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   Message 8,815 of 9,711   
   Robert Wolfe to All   
   This Day In History (2/3)   
   01 Apr 21 18:00:08   
   
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   04/01/1956 Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People)   
   04/01/1957 Peter Deutsch, (Rep-D-Florida)   
   04/01/1958 Anton Innauer, Austria, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)   
   04/01/1960 Shanna McCullough, [Shauna], XXX actress (Chest Fever, Adultery)   
   04/01/1961 Jennifer Runyon, actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas)   
   04/01/1961 Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart)   
   04/01/1962 Phillip Schofield, TV personality   
   04/01/1965 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Normandy/Neth), dies at 76   
   04/01/1965 John 'Jumbo' Elliot, NFL tackle (NY Giants)   
   04/01/1965 Peter O'Toole, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)   
   04/01/1969 Traci Lin-Tavi, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2)   
      
      
   Deaths:   
      
   04/01/1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II, dies at about 81   
   04/01/1205 Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies   
   04/01/1548 Sigismund I, the old, King of Poland, dies   
   04/01/1734 Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69   
   04/01/1799 Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52   
   04/01/1807 Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69   
   04/01/1807 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer, dies at 61   
   04/01/1814 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87   
   04/01/1830 Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51   
   04/01/1832 Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies   
   04/01/1866 Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98   
   04/01/1866 Johannes C H de Me˜ere, Dutch zoologist   
   04/01/1869 Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Minister of Reformed Worship, dies   
   04/01/1870 Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98   
   04/01/1878 Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56   
   04/01/1901 Fran‡ois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies   
   04/01/1910 Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94   
   04/01/1915 Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82   
   04/01/1916 Gabrielle Petit, executed   
   04/01/1916 Sjoerd van de Schaaf, Fries journalist/writer (Abbingawƒld)   
   04/01/1917 Scott Joplin, composer, dies at 48   
   04/01/1918 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64   
   04/01/1922 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies   
   04/01/1925 Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77   
   04/01/1930 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies   
   04/01/1930 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies   
   04/01/1933 Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-Indies (1916-21), dies   
      
   04/01/1936 Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 62   
   04/01/1941 Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies   
   04/01/1946 Noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 64   
   04/01/1947 George II, king of Greece, dies at 56   
   04/01/1950 Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45   
   04/01/1951 Clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51   
   04/01/1955 Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at   
      
   04/01/1957 Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies   
   04/01/1960 Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist (Telegraph, Free People), dies   
   04/01/1964 Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60   
   04/01/1965 Henry DG Crerar, Canada general (WW I, Normandy), dies   
   04/01/1966 Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89   
   04/01/1968 Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies   
   04/01/1969 Helena Rubinstein, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89   
   04/01/1974 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86   
   04/01/1975 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish cartoonist, dies at 95   
   04/01/1976 Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63   
   04/01/1976 Max Earnest, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85   
   04/01/1976 Miroslav Ponc, composer, dies at 73   
   04/01/1976 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75   
   04/01/1979 Marinus Peijnenburg, politician, dies at 51   
   04/01/1981 D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65   
   04/01/1984 Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44   
   04/01/1988 Jim Jordan, radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall   
   04/01/1988 Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85   
      
   04/01/1989 Henk Gortzak, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CPN/PSP), dies   
   04/01/1991 Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96   
   04/01/1991 Richard Thorpe, director (MGM), dies at 95   
   04/01/1992 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash   
   04/01/1993 Alan Kulwicki, stock car driver, dies at 38   
   04/01/1993 Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, kill   
      
   04/01/1993 Wayne Mack, actor, dies   
   04/01/1994 Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81   
      
      
   Significant Events:   
      
   04/01/ 705 Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI   
   04/01/1064 Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik   
   04/01/1572 Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle   
   04/01/1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation   
   04/01/1663 Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty)   
   04/01/1748 Ruins of Pompeii found   
   04/01/1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates '$' symbol   
   04/01/1789 House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker   
   04/01/1792 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce   
   04/01/1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000   
   04/01/1803 French law rules the use of intention   
   04/01/1836 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands   
   04/01/1850 SF County Govt established   
   04/01/1853 Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay firefighters a regular salary   
   04/01/1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA   
   04/01/1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect   
   04/01/1865 -9] Battle at Blakely Alabama   
   04/01/1865 Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army   
   04/01/1866 US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US   
   04/01/1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama   
   04/01/1867 International Exhibition opens in Paris   
   04/01/1867 Singapore, Penang & Malakka become British crown colonies   
   04/01/1868 Hampton Institute opens   
   04/01/1872 1st edition of The Standard   
   04/01/1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die   
      
   04/01/1873 Mehmed Kemals play 'Vatan' premeirs in Constantinople   
   04/01/1873 Steamer 'Atlantic' sank off Nova Scotia drowning 481   
   04/01/1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)   
   04/01/1881 Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens   
   04/01/1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)   
   04/01/1891 Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti   
   04/01/1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #331 Etheridgea   
   04/01/1899 NC Mutual opens doors for business   
   04/01/1900 1st edition of Dutch newspaper 'The People'   
   04/01/1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya   
   04/01/1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk   
   04/01/1916 1st US national women's swiming championships held   
   04/01/1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   
   04/01/1920 Church disestablished in Wales   
   04/01/1920 Ottawa Senators beat Seat Metropolitans 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup   
      
   04/01/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa   
   04/01/1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co   
   04/01/1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted   
   04/01/1924 Imperial Airways forms in Britain   
   04/01/1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio   
   04/01/1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]   
      
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