Historical Events In April - 04

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

1956  Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris France  

1957  On this day in history 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  

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

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

1958  On this day in history eugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt  

1958  On April - 04 hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78  

1959  On this day in history fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal &French Sudan (dissolved 1960)  

1959  On this day in history federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)  

1959  On this day in history fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)  

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 April - 04.  

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

1960  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks  

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

1965  On April - 04 mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational  

1965  Robert Downey, Jr. born on April - 04.  

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

1966  On this day in history pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland  

1966  On April - 04 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1967  Dutch De Young government forms on this day in history.  

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

1967  On this day in history amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station  

1967  Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76 on April - 04.  

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

1968  Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned on this day in history.  

1968  Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on this day in history.  

1968  Rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis on this day in history.  

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

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.  

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.  

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.  

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

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

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.  

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.  

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

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.  

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.  

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.  

1284  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies