Page 9: Historical Events In April - 04

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

1968  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39   

1969  On April - 04 dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1977  Sarah Michelle Gellar born on April - 04.   

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

1978  Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70 on April - 04.   

1979  Edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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

1981  On April - 04 henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)   

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

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

1983  Gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment on this day in history.   

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

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.   

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  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

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