Births
1245 - Philips III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85)
1367 - Henry IV, Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England (1399-1413)
1438 - John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland
1485 - Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherland poet
1569 - Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer
1593 - George Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs)
1603 - William Smith, composer
1617 - Antimo Liberati, composer
1627 - Johann Caspar Kerll, composer
1649 - Joseph-Franois Salomon, composer
1682 - Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer
1720 - Elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi
1727 - Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver
1751 - Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer
1757 - Ferenc Verseghy, composer
1764 - John Abernethy, London, surgeon
1783 - Washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
1798 - Charles D Wilkes, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877
1812 - Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I)
1822 - Edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country)
1823 - William Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC)
1825 - Adolf Rzepko, composer
1837 - John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)
1838 - Lon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)
1842 - Ulric Dahlgren, Col (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1858 - Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature
1859 - Reginald De Koven, composer
1860 - Frederik W van Eeden, Dutch utopian writer (Walden)
1866 - James B Hertzog, South African general/premier (1914-39)
1871 - Jos Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (El Florilegio)
1874 - Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer
1881 - Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53)
1881 - Margaret MJ "Daisy" Ashford, English author (Young Sisters)
1882 - Simon Elzinga, Dutch educator
1884 - Jackie Matthews, cricketer (Aust leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912)
1885 - Harry St John Philby, [sheik Abdullah], British explorer
1888 - Neville Cardus, cricketer (doyen of cricket writers)
1889 - Grigoras Dinicu, composer
1893 - Leslie Howard, [Stainer], London, actor (Gone With the Wind)
1894 - Dooley Wilson, Tyler Tx, actor (Bill-Beulah, Casablanca)
1895 - Bjarne Brustad, composer
1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer
1896 - Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement)
1898 - George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic)
1898 - Henry R Luce, Tengchow China, publisher (Time, Fortune, Life)
1899 - Cees Lasseur, Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy)
1900 - Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon
1902 - Henri Garat, Paris France, actor (Congress Dances)
1902 - Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson, composer
1903 - Peter Huchel, writer
1904 - Iron Eyes Cody, Tulsa OK, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp)
1904 - Peter Van Steeden, Amsterdam Neth, orch leader (Break the Bank)
1906 - Kathleen Tillotson, Emeritus Professor of English (Bedford College)
1907 - Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian (Stalin/Trotsky biography)
1911 - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist
1911 - Michael Woodruff, FRS, surgeon
1911 - W R Lee, language teacher
1912 - Addeke H Boerma, Dutch dir-gen (FAO)
1912 - Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher (Free Netherlands)
1913 - F H Tate, vice-CEO (Tate & Lyle)
1913 - George Barati, composer
1914 - Katherine Stammers Menzies, England, doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935
1915 - Paul Touvier, war criminal
1916 - Herb Caen
1916 - Herb Caen, Sacramento Calif, columnist (SF Chronicle)
1916 - Robert Jesse Charleston, museum Curator
1917 - Bill Finegan, Newark NJ, (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
1917 - Tibor Andrasovan, composer
1918 - Enrique Iturriaga, composer
1918 - Louis Applebaum, composer
1918 - Sixten Ehrling, Malm Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm)
1919 - Duke of Grafton, KG
1920 - Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour)
1921 - Harry Landers, NYC, actor (Ted Hoffman-Ben Casey)
1923 - Jan Sterling, NYC, actress (1st Monday in October, HS Confidential)
1923 - John Smith, English large landowner/financier/MP (C)
1924 - Canon A D Caesar, Sub Dean (HM Chapels Royal)
1924 - Doris Day, Cincinnati Oh, "girl next door" actress (Pillow Talk)
1924 - Marlon Brando, Omaha Neb, actor (Superman, Godfather)
1924 - Murray Dickie, opera singer/director
1924 - Doris Day, whateve
1925 - Tony Benn, British minister of technology (1968)
1926 - Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics)
1926 - Virgil Grissom, Mitchell Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Merc 4, Gemini 3
1927 - Eva Szkely, Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 - Dennis Farr, director (Courtauld Institute Galleries)
1929 - Miyoshi Umeki, Jap, actr (Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1930 - Helmut Kohl, chancellor (Germany, 1982- )
1930 - Lawton Chiles, (sen/gov-D-Florida, 1971-89/91- )
1930 - Max Frankel, journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds)
1931 - Johnny Nicholss, soccer star
1932 - Janet Bately, Prof of English Language (King's College London)
1932 - Nourse, British lord justice
1933 - Robert K Dornan, (Rep-R-CA, 1977-83, 85- )
1934 - David Jones, British reverend/headmaster (Bryanston School)
1934 - Jane Goodall, London England, ethologist (studied African chimps)
1934 - Jim Parker, NFL guard, tackle (Baltimore Colts)
1934 - John Lelliott, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1935 - Jeffery Bowman, CEO (Price Waterhouse Europe)
1937 - Sandra Spuzich, LPGA golfer
1937 - Simon Brown, British high court judge
1937 - William Gaunt, Leeds England, actor (Champions)
1938 - Jeff Barry, Bkln NY, rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
1938 - Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Detroit Spinners, Ghetto Child)
1939 - Malcolm Thornton, MP
1939 - Vitaliy Davidov, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1940 - Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar)
1940 - R S Burman, CEO (Assn of British Chambers of Commerce)
1941 - Eric Braeden, Aust, actor (Victor Newman-Young & Restless, Colossus)
1941 - Jan Berry, LA Calif, rock vocalist (Jan & Dean-Deadman's Curve)
1942 - Marsha Mason
1942 - Wayne Newton
1942 - Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks)
1942 - Marsha Mason, St Louis Mo, actress (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty
1942 - Michael Elliott, US, skier (Olympics-1968)
1942 - Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
1942 - Wayne Newton, Roanoke Virginia, singer (Danke Schn)
1943 - Jonathan Lynn, Bath England, writer/actor (Greedy, Bar Mitzvah Boy)
1944 - Tony Orlando
1944 - Barry Pritchard, rock guitarist (Fortunes)
1944 - Tony Orlando, NYC, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon)
1945 - Catherine Spaak, France, actress (Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love)
1945 - Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band-Up on Cripple Creek)
1945 - Wim J Deetman, Dutch minister of education/MP (CDA)
1946 - Carlos Salinas de Gortari, president (Mxico, 1988-94)
1946 - Dee Murray, rocker (Elton John Band)
1946 - John Virgo, British snooker player
1948 - Garrick Ohlsson, Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969)
1948 - H C Tomlinson, Headmaster (Hereford Cathedral School)
1948 - Jaap G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch MP (CDA)
1948 - Mary Gordon-Watson, England, equestrian 3 day event (Oly-gold-1972)
1949 - Jan Keizer, Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart)
1949 - Lyle Alzado, NFLer (LA Raiders)/actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire)
1949 - Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights)
1950 - Curtis Stone, N Hollywood Calif, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
1951 - Gwen Welles, US actress (Desert Hearts, Nashville)
1951 - Mel Schacher, MI, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful
1953 - Huub van der Lubbe, Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike)
1954 - Mick Mars, [Bob Allen Dale], IN, guitarist (Mtley Cre-Girls Girls)
1955 - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russian lt-colonel/cosmonaut
1955 - Mick Mars, guitarst (Motley Crue)
1956 - Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot)
1957 - Charles Jones, NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
1958 - Alec Baldwin, Amityville NY, actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice
1958 - Alec Baldwin, acto
1959 - David Hyde Pierce, NY, actor (Niles Crane-Fraiser)
1961 - Eddie Murphy, play
1961 - Eddie Murphy, Bkln NY, actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw)
1961 - Melissa Etheridge, rock guitarist/vocalist (Come to My Window)
1962 - John Gruffith, rocker (Red Rockers)
1962 - Mike Ness, rocker (Social Distortion)
1962 - Nancy Filteau, Swift Current Saskatchawan, 72k judoka (Olympics-96)
1963 - Chris Bosio, baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1963 - Zakir Khan, cricketer (two Tests for Pakistan 1986-89)
1964 - Ajay Sharma, cricketer (Indian spin all-rounder played one Test 1988)
1966 - Bo Orlando, NFL safety (SD Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals)
1966 - Shelley Michelle, Hollywood Calif, actress (Golden Eye)
1967 - Brent Gilchrist, Moose Jaw, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
1967 - Pervis Ellison, NBA forward/center (Boston Celtics)
1968 - Bernd Karbacher, Germany, tennis star
1968 - Mike Lansing, Rawlins Wyoming, infielder (Montreal Expos)
1968 - Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1969 - David Morland, North Bay Ont, golfer (1992 Trafalgar Rookie of Year)
1969 - Reid Hayston Hamilton, NZ, beach volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1969 - Rodney Hampton, NFL running back (NY Giants)
1970 - Keith Franklin, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Matt Gay, WLAF safety (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Anthony McClanahan, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1971 - Jonathan Star
1971 - Kevin Farkas, WLAF tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Peter Schwab, Boston, Mass, rower (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Picabo Street, skier (Olympic-gold-94)
1971 - Quilvio Veras, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, infielder (Florida Marlins)
1971 - Picabo Street
1972 - Jennie Garth
1972 - Jennie Garth, Champagn Ill, actr (Kelly Taylor-Beverly Hills 90210)
1972 - Sandrine Testud, Lyon France, tennis star (1993 Strasbourg)
1973 - Greg DeLong, NFL tight end (Minn Vikings)
1973 - Jim Campbell, Worchester Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1973 - Kelly Lochbaum, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1975 - Thomas Hamilton, NBA center (Boston Celtics)
1976 - Keith Closs, NBA center (LA Clippers)
1977 - Veronique De Kock, Miss Universe-Belgium (1996)
1979 - Esmeralda Gonzales, Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1997)
Events
419 - [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1043 - Edward the Confessor crowned king of England
1312 - 2nd council of Vienna
1376 - Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France
1559 - Spain & France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
1582 - French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
1645 - English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance
1657 - English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown
1679 - Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
1721 - Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury
1764 - Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king
1776 - Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College
1783 - Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce
1790 - Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created
1848 - Thomas Douglas becomes 1st SF public teacher
1856 - Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos
1860 - Pony Express began between St Joseph Mo & Sacramento Calif
1864 - Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas
1865 - Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)
1865 - Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Va & Petersberg
1868 - An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave
1882 - Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks
1889 - Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Va
1893 - 1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
1908 - Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
1910 - Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed
1911 - Harry James Smith' "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh," premieres in NYC
1913 - British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail
1917 - Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16]
1917 - Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd
1918 - House of Reps accepts American Creed written by William Tyler
1919 - Austria expels all Habsburgers
1922 - Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party
1923 - 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary
1925 - Great Britain goes back to gold standard
1925 - Neth & Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde
1926 - 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C
1926 - 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
1926 - Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions
1927 - Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone
1929 - Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact
1930 - Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1930 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games
1933 - 1st airplane flight over Mt Everest
1933 - Then longest North American hockey game requires a 1:44:46 overtime as Maple Leaf Ken Doraty s
1935 - Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
1936 - Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of 1st round
1936 - Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds
1941 - Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
1941 - Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq
1941 - Waltons overture "Scapino," premieres in Chicago
1943 - Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested
1944 - British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz
1944 - Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional
1945 - Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army
1945 - Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald
1945 - US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar
1946 - Neth-German postal relations resume
1947 - "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 perfs
1948 - 1st US figure skating championships held
1948 - Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1948 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1948 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1949 - KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
1949 - North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by US, Britain, France & Canada
1949 - WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951 - Christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners," premieres in Oxford
1952 - Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress
1954 - "Me & Juliet" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 358 performances
1954 - Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)
1955 - Balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
1955 - Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39
1955 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open
1955 - Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300
1956 - "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances
1956 - Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated
1956 - German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rühl/Siebens/Viebahn freed
1957 - Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," premieres in London
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 - "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances
1958 - Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana
1960 - Earthquake at Havré, Belgium
1961 - "Happiest Girl in the World" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 97 perfs
1961 - Connie Mack Stadium in Phila is sold to J Schleifer Properties
1962 - Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
1962 - Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1964 - Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
1964 - US & Panamá agree to resume diplomatic relations
1965 - 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched
1966 - Luna 10 orbits Moon
1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open
1966 - Tom Seaver, signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus
1967 - WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political a
1968 - N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks
1970 - Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try
1974 - 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states
1974 - Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
1974 - Tornadoes in the east, south & midwest killed approximately 315
1975 - Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend
1975 - James Rupers kills his family to inherit
1976 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1976 - Phila Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game
1977 - 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
1977 - Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
1977 - Egyptian Pres Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter
1977 - Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time
1978 - 50th Academy Awards - "Annie Hall," Rich Dreyfuss & Diane Keaton win
1978 - European market & China signs trade agreement
1978 - Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC
1979 - Belgium's Martens govt forms
1979 - Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago Ill
1980 - France performs nuclear test
1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 - Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25," with 1 leg
1981 - Race riots in London's Brixton area
1982 - Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
1982 - UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands
1983 - 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
1983 - 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South Cal beats LA Tech 69-67
1984 - Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
1984 - Guinea suspends constitution after coup
1984 - Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
1985 - French government adopts equal electoral system
1985 - Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games
1985 - Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London
1986 - Maureen O'Boyle (future host of Current Affair) is raped
1986 - US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
1987 - Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega
1987 - Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers
1987 - Duchess of Windsors jewels auctioned for £31,380,197
1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 - 17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
1988 - 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54
1988 - Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak
1988 - NJ Devils beat Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT to join playoffs for 1st time
1988 - Somalia & Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert
1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1989 - "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx
1989 - 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
1989 - Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St Louis at Shea Stad
1991 - "Penn & Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC
1991 - 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1991 - Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox
1991 - Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3:65.16)
1991 - UN Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution
1992 - 1st exhibition game at Camden Field-Orioles beat NY Mets
1994 - 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: NC beats Louisiana Tech 60-59
1994 - 1st roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced
1994 - 6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd
1995 - 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
1995 - Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena
1996 - South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield
1996 - St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1
1997 - "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance
1998 - World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minn
2000 - 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis
Deaths
33 - Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington)
628 - Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son
1287 - Honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies
1512 - Richard Pafraet, Dutch printer, dies
1525 - Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api), dies at 49
1581 - Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
1682 - Bartolom Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, dies
1694 - Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, buried at 64
1695 - Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58
1769 - Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71
1797 - Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66
1811 - Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83
1822 - Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies
1826 - Reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies
1838 - Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57
1849 - Juliusz Slowacki, Pol poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at 39
1850 - Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75
1858 - Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79
1862 - James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies
1868 - Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71
1876 - Henriette Davidis, writer, dies
1882 - Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71
1882 - Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford
1884 - Carel JCH van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Cath politician, dies at 59
1897 - Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63
1901 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert & Sullivan operas), dies
1909 - Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71
1915 - Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (England capt at turn of century), suicide
1919 - Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62
1920 - Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74
1936 - Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed
1941 - Andr Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88
1941 - Pal Teleki-von Szek, PM Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), suicide at 61
1942 - Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63
1942 - Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 76
1943 - Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies at 50
1945 - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43
1946 - Masaharu Homma, Lt Gen (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed
1949 - Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89
1950 - Adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 70
1950 - Carter G Woodson, American historian (black studies), dies at 74
1950 - Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50
1951 - Johannes C Kielstra, Dut economist/gov (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72
1956 - T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed
1958 - Theodor Kramer, writer, dies
1960 - Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1962 - Benny "Kid" Paret, US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24
1962 - Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78
1966 - Russel Crouse, US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73
1969 - Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at 65
1971 - Joseph Valachi, US gangster, dies at 66
1971 - Manfred Bonnington Lee, [Ellery Queen], detective writer, dies at 65
1972 - Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80
1972 - Ferde Grof, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
1975 - Mary Ure, actress (Sons & Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42
1976 - Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75
1977 - Jack Ryder, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 1394 runs), dies
1980 - Luella Gear, actress (Joe & Mabel), dies at 82
1982 - Herman W Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69
1982 - Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53
1986 - Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75
1986 - Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday
1988 - Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81
1989 - Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul & David, Medeleine), dies at 79
1990 - Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69
1990 - Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
1991 - Graham Greene, Brit writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86
1992 - Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies
1992 - Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers & Son), dies of lung cancer at 83
1993 - Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 8
1993 - Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57
1993 - Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat, dies at 83
1993 - Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85
1994 - Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78
1994 - Frank G Wells, US director (Walt Disney), dies at 62
1994 - Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67
1994 - Pat Harper, NYC news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies
1995 - David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer, dies at 86
1995 - Harvey Pennick, golfer/teacher, dies at 89
1996 - Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Cleve), dies
1996 - Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45
1996 - Ron Brown, sec of Comerce, dies in an accident
1996 - Ronald Harmon Brown, politician, dies at 54
1996 - Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at 59
1997 - Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56
426 Events for 3rd April