Historical Events In April - 04

1956  On April - 04 enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London  

1956  On April - 04 enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London  

1957  On April - 04 heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris France  

1957  Herbert Norman 1909-1957 Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, jumps from the roof of his apartment building to his death after suspicions he was a possible Communist sympathizer on April - 04.  

1957  On April - 04 heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris  

1958  On this day in history 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)  

1958  EugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt on this day in history.  

1958  Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1959  Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal &French Sudan (dissolved 1960) on this day in history.  

1959  Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) on April - 04.  

1959  Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) on this day in history.  

1959  Stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in S African Test), dies on this day in history.  

1960  32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win on this day in history.  

1960  On April - 04 project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center  

1960  On this day in history senegal declares independence from France  

1960  On this day in history 32nd Academy Awards  

1963  On April - 04 jason Robards Sr actor (Acapulco), dies at 70  

1963  On April - 04 endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18  

1964  On April - 04 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances  

1964  Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks on April - 04.  

1964  Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 5 weeks on April - 04.  

1965  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational on this day in history.  

1965  On April - 04 robert Downey, Jr. born.  

1966  On April - 04 canada starts five-year, $350,000 project to help increase wheat production in Kenya; an environmental fiasco.  

1966  On April - 04 pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland  

1966  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1967  On this day in history dutch De Young government forms  

1967  Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station on this day in history.  

1967  Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station on April - 04.  

1967  On April - 04 mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76  

1968  "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned  

1968  On April - 04 civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.  

1968  Rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis on April - 04.  

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.  

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)  

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.  

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

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 this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

1284  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62  

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.  

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.  

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