Today In History
        Saturday April 19th, 2003 -- Day Number: 109 - Days left: 256


Those born today...

1970 Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz M‚xico, spanish singer
1969 Danelle Marie Folta, Hammond IN, playmate (Apr, 1995)
1968 Ashley Judd, Granada Hills Calif, actress (Kuffs)
1968 Thomas Nock, Zurich Switzerland
1965 Melita Rhn, Romania, horse vaulter (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1964 Scott Kamienicki, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1962 Al Unser Jr, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1961 Richard Phelps, British pentathelete
1960 Frank Viola, Hempstead NY, pitcher (Twins, Mets) (Cy Young-1988)
1957 Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 Bo[as] Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 Rod Morgenstern, rocker (Winger)
1956 Sue Barker, England, tennis star
1954 Trevor Francis, British soccer manager
1953 Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
1952 Adny Shernoff, rocker
1950 Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Brussel '74)
1949 Paloma Picasso, [Gilot], Paris France, actress (Immoral Tales)
1947 Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
1947 Murray Perahia, NYC, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988)
1947 Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
1946 Leon Wessels, S Afr lawyer/underminister of Law & Order
1946 Tim Curry, Cheshire England, actor (Rocky Horror Show)
1946 Viktor Vasiliyevich Zabolotsky, Russia, cosmonaut
1945 Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
1944 Bernard Worrell, US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop)
1944 Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster
1944 Mark "Flo" Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK)
1943 Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees)
1942 Alan Price, Eng, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1941 Michel Roux, chef de cuisine
1940 Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
1939 E Clay Shaw Jr, (Rep-R-FL, 1981-  )
1939 Ellen Weston, NYC, actress (Betty-SWAT)
1938 Jonathan Tunick, composer
1937 Elinor Donahue, Tacoma Wash, actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life)
1936 Csaba Szabo, composer
1936 Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away)
1936 Wilfried Martens, premier (Belgium, 1979-81, 1981-92)
1935 Dudley Moore, London England, actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks)
1935 Peter Scott, QC
1934 Dickie Goodman, rocker
1934 Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
1934 John Roch, high court judge
1933 Dick Sargent, Carmel Calif, actor (Darrin-Bewitched)
1933 Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricket test umpire
1932 Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1932 Jayne Mansfield, [Vera Jane Palmer], Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Fat Spy)
1931 Alex Webster, football coach (NY Giants)
1931 Denis Henry, British high court judge
1931 Garfield Morgan, Brtish actor^
1931 Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
1929 Edward Crook, Detroit Mich, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1960)
1928 Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him)
1928 John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
1927 Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1925 Hugh O'Brian, [Krampke], Rochester NY, actor (Wyatt Earp, Search)
1922 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts)
1922 Luigi Barbbarito, reverend (Apostolic ProNuncio)
1921 Glyn England, CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd)
1921 Will Ogdon, composer
1920 Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim)
1917 Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom)
1915 Dorian Le Gallienne, composer
1914 Andrew Wilkinson, pediatrician
1913 Cyril English, British educator
1912 Glen T Seaborg, US chemist (AEC, plutonium, Nobel 1951)
1911 Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer
1910 Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat
1907 Alan Wheatley, England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood)
1907 Gino Contilli, composer
1907 Lina Basquette, Mateo Cal
1905 John S "Jimmy" Thach, US pilot/admiral (WW II)
1903 Eliot Ness, untouchable (FBI agent-Chicago)
1900 Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth)
19-- Robert Tyler, actor (Trucker McKenzie-Loving)
19-- Roberto Carlos, Brazil, singer
19-- Steven E "Mayor" Capers, Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had Boyfriend)
1898 Constance Talmadge, Brooklyn NY, comedienne/actress (Intolerance)
1898 Sybil Andrews, English/Canadain painter
1897 Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey)
1892 Germaine Tailleferre, [Les Six], Pau-St-Maur France, composer
1891 Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband)
1891 Riccardo Bacchelli, Italian writer/poet (La Ronda)
1890 Lou Bandy, [Lodew˜k F Dieben], revue-artist (Look for the Sun)
1888 William L Axt, composer
1883 Get£lio Vargas, president of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer
1879 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz)
1877 Ole Evinrude, inventor (outboard marine engine)
1876 Hendrik W A E, duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin/king of Netherlands
1874 Firmin Baes, Flemish painter
1868 Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag)
1866 Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)
1863 Felix Blumenfeld, composer
1861 Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer
1858 May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Melbourne Aust, actress (Apple Annie)
1858 Siegfried Ochs, composer
1857 Lucien Levy-Bruhl, philosopher
1850 Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver
1850 Theo Mann-Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler)
1838 August(us) Alleb‚, Dutch painter/lithographer
1832 Jos‚ Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904)
1832 Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady (1881)
1830 Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit
1821 Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1817 John Philip, painter
1805 Charles Edmond-H‚nri de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian
1801 Gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philosopher/physicist
1798 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer
1798 Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter
1795 Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist
1785 Alexandre Pierre Fran‡ois Boely, composer
1772 David Ricardo, economist
1771 Giuseppe Cartufo, composer
1768 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist
1737 Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist
1728 Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright
1721 Roger Sherman, signer (Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1721 Thomas McKean, attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [or 3/19]
1715 James Nares, composer
1700 Georg Abraham Schneider, composer
1660 Sebastian Duron, composer
1605 Orazio Benevoli, composer
1320 Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)


Those who died today...

1995 J Peter Grace Jr, CEO (W R Grace), dies at 81
1994 Michel van Rooy, actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
1993 David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide
1993 George Mickelson, Gov of SD, & 7 others, die in a plane crash
1992 Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51
1992 Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70
1992 Pat Thompson, actress, dies at 51
1992 Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1992 Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1989 Daphne Du Maurier, England, writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies
1987 Maxwell D Taylor, US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85
1986 Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
1986 Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
1983 Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
1983 Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
1981 Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85
1980 Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1980 Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
1978 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
1972 Adolf Bach, German translator/sociologist, dies at 82
1969 Casper H”weler, music critic, dies at 71
1968 Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61
1967 Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91
1966 V„in” A Tanner, Finnish premier (1926-27)/minister, dies at 85
1965 George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75
1957 Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
1957 Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79
1956 Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 69
1956 Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47
1956 L‚on N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52
1954 Joe Laurie Jr, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61
1950 Gerald Berners, composer, dies at 66
1950 Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners composer, dies
1945 JP Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1944 Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
1943 Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76
1943 Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 Willy Grave, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1941 Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63
1938 Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
1938 Marie-Cl‚mentine "Suzanne" Valadon, French acrobat/model, dies at 72
1937 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
1932 Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77
1926 Squire Bancroft, [Butterfield], actor/manager, dies
1923 Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
1914 Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies
1906 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies
1900 Ivan K A‹vazovski, Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82
1895 George Scharf, critic, dies
1895 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
1893 John Addington Symonds, critic/poet, dies
1889 Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
1882 Charles Robert Darwin, evolutionist (Origin of Species), dies
1881 Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies
1881 Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
1876 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65
1874 Owen Jones, architect, dies
1870 Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83
1870 Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
1870 William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
1867 Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
1862 Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns
1862 Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
1852 Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
1824 George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies
1813 Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67
1799 Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78
1791 Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies
1776 Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78
1773 Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43
1772 Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66
1770 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74
1768 Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
1739 Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
1706 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies
1689 Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
1658 Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, Engl Lord High Admiral, dies at ñ70
1645 Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51
1645 William Smith, composer, dies at 42
1608 Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
1588 Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
1567 Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79
1560 Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
1529 John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55
1390 Robert II, King of Scotland, dies
1054 Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51
1044 Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
 843 Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome


Things that happened today...

1995 Car bomb at a federal building kills at least 31 in Oklahoma City
1994 FBI tear gases Branch Davidian compound, 79 Davidians killed
1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
1994 Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election
1993 Branch Davidians in Waco Texas commit suicide after 51 day siege
1993 Cosmas N'Deli wins Boston Marathon in 2:09:33
1993 Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1993 Olga Markova is 1st woman finisher in Boston Marathon (2:25:27)
1992 Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers"
1991 Battle of Ages-Evander Hollyfield beats 42 year old George Foreman
1991 Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990
1990 Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
1990 Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
1990 Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
1989 Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
1989 Republic Day in Sierra Leone
1987 Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win
1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)
1987 LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
1987 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title
1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1985 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451
1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature mag)
1983 France performs nuclear test
1982 Alberto Salazar wins Boston Marathon in a record 2:08:51
1982 Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
1982 Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut
1982 USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
1981 Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32
1981 William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in NYC
     innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)
1979 FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)
1979 J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666
1978 Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
1976 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist
1975 India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
1974 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees
1974 P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge
1973 Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow"
1973 Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president
1973 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1972 Hungary revises constitution
1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)
1971 USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
1970 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy & Applause win
1969 "Oliver," Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st
Academy Awards
1968 1st American since 1957 wins 72nd Boston Marathon
1968 Belgian construction workers strike
1967 "Casino Royale" premieres
1967 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
1967 US Surveyor III lands on Moon
1967 Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4« years
1966 Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
1965 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating
1965 T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
1964 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1964 Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin
1963 "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
1962 Eino Oksanen wins his 3rd Boston Marathon
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900 m
1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs
1960 Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating
1959 Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1956 US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III
1954 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar,
     runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
1953 WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Arthur Schwartz/Dorothy Fields' premieres in NYC
1951 Shigeki Tanaka, survivor of Hiroshima A-bomb, wins Boston Marathon
1950 19-year-old Ham Young becomes youngest Boston Marathon winner
1949 Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
1948 Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1948 Gerard Cote wins his 4th Boston Marathon
1947 AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1947 Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
1947 Tor Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1946 Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out
1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
1945 US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
1945 US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
1944 Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra
1944 Gerard Cote wins his 2nd straight & 3rd career Boston Marathon
1943 -May 16th: Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz
1943 Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto
1943 SS-lt-gen Jrgen Stoop leads destruction of ghetto of Warsaw
1941 B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder," premieres in Zrich
1941 Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1941 L Oterma discovers asteroids #2804 Yrjo & #3497
1941 Milk rationed in Holland
1940 "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
1939 Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)
1938 Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat
1937 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1936 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
1934 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer"
1933 FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1932 Pres Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week
1930 Clarence DeMar wins his 7th Boston Marathon (2:34:48.2)
1928 Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1927 "Vagabond King" opens in London
1924 "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago
1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
1921 Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
1919 French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
1919 Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall
1919 Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)
1916 "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London
1916 Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
1911 George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play," premieres in London
1910 Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)
1909 Joan of Arc, declared a saint
1907 Thomas Longboat wins Boston marathon (2:24:24.0)
1906 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail
1906 SF Earthquake ends killing 452
1904 Much of Toronto destroyed by fire
1904 R S Dugan discovers asteroids #533 Sara & #534 Nassovia
1902 Sammy A Mellor wins 6th Boston Marathon (2:43:12)
1901 James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6)
1900 Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
1900 James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:39:44.4 (39 km))
1897 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)
1897 1st performance of Debussy's "Pell‚as et M‚lisande"
1896 Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published
1894 Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in NYC
1892 Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin
1890 Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels
1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #225 Henrietta
1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #195 Eurykleia
1877 Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
1876 J C Watson discovers asteroid #161 Athor
1874 Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
1870 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #110 Lydia
1864 Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs CSS Alabama
1863 Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1861 Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1861 Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
1855 R Luther discovers asteroid #35 Leukothea
1853 Netherlands Van Hall govt forms
1852 Calif Historical Society forms
1839 Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom &
     Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1837 Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
1836 Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St Petersburg
1825 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
1782 Netherlands recognizes US
1775 Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
     Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
1774 CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris
1770 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
1713 Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions
1619 Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
1591 Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
1587 Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet
1552 Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel
1539 Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
1529 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism
1524 Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
1451 Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne


Other Occasions...

     Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
     [Ancient Rome] Cerialia; a d xiij Kal Maias


Celebrations...

     [Cuba] Bay of Pigs Victory Day (1961)
     [England] Primrose Day
     [Sierra Leone] Republican Anniversary Day (1971)
     [US] John Parker Day (1775) honors minutemen
     [Uruguay] Landing of 33/Desembarco de los "Treinta y Tres" (1825)
     [Venezuela] Declaration of Independence Day/Day of Indian


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