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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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
04/06/1483 Raphael, [Raffaello Sanzio], Neth, painter (Sistine Madonna) 
04/06/1631 Vincenzo De Grandis, composer 
04/06/1660 Johann Kuhnau, composer 
04/06/1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)

04/06/1672 Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer 
04/06/1708 George Reuter, composer 
04/06/1752 Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer 
04/06/1757 Alessandro Rolla, composer 
04/06/1773 James Mill, Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India) 
04/06/1778 Joseph Funk, composer 
04/06/1810 Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos) 
04/06/1812 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer 
04/06/1815 Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer 
04/06/1818 Francis Henry Brown, composer 
04/06/1819 Johann AH Scheler, Belgian librarian 
04/06/1823 Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)

04/06/1826 Gustave Moreau, French painter 
04/06/1828 Charles William Field, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 189

04/06/1830 James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop 
04/06/1833 Johan HC Nucleus, Dutch translator (Sanskrit, Old Javan) 
04/06/1835 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer 
04/06/1844 Joseph Ludwig, composer 
04/06/1860 Ren‚ Lalique, French jeweler 
04/06/1866 Butch Cassidy [Robert Parker), US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) 
04/06/1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities) 
04/06/1869 Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter 
04/06/1871 Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria 
04/06/1874 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Hungary, famous magician/escape artist

04/06/1878 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer 
04/06/1883 Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress 
04/06/1884 Walter Huston, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre) 
04/06/1885 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer 
04/06/1888 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader) 
04/06/1890 Andr‚ L Danjon, French astronomer 
04/06/1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider) 
04/06/1892 Donald Wills Douglas, US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas) 
04/06/1892 Lowell Thomas, Woodington Ohio, newscaster (High Adventure) 
04/06/1892 Mateusz Glinski, composer 
04/06/1896 Juan Tomas Perez, composer 
04/06/1900 Andres Sas, composer 
04/06/1900 Leo Robin, US writer (Thanks For the Memory) 
04/06/1901 Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer 
04/06/1903 Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer 
04/06/1903 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 avg) 
04/06/1904 Kurt G Kiesinger, German chancellor (Wherever They May Be) 
04/06/1906 John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion) 
04/06/1908 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer 
04/06/1910 Desmond Dreyer, British admiral 
04/06/1911 Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer 
04/06/1912 Endre Szekely, composer 
04/06/1914 George Reeves, Ashland Ky, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind) 
04/06/1920 Bernard Carter, British painter/etcher 
04/06/1921 Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer 
04/06/1921 Franta Belsky, British sculptor 
04/06/1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice 
04/06/1926 Ian Paisley, Northiers clergyman 
04/06/1927 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orchestra leader 
04/06/1928 James Watson, chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA) 
04/06/1928 Joi Lansing, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Bob Cummings Show) 
04/06/1929 'Crazy' Joe Gallo, mobster 
04/06/1929 Andr‚ Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist 
04/06/1929 Edison Denisov, composer 
04/06/1929 Willis Hall, British writer 
04/06/1931 Ivan Dixon, NYC, actor (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes) 
04/06/1931 Joan Carlyle, British soprano 
04/06/1933 Dudley Sutton, British actor (Leather Boys, Brimstone & Treacle) 
04/06/1934 Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo (Olympic-gold-1964) 
04/06/1934 Reijo Jyrkiainen, composer 
04/06/1935 John Pepper Clark, Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat) 
04/06/1936 Manfred Schoof, composer 
04/06/1937 Billy Dee Williams, Harlem NYC, actor (Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back) 
04/06/1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield Calif, country singer (Death Valley Days)

04/06/1938 Paul Daniels, British magician 
04/06/1938 Roy Thinnes, Chicago Ill, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest) 
04/06/1940 Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor) 
04/06/1942 Phil Austin, comedian (Firesign Theater) 
04/06/1943 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist 
04/06/1943 Susan Tolsky, Houston, actress (Madame's Place, Here Comes the Bride

04/06/1944 Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano 
04/06/1944 John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down) 
04/06/1944 Michelle Phillips, Long Beach Calif, singer/actress (Mama & Papas) 
04/06/1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman) 
04/06/1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD) 
04/06/1947 John Ratzenberger, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers) 
04/06/1947 Tony Cooner, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) 
04/06/1949 Jane Actman, NYC, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show) 
04/06/1950 Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981-  ) 
04/06/1951 Ralph Cooper, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love) 
04/06/1952 Marilu Henner, Chicago, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shad

04/06/1952 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)

04/06/1953 Janet Lynn, ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972) 
04/06/1954 Judi Bowker, Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans) 
04/06/1959 Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night

04/06/1962 Stan Cullimore, bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) 
04/06/1964 Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra

04/06/1965 Rica Reinisch, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic-gold-1980) 
04/06/1966 Kymberly Paige, Newport Beach Ca, playmate (May, 1987) 
04/06/1969 Ari Meyers, San Juan PR, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie) 
04/06/1972 Jason Hervey, actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years) 
04/06/1975 Damon Pampolina, drummer (Party) 
04/06/1975 Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper (Party) 
04/06/1976 Candace H Cameron, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House) 
04/06/1976 Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster) 
04/06/1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor, under English prince Michael 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
04/06/ 912 Nottker 'the Stamelaar', benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 
04/06/1199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 
04/06/1252 Peter van Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 
04/06/1348 Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague 
04/06/1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle 
04/06/1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies 
04/06/1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded 
04/06/1490 Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies 
04/06/1520 Raphael, artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 35th birthday 
04/06/1528 Albrecht Drer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany 
04/06/1590 Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies 
04/06/1605 John Stow, British historian, dies 
04/06/1674 Charles de M‚an, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69 
04/06/1707 Willem Van de Velde, the Young, seascape painter, dies a 73 
04/06/1779 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer/bandmaster (Farnace), di

04/06/1782 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90 
04/06/1805 Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56 
04/06/1817 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78 
04/06/1822 Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62 
04/06/1829 Niels H Able, Norse mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26 
04/06/1838 Jos‚ B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 
04/06/1854 William Strickland, US architect, dies 
04/06/1862 Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51 
04/06/1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, US Confederate general, dies in battle 
04/06/1865 John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36 
04/06/1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norse writer (Working People), dies at 57 
04/06/1913 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday 
04/06/1919 Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63 
04/06/1926 Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 4

04/06/1931 Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73 
04/06/1935 Edward Arlington Robinson, US poet, dies 
04/06/1939 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies 
04/06/1940 Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 
04/06/1945 Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies 
04/06/1947 Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 
04/06/1951 Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 
04/06/1961 Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 
04/06/1962 J C Heldring, businessman, dies at 74 
04/06/1968 Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death 
04/06/1971 Igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 89

04/06/1972 Heinrich Lbke, West Germany chancellor (1959-69), dies at 77 
04/06/1974 Willem Dudok, architect (Hilversum town hall), dies at 89 
04/06/1975 Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87 
04/06/1978 Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74 
04/06/1978 Reinoud Anders, actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65 
04/06/1979 M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61 
04/06/1979 Milton Ager, US composer, dies 
04/06/1981 Bob 'the bear' Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies

04/06/1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered 
04/06/1984 Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies 
04/06/1990 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73 
04/06/1992 Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies at 72 from kidney failur

04/06/1992 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 9

04/06/1993 Divya Bharati, 'baby doll', Indies actress, dies by accident at 19 
04/06/1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, murdered 
04/06/1994 Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1994), assassinated 
04/06/1994 Juv‚nal Habayarimana, president of Rwanda, assassinated 
04/06/1994 Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
04/06/ 610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth 
04/06/ 648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks 
04/06/ 774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy 
04/06/1106 Fire in Venice 
04/06/1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura 
04/06/1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France 
04/06/1516 A Willaert installed as cardinal Ippolito I d'este 
04/06/1634 Heeren XIX askes 'to secure Eylands Cura‡ao' 
04/06/1652 John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown 
04/06/1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter 
04/06/1712 Slave revolt in NY 
04/06/1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC 
04/06/1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY 
04/06/1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri 
04/06/1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality 
04/06/1853 Asteroid 25, Phocaea discovered 
04/06/1853 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #25 Phocaea 
04/06/1855 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #34 Circe 
04/06/1859 US recognizes Liberal government in M‚xico's War of Reform 
04/06/1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee 
04/06/1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off 
04/06/1865 Skirmish at High Bridge VA (Appomattox); 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off

04/06/1866 G.A.R. established 
04/06/1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife 
04/06/1878 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta 
04/06/1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Speckled Band' (BG) 
04/06/1886 City of Vancouver, BC incorporated 
04/06/1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga 
04/06/1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #309 Fraternitas 
04/06/1893 Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds

04/06/1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated 
04/06/1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] 
04/06/1896 American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history

04/06/1900 Jim Jeffries KO's Jack Finnegan in 55 seconds 
04/06/1903 General railroad strike against 'worgwetten' (anti-strike laws) 
04/06/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #563 Suleika 
04/06/1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted 
04/06/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #755 Quintilla 
04/06/1909 1st credit union established in US 
04/06/1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson 
04/06/1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare 
04/06/1916 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #857 Glasenappia 
04/06/1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I 
04/06/1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau 
04/06/1922 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #977 Philippa 
04/06/1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight 
04/06/1924 Bayern: V”lkische Block (nazi's) recieves 17.8% of vote 
04/06/1924 Italy fascists recieves 65% of vote of parliament 
04/06/1925 1st film shown on an airplane (British Air) 
04/06/1926 Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 
04/06/1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed 
04/06/1931 1st Scottsboro (Ala) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape 
04/06/1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany 
04/06/1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more 
04/06/1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam 
04/06/1936 Tornado, kills 203 & injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia 
04/06/1939 Great Britain & Poland sign military pact 
04/06/1939 US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific) 
04/06/1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 
04/06/1941 British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa 
04/06/1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes) 
04/06/1941 Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces 
04/06/1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto 
04/06/1943 British & US army link up in Africa during WW II 
04/06/1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested 
04/06/1945 Coevorden freed from nazis 
04/06/1945 Japanese large battleship Jamamoto heads to Okinawa 
04/06/1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa 
04/06/1945 US marines explores Tsugen Shima near Okinawa 
04/06/1947 Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament 
04/06/1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson 
04/06/1952 Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament 
04/06/1954 Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det 
04/06/1956 Polish communist Gomulka resigns 
04/06/1957 NYC ends trolley car service 
04/06/1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters 
04/06/1964 Egypt & Belgium recover diplomatic relations 
04/06/1965 Intelsat 1 ('Early Bird') 1st coml geosynchronous comm satellite 
04/06/1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India 
04/06/1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government 
04/06/1967 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1804 Chebotarev 
04/06/1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution 
04/06/1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) 
04/06/1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas 
04/06/1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan 
04/06/1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium 
04/06/1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim 
04/06/1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter & Saturn 
04/06/1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his # 
04/06/1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks 
04/06/1974 200,000 attend rock concert 'California Jam' 
04/06/1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 
04/06/1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction, Colo 
04/06/1975 Fastest hat trick by a Wash Cap 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) 
04/06/1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: 'Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones

04/06/1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released 
04/06/1977 Kingdome in Seattle opens 
04/06/1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed 
04/06/1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season 
04/06/1981 Yugoslav govt routes troops to Kosovo 
04/06/1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands 
04/06/1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead 
04/06/1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched 
04/06/1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale 
04/06/1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab 
04/06/1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs 
04/06/1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler 
04/06/1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington 
04/06/1988 NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round 
04/06/1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy 
04/06/1991 NY-NJ Knights 1st home game (Giant Stad) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 
04/06/1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher 
04/06/1992 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0 
04/06/1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses 
04/06/1992 Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship 
04/06/1992 Swedish troops begin siege of Sarajevo 
04/06/1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps 
04/06/1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow) 
04/06/1993 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers) 
04/06/1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns 
04/06/1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records 
  
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