Births
188 - Caracalla, [Marcus Aureiius Antoniius], Roman emperor (211-17)
1527 - Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
1646 - Antoine Galland, French ori‰ntalist/interpreter
1648 - Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver
1696 - Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter
1716 - John Evangelist Schreiber, composer
1731 - Francisco Morera, composer
1740 - Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
1752 - Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)
1755 - Vincenc Masek, composer
1758 - John Hoppner, portrait painter
1762 - Stephen Storace, composer
1785 - Bettina Brentano, composer
1785 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)
1786 - John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)
1792 - Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)
1802 - Dorothea Dix, US, aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates
1804 - Joseph Fischhof, composer
1809 - Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer
1814 - John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1817 - John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1820 - Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 189
1821 - Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
1823 - Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
1823 - Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Z‚nobe Th‚ophile Gramme, inventor (electric motor)
1828 - Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)
1831 - Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1832 - Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)
1836 - Jerome Hopkins, composer
1843 - Hans Richter, composer
1858 - R‚my de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique de L'amour)
1866 - George P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)
1870 - George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church
1872 - Nikolai Amani, composer
1872 - Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch singer
1875 - Jozef Szulc, composer
1875 - Pierre Monteux, Paris France, conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24)
1875 - Samuel S Hinds, Brooklyn NY
1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)
1879 - Gabriel Groulez, composer
1881 - Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)
1882 - Mary Howe, composer
1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet
1888 - Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose
1892 - Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot)
1892 - Esther Howard, MT
1895 - Arthur Murray
1895 - Arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1895 - Charlie Hallows, cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28)
1896 - Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)
1896 - Tristan Tzara, [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man)
1897 - Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)
1899 - William Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23)
1901 - Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show)
1902 - Louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)
1905 - Eugene Bozza, composer
1906 - John Cameron Swayz
1906 - Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)
1906 - John Cameron Swayze, Wichita Ks, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg) [NS]
1907 - Nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963)
1908 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author (Cheaper by the Dozen)
1910 - Agnes Patrick, campaigner
1910 - [Marcelle] Georgette Hagedoorn, actress/chansonniŠre
1913 - Frances Langford, Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time)
1913 - Jerome Weidman, US writer (Tenderloin)
1913 - Rosemary Lane, Indianola IA, actress (4 Mothers, Harvest Melody)
1914 - Gustave Camus, Belgian painter
1914 - John Beith, British diplomat
1914 - Marguerite Duras, France, novelist/playwright (Sea Wall)
1914 - Frances Langford
1915 - Muddy Waters
1915 - Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani)
1915 - Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer (Death of Me)
1915 - Muddy Waters, [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
1916 - David White, actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched)
1916 - Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist
1917 - Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)
1918 - Earl Jellicoe, chancellor (U of Southhampton)
1918 - Margaret Dupont, tennis champion
1919 - Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)
1920 - Eric Rohmer, Nancy France, actor (6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval)
1921 - Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, S Afr minister of Administration
1922 - Elmer Bernstein, NYC, movie music composer (Robot Monster)
1923 - Manon H E Alving, Dutch actress (Short American)
1923 - Nancy Francy, director (Claire's Knee)
1924 - Christopher Prater, screen printer
1924 - Eva Marie Saint, Newark NJ, actress (Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus)
1924 - Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets)
1924 - Peter Vaughan, actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling)
1925 - Elizabeth Wilson, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Doc, East Side/West Side)
1925 - Erna Spoorenberg, Dutch singer
1926 - Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress (Phyllis, High Anxiety)
1927 - Bob Stump, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- )
1928 - Bill Ryan, Bkln NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)
1928 - Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death)
1928 - Maya Angelou, [Marguerite Johnson], St Louis, poet/actress (Nyo-Roots
1928 - Monty Norman, composer/writer
1928 - Maya Angelou
1929 - William F Clinger Jr, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
1930 - David Sexton, soccer manager
1931 - Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian
1931 - Harold L Volkmer, (Rep-D-MO, 1977- )
1932 - Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Solaris, Stalker)
1932 - Anthony Perkins, NYC, actor (Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison)
1932 - Bapu Nadkarni, cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68)
1932 - Richard G Lugar, (Sen-R-IN, 1977- )
1932 - Anthony Perkins
1933 - Fritz Bolkestein, Dutch CEO (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD)
1933 - Robin Phillips, English multi-millionaire manufacturer (hand-dryer)
1933 - Seoirse Bodley, composer
1934 - Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster
1935 - Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris, cricketer (WI batsman of 60's)
1935 - Fran‡ois-Bernard Mache, composer
1935 - Lord Ichayra, secretary-general (British Banking Assn)
1935 - Trevor Griffiths, playwright (Absolute Beginners)
1936 - Margo J Sylvia, rocker (Tune Weavers)
1937 - Ian St James, novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)
1937 - J Hans van den Doel, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1938 - A Bartlett Giamatti, Boston, pres of Yale/baseball commish (1989)
1938 - Michael Parks, Corona Calif, actor (Then Came Bronson)
1938 - Peter Attenborough, British headmaster (Charterhouse)
1939 - Hugh Masekela, Wilbank South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
1939 - JoAnne Carner, Kirkland WA, LPGA golfer (1976 US Women's Open)
1940 - Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
1940 - Robby Mueller, cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak
1940 - Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov, Russia, cosmonaut
1941 - Major Lance, US boxer/dancer/singer (Hey Little Girl)
1942 - Kitty Kelley, author (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra)
1942 - Kris Jensen, rocker
1943 - Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum)
1944 - David Melville, professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic)
1944 - Lawrence A Hough, US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver)
1945 - Bryan Andrews, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74)
1945 - Caroline McWilliams, Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson)
1945 - Walter Charles, East Strousberg PA, actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds)
1946 - Craig T Nelson, Spokane Wash, actor (Poltergeist, Hayden Fox-Coach)
1946 - Craig T. Nelson
1947 - Salvatore Sciarrino, composer
1948 - Berry Oakley, Chicago Ill, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man)
1948 - Gail Davies, Broken Bow Ok, country singer (Blue Heartache)
1948 - Pick Withers, rocker (Dire Straits)
1949 - Larry Lingle, rocker
1950 - Christine Lahti, Detroit, actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift)
1951 - Steve Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
1952 - Dave Hill, England, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You)
1952 - Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist (Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman)
1952 - Peter Haycock, rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower)
1952 - Rosemarie Ackermann, German DR, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954 - Julie Carmen, Mount Vernon NY, actress (Gloria, Last Plane Out)
1955 - Mick Mars, rocker
1956 - Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)
1956 - Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, Suk Giuma Libya, bomber (Pan Am Flight 103)
1957 - Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid)
1957 - Paul Downton, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 80's)
1958 - Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy)
1958 - Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist
1958 - John Wesley Jones, Lawton Ok, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1976)
1958 - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter
1960 - Bev Smith, Armstrong BC, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1960 - Jon Agnew, cricketer (England pace bowler late 80's)
1960 - Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster/test bowler
1961 - Matt Cole, Stratford Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Space Coast)
1962 - Ava Fabian, Brewster NY, playmate (Aug, 1986)/actress (Cafe Nostra)
1962 - Sherrin Smyers, Newcastle Aust, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th)
1962 - Tina Tombs, Montreal Quebec, LPGA golfer (1990 Jamie Farr Toledo)
1963 - Anthony Clark, comedian (Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common)
1963 - Dale Hawerchuk, Toronto, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
1963 - David Gavurin, English pop guitarist/composer (Sundays, Blind)
1963 - Jack Del Rio, NFL linebacker (Minn Vikings)
1963 - David Gavurin
1964 - Gregory Thomas Kraft, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney-2nd)
1964 - Paul Parker, soccer player
1964 - Robbie Rist, Calif, actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch)
1965 - Black Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
1965 - Robert Downey Jr, NYC, comedian (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School)
1965 - Tony Burse, CFL fullback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1965 - Zwart Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
1965 - Robert Downey, Jr.
1966 - Michal Clingman, Indio Calif, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-9th-1994)
1966 - Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star
1966 - Nancy McKeon, Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)
1966 - Stanislav Medrik, Nitra CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1967 - Juliana "Juli" Furtado, NYC, cyclist (Olympics-10th-96)
1968 - Andre Bowden, WLAF LB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - Anthony Tucker, NBA forward (NY Knicks)
1969 - Carlos Reyes, Miami FL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1969 - Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1969 - Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1970 - Barry van Galen, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1970 - Jason Stoltenberg, Australia, tennis star
1971 - Allan Houston, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Detroit Pistons)
1971 - Felipe Lira, Miranda Venezeula, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1971 - Jaime Fernandez, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Yanic Perreault, Sherbrooke, NHL center (LA Kings)
1972 - Chad Eaton, defensive tackle (New England Patriots)
1972 - Jim Werland, Ventura Calif, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1972 - Matt Wagner, Cedar falls IA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1973 - Damon Allen, Winston-Salem NC, figure skater (1997 Midwestern champ)
1973 - Peter Hoekstra, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Ajax)
1973 - Ryan Coughlin, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 - Tiffany Woosley, WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
1974 - O J Santiago, tight end (Atlanta Falcons)
1975 - Kisha Ford, WNBA guard/forward (NY Liberty)
1976 - Alicia Silverstone, SF, actress (Clueless)
1978 - Irene Skliva, Athens Greece, Miss World (1996)
1979 - Charles Butler, Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater (& Joseph-1997 Natl
1979 - Rebecca Stoyel, South Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
Events
1081 - Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
1460 - University of Basle in Swizerland forms
1541 - Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits
1552 - Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov
1558 - Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
1581 - Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world
1581 - Francis Drake becomes knight
1588 - Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark
1625 - Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
1655 - Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates
1660 - Declaration of Breda
1660 - English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion)
1686 - English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence
1687 - King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church
1716 - Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
1737 - Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
1818 - Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars
1828 - Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
1832 - Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
1850 - City of Los Angeles incorporated
1859 - Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)
1862 - Battle of Yorktown begins
1862 - US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
1864 - Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
1865 - Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
1870 - Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800
1887 - Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS)
1896 - Announcement of Gold in Yukon
1899 - South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
1900 - Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
1900 - British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet
1902 - Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
1905 - Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000
1911 - Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
1912 - Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
1912 - Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
1914 - "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in LA
1916 - US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I
1918 - Battle of Somme, ends
1918 - Food riot in Amsterdam
1920 - Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
1921 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1922 - WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls
1926 - Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president
1929 - "New Moon" musical opens in London
1929 - 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
1930 - Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century
1930 - Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
1932 - George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in NYC
1932 - Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, Univ of Pittsburgh
1933 - US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of NJ, 73 die
1937 - 4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283
1938 - 5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285
1939 - Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
1940 - R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher," premieres in NYC
1941 - German troops conquer Banghazi
1944 - British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
1944 - De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists
1945 - Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
1945 - US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
1945 - US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
1947 - Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect
1947 - Largest group of sunspots on record
1947 - UN's International Civil Aviation Organization forms
1948 - 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base;
1949 - Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement
1949 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)
1949 - WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1950 - Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES
1951 - Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Perón in Buenos Aires
1953 - KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
1955 - British govt signs military treaty with Iraq
1956 - Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London
1957 - Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris
1958 - 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
1958 - Eugène Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt
1959 - Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
1960 - 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win
1960 - Oscar awarded to Neth director Bert Haanstra
1960 - Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
1960 - Senegal declares independence from France
1964 - "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
1964 - Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1965 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
1966 - Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station
1967 - Dutch De Young govt forms
1967 - Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
1968 - "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 perfs
1968 - Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
1969 - Denton Cooley gets 1st temporary artificial heart
1970 - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
1971 - "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances
1971 - Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)
1972 - 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1974 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1975 - 130, killed as USAF plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crashes
1975 - Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
1975 - USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
1976 - 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
1976 - Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 - Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
1982 - 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
1983 - 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC State beats Houston 54-52
1983 - 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
1984 - Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
1984 - Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
1985 - Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1986 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1987 - Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
1988 - 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
1988 - Eddie Hill becomes 1st to race a ¼ mile in under 5 seconds
1988 - Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds Vs Cards)
1988 - Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1988 - Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
1989 - NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as
1990 - "Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
1990 - Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
1990 - Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
1991 - "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
1992 - Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
1992 - John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
1992 - Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case
1992 - Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
1993 - 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
1993 - 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw
1993 - Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
1993 - Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
1994 - 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn
1994 - 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Ark Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1994 - Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 HRs in 1993 hits 3 HRs on opening
1994 - KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
1994 - LA Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
1994 - Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
1994 - Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
1994 - Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
1994 - Day vs Mets starter Dwight Gooden
1996 - "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances
1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM
1997 - Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
1997 - Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
1997 - DMSP Titan 2 launched
1997 - STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
1998 - NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
Deaths
397 - Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies
896 - Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies
1229 - Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies
1284 - Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castili‰/Le¢n (1252-84), dies at 62
1292 - Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies
1393 - Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1406 - Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies
1417 - John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies
1585 - Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57
1588 - Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53
1604 - Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies
1617 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies
1643 - Simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60
1662 - Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57
1662 - Leonhart Kern, German sculptor , dies at about 73
1664 - Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies
1714 - Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies
1734 - Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79
1774 - Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17
1784 - Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies
1806 - Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84
1807 - Joseph J‚r“me Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies
1817 - Andr‚ Mass‚na Duc de Rivoli, soldier, dies
1817 - Prince d'Essing, dies
1841 - William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68
1844 - Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80
1862 - Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45
1889 - Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56
1893 - Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86
1900 - Edward VII, King, assassinated
1905 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73
1908 - Josef Sucher, composer, dies at 64
1919 - William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86
1923 - L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49
1929 - Karl Friedrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84
1930 - Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies
1931 - Andre Michelin, CEO (Michelin Tires), dies
1931 - George Whitefield Chadwick, composer, dies at 76
1932 - Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian minister, dies at 59
1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies
1934 - Braulio Dueno Colon, composer, dies at 80
1937 - Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic, dies at 69
1938 - Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 2
1939 - Ghazi I, King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident
1941 - Max Frisch, writer, dies at 29
1943 - Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies at 54
1943 - Raoul Laparra, composer, dies at 66
1944 - John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51
1944 - Karel Weis, composer, dies at 82
1953 - Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59
1953 - Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author, dies at 93
1956 - Fritz Knkel, German physician/charachterologist, dies at 66
1958 - Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78
1959 - Stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in S African Test), dies
1963 - Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
1963 - Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at 70
1967 - Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr, (Dream continues), assassinated in Memph at 39
1970 - Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70
1972 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63
1972 - John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1972 - Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69
1977 - Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82
1978 - Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70
1979 - Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77
1979 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan at 51
1981 - Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
1982 - Tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer, dies at 50
1983 - Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84
1983 - Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78
1984 - John Arnold, cricketer (Eng bat v NZ 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies
1986 - Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87
1987 - C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76
1991 - John Heinz, (Sen-R-Pa), dies in a plane crash, dies at 52
1991 - Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
1991 - Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at 79
1992 - Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies
1992 - Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80
1992 - Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
1993 - Alfred Mosher Butts, US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93
1993 - Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop, [Rita la Roche], singer, dies
1994 - Olga Lowina, Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69
1994 - Virginia "Ginny" Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band), dies at 77
1995 - Kenny Everett, disc Jockey, dies at 50
1995 - Peter Brinson, dance educationalist, dies at 67
1995 - Priscilla Lane, actress (Saboteur, Bodyguard), dies at 77
1996 - Carl Burton Stokes, politician, dies at 68
1996 - David Keylsey, actor/director, dies at 63
1996 - David Whitton, campaigner, dies at 44
1996 - Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist, dies at 97
1996 - Joy Newton, dancer, dies at 82
1996 - Larry Laprise, songwriter, dies at 83
1996 - Seamas NacNeill, piper, dies at 79
449 Events for 4th April