Historical Events In April - 04

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

1968  Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39 on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

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

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

1971  On this day in history "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 this day in history 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating  

1972  Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

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

1975  On this day in history 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  USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155 on April - 04.  

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

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

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 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  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 April - 04.  

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  Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1983  On April - 04 gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment  

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

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)  

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

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

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 April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)  

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

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)  

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 April - 04.  

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.  

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

1284  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62  

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

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.