1517 – Tuman bay II, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, dies at 40
1635 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon, dies at 62
1722 – Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican priest, dies at 71
1918 – Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian military officer, dies at 47
1967 – Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44
1996 – George Mackay Brown, Scottish poet and playwright, dies at 74
2005 – Philippe Volter, Belgian actor, dies at 46
2009 – Bruce Snyder, American college football coach (Utah State, California, Arizona State), dies from melanoma at 69
2015 – Günter Grass, German writer, playwright (The Tin Drum) and Nobel Prize laureate (1999), dies at 87
2022 – Gloria Parker [Rosenthal], American marimbist, glasspiel player, songwriter (Clap Your Hands and Shake Your Blues Away), and bandleader, dies at 100
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Historical Events for 13th April 2024
1055 – Bishop Gebhard van Eichstattt named Pope Victor II
1560 – Giovanni, son of Italian mathematician Girolamo Cardano is executed for poisoning his wife, despite his father’s efforts to save him
1908 – Groundbreaking for Philadelphia’s Shibe Park, home of MLB Athletics (AL), 1909-54, MLB Phillies (NL), 1938-70, and NFL Eagles, 1940-57
1921 – Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers’ Party.
1934 – 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments
1976 – 1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Washington
1992 – Great Chicago Flood – Chicago’s underground tunnels flood
1992 – Lou Carnesecca retires as coach of St John’s basketball team
1996 – Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs NJ Devils from playoff
1997 – 61st US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods wins his first major title, a record 12 strokes ahead of Tom Kite; 4-round total 270 (−18) is tournament record
Today in History for 13th April 2024
Historical Events
1346 – Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy
1834 – HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia
1911 – Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames in Manhattan, New York City
1939 – The Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British.
1965 – 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits
1995 – Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
Famous Birthdays
1891 – Nellallitea “Nella” Larsen [Nellie Walker], African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1964)
1935 – Lyle Waggoner, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman), born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 2020)
1939 – Wijnie Jabaaij, Dutch politician (PvdA), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1952 – Jonjo O’Neill, Irish racehorse trainer, born in Cork, Ireland
1964 – Bill D’Angelo, American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico (d. 2005)
1971 – Dina Korzun, Russian actress, born in Smolensk, Russia
Famous Deaths
1886 – Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, pianist, and arranger, dies at 68
1966 – Georges Duhamel, French author (Vie et aventures de Salavin, 5 vol.), dies at 81
1975 – François Tombalbaye, Dictator and 1st President of Chad (1960-75), dies at 56
1992 – Brian Oulton, English character actor, dies at 84
2000 – Inglis Gundry, British composer, musicologist and novelist, dies at 94
2009 – Bruce Snyder, American college football coach (Utah State, California, Arizona State), dies from melanoma at 69
Famous Deaths for 12th April 2024
1550 – Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1814 – Charles Burney, English music historian, dies at 88
1922 – František Ondříček, Czech violinist and composer, dies at 64
1961 – Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Finnish composer (Angoscia, Trittico sinfonico), dies at 50
1983 – Carl Morton, American baseball pitcher (NL Rookie of the Year 1970; Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves), dies of a heart attack at 39
1993 – Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
1997 – George Wald, American physiologist and biologist (Nobel Prize 1967, vitamin A in retina), dies at 90
2010 – Michel Chartrand, French Canadian union activist, dies at 93
2012 – George Mesterhazy, Hungarian-American jazz pianist, and arranger, dies at 56
2013 – Marv Harshman, American College/Basketball HOF coach (Pacific Lutheran, Washington State Uni, Uni of Washington; Pac-10 Coach of the Year 1982, 84), dies at 95
Historical Events for 12th April 2024
1545 – French King Francis I orders the Waldensian Protestants of the village of Mérindol to be punished, setting off a massacre
1892 – George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter
1916 – Irish nationalist activist and poet Roger Casement boards submarine U-19 at Wilmshaven, Germany, bound for a rendezvous with the Aud at Tralee
1924 – WLS-AM in Chicago begins radio transmissions
1930 – Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
1955 – Polio vaccine tested by Jonas Salk announced to be ‘safe and effective’ and is given full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration
1979 – Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1998 – 62nd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Mark O’Meara claims his first major title with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win by 1 stroke from David Duval and Fred Couples
2020 – Huge storm system produces more than 40 tornadoes in the US from Texas to South Carolina killing 32 people across six states
2023 – US Environmental Protection Agency proposes landmark set of pollution regulations to drive down greenhouse-gas emissions, including electric vehicles making up 67% of new passenger-car sales by 2032
Today in History for 12th April 2024
Historical Events
1869 – North Carolina legislature passes anti-Ku Klux Klan Law
1905 – French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1931 – Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankees manager
1935 – First flight of the Bristol Blenheim
1999 – US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving “intentionally false statements” in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
2020 – OPEC and other major oil companies agree to the largest-ever drop in production to stabilize world prices
Famous Birthdays
1933 – Montserrat Caballé, Spanish bel canto operatic soprano, and unlikely pop star (with Freddie Mercury – Barcelona), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2018)
1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer (Mensch; Spruenge), born in Göttingen, Germany
1956 – Alex Briley, American actor (Can’t Stop the Music), born in New York City
1959 – Liu Xiao Ling Tong [Zhang Jinlai], Chinese actor (Journey to the West – “Monkey King”), born in Shanghai, China
1965 – Elaine Zayak, American figure skater (Olympic 6th 1984), born in Paramus, New Jersey
1995 – Jennifer Brady, American tennis player (Australian Open 2021 runner-up), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
238 – Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage
1997 – George Wald, American physiologist and biologist (Nobel Prize 1967, vitamin A in retina), dies at 90
2007 – Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
2012 – George Mesterhazy, Hungarian-American jazz pianist, and arranger, dies at 56
2020 – Francisco Aritmendi, Spanish athlete (International Cross Country Championships 1964), dies of COVID-19 at 81
2020 – Jim Frey, American MLB manager (Kansas City Royals, American League C’ship 1980; Chicago Cubs), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 11th April 2024
1554 – Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521)
1938 – Cristóbal Torriente, Cuban Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL NL batting champion 1920; NgL NL pennant 1920–22; Chicago American Giants; career batting average: .352), dies from alcoholism and tuberculosis at 44
1973 – (Edward) “Ted” de Corsia, American actor (The Naked City; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), dies at 69
1985 – Bunny Ahearne, British ice hockey promoter, dies at 84
1989 – Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68
1994 – John Nicolaas Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair, Transavia), dies at 64
2000 – Lucia Dlugoszewski, Polish-American composer (Fire Fragile Flight), dies at 74
2017 – Toby Smith [Grafftey-Smith], British keyboardist and songwriter, dies of cancer at 46
2018 – Mitzi Shore [Lillian Saidel], American owner of The Comedy Store and founder of The Comedy Channel, dies at 87
2019 – Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), dies of pneumonia at 81
Historical Events for 11th April 2024
1471 – Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI
1933 – Hermann Goering becomes Premier of Prussia
1936 – George Abbott, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s musical “On Your Toes”, choreographed by George Balanchine, and starring Ray Bolger and Tamara Geva, opens at the Imperial Theatre (later transfers to Majestic), NYC; runs for 515 performances
1961 – 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1
1961 – Trial of Adolf Eichmann for war crimes in World War II begins in Jerusalem, Israel
1972 – Benjamin Hooks named to Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 1st African-American to serve
1974 – WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1981 – Larry Holmes beats Trevor Berbick by unanimous decision in Las Vegas to retain his WBC heavyweight boxing title
1993 – 57th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his second green jacket by 4 strokes from Chip Beck
2023 – Myanmar military kill at least 133 civilians, including children, in an airstrike on Kanbalu township in an area not under control of the military junta
Today in History for 11th April 2024
Historical Events
1471 – Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI
1907 – New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards
1926 – Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1939 – Hungary leaves League of Nations
1957 – Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule
1991 – Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California
Famous Birthdays
1919 – Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony’s College Oxford), born in Bath, Somerset, England (d. 2015)
1930 – Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings)
1937 – Jill Gascoine, British stage and pioneering TV actress (The Gentle Touch – “Maggie Forbes”), and novelist, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 2020)
1966 – Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer (“Around the World”), born in Manchester, England
1971 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein), born in Schwerin, Germany
1974 – Alex Corretja, Spanish tennis player (Tour Finals 1998; Davis Cup 2000), born in Barcelona, Spain
Famous Deaths
1240 – Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies
1626 – Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
1810 – Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, dies at 75
1853 – Louis-Emmanuel Jadin, French pianist, music director, and composer, dies at 84
2007 – Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954)
2010 – Jean Boiteux, French swimmer (Olympic gold 400m freestyle, bronze 4×200m freestyle 1952), dies after falling off a tree at 76
Famous Deaths for 10th April 2024
1640 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61
1806 – Horatio Gates, British-American soldier (general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War), dies at 78
1920 – Moritz B. Cantor, German historian of mathematics, dies at 90
1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet (The Prophet; Broken Wings; Sand and Foam), painter, and philosopher, dies of cirrhosis of the liver, with incipient tuberculosis, at 48
1938 – Joseph “King” Oliver, American jazz cornet player, composer, bandleader, and mentor to Louis Armstrong, dies of arteriosclerosis at 56
1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish visual artist and rock bassist (The Beatles, 1960-61), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 21
1968 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
2012 – Ritchie Teeter, American drummer (The Dictators, 1976-79; Twisted Sister, 1980-81), dies of esophageal cancer at 61
2012 – Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance Leader, dies at 97
2016 – Howard Marks, British drug dealer and author (Mr Nice), dies at 70