1202 – King Philip II expels King John of England (“Lackland”) from France
1376 – English parliament demands supervision of royal spending
1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, oldest existing university in Asia and largest Catholic university in the world
1892 – 1st performance of Antonín Dvořák’s overture “Carnival Overture”
1925 – Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard
1943 – US 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara, North Tunisia
1965 – William F Raborn Jr replaces John A McCone as 7th head of CIA
1965 – US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
1988 – NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
1988 – Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
Author: gil7
Today in History for 28th April 2021
Historical Events
1253 – -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire
1920 – Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
1972 – Courts award 1968 Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner due to the winner being given drugs before the race
1980 – Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
1989 – Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1991 – “Taking Steps” closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 78 performances
Famous Birthdays
1815 – Andrew Jackson Smith, American Major General (Union Army), born in Livingston County, Kentucky (d. 1897)
1879 – Edgard Tytgat, Flemish painter and etcher, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1954)
1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Dictator of Portugal (1932-68) who founded and controlled the Estado Novo (New State), born in Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão, Portugal (d. 1970)
1952 – Gerald Barry, Irish classical composer (The Eternal Recurrence), born in Clarecastle, County Clare, Ireland
1953 – Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1964 – L’Wren Scott [Laura Bambrough], American fashion designer and partner of Mick Jagger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2014)
Famous Deaths
1865 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian-British shipping magnate and founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line), dies at 77
1949 – Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines, assassinated at 61
1969 – Johannes Röntgen, Dutch composer, dies at 70
1991 – Floyd McKissick, American lawyer and civil rights activist, dies at 69
1998 – Ramakant Desai, Indian cricket fast bowler (28 Tests, 74 wickets, 1 x 50; Bombay), dies from cardiac arrest at 58
2017 – Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican NBA player (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 97
Famous Deaths for 27th April 2021
1695 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican philosopher and poet, dies at 44
1872 – Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician and author, dies at 70
1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (Concord Hymn), dies of pneumonia at 78
1915 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (Prometheus) and pianist, dies at 43
1932 – Hart Crane, American poet (The Bridge), commits suicide at 32 by jumping overboard into the Gulf of Mexico
1975 – Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), dies at 86
1994 – John Preston, American writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
1998 – Godfrey Kenton, English actor (The Tempest, Well’s Theater), dies at 96
2003 – Piet Roozenburg, Dutch World champion checker player (1948, 51, 52, 55), dies at 78
2012 – Bill Skowron, American MLB player, dies from lung cancer at 81
Historical Events for 27th April 2021
1509 – Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
1643 – Tirso de Molina’s “Bellaco Sois, Gomez” premieres in Madrid
1694 – Frederik August I “the Strong” becomes monarch of Saksen
1915 – Counterattack launched by Turkish forces under the command of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk against allied troops
1946 – 1st radar installed aboard a commercial ship
1952 – “4 Saints in 3 Acts” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 performances
1968 – Baltimore Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0
1994 – “An Inspector Calls” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 454 performances
1994 – 29.0°C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City
Today in History for 27th April 2021
Historical Events
1828 – Zoological Gardens at Regent’s Park in London opens
1881 – Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad
1935 – Brussels World Exposition opens
1945 – 2nd Republic of Austria forms
1960 – Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French administration
1965 – “I’m Solomon” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 7 performances
Famous Birthdays
1724 – Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1784)
1899 – Leo Diegel, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1928-29), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1951)
1918 – Kirby Stone, American jazz combo leader (Kirby Stone Four – Baubles Bangles and Beads), born in NYC, New York (d. 1981)
1942 – John Shrapnel, English actor, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire
1946 – John Maclean, Australian cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1978-79), born in Herston, Queensland, Australia
1977 – Jerry Trainor, American actor (Drake and Josh, iCarly), born in San Diego, California
Famous Deaths
630 – King Ardashir III of Persia, Sasanian shah of Iran, dies at 9
1969 – René Barrientos, President of Bolivia, dies at 49
1989 – Kōnosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (founded Panasonic), dies at 94
1994 – Jerome Lejeune, French physiologist, dies at 67
2009 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model, dies at 25
2017 – Vinod Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor (Mera Gaon Mera Desh), dies at 70
Famous Deaths for 26th April 2021
1660 – Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, German princess and consort of Brandenburg as the wife of George William, dies at 62
1703 – Georg Christoph Leuttner, German composer, dies at 58
1892 – Provo Wallis, British Royal Navy officer, dies at 100
1940 – Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
1970 – Erik Bergman, Swedish pastor, dies at 83
1986 – Broderick Crawford, American actor (All the King’s Men, Highway Patrol), dies after a series of strokes at 74
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 – Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, dies at 98
2013 – George Jones, American country singer-songwriter (“Golden Rings”; “Oh Lonesome Me”), dies from hypoxic respiratory failure at 81
Historical Events for 26th April 2021
757 – Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I
1928 – Madame Tussaud’s waxwork exhibition reopens in London after a fire
1949 – Transjordan is officially renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
1971 – Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15″ in 24 hrs
1974 – Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw
1984 – President Reagan visits China
1990 – Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal and twists his ankle
1992 – Alex Haley (Roots) wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously
1992 – “Metro” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances
2009 – 55th British Academy Television Awards: “Harry and Paul” Best Comedy, “Wallander” Best Drama
Today in History for 26th April 2021
Historical Events
1905 – Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
1967 – San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
1980 – Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy
1992 – Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
2005 – Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
2018 – Comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault in Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays
1774 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist, born in Stolpe an der Oder, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1853)
1903 – Niven Busch, American screenwriter (The Postman Always Rings Twice), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
1904 – Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop (Montreal), born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada (d. 1991)
1905 – Charles K. Feldman, American producer (Casino Royale), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968)
1916 – Werner Bischof, Swiss photographer (Magnum), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1954)
1962 – Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian (Mad TV), born in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York
Famous Deaths
1784 – Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder, dies at 66
1936 – Tammany Young, American actor, dies at 49
1950 – G. Murray Hulbert, American politician, dies at 68
1960 – Wander Johannes de Haas, Dutch physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1981 – Jim Davis, American actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
1990 – Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian presidential candidate, assassinated at 38
Famous Deaths for 25th April 2021
1892 – Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
1946 – Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
1955 – Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77
1974 – Pamela Courson, American woman and long-term companion of Jim Morrison, dies of a heroin overdose at 27
2000 – Lucien le Cam, French mathematician (b. 1924)
2002 – Michael Bryant, British actor (Sakharov, Girly), dies at 74
2005 – John Love, Zimbabwean Formula One driver, dies at 80
2008 – Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician, actor and broadcaster (It’s Great to Be Young), dies at 86
2009 – Bea Arthur, American comedian, singer and actress (Maude; The Golden Girls), dies at 86
2013 – Rick Camp, American MLB pitcher, dies of natural causes at 59
Historical Events for 25th April 2021
1684 – Patent granted for thimble
1898 – Spanish–American War: The United States declares state of war on Spain effective from 21st April
1945 – “Elbe Day” – US and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on the Elbe River during the invasion of Germany in WWII
1949 – Friedrich Durrenmatt’s “Romulus der Grosse” premieres in Basel
1954 – WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 – Belgium government of Gaston Eyskens falls over the Unitary Law
1961 – France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
1975 – Mário Soares’ Socialist Party wins Portugal’s first free election since 1925 following the Carnation Revolution of 1974
1983 – “Nightline” expands from ½ hour to a full hour
2018 – Indian religious leader Asaram Bapu is sentenced to life for raping a 16-year old girl