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Birthdates Which Occur on April 15:
1452 Leonardo da Vinci Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
1469 Nanak 1st guru of Sikhs
1588 Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise], French linguist
1637 Valentin Molitor composer
1651 Domenico Gabrielli composer
1682 John van Huysum Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)
1684 Catherine I empress of Russia (1725-27)
1688 Johann Friedrich Fasch composer
1689 Ferdinand Zellbell composer
1707 Leonhard Euler Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
1741 Charles Willson Peale US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)
1757 George Knowil Jackson composer
1766 Friedrich Bouterwek German philosopher/critic
1793 Friedrich Struve Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers
1800 James Clark Ross explorer (British Antarctic)
1809 Hermann G�nther Grassmann mathematician
1812 Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau painter
1814 John Lothrop Motley US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)
1820 Evander McNair Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1821 Emerson Brown Joseph (Confederacy), died in 1894
1822 Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana Major General (Union volunteers)
1827 Julius Tausch composer
1829 Mary Harris Thompson 1st American woman surgeon
1837 Horace Porter Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921
1843 Carl Eilhardt composer
and Henry James US/British writer/critic (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians)
1850 John Munroe Longyear US, capitalist/bank president
1856 Jean Mor‚as [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet
1858 Anton G O Ridder Van Rappard Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher
and Emile Durkheim French sociologist (Division du travail social)
1874 Johannes Stark Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)
1878 Ina Boudier-Baker Dutch author (Poverty, Knock on the Door)
1882 Giovanni Amendola Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo)
1888 Florence Bates San Antonio Tx, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama)
1889 Asa Philip Randolph labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union)
and Thomas Hart Benton Missouri, painter/muralist (Lonesome Road)
1891 Alvin Carter Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family)
and Vaino Raitio composer
and Wallace Reid St Louis MO, actor/dir/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man)
1895 Corrado Alvaro Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte)
and Harry F V Edward British Guiana, 100m/200m runner (Oly-bronze-1920)
1898 Bessie Smith Empress of Blues (over 200 songs)
and Nini de Bo‰l Flemish operette singer (White Horse)
19-- Art Ford NYC, DJ (Art Ford Show)
and Cassidy XXX actress (Biggie Part 4, Girlz 'n the Hood Part 2)
and Derrel Maury LA Calif, actor (Mario-Joanie Loves Chachi, Apple Pie)
and Domino XXX actress
and Rod McCary St Cloud Minn, actor (Bobby-Harper Valley PTA)
1901 Joe Davis English snooker/billiards-world champ (1927-46)
1903 John Williams England, actor (Niles-Family Affair, Dial M for Murder)
1906 Susan Walker vice chairman (WRVS)
1907 Gerald Abrahams Liverpool, author (Teach Yourself Chess)
and Nicholas Tinbergen Neth/British biologist/zoologist (Nobel 1973)
1910 Lord Grey of Naunton chancellor (Ulster University)
1911 Jacob Fresco Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument)
1912 Kim II Sung pres of North Korea (1945-94)
and Peter Menzies CEO (British Electricity Council)
1917 Hans Conried Balt Md, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy)
and Pietro Grossi composer
1918 John Baragrey Haleyville AL, actor (Creeper, Colossus of NY)
1919 Meriol Trevor novelist/biographer (Civil Prisoners)
1920 Richard von Weizs„cker baron/president (Germany, 1984-94)
1921 Georgi T Beregovoi USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 3)
1922 Harold Washington 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87)
and Michael Ansara Lowell Mass, actor (Cochise-Broken Arrow, Centennial)
1923 Douglas Wass CEO (Equity & Law Life Assurance Company)
1924 John Grigg British historian
and Neville Marriner Lincoln England, conductor (Minn Orch 1978)
1928 Richard Evans British diplomat
1929 Adrian Cadbury candy manufacturer (Cadbury, Schweppes)
and Jocelyn Barrow deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards)
1930 Elijah Barayi head of South Africa union centre (COSATU)
and Vigdis Finnbogad¢ttir president of Iceland (1980- )
1931 Florian Zabach Chicago Ill, violinist (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)
and Kenneth Bloomfield BBC governor (Ireland)
and Tomas G Transtr”mer Swedish psychologist/poet (M”rkerseende)
1932 David Bolton director (British Royal United Service for Defense)
and N S Porvatkin cosmonaut
1933 Boris Strugatski USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of Troika)
and Elizabeth Montgomery LA Calif, actress (Samantha/Serena-Bewitched)
and Roy Clark Meherrin Va, country singer (Hee Haw)
1936 Hector Quintanar composer
and Maurice Shock rector (Lincoln College in Oxford)
1937 Earl Russell historian
1938 Carles Marsden professor (neurology)
1939 Claudia Cardinale Tunis, actress (Blindfold, 8«, Pink Panther)
and Marti Wilder father of rocker Kim Wilde
194- Julie Sommars Fremont Neb, actress (Governor & JJ, Herbie Goes to MC)
1940 Edy Hubacher Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
and Jeffrey Archer England, (Tory-Commons)/author (Matter of Honor)
and Robert Walker Jr NYC, actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver)
1941 Howard L Berman (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1942 Kim Il Jong son of North Korean pres Kim Il Sung
and Walter Raphael Hazzard Wilmington Del, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 Riem de Wolff Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
1944 Dave Edmunds Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You)
and Gerard Schoenaker Dutch singer (Les Baroques)
1945 Jos F B van Rey Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
1946 Wayne Gilchrest (Rep-R-Maryland)
1947 Bojoura [Raina GB van Melzen], Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver
and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown)
and Michael DeBello singer (Maniac)
and Mike Chapman Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
and Wooly Wolstenholme keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest)
1950 Amy Wright Chicago Il, actress (Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist)
1951 Hansel Cuba, spanish personality
and Marsha S Ivins Baltimore Maryland, astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62)
1952 Sam McMurray actor (Tracey Ullman)
1954 Emmanuel M‚xico City M‚xico, spanish singer
and Seka [Dorothiea Patton], Va, XXX actress (Heavenly Desire, Wet Seka)
1955 Enith Salle Brigitha Neth, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1956 Gregory J Harbaugh Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 39, 54, 71)
and Michael Cooper NBA star (LA Lakers)
1957 Evelyn Ashford Shreveport LA, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
1958 Matt Reid rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away)
1959 Emma Thompson England, actress (Henry V, Howards End, Oscar-1992)
1960 Marvin Clyde Goodwin New Orleans La, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
and Philip Belgian prince/husband of princess Paola
1961 Lynne Austin Plant City Fla, playmate (Jul, 1986)
and Tiina Lillak Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic-silver-1984)
1964 Lydie Denier St Nazaire France, actress (General Hospital)
1966 Graeme Clark bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes)
and Samantha Karen Fox East End London England, singer (Touch Me)
1967 Dara Torres Beverly Hills CA, US Olympic swimmer (Olympic-gold-84)
1971 Sara Jane Hamilton London, XXX actress (Starbangers 3, Rainwoman 6)
1972 Peter Billingsley NYC, actor (Real People)
1982 Mark Mizzark [Marlis Pugh], Akron Ohio, rapper (Another Bad Creation)
Deaths Which Occured April 15:
1220 Adolf I archbishop of Cologne
1415 Manuel Chrysoloras Byzantine leader/diplomat (ErotŠmata), dies
1472 Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68
1502 Jan IV Chalon prince of Orange, dies
1605 Boris Godunov tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies
1607 Cornelius Kilianus Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78
1610 Johan van Duivenoorde mister of Warmond, dies at about 62
1659 Simon Dach German poet, dies
1719 Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at 76
1756 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer, dies at 29
1764 Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles Marquis de Pomador, dies
1765 Michail v Lomonosov Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53
1772 Karel Jozef ruler of Batthy nyi, dies at 73
1788 Giuseppi Bonno composer, dies at 77
1811 Ernest Louis Muller composer, dies at 70
1824 Theodorus F van Capellen vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61
1853 Johann Leopold Fuchs composer, dies at 67
1863 Jan Nepomuk Kanka composer, dies at 90
1865 Abraham Lincoln at 7:22 am, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
1866 William Jackson composer, dies at 51
1888 Matthew Arnold English poet, dies at 65
1891 Stephen Albert Emery composer, dies at 49
1911 Georg Knorr German engineer, dies
1920 Jacob van Stolk Azn art collector, dies at 74
1924 Eduardo Caudella composer, dies at 83
1925 John Singer Sargent US portrait painter, dies at 69
1927 Francesco Gaeta Italian poet (Di Giacomo), dies at 47
1929 Antonio Smareglia composer, dies at 74
1937 Nikolai Artzibushev composer, dies at 79
1938 C‚sar Vallejo Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46
1942 Robert Musil Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies
1943 Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri composer, dies at 62
1947 Wolstenholme rocker, dies
1949 Wallace Beery US actor (The Champ), dies at 64
1954 Juan Vicente Lecuna composer, dies at 54
1956 Emile Nolde [Hansen] German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies
1958 Estelle Taylor dies at 64
1962 Clara Blandick committed suicide at 80
Esther Minciotti dies at 74
1965 Syd Chaplin dies at 80
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 Victoria von Battenberg wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81
1972 Otto Brenner German Bond leader, dies
1975 Charles Marshall
Richard Conte actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65
1976 Gerald Smith antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78
1980 Jean-Paul Sartre existentialist (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74
Marshall Reed actor (Fred Asher-Lineup), dies at 62
Paul Langton actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76
Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75
1981 French Duynstee Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67
1982 5 murderers of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed
Arthur Lowe Brits actor (Capt Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at 66
Louis M de Guiringaud Fren forgn min (1976-78), commits suicide at 70
1983 Gyula Illyes Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80
Rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68
1984 Tommy Cooper comedian, dies at 61
1986 Tim McIntire actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42
1988 Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra poet (Zandloper), dies at 81
Kenneth Williams dies at 61
1989 Charles Vanel dies at 96
Hu Yaobang general sec of Chinese Commnist Party, dies
1990 Greta Garbo actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at 84
1991 Marjorie Warfield dies at 88
Martin Ashe dies
1993 Leslie Charteris British mystery writer (Saint), dies at 85
William Bakewell dies of leukemia at 84
1994 John Curry English figure skater (Oly-gold-76), dies of AIDS at 44
Holidays Which Occur April 15:
Africa African Freedom Day
Religious Observances on April 15:
Ancient Rome Fordicidia a d xvij Kal Maias
Buddhist New Year (Bangladesh)
Christian Feast of St Ruadhan
Christian Feast of St Hunna or St Huva
Christian Feast of St Patern or Padara of Wales
Christian Feast of St Anastasia & Basilissa
2153 Jewish 1st day of Passover
Things to Remember for April 15:
Flower-Sweet Pea & Daisy Gem-Diamond
America's Heartland Development Month-Cancer Control Month
International Guitar Month-Pets are Wonderful Month
National Cable Month (1987)-Keep America Beautiful-Math Month
National Frozen Food-Weight Loss-Humor-Child Abuse-Month
4 Days Astrological sign: Aires
[Ancient Rome] Fordicidia
Highlights in History Which Occur April 15:
69 Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy
421 -BC- Sparta & Athens sign Peace of Nicias [approx]
1045 British Army liberates Belsen concentration camp
1205 Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
1250 Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue
1493 20/4 Barcelona] Columbus meets with King Ferdinand & Isabella
1581 Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal
1594 Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague)
1595 Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la
Tour d'Auvergne of Broth
1621 Hugo the Great arrives in France
1632 Swedish & Saxon army beat Earl Tilly
1654 England & Netherlands signs peace treaty
1689 French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain
1697 Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden
1715 Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina
1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
1729 Johann S Bachs "Matth„us Passion" premieres in Leipzig
1776 Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy
1784 1st balloon flight in Ireland
1788 England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty
1793 Bank of England hands out 1st œ5-note
1800 James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole
1850 City of San Francisco incorporated
1851 Earl G Andr ssy sentenced to death in Hungary
1853 Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops
1857 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne
1858 Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists
1861 Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by Pres Lincoln
1864 General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
and Vice-pres Andrew Johnson inaugurated as president of US
1865 Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl
1870 Last day US silver coins allow to circulate in Canada
1877 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Mass
1888 J Palisa discovers asteroid #275 Sapientia
1895 Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record)
1896 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
and International Exposition opens in Paris
1901 1st British motorized burial
1902 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US"
1909 Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo
and NY Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers
1910 Taft is 1st pres to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
1912 A Massinger discovers asteroids #731 Sorga & #732 Tjilaki
and Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM in North Atlantic as band plays on
1915 Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid
and NY Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0
1918 Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents
1920 New Canadian small cent coin is released
1921 Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails
1922 Banting, MacLeod & Best discover insulin
and Poodle Dog Restaurant closes
1923 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC)
and Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics
1924 Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead
and WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
1925 NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1
1927 Switzerland & USSR agree to diplomatic relations
1928 Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf (SF) forms
1931 1st walk across American backwards begins
1937 Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1939 Albert Lebrun elected president of France
1940 British troops land at Narvik, Norway
1941 1st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration, Stratford, Ct
1942 George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta
1943 Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase
1945 Concentration camp Bergen-Belsen freed
and FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
and Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum
and US troops occupy concentration camp Colditz
1947 Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut
and Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
1948 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated
and Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created
and KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1949 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri
1951 Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Cura‡ao
1952 1st B-52 prototype test flight
and Detroit Red Wings sweeps Montreal Canadiens for Stanley Cup
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections
and WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
and Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1
and WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
and Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
1955 Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
and KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 1st baseball game in Calif, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0
1959 Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour
and US Sect of States John Foster Dulles resigns
1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U
1962 US national debt above $300,000,000,000
1964 Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
1965 James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in NYC
and NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold
1966 KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
and Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"
1968 Houston Astros beat NY Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings
1969 North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea
1970 Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution"
and WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, PR ([M]) begins broadcasting
and WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, PR ([P]) begins broadcasting
1971 43rd Academy Awards presented
1972 Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King & Quincy Jones perform
at a benefit for George McGovern for President
1973 Walt Disney Story opens
1974 Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani flees
1975 1st appearance of San Diego Chicken
and C Torres discovers asteroid #2784 Domeyko
and Gabon amends constitution
and Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead
1976 Yankee stadium reopened, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0
1977 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy
and Great Britain performs nuclear test
1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3041 Webb
1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is
a lie, Wash Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story
1982 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3257
and Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, & landscape display
1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
and Tokyo Disneyland opens
1984 Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing
and E Bowell discovers asteroids #3527 McCord & #3663
and Geoff Smith wins his 2nd straight Boston Marathon
1986 US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
1987 Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in NYC
1988 Meteorite explode above Indonesia
and Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in NYC
1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
and South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries
and Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
and Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois
1990 "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV
1991 East-Europe Bank opens in London
and Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary
and Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week
and Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins)
1992 Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion
and Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight
and Lincoln Hospital in Bronx loses its accreditation
and NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438)
and William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy & DeForest Kelley inducted into
National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame
1994 Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, KC wins 2-1
and WMMS-FM's Jeff & Flash, & entire station staff, are fired
1912 S.S. Titanic sinks after striking iceberg. 1,517 die.
Your Special Reminders for April 15:
105th day of year with 260 days left (Numerology = 1)
and 1941 87øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1943 28øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC