Historical Events
1861 – Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by US President Abraham Lincoln (US Civil War)
1901 – Pope Leo XIII issues an allocution deploring hostile actions against the Roman Catholic Church throughout Europe
1955 – Ray Kroc opens first McDonald’s Inc. fast food restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois
1974 – 78th Boston Marathon: Neil Cusack of Ireland takes men’s race in 2:13:39; American Miki Gorman women’s winner in 2:47:11
2013 – Boston Marathon bombings: 3 people are killed and 183 injured after two explosions near the finish line
2015 – Laureus World Sports Awards, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai, China: Sportsman: Novak Đoković; Sportswoman: Genzebe Dibaba; Team: German Men’s National Football team
Famous Birthdays
1588 – Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise], French linguist, born in Semur-en-Auxois, France (d. 1653)
1829 – Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon, born in Fort Ann, New York (d. 1895)
1873 – Juliette Atkinson, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1895, 97-98), born in Rahway, New Jersey (d. 1944)
1888 – Florence Bates, American actress (Moon and Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1954)
1940 – Robert Walker Jr, American actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi Bhangra singer, born in Bindrakh, Punjab
Famous Deaths
1761 – William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer, dies at b64
1866 – William Jackson of Masham, English composer and organist, dies at 51
1870 – Emma Willard, American women’s rights activist and educator who founded the 1st school for women’s higher education in the US, dies at 83
2002 – Damon Francis Knight, American sci-fi author (CV, Beyond the Barrier), dies at 79
2008 – Benoît Lamy, Belgian film director, dies at 62
2015 – Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 48