Page 9: Historical Events In April - 04

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

1968  Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39 on this day in history.   

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

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

1970  On April - 04 firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson   

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

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

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  On this day in history hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1976  On this day in history n Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov   

1976  On this day in history seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand   

1977  On this day in history sarah Michelle Gellar born.   

1977  On this day in history jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82   

1978  Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77   

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

1979  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

1981  Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  On this day in history 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 April - 04.   

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

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

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

0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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 April - 04.   

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

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