Today In History
Wednesday April 16th, 2003 -- Day Number: 106 - Days left: 259
Those born today...
1987 Milton J Cross, NYC, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions of the Air)
1980 Jesse Tendler, Madison Wisc, actor (Nick-Ellen Burstyn Show)
1976 Lukas Haas, actor (Music Box, Witness, Testament, Leap of Faith)
1972 Conchita Martinez, Monzon Spain, tennis star
1971 Natasha Zvereva, Minsk Belarus, tennis star
1970 Fran Robinson, Calif, actress (Lauren-Charlie & Company)
1970 Gabriella Sabatini, tennis player
1965 Caren Kemner, Quincy IL, Olymp volleyball player (Goodwill-bronze-86)
1965 Gerardo, rocker
1965 Jon Cryer, actor (Pretty in Pink, Superman IV)
1965 Martin Lawrence, comedian (Martin)
1964 Dave Pirner, rocker (Soul Asylum)
1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly, Wichita Kansas, (Bo-Days of our Live)
1963 Jimmy Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Donnie & Marie)
1963 Nick Berry, Britain, actor (Wicksy-EastEnders)
1962 Ian MacKaye, rocker
1961 Selena, Texas, spanish singer (Grammy-1994)
1958 Philip Bainbridge, British cricketeer
1955 Charlotte Morrison, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1955 Ellen Barkin, Bronx NY, actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love)
1955 Henri, Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg
1953 Jay O Sanders, Austin TX, actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski)
1952 Peter Westbrook, St Louis Mo, US fencer (Olympic-bronze-88, 92)
1951 John Bentley, rocker
1950 David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6)
1947 Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
1947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor], NBA center (Mil Bucks, LA Lakers)
1945 Goran Antunac, Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
1945 Stefan Grossman, NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie)
1944 Dennis Russell Davies, composer
1943 Ewald Vanvugt, author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love)
1943 Ruth Madoc, actress (Hi Di Hi)
1941 Cliff Stearns, (Rep-R-Florida)
1940 Lord Camoys, deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1940 Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972- )
1940 Paul Cox,
1940 Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer
1939 Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster
1939 Dusty Springfield, [Mary O'Brien], London, vocalist (Growing Pains)
1939 Margaretha de Boer, Dutch minister (PvdA)
1939 Reinier Lucassen, Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union)
1938 Michael Hirst, chief constable (Leicestershire England)
1936 James Rand, British judge (Advocate General)
1935 Bobby Vinton, Pitts Pa, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue)
1934 Brian Peppiatt, joint CEO (SG Warburg Securities)
1934 Geoffrey Owen, British editor (Financial Times)
1934 Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster
1933 Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster
1933 Perry Botkin Jr, NYC, orch leader (Bert Convy Show)
1932 Imre Polyak, Hungary, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1932 Vince Hill, singer
1931 Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
1930 Frank Page, British broadcaster
1930 Herbie Mann, Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin')
1930 John Robson, British ambassador (Norway)
1929 Roy Hamilton, singer (You'll Never Walk Alone)
1928 Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Rams, Cards, Lions)
1927 Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus
1927 Peter Mark Richman, Phila Pa, actor (Andrew-Dynasty)
1926 Barbara Tizzard, British educator
1925 Edie Adams, Kingston Pa, Mrs Ernie Kovacs (Murial Cigar), actress
1924 Geoffrey Johnson Smith^
1924 Henry Mancini, Cleveland, composer/conductor (Pink Panther)
1924 John Harvey-Jones, CEO (ICI)
1922 Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy)
1922 Kingsley Amis, London, novelist (Lucky Jim, James Bond Dossier)
1922 Leo Tindermans, British statesman
1921 Peter Ustinov, London, actor (Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd)
1920 Barry Nelson, Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband)
1920 John William Farr, Detroit, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
1920 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
1919 Merce Cunningham, choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus)
1918 Spike Milligan, India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)
1915 Dany [Danil S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic & water
1914 John Hodiak, Pittsburgh PA, actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat)
1913 Constance Shacklock, opera singer
1913 Les Tremayne, London, actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds)
1913 Lord Aberconway, CEO (John Brown & Co)
1911 William Stearn, botanist
1909 Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian
1906 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer
1906 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist
1906 Marion Lloyd Vince, Bkln NY, fencer (National champ 1928, 31)
1906 Pigmeat Markham, Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In)
1904 Clifford Case, (Sen-R-NJ)
1904 Fifi D'Orsay, Montreal, actress (Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary)
1904 Lily Pons, Draguignan France, soprano diva (Hitting a New High)
1901 Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen)
1901 Leo Poos, nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents)
1900 Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home)
1898 Marian Jordan, Peoria Ill, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly)
1897 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer
1897 Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)
1897 John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
1893 Federico Mompou, composer
1893 Joseph Yasser, composer
1889 Charlie Chaplin, [tramp], comedian (City Lights)/IBM salesman
1886 Ernst Thlmann, German communist presidential candidate
1886 Jekabs Graubins, composer
1886 Konstantin Mostras, composer
1885 Leo Weiner, Hungary, composer (Fasching)
1882 Seth Bingham, composer
1881 Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
1871 John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the Sea)
1871 Martin Lunssens, composer
1868 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer
1868 Spottiswoode Aitken, Edinburgh Scot, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home)
1867 Jos de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot/PR Secretary of Justice
1867 Wilbur Wright, of aeronautical fame
1851 Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist
1850 Herbert Baxter Adams, US, historian (American Historical Assn)
1844 Anatole France, writer (Thas, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)
1838 Karel Bendl, composer
1832 John A Neuhuys, painter
1823 Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1907
1821 Ford Maddox Brown, painter
1820 Georg Curtius, German classical linguist
1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1808 Caleb Blood Smith, Secy Int (Union), died in 1864
1800 Jozef Stefani, composer
1800 William Chambers, author/publisher (Basis of Communication & Coding)
1728 Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist
1703 Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke
1697 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer
1696 Giovanni Battista Tupolo, Italian painter
1682 John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
1673 Francesco Feroci, composer
1660 Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)
1652 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)
1648 John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)
1635 Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
1628 Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand
Those who died today...
1995 Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
1994 John McLiam, dies of Parkinson's disease at 75
1994 Ralph Waldo Ellison, US writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80
1994 Ron Vawter, US actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45
1993 John PW Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77
1992 Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies at 72 of stroke
1992 Frank Killmond, dies at 58
1992 Neville Brand, actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at 70
1991 David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83
1989 Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies
1988 Abu Jihad, [Khalil al-Wazzir], PLO-leader, murdered
1988 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (soc-dem), dies at 90
1988 Khalil al-Wazir, PLO milt commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos
1988 Warde Donovan, dies at 72
1985 Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60
1978 Lucius D Clay, gen/gov US zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80
1973 Istv n Kertsz, Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43
1972 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72
1971 Mih ly V ci, Hungarian poet/politician, dies at 46
1970 Pter Veres, Hungarian minister of defense, dies
1970 Richard J Neutra, Aust/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78
1968 Edna Ferber, author (American Beauty), dies at 78
1968 Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76
1959 Charles Halton, dies at 83
1955 Abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded
1951 Emile Erens, Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85
1949 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indonesian communist, executed
1948 Babe Ruth, baseball legend, dies
1941 Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies
1938 Bertram Wagstaff Mills, circus proprietor, dies
1929 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, art collector, dies at 57
1920 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80
1914 George W Hill, US astronomer (phases of moon), dies
1881 George William Martin, composer, dies at 56
1879 Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France
1876 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83
1870 Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies
1865 Robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1860 Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies
1858 Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87
1850 Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies
1828 Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82
1825 John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84
1760 Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
1756 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (Discovered rings of Saturn), dies
1743 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer (Roman right), dies at 69
1687 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59
1619 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies
1529 Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake
1496 David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69
1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies
1115 Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies
Things that happened today...
1994 Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed
1994 Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodare (30)
1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat
Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
1992 "Metro" opens at Minskoff theater on Broadway
1992 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
1992 Afghanistan president Najibullah resigns
1992 NY Rangers win team record 50th game
1991 M Leander & E Seago's musical "Matador," premieres in London
1990 Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
1989 Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world
1989 Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28)
1987 August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama
1987 FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
1987 Michael Jordon, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
1987 Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
1987 Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences"
1986 To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Gadhafi appears on TV
1985 Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2
1984 Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs including a grand slam
1984 Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American primitive"
1983 Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
1981 Columbia space shuttle returns [04/24]
1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1980 L Brozek discovers asteroid #2696 Magion
1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks & Mets tie 1-1
1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1979 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried child"
1978 St Louis Card Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0
1977 Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
1975 Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh
1974 200,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam I in Ontario Calif
1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 2 giants pandas arrive in US, from China
1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1972 Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0
1970 70 die in a snow crush (France)
1967 Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings
1966 Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
1964 Geraldine Mock of US is 1st woman to fly solo round the world
1962 Brazil nationalizes US businesses
1962 Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News
1961 15th Tony Awards: Becket & Bye Bye Birdie win
1961 Chic Black Hawks beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1959 Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation
1959 NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard
1959 Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit
1958 Arnold Palmer wins his 1st Masters golf tournament
1958 French govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
1957 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1954 Detroit Red Wings beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup
1954 KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 British royal yacht Britannica taken out of service
1953 Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup
1953 Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game
1953 WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for Stanley Cup
1948 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC), forms
1947 -17/4) Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
1947 Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx
1946 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt
1946 NSB mayor of Rotterdam Neth, FE Mller sentence to 100 years in jail
1945 German troops in Groningen surrender
1945 Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
1945 US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1945 US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
1943 40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem Neth (85 killed)
1942 Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
1942 King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta
1941 Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes
1940 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)
1940 Cleve Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0
1940 Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro
1939 Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
1939 Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1938 Great-Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
1935 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"
1935 Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR
1929 Cleve Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
1929 NY Yankees become 1st team to use numbers on uniforms
1926 Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes"
& "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner
1924 1st radio-transmission of wireless: Matthus Passion
1924 Child labor laws strengthened in Holland
1922 Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, a women's record
1922 German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized
1921 Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague
1917 Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution
1912 Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel
1912 Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base)
1908 Natural Bridges National Monument forms
1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #597 Bandusia
1888 Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike
1883 Paul Kruger chosen president of Transvaal
1874 Dr David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton
1871 German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
1870 Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London
1869 Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti
1868 Louisiana voters approve new constitution
1866 Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia
1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes
1865 Battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler)
1862 Pres Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35
1862 Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
1862 US Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years)
1861 US president Lincoln bans business with confederate states
1854 Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa," premieres
1854 San Salvador destroyed by earthquake
1854 Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die
1849 M DeGasparis discovers 10th asteroid, Hygeia [or 0412]
1849 Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris
1818 Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
1789 George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
1777 Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout Brits
1746 Battle at Culloden: Troops of "James VIII & III"
1746 Charles Edward Stuart, the young pretender, defeated at Culloden
1724 1st Easter (OS=Apr 9)
1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
1632 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander
1521 Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms
1509 French army under Louis XII enters Alps
1346 King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
556 Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Other Occasions...
[NYC] AT&T Annual Shareholder meeting
Celebrations...
[Cuba] Militiamen Day
[Denmark, Greenland] Queen Margrethe's Birthday
[Puerto Rico] Jos De Diego's Birthday (1867)
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