Historical Events
1893 – Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
1903 – In Holland, railroad and dock workers go out on strike, but the government passes anti-strike bills, calls out troops, and promptly ends the strike on the 13th April
1978 – Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy
1992 – 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0
1993 – Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers)
2012 – US F-18 Hornet crashes into side of apartment building in Virginia with no fatalities
Famous Birthdays
1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, American aircraft industrialist (McDonnell Douglas) and aviation pioneer (Douglas DC-3), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1981)
1900 – Leo Robin, American writer (Thanks For the Memory)
1929 – Art Taylor, American jazz drummer (Bud Powell, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd), band leader (Taylor’s Wailers), and writer (Notes and Tones), born in New York City (d. 1995)
1936 – Manfred Schoof, composer
1948 – Patrika Darbo, American actress
1988 – Fabrice Muamba, Anglo-Congolese footballer
Famous Deaths
1252 – Peter of Verona [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45
1931 – Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73
1947 – Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture), dies at 50
1983 – Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
1996 – Greer Garson, British actress (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mrs Miniver), dies at 92
2018 – Daniel Akaka, American educator and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii), dies at 93