capt (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 Oregon, playmate (May, 1989)
1967 - Pete Stoyanovich, NFL kicker (Miami Dolphins, KC Chiefs)
1968 - Andy Flower, cricketer (Zimbabwe keeper & victorious Test captain)
1968 - Damion Lyons, CFL cornerback (BC Lions)
1968 - Mark Carrier, NFL safety (Chic Bears, Detroit Lions)
1969 - Merlelynn Lange-Harris, Toronto Ontario, basketball center (Oly-96)
1970 - Jason Belser, defensive back (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Mark Harris, wide receiver (San Francisco 49ers)
1970 - Nicklas Lidstrom, Vasteras SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Detroit)
1970 - Richard Fromberg, Australia, tennis star
1971 - Chris Young, Penn, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors)
1971 - Meredith McGrath, Midland Mich, 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 Ont, Canadian ice pairs (1995, 96 Can champs
1973 - Earl Holmes, linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 - Marc[us] Blake Schneider, Lubbock TX, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
1973 - Melvin Hayes, NFL tackle (NY Jets, Tennessee Oilers)
1973 - Serge Zwikker, NBA center (Houston Rockets)
1974 - Sergei Stas, NHL defenseman (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1975 - James Thrash, wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1975 - Martin Lewis, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1978 - Nate Richert, St Paul Minn, actor (Harvey-Sabrina)
1981 - Jessica Alba
Events
357 - Emperor Constantius II visits Rome
585 - War between Lydia & Media ended by solar eclipse
1202 - King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France
1253 - -May 7th) 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 Neth-Austria
1550 - Powers of Dutch inquisition extends
1635 - Virginia Gov 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 - Capt James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1788 - Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
1789 - Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Capt 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 NY 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
1865 - Opera "L'Africaine" is produced (Paris)
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 White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!)
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 USSR (1st time)
1922 - WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1923 - Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
1924 - 119 die in Benwood West Virginia 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 - 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1932 - Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced
1934 - FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act
1934 - Soccer team Blue White '34 forms
1934 - Spanish govt of Samper forms
1934 - Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
1935 - Moscow underground opens (81 km long)
1937 - 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)
1937 - 1st commercial flight across 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 - "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
1942 - Nightly "dim-out" begins along 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 - Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski
1944 - Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships we
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 - Bkln, Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 NY fan charges Leo Duroch
1952 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
1952 - St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
1952 - WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
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 HRs
1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1957 - WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 - Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 - Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 - Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
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, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 - Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
1961 - Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0
1963 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1963 - 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? & A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the F
1964 - Japan joins OECO
1965 - Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
1965 - Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
1965 - Richard Helms replaces Marshall S Carter as deputy director of CIA
1965 - US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
1965 - William F Raborn Jr replaces John A McCone as 7th head of CIA
1966 - 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
1966 - 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie & L Marvin win
1966 - Cleve ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day
1966 - OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montréal
1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
1968 - 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational
1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
1969 - King Crismson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
1971 - Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election
1971 - Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black admiral in US Navy
1972 - Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs b
1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1975 - John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smother Brothers"
1975 - South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30
1977 - Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
1977 - Andreas Baader & members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 yea
1980 - Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
1980 - Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
1983 - Argentine govt declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1983 - Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Series tied 1-1
1983 - NASA launches Geos-F
1984 - "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 perfs
1985 - Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1985 - Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time
1985 - Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
1985 - Flyers ?-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers win series 4-1
1986 - Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
1987 - NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami Fla in 1988 & Minneapolis Minn & Orlando Fla i
1988 - "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 68 performances
1988 - Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
1988 - Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
1988 - NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
1989 - Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1989 - Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1990 - "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 6,137 performances
1990 - Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128
1990 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro
1990 - Guns & Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year)
1990 - Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth)
1991 - "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 105 performances
1991 - "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 78 perfs
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched
1992 - Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
1992 - Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns
1993 - "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
1993 - Carlo Ciampi forms Italian govt with ex-communists
1993 - Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
1993 - NY Islanders beat Wash Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after
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
Deaths
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 - Fran‡ois 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 (R‚veil, Wachter!), dies at 62
1873 - A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88
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, Scotish composer, dies at 87
1936 - Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies
1945 - Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), 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 - Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies
1980 - Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1981 - Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79
1982 - Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66
1982 - EW "Nobby" Clark, Engl cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), die
1983 - Ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies
1984 - Glen H Taylor, US senator/VP 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 Fran‡ois d'Assise), dies at 83
1993 - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC 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
340 Events for 28th April