Page 6: Historical Events In April - 02

1947  Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies   

1950  WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1951  inaugural Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton.   

1951  Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall.   

1951  Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall.   

1952  Bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies   

1952  Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55   

1953  Raab forms his 1st government in Austria   

1953  Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56.   

1954  Plans to build Disneyland inaugural announced   

1954  Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26].   

1955  Halifax Nova Scotia the opening of Angus L. Macdonald Bridge linking Halifax and Dartmouth and I was there   

1955  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright   

1956  Soap operas "As the World Turns" and "Edge of Night" premieres on TV   

1956  Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff and Juliet," premieres in Manchester   

1956  Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82   

1957  In Toronto 22-year-old Elvis Presley plays two concerts before 23000 people at Maple Leaf Gardens; his second concert, before 15000 fans   

1958  Last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW.   

1958  National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA   

1958  Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record).   

1958  Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens   

1959  Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79   

1960  USS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Brazil after floods   

1960  Cuba buys oil from USSR.   

1961  August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67   

1962  The inaugural official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.   

1963  Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)   

1963  USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8500 km   

1964  USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned.   

1964  Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria.   

1965  Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy.   

1965  Renzo Bossi, composer, dies at 81   

1966  Death of Cecil Scott Forester, author of the Captain Hornblower novels, and The African Queen.   

1966  Leading Liberal Andrew Peacock enters Australian federal parliament, winning Sir Robert Menzies' old seat of Kooyong in a by-election;.   

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1348  Andronikos iv palaiologos: Byzantine emperor   

1565  Cornelis de houtman: Dutch explorer   

1602  Maria de jesus de agreda: [maria coronel], spanish franciscan   

1618  Francesco m grimaldi: Mathematician/physicist (light defraction)   

1628  Constantin christian dedekind: Composer   

1632  Georg caspar weckler: Composer   

1653  Prince george of denmark: Prince consort of anne of england   

1711  Jan punt: Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (gideonschool)   

1118  Death of Boudouin i: Of bologne/edessa, 1st crusader/king of jerusalem,   

1272  Richard: 1st earl of cornwall, holy roman emperor (b. 1209)   

1335  Death of Duke henry of carinthia: Duke henry of carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  Ruy gonzáles de clavijo: Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)   

1416  Death of Ferdinand i: The justified, king of aragon/sicily,   

1502  Arthur: English crown prince/husband of catharina of aragon,   

1507  Death of Francis of paola: Italian founder of the order of the minims (b. 1416)   

1640  Death of Matthias c sarbiewski: [sarbievius], polish jesuit/poet,