Birthdates Which Occur on April 4:
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
and 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 1891
1821 Linus Yale US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens inventor (laid undersea cables)
and 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
and Pauline de Haan-Manifarges Dutch singer
1875 Jozef Szulc composer
and Pierre Monteux Paris France, conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24)
and 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)
and Esther Howard MT
1895 Arthur Murray NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1896 Robert Sherwood dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)
and Tristan Tzara [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man)
1897 Pierre Fresnay Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)
1898 Agnes Ayres Carbondale IL
19-- Rebecca Wild XXX actress (Howard Sperm Show, Red Beaver Bonanza)
and Richard Coogan Short Hills NJ, actor (Captain Video)
and Tom Byron XXX actor (Battle of the Superstars, Transitions)
and Tracey Phillips Montclair NJ, actress (Hope-Coed Fever)
1901 Carmel Myers SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show)
1902 Louise L de Vilmorin French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)
1905 Eugene Bozza composer
1906 Bea Benaderet NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)
and John Cameron Swayze Wichita Ks, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg) [NS]
1907 Nathan M Pusey educator (1963 Natl Assoc for Social Sciences Medal)
1910 [Marcelle] Georgette Hagedoorn actress/chansonniŠre
1913 Frances Langford Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time)
and Jerome Weidman US writer (Tenderloin)
and Rosemary Lane Indianola IA
1914 Gustave Camus Belgian painter
and John Beith British diplomat
and Marguerite Duras France, novelist/playwright (Sea Wall)
1915 Jan Drda Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani)
and Lars G Ahlin Swedish writer (Death of Me)
and Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
1917 Joseph Ortiz French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)
1918 Earl Jellicoe chancellor (U of Southhampton)
and Margaret Dupont tennis champion
1919 Antony Tudor England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)
1921 Willem J "Wim" the Villiers S Afr minister of Administration
1922 Elmer Bernstein NYC, movie music composer (Robot Monster)
1923 Eric Rohmer Nancy Francy, director (Claire's Knee)
and Manon H E Alving Dutch actress (Short American)
1924 Eva Marie Saint Newark NJ, actress
and Gil Hodges baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets)
and Peter Vaughan actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling)
1925 Elizabeth Wilson Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Doc, East Side/West Side)
and 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)
and Jimmy Logan British comedian (Mad Death)
and Maya Angelou [Marguerite Johnson], St Louis, poet/actress (Nyo-Roots)
and Monty Norman composer/writer
1929 William F Clinger Jr (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
1930 David Sexton soccer manager
1931 Harold L Volkmer (Rep-D-MO, 1977- )
1932 Andrei Tarkovski Russian director (Solaris, Stalker)
and Anthony Perkins NYC, actor (Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison)
and Richard G Lugar (Sen-R-IN, 1977- )
1933 Fritz Bolkestein Dutch director (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD)
and Robin Phillips English multi-millionaire manuafacturer
and Seoirse Bodley composer
1935 Fran‡ois-Bernard Mache composer
and Lord Ichayra secretary-general (British Banking Assn)
and Trevor Griffiths playwright (Absolute Beginners)
1936 Margo J Sylvia rocker (Tune Weavers)
1937 Ian St James novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)
and J Hans van den Doel economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
1938 A Bartlett Giamatti Boston, pres of Yale/baseball commish (1989)
and Michael Parks Corona Calif, actor (Then Came Bronson)
and Peter Attenborough British headmaster (Charterhouse)
1939 Hugh Masekela South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
and JoAnne Gunderson Carter Kirkland Wash, golfer (US Open 1970, 76)
1940 Bijan Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
and Robby Mueller
and V T Isakov cosmonaut
1941 Major Lance US boxer/dancer/singer (Hey Little Girl)
1942 Kitty Kelley author (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra)
and Kris Jensen rocker
1943 Ian Robertson British museum director (National Army Museum)
1944 David Melville professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic)
and Lawrence A Hough US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver)
1945 Caroline McWilliams Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson)
and Walter Charles East Strousberg PA
1946 Craig T Nelson Spokane Wash, actor (Poltergeist, Hayden Fox-Coach)
1947 Salvatore Sciarrino composer
1948 Berry Oakley Chicago Ill, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man)
and Gail Davies Broken Bow Ok, country singer (Blue Heartache)
and Pick Withers rocker (Dire Straits)
1949 Larry Lingle rocker
195- Luke Halpin Astoria NY, actor (Sandy-Flipper)
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)
and Gary Moore Irish rock guitarist (Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman)
and Peter Haycock rocker
and Rosemarie Ackermann German DR, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954 Julie Carmen Mount Vernon NY, actress (Gloria, Last Plane Out)
1956 Evelyn Hart prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)
1957 Graeme Kelling British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid)
and Paul Downton British cricketeer
1958 John Wesley Jones Lawton Ok, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1976)
and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon painter
1960 Jonathan Agnew British broadcaster/test bowler
1962 Ava Fabian Brewster NY, playmate (Aug, 1986)/actress (Cafe Nostra)
1963 David Gavurin English pop guitarist/composer (Sundays, Blindly)
1964 Paul Parker soccer player
and Robbie Rist Calif, actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch)
1965 Black Francis [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
and Robert Downey Jr NYC, comedian (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School)
and Zwart Francis [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
1966 Nancy McKeon Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)
1969 Dennis de Noo˜er soccer player (Sparta)
and Gerard de Noo˜er soccer player (Sparta)
1970 Barry van Galen soccer player (Roda JC)
and Jason Stoltenberg Australia, tennis star
1973 Peter Hoekstra soccer player (PSV)
1976 Alicia Silverstone SF, actress (Clueless)
Deaths Which Occured April 4:
397 Ambrosius gov of Ligurie/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies
896 Formosus Pope (891-96), dies
1229 Hugo van Pierrepont bishop of Luik, dies
1284 Alfonso X King of Castili‰/Le¢n (1252-84), dies at 63
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 Friesland, 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)
1643 Simon Episcopius bishop/theologist, dies
1662 Davis Mell composer, dies at 57
Leonhart Nucleus German sculptor, dies at about 73
1664 Adam Willaerts 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/writer (She stoops to conquer), dies
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 astronomer, dies
1817 Andr‚ Mass‚na Duc de Rivoli soldier, dies
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 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 Freidrich Benz automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies
1930 Vladimir Majakovski Russian poet, dies
1931 Andre Michelin CEO (Michelin Tires), dies
George Whitfield Chadwick composer, dies at 76
1932 Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz Austrian minister, dies
Wilhelm Ostwald physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies
1934 Braulio Dueno Colon composer, dies at 80
1937 Frantisek X Salda Czech writer/critic, dies
1939 Ghasi I king of Iraq (19..-39), dies
1943 Oskar Schlemmer German painter/sculptor, dies
Raoul Laparra composer, dies at 66
1944 John Peale Bishop US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51
Karel Weis composer, dies at 82
1950 Kurt Weill German/US composer (Street Scenes), dies
1953 Carol II King of Romania (1930-40), dies
Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author, dies at 93
1956 Fritz Knkel German physician, dies
1958 Hendrik Heyman Belgian minister of N˜verheid/mayor, dies at 78
1963 Endzion Barelli dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
Jason Robards Sr actor (Acapulco), dies at 70
1967 Mischa Elman Ukraine/US violinist, dies
1968 Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis (Dream continues)
1970 Byron Foulger actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70
1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63
John AHJS Bruins Slot co-founder/editor in chief (illegal)
Stefan Wolpe composer, 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
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan
1981 Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
1982 Tsvetan Tsvetanov composer, dies at 50
1983 Gloria Swanson actress (Airport 1975), dies at 84 of a heart ailment
Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78
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
Luc de R˜ck Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
Max Frisch Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies
1992 Karl Tunberg US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies
Sy Kramer singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
1993 Alfred Mosher Butts US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93
Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop [Rita la Roche], singer, dies
1994 Ginny Simms [Virginia Sims], singer/actress (Playmates), dies at 77
Olga Lowina yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69
Holidays Which Occur April 4:
Guinea Anniversary of 2nd Republic (1984)
Hungary Anniversary of Liberation (1945)
Senegal Independence Day (1960)
Religious Observances on April 4:
Ang Commemoration of St Ambrose
Christian Feast of St Agathopus & Theodulus
Christian Feast of St Benedict, black
Christian Feast of St Plato, monk/abbot/hermit & St Tigernach
RC Isidorus, archbishop of Seville
636 RC Comm of St Isidore, abp of Seville, confessor/doctor (opt)
2151 Jewish 1st day of Passover
2162 Jewish 1st day of Passover
2173 Jewish 1st day of Passover
Things to Remember for April 4:
Flower-Sweet Pea & Daisy Gem-Diamond
America's Heartland Development Month-Cancer Control Month
International Guitar Month-Pets are Wonderful Month
National Cable Month (1987)-Keep America Beautiful-Math Month
National Frozen Food-Weight Loss-Humor-Child Abuse-Month
15 Days Astrological sign: Aires
Highlights in History Which Occur April 4:
896 Formosus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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
and 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
and 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
1858 R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso (goddess of silence)
1859 Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)
1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
and 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
1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
and British garrison surrenders to Boer general De Law
1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000
1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
and Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
and Tibet declares independence from China
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
and Food riot in Amsterdam
1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
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
and 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in NYC
and Vitamin C 1st isolated, C.C. King, Univ of Pittsburgh
1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of NJ, 73 die
1934 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1716 Peter
1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
1940 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2332 Kalm
and R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher," premieres in NYC
1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
and De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communist
1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
and US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
1947 Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect
and Largest group of sunspots on record
and 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; it ends in a tie
1949 Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement
and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)
and WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1798 Watts, #2641
and Lipschutz & #3070
1950 Dirk Suffocated becomes chairman of OES
1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Per¢n in Buenos Aires
1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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)
and Darmstadt
1959 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
1960 Oscar awarded to Neth director Bert Haanstra
and Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
and Senegal declares independence from France
1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station
and Dutch De Young govt forms
1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
1969 Dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart
1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
and USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov
and Seni Pramojs Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago Ill
1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
and North Carolina State wins NCAA women's basketball championship
1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
and 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 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to race a ¬ mile in under 5 seconds
and Kansas upsets Oklahoma for NCAA basketball title
and Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds Vs Cards)
and Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
and NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th
win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1990 "Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
and Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
and Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
and John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
and Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case
and Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
1993 Wrestlemania IX-Hulk Hogan beats Okozuna for title
1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn
and Arkansas Razorbacks beat Duke 76-72 for NCAA basketball title
and KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
and LA Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
1905 Some reports claim 370,000 killed in quake centered around
Kangra, India when several villages completely destroyed.
1933 Dirigible 'Akron' goes down off New Jersey with loss of 73 men.
1971 90 million cubic feet of ancient marine clay liquify under a housin
Sageunay River. 31 die. (Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec)
and development built on 100 foot high cliff sliding 1.8 miles into
1975 C5A Galaxy on military charter crashes, taking 155 lives. (Saigon)
Your Special Reminders for April 4:
1874 20øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1892 80øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 94th day of year with 271 days left (Numerology = 8)
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