Historical Events In April - 04

1940  On April - 04 r Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher," premieres in NYC  

1941  On this day in history german troops conquer Banghazi  

1941  Max Frisch, writer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history rCAF Squadron Leader L.J. Birchall spots Japanese fleet heading for Ceylon; alerts naval base and averts disaster for the British Fleet and a second Pearl Harbour  

1943  Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history british troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia  

1944  On this day in history de Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists  

1944  John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1945  Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day) on April - 04.  

1945  US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany on April - 04.  

1945  On this day in history uS tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld  

1945  On April - 04 hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)  

1947  On April - 04 largest group of sunspots on record  

1947  On April - 04 uN's International Civil Aviation Organization established  

1947  Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect on this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to first base; it ends in a tie  

1948  84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie on April - 04.  

1949  Establishment of NATO on this day in history.  

1949  On this day in history israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement  

1949  On April - 04 north Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)  

1949  The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'NATO', formed in Washington USA on this day in history.  

1949  On April - 04 wKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting  

1950  On this day in history christine Lahti born.  

1950  On this day in history dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES  

1951  Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Per¢n in Buenos Aires Argentina on April - 04.  

1951  On April - 04 dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Peron in Buenos Aires  

1952  On this day in history karen Magnussen figure skater, born at North Vancouver, BC  

1953  KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo TX (CBS) begins broadcasting on April - 04.  

1953  On this day in history kFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting  

1953  On this day in history carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59  

1954  On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton GA Golf Open  

1954  On April - 04 louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open  

1955  British government signs military treaty with Iraq on this day in history.  

1955  British govt signs military treaty with Iraq on this day in history.  

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0186  On this day in history birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)  

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)  

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)  

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.  

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)  

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.  

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)  

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies  

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.  

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.