Historical Events In April - 04

1968  On April - 04 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 perfs  

1968  On April - 04 martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39  

1969  Dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart on April - 04.  

1970  On April - 04 byron Foulger actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70  

1970  Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson on April - 04.  

1970  Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1971  "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances on this day in history.  

1971  Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Qu‚bec) on April - 04.  

1972  On this day in history 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating  

1972  On April - 04 adam Clayton Powell Jr (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63  

1972  On this day in history adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63  

1974  On April - 04 hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th  

1975  On April - 04 c5A Galaxy on military charter crashes, taking 155 lives (Saigon)  

1975  Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes on this day in history.  

1975  On April - 04 uSAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155  

1976  5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin on this day in history.  

1976  N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov on April - 04.  

1976  On April - 04 seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand  

1977  On April - 04 sarah Michelle Gellar born.  

1977  Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82 on April - 04.  

1978  On April - 04 gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70  

1979  Edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77 on April - 04.  

1979  On April - 04 jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL  

1979  On this day in history zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan  

1979  Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77 on April - 04.  

1980  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on April - 04.  

1981  On April - 04 brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56  

1981  On this day in history henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)  

1981  Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 on April - 04.  

1982  On April - 04 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little  

1983  On April - 04 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52  

1983  On April - 04 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched  

1983  Gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment on April - 04.  

1983  Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78 on April - 04.  

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.  

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

1648  On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

0896  On April - 04 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 April - 04.  

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.  

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

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies