Page 7: Historical Events In April - 05

1942  HMS CORNWALL And HMS DORSETSHIRE sunk in the Indian Ocean south west of Ceylon by Japanese carrier divebombers, 190 men lost from 'Cornwall', 234 from 'Dorsetshire'.   

1942  HMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers   

1943  Allies bomb Mortsel   

1943  Poon Lim are discovered after being adrift 133 days   

1943  The third and last "Macedonian transport" reaches the Treblinka "resettlement"; all are gassed.   

1944  140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse   

1944  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90   

1945  Almelo Netherlands freed   

1945  Kuniaki Koiso steps down as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki.   

1945  Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41.   

1946  1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony.   

1946  USS Missouri arrives in Turkey to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the U.S. and to show U.S. support and willingness to defend Turkey.   

1946  Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47   

1948  WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

1948  WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting.   

1949  60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, results in the deaths of 77 (Effingham IL)   

1949  60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, results in the deaths of 77 (Effingham Ill)   

1950  Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins.   

1951  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR.   

1951  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death   

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72.   

1952  In this year, Henry Wittenberg claims his 8th AAU wrestling title.   

1952  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75.   

1953  In this year, Babe Didrikson-Zaharias claims LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.   

1953  WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw MI (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

1954  Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right".   

1954  Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66.   

1955  British Prime Minister Winston Churchill steps down.   

1955  Winston Churchill steps down as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him.   

1956  In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.   

1958  Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time   

1958  Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87.   

1959  23rd Golf Masters Championship Art Wall Jr claims, shooting a 284.   

1959  In this year, Art Wall claims golf's Masters.   

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1288  Emperor go-fushimi of japan: Emperor go-fushimi of japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca maria sforza: Wife of maximilian i, holy roman emperor   

1523  Blaise de vigenère: French cryptographer   

1588  Thomas hobbes: England, philosopher (leviathan)   

1595  John wilson: Composer   

1598  Laurentius erhard: Composer   

1604  Charles iv: Duke of lorraine   

1622  Vincenzo viviani: Italian mathematician   

0582  Eutychius: Patriarch of constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus: Patriarch of constantinopel (806-15),   

1168  Robert de beaumont: 2nd earl of leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  Death of Julian of cornillon/liege: Flemish visionary/saint,   

1270  Death of Ramban nachmanides: Talmudic scholar (hiddushei ha-ramden),   

1419  Death of Vincent ferrer: Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  Richard roose: Boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop   

1605  Adam loftus: English protestant archbishop in ireland (c.1513)