This Day in History
April 7

What happened in history on this day: April 7? On April 7 in ... 30 - Jesus Christ crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate, according to astronomer Schaefer). 451 - Attila's Hun's plunder Metz. 924 - Emperor Berengarius I of Italy murdered. 1118 - Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. 1250 - Death of St. Hermann Joseph von Steinfeld (born about 1150 in Cologne). 1348 - Prague University, first university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV. 1444 - John Capreolus French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about age 50. 1456 - Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik. 1498 - Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), dies at age 27. 1498 - Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence Italy. 1506 - Birth of Saint Francis Xavier Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan. 1509 - France declares war on Venice. 1521 - Inquisitor-General Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books. 1521 - Magelhaes' fleet reaches Cebu. 1524 - Philip of Burgundy bishop of Utrecht, dies. 1534 - Birth of José de Anchieta Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians). 1584 - Ieper surrenders to duke Van Parma. 1613 - Birth of Gerard Dou Dutch painter (Night School). 1614 - El Greco Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown). 1622 - Birth of Louise Hollandine daughter of King Frederik V and Elizabeth Stuart. 1625 - Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander. 1629 - Birth of Juan José of Austria, Spanish General/Governor of Netherlands. 1645 - Michael Cardozo becomes first Jewish lawyer in Brazil. 1648 - Birth of Ferdinand van Kessel Flemish painter. 1652 - Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa. 1655 - Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII. 1694 - Birth of Coelestin Praelisauer composer. 1699 - Birth of Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer composer. 1712 - Slave revolt (New York City, New York). 1719 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle French priest/theory/saint, dies at age 67. 1724 - Johann S Bach's "John Passion" premieres in Leipzig. 1727 - Birth of Henri Hardouin composer. 1727 - Birth of Michel Adanson French biologist (Natural History of Sénégal). 1745 - Birth of Georg Druschetzky composer. 1748 - Birth of Georg Wenzel Ritter composer. 1756 - Birth of Charles Felix King of Sardina (1821-31). 1763 - Birth of Domenico Dragonetti composer. 1766 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch classicist, dies at age 81. 1767 - Franz Sparry composer, dies at age 51. 1768 - Birth of Karl Theodor Toeschi composer. 1768 - Michel Mathieu composer, dies at age 78. 1770 - Birth of William Wordsworth England, poet laureate (The Prelude). 1772 - Birth of F M Charles Fourier French socialist. 1775 - Birth of Francis C Lowell founded first raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill. 1778 - Johann Balthasar Kehl composer, dies at age 52. 1780 - Birth of William Ellery Channing US, Unitarian clergyman. 1783 - Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer composer, dies at age 71. 1786 - Birth of William Rufus DeVane King (Democrat) 13th US Vice President (1853). 1788 - First settlement in Ohio, at Marietta. 1789 - Abdül-Hamid I 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at age 64. 1789 - Peter Camper anatomist/animal scholar, dies at age 66. 1798 - Territory of Mississippi is organized. 1801 - Birth of Henry Eagle Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882. 1803 - Birth of Flora Tristan writer. 1803 - [François Dominique] Toussaint L'Ouverture Haitian revolutionary, dies. 1805 - Birth of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Governor-South Carolina, Confederacy), died in 1869. 1805 - Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself). 1810 - Pieter L van de Kasteele Dutch politician/patriot, dies at age 61. 1818 - General Andrew Jackson conquers Saint Marks Florida from Seminole Indians. 1819 - Birth of Hubert Leonard composer. 1820 - Birth of György Klapka Hungarian General/Member of Parliament (Komárom-castle). 1822 - Birth of Gershom Mott Major General (Union volunteers). 1826 - Birth of Johann Hermann Berens composer. 1827 - English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches. 1831 - Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil. 1833 - Antoni Henryk Radziwill Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at age 57. 1841 - Birth of Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanicus. 1841 - Birth of Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys painter. 1842 - Henrik A Bjerregaard Norwegian writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at age 50. 1847 - Birth of J P Jacobsen writer. 1850 - William Lisle Bowles English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at age 87. 1851 - Birth of Otto Adolf Klauwell composer. 1858 - Anton Diabelli Austria publisher/composer, dies at age 76. 1858 - Birth of Adrien H Gerhard Dutch socialist politician (SDAP). 1859 - Birth of Walter Camp Connecticut, father of American football (Yale). 1860 - Birth of W K Kellogg a real corn flake. 1860 - Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe. 1862 - Sydney Nelson composer, dies at age 62. 1862 - Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee; Island #10 falls. 1863 - Battle of Charleston, South Carolina; failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter. 1865 - Battle of Farmville, Virginia. 1869 - Birth of David Grandison Fairchild US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to US. 1870 - Birth of Gustav Landauer German socialist. 1870 - Birth of Joseph Ryeland Belgian composer/Baron. 1871 - Alexander grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at one day old. 1871 - Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff Austrian Admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at age 43. 1872 - Birth of William Monroe Trotter famous African. 1875 - Georg Herwegh writer, dies at age 57. 1877 - Errico Petrella composer, dies at age 63. 1878 - Birth of C M M Hathorn cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06). 1878 - Birth of Jozef C Bittremieux Flemish theologist (Virgin and Mother of God). 1880 - Diederich Krug composer, dies at age 58. 1881 - Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte Corsican Member of Parliament, dies at age 65. 1882 - Birth of Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger cricketer (belated Australian representative 1928-33). 1882 - Birth of Kurt von Schleiger German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33). 1884 - Birth of Charles Dodd English new testament authority. 1884 - Birth of Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal Dutch politician/resistance fighter. 1884 - Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at age 80. 1889 - Birth of Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Desolación, Tenderness)/Nobel Prize 1945. 1890 - Birth of Marjory Stoneman Douglas environmentalist (first Lady of Everglades). 1891 - Nebraska introduces the 8 hour work day. 1891 - P[hineas] T Barnum US circus promoter (Barnum and Bailey), dies at age 80. 1893 - Birth of Allan W Dulles US diplomat/Central Intelligence Agency head 1953-61 (Germany's Underground). 1893 - Birth of Irene Castle dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement). 1894 - Birth of Gerald Brenan English writer. 1895 - Birth of Eduardo Toldra composer. 1895 - Birth of Lewis B Combs naval commander/civil engineer. 1896 - Birth of Benny Leonard lightweight boxing champion (1917-25). 1897 - Birth of Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud composer. 1897 - Birth of Walter Winchell Harlem New York City, New York, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables). 1899 - Birth of Robert Marcel Casadesus French pianist/composer (Prix Diémer). 1900 - Birth of Tebbs Lloyd Johnson England, 50K walker (Olympics-bronze-1952). 1901 - SDAP demands General voting right/abolishing First Chamber. 1902 - Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms. 1903 - Birth of Willi Forst Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rössl). 1906 - Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business. 1908 - Birth of Le Duan Vietnamese politician. 1908 - Birth of Percy Faith conductor (Summer Place). 1912 - Birth of John Adrian Hope politician/businessman. 1912 - Birth of Valère Depauw Flemish writer. 1914 - Birth of Sydney Thompson rock climber. 1915 - Birth of Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer (Ain't Nobody's Business). 1915 - Birth of Henry Kuttner US, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were, Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner). 1917 - Birth of R G Armstrong Birmingham Alabama; actor (T.H.E. Cat). 1917 - De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos", premieres in Madrid. 1917 - James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her", premieres in London. 1917 - Spyridon Filiskos Samaras composer, dies at age 53. 1918 - Birth of C B Bertie Clarke cricketer (Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner). 1918 - Birth of Peanuts Hucko Syracuse New York, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show). 1918 - Birth of Peter Aryans [PCJ Vander] Dutch radio actor (Shoot Out). 1918 - Birth of Ronald Howard Norwood England; actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style). 1919 - First parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks. 1919 - Birth of Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy, épée (Olympics-gold-1952). 1919 - Birth of Ralph Flanagan Loraine Ohio, orchestra leader (Let's Dance). 1920 - Birth of Ravi Shankar Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India). 1920 - Birth of Terence Edward Armstrong polar geographer. 1922 - Birth of Kenneth Howard Peacock composer. 1922 - Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome", leased to Harry F Sinclair. 1923 - First brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr K Winfield Ney. 1923 - Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official communist party. 1924 - Birth of Harry Cordon comic/host (Fred Haché Show). 1924 - Birth of Ikuma Dan composer. 1924 - Birth of Nick Perito Denver Colorado, orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show). 1926 - Birth of Johannes Rood Dutch immunologist (Eurotransplant). 1926 - Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills two (San Luis Obispo California). 1926 - Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose. 1927 - Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington DC to New York City, New York. 1928 - 44-year old New York Ranger General Manager Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montréal Maroons 2-1. 1928 - Birth of Alan J Pakula director (All the President's Men, Klute). 1928 - Birth of James White United Kingdom, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer). 1928 - Birth of James [Scott Bumgarner] Garner Norman Oklahoma; actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick). 1930 - Birth of Andrew Sachs actor (Manuel-Fawlty Towers). 1931 - Birth of Daniel Ellsberg whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot. 1931 - Birth of Donald Barthelme Philadelphia Pennsylvania, writer (Snow White, Sadness). 1931 - Seals Stadium opens in San Francisco. 1932 - Birth of Louis "Mr Bo" Collins Indianola Mississippi, blues singer (If Trouble Was Money). 1932 - Erv A Kelley US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd. 1933 - First two Nazi anti-Jewish laws, bar Jews from legal and public service. 1933 - Birth of Wayne Rogers Birmingham Alabama; actor (MASH, House Calls, Chiefs). 1933 - Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered. 1933 - Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment. 1933 - University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic. 1934 - Birth of Ian Richards Edinburgh Scotland; actor (Montgomery-Ike). 1934 - In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspends his campaign of civil disobedience. 1934 - William Monroe Trotter civil rights activist/journalist, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston. 1935 - Birth of Bobby Bare Irontown Ohio, country singer (Detroit City). 1935 - Birth of Hodding Carter III press secretary (Jimmy Carter). 1935 - Birth of Yvonne Fedderson co-founder (Childhelp USA). 1937 - Birth of [Big] Charlie Thomas New York City, New York, jazz/rock singer (Drifters). 1938 - Birth of Freddie Hubbard Indianapolis Indiana, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey). 1938 - Birth of Yvonne Lime Glendale California, actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis). 1938 - Birth of [Edmund G] Jerry Brown Jr San Francisco California, (Governor-Democrat-California, 1975-83). 1939 - Birth of David Frost Tenderdon England, TV host (That Was the Week That Was). 1939 - Birth of Donald L Holmquest Dallas Texas, astronaut. 1939 - Birth of Francis Ford Coppola Detroit Michigan, film maker (Godfather, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti). 1939 - Italy invades Albania. 1940 - First black to appear on US stamp (Booker T Washington). 1940 - 7th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret beats Lloyd Mangrum, shooting a 280. 1940 - Birth of Jan Wilhelm Morthenson composer. 1940 - Birth of Patricia Paay Dutch singer (You are not hip). 1941 - British Generals O'Connor and Neame captured in North Africa. 1942 - Birth of Edda Barends actress (Arthur and Eva). 1942 - Heavy German assault on Malta. 1943 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet for an Axis conference in Salzburg. 1943 - Birth of Dennis Amiss cricketer (prolific English batsman). 1943 - Birth of Mick Abrahams Luton Bedfordshire England, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-This Was). 1943 - Birth of Roberta Shore [Schourup] Monterey Park California, actress/singer (Virginian). 1943 - Birth of Spencer Dryden New York City, New York, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice). 1943 - British/US troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia. 1943 - Jovan Ducic Serbian poet (Blue Legends), dies at age 72. 1943 - Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded in allied air raid. 1943 - NFL adopts free substitution rule. 1944 - General Montgomery speaks to Generals about invasion plan. 1945 - First and last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers. 1945 - US B-17's bombs range at Lüneburg. 1945 - (1423 hours) Japanese battleship Yamato sinks. Only 269 of a crew of 3332 survive. 1946 - 10th Golf Masters Championship: Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282. 1946 - Birth of Barbara Benary composer. 1946 - Birth of Bill Kreutzmann Palo Alto California, drummer (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots). 1946 - Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR. 1947 - Birth of Patricia Bennett US singer (He's So Fine). 1948 - World Health Organization established by United Nations. 1949 - Birth of John Oates guitarist/vocalist (Hall and Oates-Rich Girl). 1949 - Rogers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1928 performances). 1950 - Walter Huston dies at age 66. 1951 - 15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280. 1951 - American Bowling Congress begins first masters tournament. 1951 - Birth of Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink] New York City, New York, folk singer (Society's Child, At 17). 1951 - Birth of John Dittrich Union New Jersey, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels). 1951 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak. 1952 - Birth of Bruce Gary Burbank California, rock drummer (Knack-My Sharona). 1952 - Birth of Jane Frederick US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-1976). 1953 - First west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight. 1953 - Birth of Everard Endt US, yachting (Olympics-gold-1952). 1953 - Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden elected second United Nations General-Secretary. 1954 - Birth of Donna White LPGA golfer. 1954 - Birth of Jackie Chan martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx). 1954 - Birth of Tony Dorsett NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys, Heisman Trophy). 1954 - German government refuses to recognize DDR. 1954 - President Dwight Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China. 1955 - Birth of Andrea Fisher artist. 1955 - Theda Bara actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at age 62. 1956 - 10th NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Fort Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1. 1956 - Birth of Gail Lee Hirata LPGA golfer. 1956 - Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco. 1957 - 21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283. 1957 - Last of New York's electric trolleys completes its final run. 1958 - Birth of Alexandra Neil in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Rose - Guiding Light). 1958 - Birth of Tony Ayre; rocker (Adventures - "Sea of Love"). 1958 - Los Angeles Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at Los Angeles Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line. 1958 - Judge Jackson, composer, dies at age 75. 1958 - Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer, dies at age 58. 1959 - Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years. 1959 - Radar first bounced off sun, from Stanford, California. 1960 - Birth of Simon Climie; rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher - "Love Changes"). 1961 - Jesus Guridi, composer, dies at age 74. 1961 - Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly), dies at age 62. 1961 - Yusef Greiss, composer, dies at age 61. 1962 - Birth of Andy Hampsten in Columbus, Ohio, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996). 1962 - Birth of Bonny Warner in Mount Baldy, California, USA; lugist. 1962 - Birth of Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor; actor (In the Heat of the Night). 1962 - Umrigar slams 172 vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes. 1962 - Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail. 1963 - 27th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286. 1963 - Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors. 1963 - Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic. 1964 - Birth of Helen Wadsworth in South Wales; golfer (Curtis Cup 1990). 1964 - Birth of Joe Durant in Pensacola, Florida, USA; Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open-7th). 1964 - IBM introduces the IBM System/360 mainframe computer. 1965 - Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs Pakistan. 1965 - Birth of Alexander Mronz in Cologne, Germany; tennis star. 1965 - Birth of Kaushik Amalean; cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88). 1966 - Birth of Teri Ann Linn in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; actress (Kristen - The Bold and the Beautiful). 1966 - US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor. 1967 - Birth of Steve Wisniewski; NFL guard (Oakland Raiders). 1967 - Israeli/Syrian border fights. 1967 - Tom Donahue, San Francisco disc jockey, begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM). 1968 - Birth of Bill Bellamy; actor (Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker). 1968 - Birth of Don[ald] Smith in North Tonawanda, New York, USA; rower (Olympics-5th-1996). 1968 - Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champion, dies in race car at age 32. 1969 - Birth of Clark Sheehan in Denver, Colorado, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996). 1969 - Birth of Jeremy Lincoln; NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks). 1969 - Birth of Peggy Clasen in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; speed skater (Olympics-1994). 1969 - Birth of Ricky Bones in Salinas, Puerto Rico; pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees). 1969 - Birth of Ricky Watters; NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles). 1969 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with first official save, against Cincinnati Reds. 1969 - US Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material. 1969 - Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to New York Yankees 8-4. 1970 - 42nd Academy Awards - Midnight Cowboy, John Wayne and Maggie Smith win. 1970 - Birth of Alexander Karpovtsev in Moscow, Russia; NHL defenseman (New York Rangers). 1970 - Birth of Kevin Smith; NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys). 1970 - Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's first President Samora Machel, dies. 1970 - Milwaukee Brewers' (former Seattle Pilots) first game, lose to California Angels 12-0. 1971 - Birth of Cara Kendra Bernosky; Miss Pennsylvania-USA (1997). 1971 - Birth of Mark Thompson in Russellville, Kentucky, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies). 1971 - Birth of Stephen Brimacombe; Australian 100 metre/200 metre (Olympics-1996). 1971 - Birth of Victor Kraatz in Berlin, Germany; Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champions-4th). 1971 - Charles F Pahud de Mortanges (Olympics-gold-1928, 1932), dies at age 74. 1971 - Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by US Supreme Court. 1971 - US President Richard Nixon orders Lieutenant Calley (My Lai) free. 1971 - WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting three-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals. 1972 - "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party. 1972 - Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/President, murdered. 1972 - Birth of Greg Clark; tight end (San Francisco 49ers). 1972 - Birth of Joanne Brown; Australian softball catcher/first baseman (Olympics-bronze-1996). 1972 - Birth of Lovett Purnell; wide receiver (New England Patriots). 1972 - Birth of Malcolm Huckaby; NBA guard (Miami Heat). 1972 - Birth of Shana Williams in Bridgeton, New Jersey, USA; long jumper/heptathlete. 1972 - Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at age 65. 1973 - Cleveland Indians sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420. 1973 - Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs West Indies Georgetown. 1973 - Nick Stuart, bandleader, dies of cancer at age 69. 1974 - Birth of Anita Maxwell; WNBA forward (Cleveland Rockers). 1975 - Birth of Beverly Peele; supermodel (Elle). 1975 - Birth of Ronde Barber; cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers). 1975 - Birth of Tiki Barber; running back (New York Giants). 1975 - Birth of Victoria Adams in Hertfordshire; vocalist (Posh Spice - Spice Girls). 1976 - Birth of Erich Goldmann Dingolfing in Germany; hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998). 1976 - Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping. 1976 - Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at age 76. 1977 - Consumer Product Safety Commission bans the flame-retardant chemical "TRIS". 1977 - Toronto Blue Jays' first game, they beat Chicago Cubs 9-5. 1978 - Birth of Siobhan Drake-Brockman in Bunbury, Australia; tennis star (1994 Port Pirie). 1978 - Ernest Kanitz, composer, dies at age 83. 1978 - Guttenberg bible sold for US$2 million in New York City. 1978 - US President Jimmy Carter defers production of the neutron bomb. 1978 - US Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by Oakland Athletics' owner Charlie Finley in June 1976. 1979 - Bruno Apitz, writer, dies at age 78. 1979 - Houston Astros' Ken Forsch pitches no-hitter against Atlanta Braves, 6-0. 1979 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy scores four goals against Philadelphia Flyers. 1980 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions. 1981 - Belgium Eysken's government forms. 1981 - Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit number in 29 seconds. 1981 - Birth of Suzann Pettersen; Norwegian golfer. 1981 - Death of Norman Taurog, American film director (born 1899). 1982 - Birth of Sonjay Dutt; Indian American professional wrestler. 1982 - Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at age 36. 1982 - Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested. 1983 - WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event. 1983 - STS-6: Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts Story Musgrave and Donald H. Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk (duration: 4 hours, 10 minutes). 1983 - Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at age 82. 1983 - Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt. 1984 - Detroit Tigers' pitcher Jack Morris pitches no-hitter against Chicago White Sox, 4-0. 1984 - Frank Church (Senator-Democrat-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at age 59. 1984 - Samuel G Engel, screenwriter/poet, dies of heart failure at age 79. 1985 - 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller. 1985 - First live telecast of Easter Parade. 1985 - New Jersey General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards. 1986 - Birth of Choi Siwon; Korean singer, member of Super Junior. 1986 - Wrestlemania II at three locations, Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy. 1986 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Dwight Evans becomes the first player to hit the first pitch of the first game on Opening Day for a home run. 1986 - Death of Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912). 1987 - Maxine Sullivan [Williams], American actress (Going Places), dies at age 75. 1987 - National Museum of Female Physicians opens in Washington, DC. 1987 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Rick Mahler throws his third Opening Day shutout tying a National League record. 1988 - Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at age 74. 1988 - Gerrit John Heijns, murderer, arrested. 1988 - New Jersey Devils 3-2 over New York Islanders, first NHL playoff round tied 1-1. 1988 - Russia announces it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. 1988 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1989 - New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand; appeals court eventually overrules. 1989 - Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea, killing 41. 1990 - BPAA US Open won by Ron Palombi Jr. 1990 - Farm Aid IV concert. 1990 - Thirty die in a ferry flip-over in Burma. 1990 - John Poindexter (US National Security Advisor) is found guilty of five charges for his part in the Iran Contra scandal; the convictions are later reversed on appeal. 1990 - New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 5-2, New York Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary NHL playoff. 1991 - "Big Love" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 41 performances. 1991 - "Shadowlands" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 169 performances. 1991 - Third Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus. 1991 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship. 1991 - Compton Gamma Ray Observatory orbits Earth. 1992 - Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at age 72. 1992 - Clovis Ruffin, fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at age 46. 1992 - Rick Emery dies after long illness at age 39. 1992 - Death of Ace Bailey, Canadian hockey player (born 1903). 1993 - Dante Bichette hits the first Colorado Rockies homerun (Shea Stadium, New York). 1993 - Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at age 80. 1993 - Richard Schmiechen, dies of AIDS at age 45. 1993 - S C (Billy) Griffith, cricketer (England 1948-49, MCC secretary), dies. 1994 - The Rwandan Genocide begins in Kigali, Rwanda. 1994 - Medea opens at Longacre Theater in New York City for 82 performances. 1994 - First night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Cleveland Indians 6, Seattle Mariners 2. 1994 - Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at age 85 in Leverkusen, Germany (born 1909). 1994 - Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist, dies at age 59. 1994 - Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at age 56. 1994 - François de Grossouvre, President Mitterrand advisor, suicide at age 76. 1994 - Lee Brilleaux, British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at age 41. 1994 - New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6. 1994 - Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton. 1994 - Vatican acknowledges Holocaust (Nazi's killing Jews) for first time. 1994 - Death of Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (born 1923). 1995 - House Republicans celebrate passage of most of the Contract with America. 1995 - Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike. 1995 - Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect, dies at age 68. 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film A Goofy Movie to theaters in the US. 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures generally releases the film Jefferson in Paris to theaters in the USA. 1995 - The last episode of Disney's syndicated TV show Judge for Yourself airs. 1996 - 8th Seniors Golf Tradition; Jack Nicklaus wins. 1996 - Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at age 59. 1996 - Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls vs Pakistan, Singapore. 1996 - Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic. 1996 - Pakistan beats Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore. 1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fort Myers Florida on WRXK 96.1 FM. 1997 - Death of Witto Aloma, Cuban Major League Baseball player (born 1923). 1997 - Death of Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut (born 1935). 1998 - Citicorp and Travelers Group announce plans to merge, creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, Citigroup. 1999 - Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Serbian forces to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving. 1999 - A bomb explodes at the Valley of the Fallen Church in Spain; GRAPO claims responsibility. 2000 - Attack submarine ex-Trepang completes being recycled. 2001 - Timothy Thomas, a 19-year-old African-American, is shot by a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio, sparking riots in downtown Cincinnati from April 10 to April 12. 2001 - Death of David Graf, American actor (born 1950). 2001 - Death of Beatrice Straight, American actress (born 1914). 2003 - The Boston Red Sox exercise Pedro Martinez's option for the 2004 season, making Martinez the highest paid pitcher for a season in major league history, at US$17.5 million. 2003 - Syracuse wins the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, defeating Kansas 81-78. 2003 - The National Association of Broadcasters holds a luncheon honoring the Disney franchise. Company chairman Michael Eisner announces Disney will begin testing a new video-on-demand service called Movie Beam later in the year. A television set-top box will download new film releases over regular television broadcast signal to a local storage device for later playback. 2003 - Death of Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (born 1903). 2005 - MG Rover, the United Kingdom's sole remaining automotive mass-production facility, goes into receivership after a planned alliance with Chinese manufacturer, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, collapses. 2005 - A suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing two foreign tourists and wounding 17 others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility. 2007 - Birth of HRH Princess Haalah bint Al Hashim, daughter of Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein and Princess Fahdah Mohammed Abu Neyan. 2007 - Death of Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (born 1931). 2007 - Death of Barry Nelson, American actor (born 1920). 2007 - Death of Carey W. Barber, Jehovah's Witnesses leader (born 1905). 2008 - Child Protective Services of Texas remove 401 children from a ranch in west Texas belonging to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, and dozens of women leave or are removed in an investigation of sexual and child abuse. 2008 - A British inquiry in to the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed concludes the pair were unlawfully killed by the grossly negligent driving of their chauffeur and paparazzi photographers pursuing them into a Paris road tunnel 10 years ago. The inquiry cost 10 million pounds (US$20 million). 2008 - The 92nd annual Pullitzer Prize Awards are announced by Columbia University. Some award recipients: Breaking News: the Washington Post for its coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre; Public Service Journalism: the Washington Post for exposing the poor hospital treatment of US soldiers returning home after being wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan; Breaking News Photography: Reuters news agency for its picture of a Japanese videographer killed during last year's demonstrations in Burma; National reporting: the Washington Post; International Reporting: the Washington Post; Feature Writing: the Washington Post; Commentary: the Washington Post; Investigative Reporting: the New York Times; Explanatory Reporting: the New York Times. 2008 - The International Monetary Fund announces plans to cut costs (380 jobs) and sell 403 tonnes of its gold reserves, to raise about US$17 billion. 2008 - In San Antonio, Texas, the Kansas Jayhawks defeat the Memphis Tigers 75-68 in overtime to win their first NCAA basketball national championship in 20 years. You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/thisday/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page. Other web pages of interest: Chronology of World History