1847 – Persia and Ottoman Turkey sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum
1922 – Irish Republican Army rebels occupy the Four Courts (government buildings) in Dublin
1931 – Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 2-0 for a 3-2 series win; Canadiens’ back-to-back Championships
1972 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes 24 bombs in towns and cities across Northern Ireland
1980 – First Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1988 – Michael Rupert and Jerry Colker’s musical “Mail” opens at Music Box Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances
1992 – Revival of Frank Loesser’s musical “Guys and Dolls” starring Nathan Lane opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, runs for 1,143 performances, and wins 4 Tony Awards
2012 – J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, launches her website “Pottermore”
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Today in History for 14th April 2026
Historical Events
1828 – Noah Webster registers the copyright for the publication of the first American dictionary titled “An American Dictionary of the English Language”
1917 – Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
1941 – King Peter leaves Yugoslavia
1950 – Doorne’s Auto factory opens in Netherlands
1972 – Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz’s musical review “That’s Entertainment” opens at Edison Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
Famous Birthdays
1889 – James Stephenson, British actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew), born in Selby, Yorkshire, England (d. 1941)
1900 – Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian opera singer and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1969)
1925 – Abel Muzorewa, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979-80), born in Umtali, Manicaland, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2010)
1951 – Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), born in London
1977 – Rob McElhenney, American actor, screenwriter and producer known for “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Welcome to Wrexham”, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1922 – Cap Anson, American Baseball HOF first baseman (NL batting champion 1881, 88; 8 × NL RBI leader; Chicago White Stockings/Colts) and manager (Philadelphia A’s, Chicago White Stockings/Colts, NY Giants), dies from a glandular ailment at 69
1935 – Emmy Noether, German mathematician known for her contributions to abstract algebra, dies at 53
1988 – Herbert Reynolds Inch, American composer and teacher, dies at 83
2008 – Miguel Galvan, Mexican actor/comedian. (b. 1957)
2012 – John Herbert “Jonathan” Frid, Canadian actor (Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows), dies of pneumonia at 87
Famous Deaths for 13th April 2026
1517 – Tuman bay II, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, dies at 40
1728 – Johann Christoph Schmidt, German composer, dies at 63
1794 – Nicolas Chamfort, French writer, dies at 53
1855 – Henry De la Beche, English geologist, dies at 59
1864 – Johann Schneider, German composer and organist, dies at 74
1882 – Bruno Bauer, German theologian, dies at 72
1911 – John McLane, American politician, dies at 59
1970 – William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (Flowers; Training for War), dies of pancreatic hemorrhage at 67
1997 – Foffie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; 9 wickets, 1 x 50; Barbados), dies at 83
1997 – Ann Craft, British social worker, scholar, and advocate for disability rights (Ann Craft Trust), dies at 53
Historical Events for 13th April 2026
1882 – Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia
1909 – In Constantinople the primarily Albanian First Army Corps seizes the parliament building and telegraphs offices, forcing the Ottoman statesman Hilmi Pasha to resign
1928 – 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl)
1964 – 36th Academy Awards: “Tom Jones” (Best Film), Patricia Neal (Hud), and Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) win; Poitier is the first Black actor in a leading role to win a competitive Oscar
1975 – Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war
1983 – Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
1990 – Final episode of Pat Sajak’s late night TV show on CBS
1997 – Rare double doubleheader played in the same city Giants vs Mets and Oakland A’s vs Yankees in NY after rain previous day
Today in History for 13th April 2026
Historical Events
1918 – Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital
1944 – Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 5-4 in overtime for a 4-0 series sweep; Canadiens’ first SC triumph since 1931
1960 – The US Department of Defense places “Transit 1B,” the first navigational satellite, in orbit around Earth
1981 – Washington Post journalist Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing; she later admits story was a hoax and returns the prize
2014 – Kenyan Wilson Kipsang wins the London Marathon
Famous Birthdays
1570 – Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator who was convicted in the “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the British Parliament, born in York, England (d. 1606)
1937 – John Contiguglia, American concert pianist (as duo with his identical twin, Richard), born in Auburn, New York
1939 – Barbara-Rose Collins, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan), born in Detroit, Michigan
1954 – Niels Olsen, Danish singer and songwriter (The Olsen Brothers; Eurovision Song Contest, 2000), born in Odense, Denmark
1971 – Jeroen Thesseling, Dutch death metal fretless bassist (Pestilence; Obscura), born in the Netherlands
Famous Deaths
1826 – Franz Danzi, German composer and cellist, dies at 62
1827 – Hugh Clapperton, Scottish explorer of Africa, dies at Sokoto, at 38
1936 – Milton Brown, American swing bandleader, dies at 32
1997 – Foffie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; 9 wickets, 1 x 50; Barbados), dies at 83
2016 – Jeremy Steig, American jazz flutist (“Howlin’ for Judy”; “Wayfaring Stranger”), dies of cancer at 73
Famous Deaths for 12th April 2026
1687 – Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
1795 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general, dies at 84
1845 – Hendrik Marcus de Kock, Dutch general and politician (Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1826-30), dies at 65
1942 – Johannes Evert Akkeringa, Dutch painter and etcher, dies at 81
1959 – Ernest Willem Mulder, Dutch conductor, composer, and teacher, dies at 60
1973 – Arthur Freed, American Academy Award-winning lyricist and film producer (An American in Paris; Gigi; Singin’ in the Rain), dies from heart attack at 78
1981 – Hans Chemin-Petit, German composer, dies at 78
2013 – Michael France, American screenwriter, dies from complications from diabetes at 51
2020 – John Horton Conway, British mathematician (cellular automaton Game of Life), dies of COVID-19 complications at 82
2020 – Stirling Moss, British auto racer (16 x F1 Grand Prix; World F1 Drivers C’ship runner-up 1955-58; 12 Hours of Sebring 1954) and broadcaster (ABC F1, NASCAR), dies at 90
Historical Events for 12th April 2026
1869 – North Carolina legislature passes anti-Ku Klux Klan Law
1931 – Spanish voters reject the monarchy
1946 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her first major title by 2 strokes from Eileen Stulb
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
1957 – Jim Spalding set a 2,088 pin nine-game bowling record
1961 – Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into space and orbit Earth, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft
1975 – Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and grenade attack on Strand Bar in Belfast, North Ireland
1980 – Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)
Today in History for 12th April 2026
Historical Events
1943 – Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
1954 – Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1982 – 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
2002 – Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the military coup against Hugo Chávez.
2024 – Music festival Coachella kicks off, headlined by Lana Del Ray, Tyler The Creator, Doja Cat and No Doubt
Famous Birthdays
1777 – Henry Clay, American politician known as “the Great Compromiser”, Speaker of the House, Senator and Secretary of State (1825-29), born in Hanover County, Virginia (d. 1852)
1839 – Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian naturalist and explorer (East and Central Asia), born in Kimborovo, Russia (d. 1888) (OS 31 March)
1899 – Chief Thundercloud [Victor Daniels], Cherokee actor (The Lone Ranger; Colt .45), born in Muskogee, Indian Territory (d. 1955)
1912 – Harold Maguire, British air marshal, born in Kilkishen, Ireland (d. 2001)
1953 – Tony James, English rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F-111), born in Shepherds Bush, London
Famous Deaths
352 – Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
1788 – Carl Joseph Toeschi, German composer, dies at 56
1898 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Quebec, dies at 78
1981 – Hans Chemin-Petit, German composer, dies at 78
1996 – Marthe Robert, French essayist and translator who influenced Sigmund Freud, dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 11th April 2026
1648 – Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53
1712 – Richard Simon, French Oratorian priest, biblical critic and orientalist (Histoire Critique du Vieux Testament / Critical History of the Old Testament), dies at 73
1838 – Piet Uys [Petrus Lafras Uys], Dutch Afrikaner Voortrekker pioneer (the Great Trek from Cape of Good Hope to interior South Africa), killed during the Battle of Italeni against the Zulus at 40
1908 – Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
1974 – Charles Curtis “Curt” Conway, American actor (Raw Deal; The Twilight Zone), dies of a heart attack at 60
1980 – Charlotte Henry, American actress (Alice in Wonderland; Babes In Toyland; Jungle Menace), dies of cancer at 66
1992 – Robert Houben, Belgian politician (Minister of Public Health, 1958), dies at 86
1996 – Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French advertising magnate and Founder of Publicis Groupe, dies at 89
2006 – Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32
2025 – Max Romeo [Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, dies of heart complications at 80
Historical Events for 11th April 2026
1926 – Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1941 – Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets
1952 – The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
1955 – Garfield Sobers starts run of 85 uninterrupted Test Cricket appearances for West Indies
1993 – 450 prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continue for ten days, citing grievances about prison conditions and the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis)
1996 – Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “The King and I”, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy, premieres at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 781 performances
2021 – 74th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) held virtually: “Nomadland” best film, Chloé Zhao best director, Frances McDormand, Anthony Hopkins best acting awards
2024 – Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death for embezzlement, bribery and banking violations worth 304 trillion dong ($12.46 billion), the country’s largest-ever fraud case