This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
04/02/ 742 Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14) 
04/02/1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan 
04/02/1618 Francesco M Grimaldi, naturalist (light defraction) 
04/02/1628 Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer 
04/02/1632 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer 
04/02/1711 John Point, engraver/illustrator/actor 
04/02/1713 Onno Zwier van Hairs, Fries poet (Fatherland) 
04/02/1728 Franz Asplmayr, composer 
04/02/1733 Giacomo Tritto, composer 
04/02/1735 Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer 
04/02/1735 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer 
04/02/1763 Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer 
04/02/1803 Franz Paul Lachner, composer 
04/02/1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales 
04/02/1814 Henry Lewis 'Old Rock' Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army) 
04/02/1817 Teodulo Mabellini, composer 
04/02/1826 Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 
04/02/1833 Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 
04/02/1834 Fr‚d‚ric-Auguste Bertholdi, France, Statue of Liberty sculptor 
04/02/1840 mile Zola, France, novelist (Nana, J'Accuse) 
04/02/1841 Cl‚ment Ader, French engineer 
04/02/1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931) 
04/02/1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) 
04/02/1868 Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret) 
04/02/1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company 
04/02/1877 Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik) 
04/02/1891 Max Ernst, Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism) 
04/02/1894 Rudolph P Cleveringa, lawyer (anti-nazi leader) 
04/02/1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air) 
04/02/1900 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist 
04/02/1901 Anis Fuleihan, composer 
04/02/1902 Danilo Svara, composer 
04/02/1905 Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Op‚ra Ballet) 
04/02/1908 Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jone

04/02/1909 Jean Kurt Forest, composer 
04/02/1910 Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants) 
04/02/1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer (Street Car Named Desire) 
04/02/1910 Joeri German, Russian writer 
04/02/1911 Charles 'Honi' Coles, tap dancer (Tap) 
04/02/1912 Harry Mills, US, singer (Mills Brothers) 
04/02/1914 Alec Guinness, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai) 
04/02/1915 Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine 
04/02/1917 Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie) 
04/02/1917 Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse) 
04/02/1919 Antoon J Hubben, mayor (Maasbree)/Political chairman (KVM) 
04/02/1919 Ian Hunter, impresario 
04/02/1920 Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet) 
04/02/1922 Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964) 
04/02/1923 Hugh Overton, British diplomat 
04/02/1923 Jacob 'Cut' Firet, theologist (Agogisch Moment) 
04/02/1924 Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas) 
04/02/1925 George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge) 
04/02/1926 Michael Rizzello, sculpter/coin designer 
04/02/1927 Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star 
04/02/1928 Joseph 'Cardinal' Bernardin, of Chicago 
04/02/1928 Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron) 
04/02/1928 Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer/songwriter 
04/02/1929 Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife) 
04/02/1929 Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch 2nd chamber member (KVP/CDA) 
04/02/1930 Girolamo Arriego, composer 
04/02/1931 Imre Olsvai, composer 
04/02/1934 Brian Glover, actor (McGuffin) 
04/02/1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Dept of Health) 
04/02/1934 Diane Cilento, actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man, Negatives) 
04/02/1934 Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury) 
04/02/1935 Sharon Acker, Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973

04/02/1936 Jack Brabham, race car driver 
04/02/1937 Paul E Kanjorski, (Rep-D-PA, 1985-  ) 
04/02/1939 Marvin P Gaye Jr, Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing) 
04/02/1940 Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love) 
04/02/1940 Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft) 
04/02/1941 Leon Russell, pianist/singer (Carny) 
04/02/1942 Graham Bright, private sec to British PM 
04/02/1943 Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House) 
04/02/1945 Don Sutton, baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers) 
04/02/1945 Linda Hunt, Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado) 
04/02/1945 Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C) 
04/02/1946 Kurt Winter, rocker (Guess Who) 
04/02/1947 Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again) 
04/02/1948 Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune) 
04/02/1949 Pamela Reed, Tacoma Wash, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop) 
04/02/1949 Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey 
04/02/1953 Debralee Scott, Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie) 
04/02/1954 Ron Palillo, Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter) 
04/02/1955 Dana Carvey, comedian (Church Lady-SNL) 
04/02/1959 Brian Goodell, US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976) 
04/02/1959 Dean Townson, St Petersburg Fla, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) 
04/02/1959 Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1988) 
04/02/1960 Linford Christie, St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100m runner (Oly-silver-1988

04/02/1961 Keren Woodward, rocker (Bananarama-Venus) 
04/02/1962 Billy Dean, Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid) 
04/02/1963 Dermot Reeve, British cricketeer 
04/02/1965 Rodney King, Sacramento Calif, black motorist beaten by LA cops 
04/02/1969 Yj Nagata, [Yuji], wrestler (NJPW) 
04/02/1975 Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) 
04/02/1984 Ashley Peldon, actress (Child of Rage, Deceived) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
04/02/1118 Boudewijn I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies

04/02/1416 Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 
04/02/1502 Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Arag¢n 
04/02/1640 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 
04/02/1657 Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48 
04/02/1705 Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59 
04/02/1758 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67 
04/02/1784 Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74 
04/02/1803 Hieronymus van Alphen, attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56 
04/02/1831 Charles Felix, King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74 
04/02/1865 Ambrose P Hill, confederate general, dies at 39 
04/02/1865 Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60 
04/02/1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 
04/02/1876 Paul van Vlissingen, ship owner, dies at 78 
04/02/1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, genealogist, dies at 79 
04/02/1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), dies at 37 
04/02/1910 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies 
04/02/1928 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies 
04/02/1932 Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69 
04/02/1937 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher ('zionism'), dies at about 72 
04/02/1941 Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies 
04/02/1944 Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71 
04/02/1945 Maurice Rose, US Gen-maj, dies in battle of Paderborn 
04/02/1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall 
04/02/1952 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies 
04/02/1953 Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56 
04/02/1956 Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65 
04/02/1956 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies 
04/02/1961 August Defresne, director (Anno Christi 967), dies 
04/02/1961 Wallingford Rieger, composer, dies at 75 
04/02/1965 Renzo Bossi, composer, dies at 81 
04/02/1969 Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74 
04/02/1972 Gil Hodges, NY Mets manager, dies at 57 
04/02/1974 Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84 
04/02/1974 Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris 
04/02/1976 Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74 
04/02/1979 Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72 
04/02/1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 
04/02/1990 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies 
04/02/1992 Paula (II) Kelly, actress (Sweet Charity, Andromeda Strain), dies 
04/02/1993 Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93 
04/02/1993 Kaus Schenk, ice skater/skating coach/father of Ard, dies at 86 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
04/02/ 999 Gerbert van Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope 
04/02/1416 Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Arag¢n 
04/02/1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n 
04/02/1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy 
04/02/1590 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht 
04/02/1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope

04/02/1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint 
04/02/1819 1st successful agricultural journal ('American Farmer') begins 
04/02/1845 H L Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun 
04/02/1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin 
04/02/1863 Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia 
04/02/1864 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana 
04/02/1864 Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas 
04/02/1865 Battle of Petersburg, VA (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station) 
04/02/1865 CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA 
04/02/1866 Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & V

04/02/1869 R Luther discovers asteroid #108 Hecuba 
04/02/1876 Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila 
04/02/1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn 
04/02/1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper 
04/02/1900 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam) 
04/02/1902 1st motion picture theater opens (LA) 
04/02/1902 Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act 
04/02/1905 Cairo-Capetown railway opens 
04/02/1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China 
04/02/1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power 
04/02/1916 Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia & #852 Wladilena & #853 Nansen

04/02/1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps 
04/02/1917 Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany 
04/02/1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2500 
04/02/1926 Riots between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta 
04/02/1930 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda 
04/02/1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son 
04/02/1935 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer 
04/02/1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR 
04/02/1937 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1549 Mikko 
04/02/1941 German occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn 
04/02/1941 USS Hotnet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF 
04/02/1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy 
04/02/1944 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 8th Symphony, premieres in NY 
04/02/1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania 
04/02/1945 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa 
04/02/1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcastin

04/02/1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see 0126] 
04/02/1956 Soap operas 'As the World Turns' & 'Edge of Night' premieres on TV 
04/02/1958 Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens 
04/02/1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA 
04/02/1958 Operations begin at Antillian Brewery (Amstel beer) 
04/02/1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record) 
04/02/1960 Cuba buys oil from USSR 
04/02/1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacom, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast 
04/02/1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km) 
04/02/1963 USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km 
04/02/1964 Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria 
04/02/1964 Military coup between Gen Castello Branco & Pres Goulart in Brazil 
04/02/1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned 
04/02/1965 Hochhuths play 'Stellvertreter' banned in Italy 
04/02/1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon 
04/02/1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting 
04/02/1967 Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark 
04/02/1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd 
04/02/1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States 
04/02/1968 Senator E Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin 
04/02/1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) 
04/02/1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state 
04/02/1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain 
04/02/1971 Sci-fi soap opera 'Dark Shadows' concludes an almost 5 year run 
04/02/1972 44th Academy Awards presented 
04/02/1972 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo 
04/02/1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day 
04/02/1973 Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal 
04/02/1973 ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean pres election 
04/02/1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War 
04/02/1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier 
04/02/1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2190 Coubertin & #2593 Buryatia 
04/02/1976 Portuguese constitution assumed 
04/02/1977 Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumors,' album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks 
04/02/1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lo

04/02/1978 TV show 'Dallas' premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series) 
04/02/1979 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt 
04/02/1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season 
04/02/1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 
04/02/1981 Belgium's 4th govt of Martens resigns 
04/02/1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon

04/02/1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands 
04/02/1984 Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title 
04/02/1986 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece 
04/02/1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans 
04/02/1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule 
04/02/1986 P Jensen discovers asteroid #3459 Bodil 
04/02/1987 IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2 
04/02/1988 Simply Majestic sets horseracing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45 
04/02/1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy 'Macho Man' Savage 
04/02/1989 Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games 
04/02/1991 Rotterdam Newspaper begins publishing 
04/02/1992 'Hamlet' opens at Criterion Center on Broadway 
04/02/1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns 
04/02/1992 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos 
04/02/1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands 
04/02/1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam) 
04/02/1993 Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10 
  
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