Page 7: Historical Events In April - 07
Monday, 15 June 2026
1967 Israeli/Syrian border fights 

1967 Anne Morrison Chapin, dies in West Hollywood. 

1968 Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car 

1968 Jim Clark, two-time F1 World Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500, dies in a racing accident during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany. 

1968 Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car 

1969 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds 

1970 J A Bruwer discovers asteroid #1794 Finsen 

1970 John Wayne, a movie veteran of over 200 films, won his inaugural and only Oscar. 

1970 Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st pres Samora Machel, dies 

1971 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic-gold-1928, 32), dies at 74 

1972 "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party 

1973 Vicki Lawrence got her number one single as "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" made it to the top of the pop charts. 

1973 Nick Stuart, bandleader, dies of cancer at 69 

1976 Mary Margaret McBride TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76. 

1977 Siegfried Buback, German FR procureur-genl, murdered attorney-general 

1978 Pres Carter defers production of the neutron bomb 

1978 Ernest Kanitz, composer, dies at 83. 

1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water 

1979 Bruno Apitz, writer, dies at 78. 

1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis 

1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec. 

1982 Brenda Benet actress, commits suicide by gun at 36. 

1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36 

1983 Gavin Gordon television actor, dies at 82 

1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson inaugural STS spacewalk. 

1983 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82 

1984 Samuel C Engel screenwriter, dies of heart failure at 79. 

1984 Frank Church, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at 59. 

1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, steps down, after making racial remarks on "Nightline". 

1987 Maxine Sullivan, [Williams], US actress (Going Places), dies at 75. 

1988 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74. 

1989 NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrules. 

1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norweign Sea, with about a dozen deaths. 

1989 Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123(?) 

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