Page 7: Historical Events In April - 15

1958  Estelle Taylor, dies at 64   

1959  Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour   

1959  Emma Thompson, British actress is born.   

1960  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizes at Shaw U   

1961  Launching of inaugural nuclear-powered frigate, USS Bainbridge, at Quincy, MA   

1961  Yuri Gagarin, the inaugural man in space, is awarded the Order of Lenin.   

1962  USS Princeton brought inaugural Marine helicopters to Vietnam. This was inaugural Marine advisory unit to arrive in South Vietnam.   

1962  Clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80   

1965  Syd Chaplin, dies at 80.   

1966  The Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"   

1966  Joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81   

1967  Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69.   

1968  Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73   

1969  North Korean aircraft shoots down Navy EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan   

1969  Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81.   

1971  43rd Academy Awards presented.   

1972  Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64.   

1974  Military coup in Niger   

1975  C Torres discovers asteroid #2784 Domeyko   

1975  inaugural appearance of the San Diego Chicken.   

1975  Charles Marshall, dies   

1976  Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78.   

1978  43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy   

1980  E Bowell discovers asteroid #3041 Webb.   

1980  Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75.   

1980  Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher and writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74.   

1981  French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67   

1982  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3257.   

1982  Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display   

1982  The Muslims who murdered President Sadat of Egypt are executed.   

1982  5 murderers, of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed   

1983  Rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68   

1983  Tokyo Disneyland opens.   

1983  Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80.   

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1452  Leonardo da vinci: Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary   

1469  Nanak: 1st guru of sikhs   

1489  Sinan: Ottoman architect   

1552  Pietro cataldi: Italian mathematician   

1588  Claudius salmasius: [claude saumaise], french linguist   

1637  Valentin molitor: Composer   

1641  Robert sibbald: Scottish physician   

1646  Pierre poiret: French mystic   

1053  Godwin: Earl of wessex   

1220  Adolf i: Archbishop of cologne,   

1415  Manuel chrysoloras: Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  Death of Leon b alberti: Italian humanist/architect (philodoxis),   

1502  Death of Jan iv chalon: Prince of orange,   

1605  Boris godunov: Tsar of russia (1598-1605),   

1607  Death of Cornelius kilianus: Flemish translator/poet,   

1610  Johan van duivenoorde: Mister of warmond,