Historical Events In April - 04

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

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  On this day in history firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson  

1970  Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70 on April - 04.  

1971  On April - 04 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances  

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

1972  On April - 04 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating  

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

1972  Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63 on April - 04.  

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

1975  C5A Galaxy on military charter crashes, taking 155 lives (Saigon) on this day in history.  

1975  Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes on April - 04.  

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

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

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

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

1977  Sarah Michelle Gellar born on April - 04.  

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

1978  On this day in history gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70  

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

1979  Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL on this day in history.  

1979  Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56  

1981  Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) on this day in history.  

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

1982  On this day in history 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little  

1983  On this day in history 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52  

1983  On this day in history 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched  

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

1983  On April - 04 jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78  

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

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.  

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  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

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