0069 Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy 1045 British Army liberates Belsen concentration camp 1205 Battle at Adrianople Bulgaria beats Emperor Boudouin of Constantinople 1250 Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue 1450 French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War 1493 Columbus meets with King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella 1581 Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal 1594 Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague) 1595 Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Broth 1621 Hugo the Great arrives in France 1632 Swedish & Saxon army beat Earl Tilly 1654 England & Netherlands signs peace treaty 1689 French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain 1697 Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden 1715 Uprising of Yamasse-Indians in South Carolina 1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar 1729 Johann S Bachs "Matthäus Passion" premieres in Leipzig 1738 Bottle opener invented 1776 Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy 1784 1st balloon flight in Ireland 1788 England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty 1793 Bank of England hands out 1st £5-note 1800 James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole 1817 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford CT) 1850 City of San Francisco incorporated 1851 Earl G Andrássy sentenced to death in Hungary 1853 Protestant church questions king Willem III Roman Catholic bishops 1858 Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists 1861 Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by President Abraham Lincoln 1864 General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden AR 1865 Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl 1870 Last day US silver coins allow to circulate in Canada 1874 New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1877 1st telephone installed Boston-Somerville MA 1878 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap 1892 General Electric Company forms & is incorporated in New York 1895 Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record) 1896 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece 1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours 1900 International Exposition opens in Paris France 1901 1st British motorized burial 1902 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On the Church in the US" 1909 New York Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers 1909 Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo 1910 William Howard Taft is 1st US President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game 1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning 1911 Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St New York NY 1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM in North Atlantic as the band plays on 1915 New York Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Brooklyn, 2-0 1915 Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo", premieres in Madrid 1918 Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents 1920 New Canadian small cent coin is released 1921 Black Friday-Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1922 Poodle Dog Restaurant closes 1922 Frederick Banting, John MacLeod & Charles Best discover insulin 1923 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC) 1924 WHO-AM in Des Moines IA begins radio transmissions 1924 Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead 1925 NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 1927 Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 homeruns of season (off A's Howard Ehmke) 1927 Switzerland & USSR agree to diplomatic relations 1928 Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco) forms 1931 The 1st walk across America backwards began 1937 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3 games to 2 1939 Albert Lebrun elected President of France 1940 British troops land at Narvik Norway 1941 1st helicopter flight of 1 hour duration, Stratford CT 1942 George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta 1943 Metropolitan Life Insurance issues a $225 million check to Chase 1945 FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home 1945 British & Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen 1945 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum 1945 US troops occupy concentration camp Colditz 1947 Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut 1947 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1948 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, Arabs defeated 1948 Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created 1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City UT (ABC) 1st broadcast 1949 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri 1951 Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curaçao 1952 1st B-52 prototype test flight 1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card 1952 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings sweep Montréal Canadiens in 4 games 1952 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953 WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore; beat White Sox 3-1 1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow 1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock AR (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines IA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants (Illinois) 1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs Post Office $41 million 1958 10th Emmy Awards Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt win 1958 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0 1959 Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour 1959 US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles resigns 1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw University 1961 "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1375 performances 1962 US national debt above $300,000,000,000 1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 8 performances 1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (Bridge-Tunnel measures 17.6 miles (28.4 km) and is considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex) 1964 Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia 1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold 1965 James Baldwin's "Amen Corner", premieres in NYC 1966 The Rolling Stones release "Aftermath" 1966 KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu HI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 performances 1968 Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings 1969 North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea 1970 "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 8 performances 1970 Libyan leader Qadhafi launches "Green Revolution" 1970 WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez Puerto Rico ([M]) begins broadcasting 1970 WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce Puerto Rico ([P]) begins broadcasting 1971 "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances 1971 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton", George C Scott & Glenda Jackson win 1972 Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Carole King & Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President 1973 Walt Disney Story opens 1973 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1974 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11 1974 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39 1974 Military coup in Niger, President Diori Hamani deposed 1975 1st appearance of the San Diego Chicken 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-New York Islanders 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead 1975 Gabon amends constitution 1976 Yankee Stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0 1977 1st baseball game at Montréal's Olympic Stadium 1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna Italy 1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1979 43rd Golf Masters Championship Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280 1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story 1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, & landscape display 1983 New York Rangers 0-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 2-0 lead 1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens 1984 "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances 1984 48th Golf Masters Championship Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1984 Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing 1985 Geoff Smith wins his 2nd straight Boston Marathon 1985 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06 1985 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05 1985 South Africa will repeal sex & marriage laws against whites & non-whites 1986 US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing 1986 Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs England in Antigua Test Cricket 1987 "Barbara Cook A Concert For Theatre, Grand Hotel, and The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Ambassador NYC for 13 performances 1987 Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy", premieres in NYC 1988 Meteorite explode above Indonesia 1988 Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles", premieres in NYC 1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England 1989 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries 1989 Then largest lottery in North America ($69 million) drawn in Illinois 1989 Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests 1989 Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48) 1990 "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV 1990 Greenidge & Haynes make 298 opening stand (v England), their best 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary 1991 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week 1991 "Secret Garden" opens at St James Theater NYC for 706 performances 1991 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18 1991 95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06 1991 East-Europe Bank forms in London 1991 Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa 1991 Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assists with 9,898 1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road 1991 Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins) 1992 Billionaire Leona Helmsley is sent to jail for tax evasion 1992 Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight Show 1992 Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx loses its accreditation 1992 New York Islander, Al Arbour, coaches the most NHL games (1,438) 1992 William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy & DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame 1994 Indians lose 1st game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City wins 2-1 1994 Robert F Kennedy Jr (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson 1994 WMMS-FM's Jeff & Flash, & entire station staff, are fired 1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 1 performance 1996 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9 1996 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 1997 America OnLine, begins service in Japan 1997 Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM ____________________________________________________________________
Missing In Action........
1966 ZERBE MICHAEL R. JULIAN CA 1968 METZ JAMES H. POPLAR BLUFF MO 03/18/77 SRV RETURNED REMAINS TO PCOM 1970 BIVENS HERNDON A. JAMICA NY DIED 2 HOURS AFTER CAPTURE 1970 MILLER ROGER A. HOPEWELL JUNCTION NY 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG INJURED ALIVE IN 98 1972 DESPIEGLER GALE A. BROWNS VALLEY MN 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98 1972 TRIMBLE LARRY A. FARMINGTON WA REMAINS RETURNED 06/89 ID 09/89
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Births which occurred on April 15:
1452 Leonardo da Vinci Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary 1469 Nanak 1st guru of Sikhs 1588 Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise] French linguist 1637 Valentin Molitor composer 1651 Domenico Gabrielli composer 1682 John van Huysum Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) 1684 Catherine I empress of Russia (1725-27) 1688 Johann Friedrich Fasch composer 1689 Ferdinand Zellbell composer 1707 Leonhard Euler Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) 1741 Charles Willson Peale US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) 1757 George Knowil Jackson composer 1766 Friedrich Bouterwek German philosopher/critic 1793 Friedrich Struve Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers 1800 Sir James Clark Ross explorer (British Antarctic) 1809 Hermann Günther Grassmann mathematician 1812 Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau painter 1814 John Lothrop Motley US, historian/author (Rise of the Dutch Republic) 1820 Evander McNair Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 1821 Emerson Brown Joseph (Confederacy), died in 1894 1822 Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana Major General (Union volunteers) 1827 Julius Tausch composer 1829 Mary Harris Thompson 1st American woman surgeon 1837 Horace Porter Brevet Brigadier General (Union Army), died in 1921 1843 Carl Eilhardt composer 1843 Henry James New York NY, US/British writer/critic (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians) 1845 Dave Gregory cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captainain) 1850 John Munroe Longyear US, capitalist/bank president 1856 Jean Moréas [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet 1858 Anton G O Ridder Van Rappard Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher 1858 Emile Durkheim French sociologist (Division du travail social) 1874 Johannes Stark Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919) 1875 Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty) 1878 Robert Walser writer 1882 Giovanni Amendola Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo) 1888 Florence Bates San Antonio TX, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama) 1889 Asa Philip Randolph labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union) 1889 Thomas Hart Benton Neosho MO, painter/muralist (Lonesome Road) 1891 Alvin P[leasant Delaney] Carter Maces Springs VA, vocalist (Carter Family) 1891 Vaino Raitio composer 1891 Wallace Reid St Louis MO, actor/director/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man) 1894 Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith Empress of Blues (over 200 songs) 1895 Corrado Alvaro Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte) 1895 Harry F V Edward British Guiana, 100 meter/200 meter runner (Olympics-bronze-1920) 1897 Marian Jordan actress (Molly-Fibber McGee & Molly) 1898 Nini de Boël Flemish operette singer (White Horse) 19-- Art Ford New York NY, DJ (Art Ford Show) 19-- Derrel Maury Los Angeles CA, actor (Mario-Joanie Loves Chachi, Apple Pie) 19-- Rod McCary St Cloud MN, actor (Bobby-Harper Valley PTA) 1901 Joe Davis English snooker/billiards-world champion (1927-46) 1903 John Williams England, actor (Niles-Family Affair, Dial M for Murder) 1903 Erich Arendt German writer 1906 A J "Sandy" Bell South Africa cricket fast bowler (16 Tests 1929-35) 1906 Susan Walker vice CEO (WRVS) 1907 Gerald Abrahams Liverpool, author (Teach Yourself Chess) 1907 Nicholas Tinbergen Netherlands/British biologist/zoologist (Nobel 1973) 1908 Eden Ahbez songwriter 1908 Louise Chaplin actress 1910 Lord Grey of Naunton chancellor (Ulster University) 1911 Jacob Fresco Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument) 1912 Kim II Sung President of North Korea (1945-94) 1912 Peter Menzies CEO (British Electricity Council) 1914 John Gregory dancer 1915 Ernest Borneman sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist 1917 Hans Conried Baltimore MD, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy) 1917 Pietro Grossi composer 1918 John Baragrey Haleyville AL, actor (Creeper, Colossus of New York) 1919 Clive Beadon airman 1919 Elizabeth Catelett sculptor/lithographer 1919 Meriol Trevor novelist/biographer (Civil Prisoners) 1920 Richard von Weizsäcker baron/President (Germany, 1984-94) 1921 Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 3) 1921 Norman Ewart Thurston musician 1922 Harold Washington 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87) 1922 Michael Ansara Lowell MA, actor (Cochise-Broken Arrow, Centennial) 1923 Douglas Wass CEO (Equity & Law Life Assurance Company) 1924 Neville Marriner Lincoln England, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra 1978) 1924 John Grigg British historian 1927 Abha Gandhi servant to Gandhi 1928 Norma Merrick Sklarek 1st black woman architect in New York & California 1928 Richard Evans British diplomat 1929 Adrian Cadbury candy manufacturer (Cadbury, Schweppes) 1929 Jocelyn Barrow deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards) 1930 Vigdis Finnbogadóttir President of Iceland (1980- ) 1930 Elijah Barayi head of South Africa union centre (COSATU) 1931 Florian Zabach Chicago IL, violinist (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) 1931 Kenneth Bloomfield BBC governor (Ireland) 1931 Tomas G Tranströmer Swedish psychologist/poet (Mörkerseende) 1932 David Bolton director (British Royal United Service for Defense) 1932 Nikolai Stepanovich Porvatkin Russian cosmonaut 1933 Elizabeth Montgomery Los Angeles CA, actress (Samantha/Serena-Bewitched) 1933 Roy Clark Meherrin VA, country singer (Hee Haw) 1933 Boris Strugatski USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of Troika) 1935 Gene Cherico bassist 1936 Hector Quintanar composer 1936 Jack Noreiga cricketer (9-95 West Indies vs India 1971) 1936 Maurice Shock rector (Lincoln College in Oxford) 1937 Earl Russell historian 1938 Carles Marsden professor (neurology) 1939 Claudia Cardinale Tunis, actress (Blindfold, 8½, Pink Panther) 1939 Marti Wilder father of rocker Kim Wilde 1940 Edy Hubacher Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1972) 1940 Jeffrey Archer England, (Tory-Commons)/author (Matter of Honor) 1940 Phil Lesh Berkeley CA, bassist (Grateful Dead-Truckin') 1940 Robert Walker Jr New York NY, actor (Ceremony, Don Juan 73, Ensign Pulver) 1941 Howard L Berman (Representative-Democrat-CA, 1983- ) 1942 Julie Sommars Fremont NE, actress (Governor & JJ, Herbie Goes to MC) 1942 Kim Il Jong son of North Korean President Kim Il Sung (1972-94) 1942 Walter Raphael Hazzard Wilmington DE, basketball (Olympics-gold-1964) 1943 Riem de Wolff Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds) 1944 Dave Edmunds Cardiff Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You) 1944 Dzhokhar Dudayev separatist leader 1944 Gerard Schoenaker Dutch singer (Les Baroques) 1945 Jos F B van Rey Dutch MP (VVD) 1946 Wayne Gilchrest (Representative-Republican-MD) 1947 Michael DeBello singer (Maniac) 1947 Wooly Wolstenholme keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest) 1947 Bojoura [Raina GB van Melzen] Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver 1947 DeDe Lind Los Angeles CA, playmate (August 1967) 1947 Linda Bloodworth-Thomason TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown) 1947 Mike Chapman Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman) 1950 Amy Wright Chicago IL, actress (Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist) 1951 Hansel Cuba, Spanish personality 1951 Marsha S Ivins Baltimore MD, astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81) 1951 Heloise II columnist (Heloise's Helpful Hints) 1951 John L Phillips Fort Belvoir VA, PhD/astronaut 1952 Sam McMurray actor (Tracey Ullman) 1954 Emmanuel México City México, Spanish singer 1955 Barbara Barrow LPGA golfer 1955 Enith Salle Brigitha Netherlands, 100 meter/200 meter swimmer (Olympics-bronze-1976) 1956 Michael Cooper NBA star (Los Angeles Lakers) 1956 Gregory J Harbaugh Cleveland OH, astronaut (STS 39, 54, 71, 82) 1957 Evelyn Ashford Shreveport LA, 100 meter runner (Olympics-4 gold-1976, 84) 1958 John Bracewell New Zealand cricketer (premiere spinner of 80's) 1958 Matt Reid rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away) 1959 Emma Thompson Paddington London England, actress (Henry V, Howards End, Oscar-1992) 1959 Kevin Lowe Lachute, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers) 1960 Marvin Clyde Goodwin New Orleans LA, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 1960 Philip Belgian prince/husband of princess Paola 1961 Lynne Austin Plant City FL, playmate (July 1986) 1961 Tiina Lillak Finland, javelin thrower (Olympics-silver-1984) 1963 Manoj Prabhakar cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler) 1963 Teresa Wentzel DeWitt Fort Bragg NC, double trap (Olympics-1996) 1964 Lydie Denier St Nazaire France, actress (General Hospital, Blood Relation) 1964 Nadeem Abbasi cricketer (three Tests for Pakistan vs India 1989) 1965 Anthony Miller NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys) 1965 Kevin Stevens Brockton, NHL left wing (Los Angeles Kings) 1965 Mark Dennis NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers) 1965 Michele Redman Zanesville OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Star Bank-3rd) 1965 Soichi Noguchi Yokohama Japan, astronaut 1966 Andrei Olhovskiy Moscow Russia, tennis pro 1966 Graeme Clark bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around) 1966 Samantha [Karen] Fox East End London England, singer (Touch Me, I Wanna Have Some Fun) 1967 Dara Torres Beverly Hills CA, US Olympic swimmer (Olympics-gold-84) 1967 Lance Zeno NFL/WLAF corner (Rams, Scottish Claymores) 1967 Mark Mortimer actor (Nick Hudson-Another World) 1967 Suzy Green Detroit MI, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon-26th) 1968 Billy Brewer Fort Worth TX, pitcher (New York Yankees) 1968 Stacey Williams Philadelphia PA, model (SI Swimsuit 1996) 1969 Chris Smith Indianapolis IN, Nike golfer (1993 British Columbia Open-8th) 1969 Jeromy Burnitz Westminster CA, outfielder (Cleveland Indians) 1969 Michael Jones NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders, St Louis Rams) 1969 Phillippi Sparks NFL cornerback (New York Giants) 1970 Darrin Smith NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles) 1971 Craig Whelihan NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers) 1971 Derek Brown NFL running back (New Orleans Saints) 1971 Guivi Sissaouri Tbilisi Georgia, Canada freestyle wrestler (Olympics-silver-96) 1971 Jason Sehorn NFL cornerback/safety (New York Giants) 1971 Rich McKenzie NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns) 1971 Tim Tindale NFL running back (Buffalo Bills) 1972 Peter Billingsley New York NY, actor (Real People) 1972 Melvin Johnson NFL safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 1972 Ricky Otero Vega Baja Puerto Rico, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies) 1972 Ronald Cherry NFL tackle (Detroit Lions) 1972 Vickie Johnson WNBA guard/forward (New York Liberty) 1973 Jeremy Burkett NFL/WLAF tight end (New York Giants, Barcelona Dragons) 1974 Marena Bencomo Miss Universe-2nd place (Venezuela, 1997) 1974 Mike Quinn quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1974 Sergei Krivokrasov Angarsk Russia, NHL right wing (Blackhawks, Olympics-silver-98) 1977 Lisa Bell Rockford IL, figure skater (1997 Midwestern Senior Champion) 1982 Mark Pugh rocker (Another Bad Creation) 1982 Mark Mizzark [Marlis Pugh], Akron OH, rapper (Another Bad Creation) _____________________________________________________________________
Deaths which occurred on April 15:
1220 Adolf I archbishop of Cologne, dies 1415 Manuel Chrysoloras Byzantine leader/diplomat (Erotèmata), dies 1472 Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 1502 Jan IV Chalon prince of Orange, dies 1605 Boris Godunov tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1607 Cornelius Kilianus Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 1610 Johan van Duivenoorde mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 1659 Simon Dach German poet, dies 1719 Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at 76 1756 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer, dies at 29 1764 Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles Marquis de Pomador, dies 1765 Michail von Lomonosov Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 1772 Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi, dies at 73 1788 Giuseppi Bonno composer, dies at 77 1811 Ernest Louis Muller composer, dies at 70 1824 Theodorus F van Capellen Vice-Admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 1853 Johann Leopold Fuchs composer, dies at 67 1863 Jan Nepomuk Kanka composer, dies at 90 1865 President Abraham Lincoln dies, at 7:22 am, morning after being shot by John Wilkes Booth 1866 William Jackson composer, dies at 51 1888 Matthew Arnold English poet, dies at 65 1891 Stephen Albert Emery composer, dies at 49 1911 Georg Knorr German engineer, dies 1916 Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanist, dies at 75 1920 Jacob van Stolk Azn art collector, dies at 74 1924 Eduardo Caudella composer, dies at 82 1925 John Singer Sargent US portrait painter, dies at 69 1926 Frank Iredale cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 807 runs at 36 68), dies 1927 Francesco Gaeta Italian poet (Di Giacomo), dies at 47 1929 Antonio Smareglia composer, dies at 74 1937 Nikolai Artzibushev composer, dies at 79 1938 César Vallejo Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46 1942 Robert Musil Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61 1943 Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri composer, dies at 62 1947 Wolstenholme rocker, dies 1949 Wallace Beery US actor (The Champ), dies at 64 1954 Juan Vicente Lecuna composer, dies at 54 1956 Emile Nolde [Hansen] German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88 1958 Estelle Taylor dies at 64 1962 Clara Blandick committed suicide at 80 1962 Esther Minciotti dies at 74 1965 Syd Chaplin dies at 80 1966 Joseph Crehan dies of stroke at 81 1967 Antonio de Curtis Toto comedian, dies of heart attack at 69 1968 Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky composer, dies at 73 1969 Victoria von Battenberg wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81 1972 Otto Brenner German trade union leader, dies at 64 1975 Richard Conte actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65 1975 Charles Marshall dies 1975 John B McKay US test pilot (X-15), dies 1976 Gerald Smith antisemite/catholic (National Christian Crusade), dies at 78 1980 Jean-Paul Sartre existentialist philosopher/writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74 1980 Marshall Reed actor (Fred Asher-Lineup), dies at 62 1980 Paul Langton actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76 1980 Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75 1981 French Duynstee Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 1982 5 Muslim extremist murderers of Egyptian President Sadat executed 1982 Arthur Lowe British actor (Captain Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at 66 1982 Louis M de Guiringaud Fren forgn minister (1976-78), commits suicide at 70 1983 Rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68 1983 Gyula Illyes Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80 1984 Tommy Cooper comedian, dies at 61 1986 Tim McIntire actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42 1986 Jean Genet French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75 1986 Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin cosmonaut, dies at 76 1988 Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at 81 1988 Kenneth Williams dies at 61 1989 Hu Yaobang General Secretary of Chinese Commnist Party, dies 1989 Charles Vanel dies at 96 1990 Greta Garbo actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at 84 1991 Marjorie Warfield dies at 88 1991 Martin Ashe dies 1993 George Ives dies at 111 1993 H H "Bull" Alexander cricketer (Test for Australia 1933, average 154), dies 1993 Leslie Charteris British mystery writer (Saint), dies at 85 1993 William Bakewell dies of leukemia at 84 1994 John Curry English figure skater (Olympics-gold-76), dies of AIDS at 44 1995 Cleo Brown pianist, dies at 91 1995 Denis Harding soldier, dies at 79 1997 Sam Moskowitz San Francisco fandom historian, dies at 76 1997 Zdenek Mlynar Secretary of Czechoslovakian Communist Central Committee (1968), dies
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1783 Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain
On this day in 1783, the Continental Congress of the United States officially ratifies the preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain that was signed in November 1782. The congressional move brings the nascent nation one step closer to the conclusion of the Revolutionary War.
Five months later, on September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed by representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France, officially bringing an end to the Revolutionary War. It also formalized Great Britain’s recognition of America’s independence.
The treaty established the Mississippi River as the western boundary of the new United States; allowed U.S. fishermen to troll the waters off Newfoundland, Canada; recognized the legitimacy of pre-war debts owed by Americans and Britons; and promised to reunite American Loyalists with property seized from them during the war. The American and Britons were satisfied with the agreement. However, western Indians who had allied themselves to Britain discovered that their land had been handed over by the British to the Americans without consultation or compensation. As they had neither lost their battles nor negotiated a treaty with the Americans, they continued to fight until 1795. Spain assisted southern Indians as they fought to protect their land from encroaching Georgians.
North of the Ohio Valley, the British maintained their forts at Niagara and Detroit, despite their promise to withdraw in the Treaty of Paris. They argued that Americans had breached the treaty by failing to return Loyalist property and pay British creditors as promised. American willingness to trade with revolutionary France further angered the British, and increased their promises of British aid to aggrieved Indians. The British only retreated from the Northwest Territory following the negotiation of the controversial Jay treat with Britain, which was ratified in 1795. _____________________________________________________________________
1865 President Lincoln dies
President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, dies from an assassin's bullet. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington the night before, Lincoln lived for nine hours before succumbing to the severe head wound he sustained.
Lincoln's death came just after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Lincoln had just served the most difficult presidency in history, successfully leading the country through civil war. His job was exhausting and overwhelming at times. He had to manage a tremendous military effort, deal with diverse opinions in his own Republican party, counter his Democratic critics, maintain morale on the northern home front, and keep foreign countries such as France and Great Britain from recognizing the Confederacy. He did all of this, and changed American history when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, converting the war goal from reunion of the nation to a crusade to end slavery.
Now, the great man was dead. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton said, "Now, he belongs to the ages." Word spread quickly across the nation, stunning a people who were still celebrating the Union victory. Troops in the field wept, as did General Ulysses S. Grant, the overall Union commander. Perhaps no group was more grief stricken than the freed slaves. Although abolitionists considered Lincoln slow in moving against slavery, many freedmen saw "Father Abraham" as their savior. They faced an uncertain world, and now had lost their most powerful proponent.
Lincoln's funeral was held on April 19, before a funeral train carried his body back to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. During the two-week journey, hundreds of thousands gathered along the railroad tracks to pay their respects, and the casket was unloaded for public viewing at several stops. He and his son, Willie, who died in the White House of typhoid fever in 1862, were interred on May 4. ___________________________________________________________________
1944 Soviets capture Tarnopol in Poland
On this day in 1944, the Soviet Red Army occupies Tarnopol, one of the principal cities of Eastern Galicia, across the former Polish border.
Tarnopol, traditionally a part of Poland, then part of the Soviet Union, had become German-occupied territory in the great German offensive eastward in June 1941. One hundred and eighty Jews were shot in Tarnopol early in the German occupation; tens of thousands of Polish Jews would be slaughtered as German forces occupied larger swaths of the former eastern Poland. The Red Army naturally represented liberation for the Jewish survivors of German totalitarianism--although, Jews would eventually find their communist liberators to represent a totalitarianism of another stripe.
Also on this day in 1944, the U.S. plans Operation Wedlock, an invasion of the Kurile Islands of northern Japan. American and Canadian troops, aided by the Ninth Fleet and American bombers ordered to bomb the islands every day, prepare to occupy the islands long disputed between Japan and Russia.
The plan was a fiction. There was no invasion--or a Ninth Fleet. It was all a ruse to divert Japanese attention away from the Marianas Islands, the Allies' true target. Operation Forager, the real thing, was launched on June 15, 1944, with a landing on Saipan, one of the three Marianas Islands. It was a U.S. success, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Japanese--both from combat and ritual suicide--including that of the Japanese commander, Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito. ____________________________________________________________________
1967 Antiwar protests held in New York and San Francisco
Massive parades to protest Vietnam policy are held in New York and San Francisco. In New York, police estimated that 100,000 to 125,000 people listened to speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Floyd McKissick, Stokely Carmichael and Dr. Benjamin Spock. Prior to the march, nearly 200 draft cards were burned by youths in Central Park. In San Francisco, black nationalists led a march, but most of the 20,000 marchers were white. _____________________________________________________________________
1970 U.S. 1st Infantry Division withdraws from Vietnam
As part of the third phase of U.S. troop withdrawals announced by President Nixon, the 1st Infantry Division departs Vietnam. One of the most distinguished units in the U.S. Army, the 1st Infantry Division was organized in May 1917 and served with distinction in both World War I and II. It was deployed to the area north of Saigon in October 1965, one of the first Army infantry divisions to arrive in Vietnam. The division consisted of seven battalions of light infantry and two battalions of mechanized infantry. Other combat elements included an armored reconnaissance unit and four battalions of artillery.
The approaches to Saigon and the border regions between Vietnam and Cambodia were the major battlefields for the 1st Infantry Division. It took part in large-scale operations such as Operation Junction City (February-May 1967) and the Tet Offensive of 1968. The division also conducted major operations in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces in the region. It returned to Fort Riley, Kansas, upon its departure from South Vietnam.
The 1st Infantry Division was awarded the Vietnamese Civil Action Medal and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm. Among other individual awards, its soldiers won 11 Medals of Honor, 67 Distinguished Service Crosses, and 905 Silver Stars for bravery. The division suffered 20,770 soldiers killed or wounded in action, slightly more than the 20,659 casualties the division suffered in World War II.
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