Today In History
Wednesday April 2nd, 2003 -- Day Number: 92 - Days left: 273
Those born today...
1975 Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
1971 Todd Woodbridge, Sydney Australia, tennis star ('95 doubles Wimbledon)
1969 Yj Nagata, [Yuji], wrestler (NJPW)
1965 Rodney King, Sacramento Calif, black motorist beaten by LA cops
1963 Dermot Reeve, British cricketeer
1962 Billy Dean, Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid)
1961 Goofy Steinmann, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1961 Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus)
1960 Linford Christie, St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold 1992
1959 Brian Goodell, US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976)
1959 Dean Townson, St Petersburg Fla, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
1959 Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1959 Victoria Jackson, Miami Florida, comedian (SNL, Casual Sex)
1955 Dana Carvey, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World)
1954 Ron Palillo, Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter)
1953 Debralee Scott, Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie)
1949 Pamela Reed, Tacoma WA, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court)
1949 Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey
1948 Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune)
1948 Kerry Minnear, rocker (Gentle Giant)
1947 Camille Paglia, Endicott NY
1947 Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again)
1946 Kurt Winter, rocker (Guess Who)
1945 Don Sutton, baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1945 Linda Hunt, Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado)
1945 Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C)
1943 Glen Dale, [Richard Garforth], rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal)
1943 Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
1942 Graham Bright, private sec to British PM
1941 Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny)
1940 Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love)
1940 Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
1939 Marvin P Gaye Jr, Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing)
1937 Paul E Kanjorski, (Rep-D-PA, 1985- )
1936 Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (world champ 1966)
1935 Sharon Acker, Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973)
1934 Brian Glover, actor (McGuffin)
1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Dept of Health)
1934 Diane Cilento, Rabaul,, actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man)
1934 Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury)
1931 Imre Olsvai, composer
1930 Girolamo Arriego, composer
1930 Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate
1930 WH Smith
1929 Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife)
1929 Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch 2nd chamber member (KVP/CDA)
1928 Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago
1928 Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron)
1928 Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer/songwriter
1927 Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star
1926 Elena Verdugo, Hollywood Calif, actress (Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD)
1926 Michael Rizzello, sculpter/coin designer
1925 George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge)
1924 Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas)
1923 Hugh Overton, British diplomat
1923 Jacob "Jaap" Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment)
1922 Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
1920 Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)
1920 Lambertus MJU van Straaten, geologist (Waddenzee, Rhne-delta)
1919 Antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader
1919 Ian Hunter, impresario
1917 Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie)
1917 Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse)
1915 Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine
1914 Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai)
1911 Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap)
1910 Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer (Street Car Named Desire)
1910 Joeri German, Russian writer
1909 Jean Kurt Forest, composer
1908 Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
1905 Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opra Ballet)
1902 Danilo Svara, composer
1901 Anis Fuleihan, composer
1900 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
19-- Amelia Marshall, actress (Gilly-Guding Light)
19-- Sam Anderson, actor (Gorpley-Perfect Strangers)
1894 Rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
1891 Max Ernst, Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism)
1877 Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik)
1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company (Chrysler)
1868 Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret)
1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)
1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931)
1841 Clment Ader, French engineer
1840 mile Zola, France, novelist (Nana, J'Accuse)
1834 Frdric-Auguste Bertholdi, France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
1833 Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1827 William Holdman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World)
1826 Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1817 Teodulo Mabellini, composer
1814 Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1806 Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX
1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
1803 Franz Paul Lachner, composer
1763 Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer
1740 Armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman (Council of 500)
1735 Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
1735 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer
1733 Giacomo Tritto, composer
1728 Franz Asplmayr, composer
1713 Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet (Fatherland)
1711 Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor
1632 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer
1628 Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer
1618 Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan
742 Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
Those who died today...
1994 Richard Davies, dies of heart attack at 79
1993 Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
1993 Kaus Schenk, ice skater/skating coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
1992 Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72
1990 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1979 Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72
1976 Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74
1974 Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
1974 Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris
1972 Gil Hodges, NY Mets manager, dies at 57
1969 Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
1966 Cecil Scott "CR" Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower)
1965 Renzo Bossi, composer, dies at 81
1961 August Defresne, director (Anno Christi 967), dies
1961 Wallingford Rieger, composer, dies at 75
1956 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
1956 Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
1956 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies
1953 Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
1952 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies
1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
1945 Maurice Rose, US Gen-maj, dies in battle of Paderborn
1944 Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71
1941 Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies
1937 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher ("Zionism"), dies at about 72
1932 Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69
1928 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), dies at 37
1910 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies
1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, genealogist, dies at 79
1890 Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70
1876 Paul van Vlissingen, ship owner, dies at 78
1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
1865 Ambrose P Hill, confederate general, dies at 39
1865 Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
1831 Charles Felix, King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
1803 Hieronymus van Alphen, attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56
1784 Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74
1758 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67
1747 Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63
1705 Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59
1657 Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
1640 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
1502 Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragn
1416 Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
1118 Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
Things that happened today...
1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
1995 NY Police Dept and NY Transit Police merge into one organization
1995 North & Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
1995 Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
1995 Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
1995 Univ of Ct Huskies win NCAA Woman's basketball tournament
1995 Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
1994 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4
1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam)
1993 Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
1992 "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Center on Broadway
1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
1992 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
1991 Rotterdam Newspaper begins publishing
1990 UNLV beats Duke 103-73 for NCAA championship
1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage
1989 Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games
1988 Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
1987 Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation
1987 IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
1986 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
1986 P Jensen discovers asteroid #3459 Bodil
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Georgetown beats Houston 84-75 for NCAA championship
1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands
1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400
1981 Belgium's 4th govt of Martens resigns
1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon
1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
1979 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt
1978 TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier
1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2190 Coubertin & #2593 Buryatia
1976 Portuguese constitution assumed
1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
1973 Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal
1973 ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean pres election
1972 44th Academy Awards presented
1972 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo
1972 Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in NYC
1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain
2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final
stage in a wall climb in world
1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)
1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd
1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States
1968 Senator E Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin
1967 Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1965 Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy
1964 Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria
1964 Military coup between Gen Castello Branco & Pres Goulart in Brazil
1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
1963 USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
1960 Cuba buys oil from USSR
1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1958 Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens
1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
1956 Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester
1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of
Night" premieres on TV
1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament
playing under table tennis rules
1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see 0126]
1953 Raab forms his 1st government in Austria
1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1947 Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome
1945 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy
1944 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 8th Symphony, premieres in NY
1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
1941 German occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn
1941 USS Hotnet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF
1937 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1549 Mikko
1935 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer
1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition
game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1930 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2500
1926 Riots between Moslems & Hindus in Calcutta
1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps
1917 Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1916 Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia & #852 Wladilena & #853 Nansenia
1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
1905 Cairo-Capetown railway opens
1902 1st motion picture theater opens (LA)
1902 Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act
1902 Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht
1900 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)
1884 London prison for debtors closed
1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack
1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1876 Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila
1869 R Luther discovers asteroid #108 Hecuba
1866 Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va
1865 Battle of Petersburg, VA (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station)
1865 CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA
1865 Gen A P Hill is killed by a Federal Picket
Battle of Ft Blakely AL & Selma AL
1864 Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
1864 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
1863 Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia
1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin
1845 H L Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
1819 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins
1800 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
1792 US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins
& silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
1745 Austria & Bavaria sign peace
1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
1590 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
1559 England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrsis
1559 Genoa Italy, expels Jews
1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Len
1416 Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragn
999 Gerbert van Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
Other Occasions...
International Children's Book Day
Celebrations...
[Chad] Creation of Union of Central African States (1968)
[Iran] Nawroz 13
[Liberia] National Day of Prayer & Fast
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