1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1770 – British Captain James Cook, aboard the Endeavour, lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1965 – Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA
1965 – Lindsey Nelson broadcasts baseball game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
1966 – OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
1967 – Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title
1983 – Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1993 – Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists
1997 – “Jekyll and Hyde” opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
2020 – US confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 1 million, while death toll of 58,365 surpasses that of US soldiers killed in Vietnam War (Johns Hopkins)
Author: gil7
Today in History for 28th April 2022
Historical Events
1865 – Giacomo Meyerbeer’s opera “L’Africaine” premieres in Paris
1943 – 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein’s “Freedom Morning”
1987 – NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC and Miami Fla in 1988 and Minneapolis Minn and Orlando Fla in 1989
1991 – “Taking Steps” closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 78 performances
1994 – Freddy Thielemans sworn in as Mayor of Brussels, Belgium
2019 – Spanish general election: no party wins a majority, Socialists under Pedro Sanchez win most with 29%
Famous Birthdays
1928 – Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist and geologist (Shoemaker-Levy comet), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1997)
1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (Morticia-Addams Family), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 1983)
1936 – John Tchicai, Danish jazz saxophonist and composer (New York Art Quartet), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2012)
1941 – Lucien Aimar, French cyclist (won 53rd Tour de France 1966), born in Hyères, France
1956 – Jimmy Barnes [Swan], Scottish-Australian rock and blues singer-songwriter (“For the Working Class Man”), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1975 – James Thrash, American football wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
Famous Deaths
1741 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and statesman, dies at 73
1841 – Peter Chanel, French priest and saint, dies at 37
1976 – Richard Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth), dies at 76
1987 – Åke Olof Sebastian Uddén, Swedish violist, composer and educator (Royal College Of Music, 1934-70), dies at 84
1991 – Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive, dies at 85
2007 – Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader (The Tonight Show), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 27th April 2022
1813 – Zebulon Pike, American brigadier general and explorer (Pike’s Peak), dies in battle at 34
1901 – Richard Redhead, English composer, dies at 81
1902 – Julius Sterling Morton, American politician (3rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) and founder of Arbor Day, dies at 70
1972 – Kwame Nkrumah, 1st Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-60) and 1st President of Ghana (1960-66), dies at 62
1978 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan politician, murdered at 68
1992 – Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter (“Hawaiian Cowboy”), dies at 72
1994 – Lynne Frederick, English actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
2000 – Vicki Sue Robinson, American stage and screen actress, and pop singer (“Turn the Beat Around”), dies of cancer at 45
2006 – Julia Thorne, American writer and ex-wife of John Kerry, dies at 61
2015 – Gene Fullmer, American boxer (world middleweight champion), dies at 83
Historical Events for 27th April 2022
1749 – First performance of George Frideric Handel’s “Music For The Royal Fireworks”in Green Park, London
1859 – “Pomona” sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard
1904 – The Australian Labor Party under Prime Minister Chris Watson becomes the first Labor government in the world
1940 – Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1942 – Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma, killing 100, injuring 300
1943 – Witold Pilecki escapes from Auschwitz after having voluntarily been imprisoned there to gain information about the Holocaust
1963 – Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
1965 – RC Duncan patents “Pampers” disposable diaper
1968 – The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) hold a rally to protest the banning of a Republican Easter parade
2019 – Shooter opens fire in a synagogue in Poway, California, killing one and injuring three
Today in History for 27th April 2022
Historical Events
1539 – Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1576 – Peace of Beaulieu and Paix de Monsieur
1805 – US Marines attack shores of Tripoli
1972 – Apollo 16 returns to Earth
1974 – Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107
1989 – Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
Famous Birthdays
1802 – Louis Niedermeyer, composer, born in Nyon, Switzerland (d. 1861)
1848 – Otto I of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (1886-1913), born in The Residence, Munich (d. 1916)
1927 – Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Heiberger, Alabama (d. 2006)
1952 – Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver, born in Tuupovaara, Finland
1966 – Peter McIntyre, Australian cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1995), born in Gisborne, Australia
1976 – Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
Famous Deaths
1695 – John Trenchard, English radical Whig politician and statesman, dies at 46
1915 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (Prometheus) and pianist, dies at 43
1950 – Hobart Cavanaugh, American actor (Border Town, Black Angel), dies at 63
1970 – Arthur Shields, Irish actor (River, Enchanted Island), dies at 73
1996 – Joan Sterndale-Bennett, British actress (Brighton Rock, Those Fantastic Flying Fools), dies at 82
2020 – Marty Smith, American motocross racer (AMA 125cc 1974, 75; AMA 500cc 1977), dies in a dune buggy accident at 63
Famous Deaths for 26th April 2022
1945 – Sigmund Rascher, Nazi doctor, dies at 36
1950 – G. Murray Hulbert, American politician, dies at 68
1956 – Edward Arnold, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66
1960 – Wander Johannes de Haas, Dutch physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1965 – Aaron Avshalomov, Russian-born Jewish composer, dies at 70
1991 – Lars Hall, Swedish pentathlete (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 63
1995 – Alexander Knox, Canadian actor and author (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind), dies of bone cancer at 88
2003 – Peter Stone, American writer, dies at 73
2005 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss star of German cinema (The Last Bridge, Gervaise), dies at 79
2013 – George Jones, American country singer-songwriter (“Golden Rings”; “Oh Lonesome Me”), dies from hypoxic respiratory failure at 81
Historical Events for 26th April 2022
1564 – William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
1942 – Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko, Manchuria
1962 – 1st Lockheed A-12 flies
1966 – An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1966 – International Olympic Committee votes to award German city of Munich the right to host the 1972 Summer Olympic Games
1974 – Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw
1983 – San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
1993 – “Shakespeare for My Father” opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 266 performances
2018 – Serial killer “Golden State Killer” identified after 40 years as a former police officer, responsible for 12 killings, 50 rapes in California
2019 – “No religion” tops survey of American religious identity for the first time at 23.1% edging out Catholics 23.0% and evangelicals 22.5%, in long-running General Social Survey
Today in History for 26th April 2022
Historical Events
1890 – Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London
1954 – “Seven Samurai”, Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, is released
1962 – Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon
1967 – San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
1992 – “Growing Pains” final episode on ABC TV
1993 – “Shakespeare for My Father” opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 266 performances
Famous Birthdays
1603 – Francesco Nigetti, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1681)
1834 – Artemus Ward [Charles Farrar Browne], American humorist (considered to be America’s first stand-up comedian), born in Waterford, Maine (d. 1867)
1910 – Erland von Koch, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm (d. 2009)
1925 – Jørgen Ingmann, Danish jazz guitarist (“Apache”; “Dansevise”), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2015)
1933 – Carol Burnett, American comedian (The Carol Burnett Show) and actress (Annie; The Four Seasons; Mad About You), born in San Antonio, Texas
1952 – Popo Molefe, South African politician and secretary-general (South Africa UDF), born in Sophiatown, Gauteng, South Africa
Famous Deaths
1922 – Hans Sommer, German theatre composer, dies at 84
1951 – John Alden Carpenter, American composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75
1981 – Jim Davis, American actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
1986 – Broderick Crawford, American actor (All the King’s Men, Highway Patrol), dies after a series of strokes at 74
1991 – Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (Bugler’s Dream), dies at 86
2013 – George Jones, American country singer-songwriter (“Golden Rings”; “Oh Lonesome Me”), dies from hypoxic respiratory failure at 81
Famous Deaths for 25th April 2022
1792 – Nicolas J Pelletier, French highwayman, 1st person guillotined
1800 – William Cowper, English pre-romantic poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
1923 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician, dies at 82
1985 – Richard Haydn, British actor (The Sound of Music; Alice in Wonderland), dies from a heart attack at 80
1992 – Brian MacLeod, Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist (Chilliwack), dies of cancer at 39
1993 – Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
2014 – Earl Morrall, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 1970, 72, 73; Pro Bowl 1957, 68; First-team All-Pro 1968, 72; NFL MVP 1968; Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins), dies from Parkinson’s disease at 79
2016 – Mei Baojiu, Chinese opera performer and director (Mei Lanfang Peking Opera), dies at 82
2020 – Richard Divila, Brazilian motorsports designer (Fittipaldi Automotive; Ligier, Nissan), dies at 74
2020 – Marino H. Casem, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Alabama State, Alcorn State, Southern) and athletic administrator (Alcorn State, Southern), dies at 85
Historical Events for 25th April 2022
1507 – German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller is the first to use the name America on his world map “Universalis Cosmographia”
1846 – Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War
1945 – Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
1957 – Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government
1964 – 11th National Film Awards (India): “Shehar Aur Sapna” wins the Golden Lotus
1970 – Melanie (Safka) releases “Lay Down”
1978 – ABC premiere of crime drama “Vega$”
1991 – Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
1993 – Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader
1994 – Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan