Historical Events In April - 04

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1970  Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson on this day in history.  

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

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

1971  On this day in history marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Qu‚bec)  

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

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

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

1974  Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

1975  On this day in history uSAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155  

1976  On April - 04 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin  

1976  On April - 04 n Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov  

1976  Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand on April - 04.  

1977  On April - 04 sarah Michelle Gellar born.  

1977  Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

1979  On April - 04 edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77  

1979  On this day in history jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL  

1979  Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan on April - 04.  

1979  On April - 04 edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77  

1980  On April - 04 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1983  On this day in history gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment  

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

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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 April - 04.  

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

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

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  

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  On this day in history 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  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.  

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

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