Page 8: Historical Events In April - 05

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

1960  Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88.   

1961  Barbra Streisand appears on "The Jack Paar Show".   

1961  Dutch Governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council.   

1961  Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show".   

1962  Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC.   

1962  Manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp   

1962  NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54600 m.   

1962  St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands.   

1962  Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC.   

1963  Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me).   

1963  Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II is recorded as becoming chief of Western Samoa.   

1963  Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73   

1964  1st driverless trains run on the London Underground.   

1964  inaugural driverless trains run on the London Underground   

1964  In this year, Mary Lena Faulk claims LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open   

1964  Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84   

1965  37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews win.   

1965  Lava Lamp Day celebrated   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1966  WTVX TV channel 34 in Fort Pierce-Vero Beach FL (IND) 1st broadcast   

1966  Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91   

1967  ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit.   

1967  Philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds.   

1968  Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens.   

1968  US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled   

1968  Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44.   

1969  Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73.   

1970  WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting.   

1970  Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78.   

1971  Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole   

1971  Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy   

1971  US Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life.   

1971  WNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting.   

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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  Julian of cornillon/liege: Flemish visionary/saint,   

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

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

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

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