Page 7: Historical Events In April - 14

1959  (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC.   

1960  Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs for the Stanley Cup.   

1960  Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies   

1961  inaugural live television broadcast from the Soviet Union.   

1963  George Harrison is impressed by the unsigned group "Rolling Stones".   

1964  Bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs), dies.   

1965  Leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82.   

1968  Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card   

1969  41st Academy Awards   

1969  inaugural major league baseball game outside US played in Montreal, Canada.   

1969  Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College   

1969  Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540   

1969  VQ-1 aircraft shot down by North Korean aircraft over Sea of Japan   

1971  Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site   

1971  Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies   

1973  Magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons), dies at 88   

1974  In this year, Gary Player claims his 2nd Masters golf tournament   

1974  The Navy donated the ASW carrier Yorktown to Charleston, South Carolina for the city's National Naval Museum.   

1975  Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77.   

1976  Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60   

1977  Riekus Waskowsky, Dutch poet, dies at 44.   

1978  H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2364 Seillier.   

1980  E Bowell discovers asteroids #2759 Idomeneus and #2830 Greenwich.   

1980  Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84.   

1981  Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth   

1981  The inaugural space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched.   

1982  M Watt discovers asteroid #2675 Tolkien.   

1983  Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64.   

1985  Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies   

1986  US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya   

1987  Karl Holler, composer, dies at 79.   

1988  USS Samuel B. Roberts struck Iranian mine off Qatar   

1988  Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer, dies at 83   

1989  inaugural Navy ship arrives on scene to assist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup.   

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1572  Adam tanner: Austrian mathematician   

1578  Philip iii: King of spain & portugal (1598-1621)   

1592  Abraham elsevier: Book publisher/publisher   

1629  Christian huygens: Holland, astronomer (discovered saturn's rings)   

1668  Magnus julius de la gardie: Swedish general   

1676  Ernst chreistian hesse: Composer   

1710  Marie a c de camargo: Spanish/italian/belgian dancer   

1714  Adam gib: Scottish religious leader   

0711  Childebert iii: King of french,   

0911  Sergius iii: Italian pope (904-11),   

1099  Death of Conrad: Bishop of utrecht, stabbed to death   

1132  Death of Mstislav of kiev: Mstislav of kiev (b. 1076)   

1240  Llywelyn ap iorwerth: Prince of wales,   

1279  Boleslaus of greater poland: Boleslaus of greater poland   

1322  Bartholomew de badlesmere: 1st lord badlesmere, english soldier (b. 1275)   

1345  Richard aungerville: English bishop and writer (b. 1287)