Historical Events
1891 – 53rd Grand National: Irish jockey, trainer Harry Beasley wins aboard 4/1 Come Away
1943 – German U-384 bombed and sinks
1968 – Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
1980 – US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
1982 – France beats Ireland, 22-9 at the Parc des Princes, Paris but the Irish take the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-1 record and also their 5th Triple Crown
2000 – Pope John Paul II visits Holy Land – Jordan, Israel, Palestine
Famous Birthdays
1739 – Eligio Celestino, composer
1890 – Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American baritone tenor (National Symphony), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1973)
1951 – Tanya Boyd, actress (Celeste-Days of our Life), born in Detroit, Michigan
1971 – Janis Kelly, volleyball player (Olympics 1996), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1976 – Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente)
1987 – Rollo Weeks, English actor
Famous Deaths
1703 – Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
1983 – Ivan Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (analytic number theory), dies at 91
1994 – Don Goddard, American news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59), dies at 89
1995 – Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934), dies at 88
1995 – John Minton [Big John Studd], American pro wrestler (Royal Rumble 1989), dies from liver cancer and Hodgkin’s disease at 47
2018 – Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1972), dies of a heart attack at 75