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Today in History for 10th April 2023

Historical Events

1589 – Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City
1945 – General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of “Fort Holland”
1956 – Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
1976 – Brewers’ Don Money’s grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
1993 – BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr

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Famous Birthdays

1928 – Rosco Gordon, American RandB pianist, singer, and songwriter (“Booted”; “No More Doggin'”), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2002)
1939 – Alan Rothenberg, American lawyer and sports executive, born in Detroit, Michigan
1957 – Aliko Dangote, Nigerian Chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group, born in Kano, Kano State
1958 – Bob Bell, British engineer and Chief Technical Officer of the Renault Formula One team, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1963 – Warren DeMartini, American heavy metal guitarist (Ratt), born in Chicago, Illinois
1972 – Richard Wearne, Australian rower (Olympics 1996) and photographer, born in Sydney, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1919 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish rocker who was the original bassist for the Beatles, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 21
1968 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
2007 – Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (“Where Flamingos Fly”; “Sex Is A Misdemeanor”), dies at 76
2020 – Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), dies of brain cancer at 71
2022 – John Drew, American basketball small forward (NBA All-Star 1976, 80; Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz), dies from bone cancer at 67

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Famous Deaths for 9th April 2023

1654 – Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1588)
1886 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60
1917 – Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1945 – Georg Elser, German failed assassin of Hitler, dies at Dachau concentration camp at 42
1964 – Hesketh Pearson, English biographer and playwright (Writ for Libel), dies at 77
1971 – Will Harridge, American Baseball HOF executive (President American League 1931-59), dies at 87
2005 – Andrea Dworkin, American radical feminist (Pornography: Men Possessing Women), dies of heart failure at 58
2007 – Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (b. 1930)
2019 – Marilynn Smith, American golfer, co-founder LPGA (Titleholders Championship 1963-64), dies at 89
2021 – Ekkehard Fasser, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold, four-man 1988; World C’ship gold 1983; World Cup champion 1985-86), dies at 68

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Historical Events for 9th April 2023

1691 – French troops occupy Mons
1768 – John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies
1838 – UK National Gallery re-opens in its new dedicated building in Trafalgar Square, London
1931 – Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Montreal Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
1945 – Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1988 – US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
1988 – 142nd Grand National: Irish jockey Brendan Powell wins aboard 10/1 shot Rhyme ‘n’ Reason by 4 lengths from Durham Edition
1995 – 59th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ben Crenshaw wins his 2nd Masters title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Davis Love III
1999 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger, is assassinated at the airport in Niamey, Niger
2011 – 164th Grand National: Jason Maguire wins aboard Irish 14/1 shot Ballabriggs; first GN win for trainer Donald McCain Jr., son of 4-time winning trainer Ginger McCain

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Today in History for 9th April 2023

Historical Events

475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position
1682 – Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1935 – Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for 3-0 series sweep; Maroons last defunct team to win the Cup
1947 – Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
1967 – 1st Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight
1982 – LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record

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Famous Birthdays

1917 – Vincent O’Brien, Irish racehorse trainer (6 x Epsom Derby; 2 x British champion trainer; only British Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky 1970), born in Churchtown, Ireland (d. 2009)
1933 – Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1994)
1963 – Joe Scarborough, American television personality, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1964 – Charles Jenkins Jr., American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1992), born in NYC, New York
1972 – Karen Clark, Canadian synchronized swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Calgary, Alberta
1982 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor (Man Seeking Woman), born in Ottawa, Ontario

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Famous Deaths

1980 – Kathleen Burke, American actress (Island of Lost Souls), dies at 66
1991 – Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948)
1991 – Maurice Binder, American photographer and film title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73
1994 – Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
2002 – Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
2010 – Bob Franks, American politician (Rep-R-NJ 1993-2001), dies of cancer at 58

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Famous Deaths for 8th April 2023

1537 – Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies
1725 – John Wise, American clergyman and political activist who protested against British taxes, dies at 73
1759 – Francois de La Croix, French composer, dies at 76
1919 – Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, retail pioneer (Five-and-Dimes; self-service display cases) and founder of F. W. Woolworth Co, dies at 66
1958 – Ethel Turner, Australian author (Seven Little Australians), dies at 88
1965 – Jack Durston, English cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 5 wickets; Middlesex CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (Queens Park Rangers, Brentford), dies at 71
1969 – Haskell Karp, American heart transplant patient, who received 1st fully artificial heart, dies after 65 hours at 48
2004 – Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (b. 1941)
2006 – Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings, Dear Guys), dies at 82
2008 – Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)

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Historical Events for 8th April 2023

1232 – Mongol army under General Subedei begins the siege of Chinese Jin capital of Kaifeng – 1st occasion gunpowder used in a major engagement
1500 – Battle of Novara: King Louis XII of France defeats Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
1866 – Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.
1879 – Milk sold in glass bottles for 1st time
1886 – William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
1935 – Béla Bartók’s 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C.
1969 – Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games
1979 – People’s Republic of China joins IOC
1985 – Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
1990 – “Twin Peaks” created by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan premieres on ABC-TV

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Today in History for 8th April 2023

Historical Events

1940 – German battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
1968 – 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King
1971 – 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
1975 – 47th Academy Awards: “The Godfather Part II”, Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win
1976 – 1976 NFL Draft: Lee Roy Selmon from University of Oklahoma first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1990 – King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties

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Famous Birthdays

1942 – Eduard Visser, Dutch writer (Fyffes are now called Chiquita)
1946 – Stuart Pankin, American comedian (Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1946 – Tim Thomerson, American actor (Trancers), born in Coronado, California
1947 – Tom DeLay, American politician (Rep-R-Texas, 1985-2006), born in Laredo, Texas
1954 – Gary Carter, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1986; Gold Glove Award 1980–82; Montreal Expos, NY Mets), born in Culver City, California (d. 2012)
1969 – Steve Jackson, American NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers), born in Houston, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1937 – Arthur Foote, American classical organist, composer, and member of the “Boston Six” (Suite for Strings in E), dies at 84
1992 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist (1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, discovered chemotherapeutic agents including antihistamines0, dies at 85
1993 – Marian Anderson, American contralto and celebrated singer (My Lord, What a Morning), dies of congestive heart failure at 96
2004 – Bruce Edwards, American golf caddie (mainly for 5 x British Open champion Tom Watson), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 49
2008 – Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)
2010 – Dorothea “Teddy” Scholten, Dutch pop singer (“Een beetje” – “A Little Bit”), dies at 83

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Famous Deaths for 7th April 2023

1307 – Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England (b. 1271)
1444 – John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50
1767 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer, dies at 51
1880 – Diederich Krug, German pianist and composer (Le petit Chevalier), dies at 60
1932 – Erv A Kelley, US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
1970 – Josina Machel, Mozambican independence activist, and wife of Mozambique’s 1st president Samora Machel, dies at 25
1994 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (1993-94) and one of the 1st female political figures in Africa, assassinated by the presidential guard in the opening stages of the Rwandan Genocide at 40
2000 – Heinz [Burt], British rock bassist (The Tornados – “Telstar”), dies from complications of a stroke at 57
2005 – Bob Kennedy, American MLB baseball player, 1939-57 (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, and 3 other teams, manager, 1963-68 (Chicago Cubs, Oakland A’s), and executive, 1976-92, dies at 84
2011 – Duke of Grafton, 11th Duke of Grafton, British peer, dies at 92

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Historical Events for 7th April 2023

1862 – Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls
1968 – Riots continue in over 100 US cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1969 – Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yanks 8-4
1971 – WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals
1973 – Doug Walters’ best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 v WI Georgetown
1973 – Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420
1974 – Herb Gardner’s “Thieves” premieres in NYC
1985 – Nabisco Dinah Shore Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Alice Miller shoots a final round 67 (−5) to win her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of Jan Stephenson of Australia
1987 – Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on “Nightline”
1992 – Republika Srpska (aka the Bosnian Serb Republic) announces its independence.

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Today in History for 7th April 2023

Historical Events

1863 – Battle of Charleston, South Carolina failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter
1959 – Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
1968 – Riots continue in over 100 US cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1994 – 1st night game at Cleveland’s Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2
1996 – Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pakistan, Singapore
2018 – Vegas Golden Knights suffer a 7-1 end of regular season defeat at Calgary but finish with an NHL expansion team record 51 victories; previous record 33 by Anaheim Ducks and Florida Panthers 1993-94

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Famous Birthdays

1930 – Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), born in Berlin (d. 2016)
1952 – Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack – “My Sharona”), born in Burbank, California (d. 2006)
1954 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial arts actor (Rumble in the Bronx), born in Hong Kong
1957 – Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
1958 – Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures – “Sea of Love”)
1977 – Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress

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Famous Deaths

1925 – Saint Tikhon of Moscow [Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin], 11th Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, dies at 60
1994 – Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), dies at 85
1997 – Georgy Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6), dies of a heart attack at 61
2002 – John Agar, American actor (Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), dies at 81
2013 – Andy Johns, British sound engineer and record producer (Humble Pie; Free; Joe Satriani), dies at 62
2020 – Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), dies at 83

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