08APR11

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Births for April 08

• 563 -BC- Gautama Buddha, (as celebrated in Japan-Kambutsue)

• 1460 Ponce de Le¢n, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida

• 1533 Claudio Merulo, organist/composer

• 1605 Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)

• 1631 Coirnelis de Heem, painter

• 1655 Louis Willem I, Count of Baden-Baden

• 1692 Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)

• 1726 Lewis Morris, signed Decl of Independence

• 1731 William Williams, signed Decl of Independence

• 1783 John Claudius, London England, horticulturist

• 1798 Dionysios Solomos, poet

• 1816 Frederick William Burton, painter

• 1818 Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906)

• 1828 George Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army)

• 1831 Allard Pierson, theology/philosopher/art historian/poet

• 1832 Count Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal

• 1843 Asger Hamerik, (Hammerich), composer

• 1850 William Henry Welch, US, pathologist, founded John Hopkins

• 1859 Edmund Husserl, Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology

• 1869 Harvey Cushing, US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies)

• 1875 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34)

• 1880 Victor Schertzinger, coposer/director (Uptown NY)

• 1887 Walter Connolly, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)

• 1889 Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor (BBC Sym Orch)

• 1893 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit)

• 1893 Mary Pickford, (Gladys Smith), actress (Poor Little Rich Girl)

• 1897 Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel)

• 1898 C M Bowra, professor of poetry (Oxford University)

• 1898 Cecil (Maurice) Bowra, British classics expert (Greek experience)

• 1898 E Y "Yip" Harburg, (Isidore Hochberg), lyricist/librettist

• 1902 Josef Krips, Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symph 1954-63)

• 1903 Ilka Chase, NYC, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien)

• 1904 John R Hicks, British economist (Nobel 1972)

• 1905 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer (Side by Side)

• 1906 Charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer (Mirror of the Sea)

• 1907 Maurice Stacey, chemist

• 1908 Neil Lawson, British high court judge

• 1910 George Musso, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)

• 1911 Melvin Calvin, US chemist (photosynthesis, Nobel 1961)

• 1912 Sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36

• 1919 Ian Smith, PM (Rhodesia)

• 1920 Erik Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)

• 1921 Betty Bloomer Ford, 1st lady/namesake for Betty Ford Clinic

• 1922 Carmen McRae, NYC, singer (Down Beats New Star of 1954)

• 1923 Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)

• 1923 Franco Corelli, Anconia Italy, tenor (Don Jos‚-Carmen)

• 1925 Shecky Greene, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat)

• 1928 Eric Porter, London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps)

• 1928 John Gavin, LA Calif, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale)

• 1928 Monty Sunshine, bandleader

• 1929 Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__)

• 1929 Walter Berry, Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig

• 1930 Dorothy Tutin, London, actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell)

• 1930 John Bartholomew Tucker, Pa, TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island)

• 1930 John Reardon, NYC, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus)

• 1930 Julien Van Remoortere, (Piet Mortelman), Flemish writer (Fist)

• 1930 Mary Moore, principal (St Hilda's College, Oxford)

• 1933 Fred Ebb, lyricist (Cabaret)

• 1935 Albert G Bustamante, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- )

• 1935 Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire

• 1936 Klaus Lowitsch, Berlin, actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun)

• 1937 Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter (NY Times)

• 1938 Lory Patrick, Beckley WV, actress (TRina-Tales of Welles Fargo)

• 1940 John Havlicek, Martin's Ferry Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics

• 1941 Peggy Lennon, LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)

• 1942 Eduard Fisherman, writer (Fyffes to be called now Chiquita)

• 1942 Eduard Visser, writer (Fyffes heten nu Chiquita)

• 1943 Carol Lavell, Fairfax Vt, US Equestrian athlete (Olympic-92)

• 1943 J P Kavanaugh, racehorse trainer

• 1943 Michael Bennett, aids victim/choreographer (Chorus Line)

• 1943 Robby Weaver, actor (Stone)

• 1943 Tony Banks, English politician (Lab)

• 1943 William Garth Morrison, Chief scout

• 1944 Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian

• 1944 Roger Chapman, vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment)

• 1944 Santiago Jimenez Jr, US accordionist

• 1945 Ian White, MEP

• 1946 Jim "Catfish" Hunter, major-league pitcher (A's, Yankees)

• 1947 Cindy Pickett, Norman Okla, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere)

• 1947 Steve Howe, Yes, he plays guitar (Asia, Yes-Roundabout)

• 1947 Thomas D Delay, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )

• 1948 Richard Alan Litchfield, Mass, bank robber (FBI most wanted)

• 1949 Jim Lampley, Hendersonville NC, newscaster (Monday Night Baseball)

• 1952 Adam Woods, rocker (Fixx)

• 1954 Gary Carter, catcher (Mont Expos, NY Mets)

• 1954 John Schneider, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Bo-Dukes of Hazzard)

• 1959 Martin Weston, cricketer

• 1962 Izzy Stradin, rocker (Guns 'n' Roses-Welcome to the Jungle)

• 1963 Alec Stewart, cricketer

• 1963 Erica Terwillegar, Nelsonville NJ, lugist

• 1963 Julian Lennon, John's son/singer (Too Late for Goodbyes)

• 1967 Robin Wright, Dallas Tx, actress (Kelly-Santa Barbara, Princess Bride

• 1984 Taran Noah Smith, actor (Home Improvement)

Passings for April 08

• 217 Caracalla, (Marcus A Antoniius), Roman emperor (211-17), dies at 29

• 1143 John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident

• 1364 Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44

• 1697 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kj”gebocht), dies at 67

• 1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies

• 1870 Charles-Auguste the Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies

• 1890 Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76

• 1894 Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55

• 1897 Heinrich von Stephan, UK politician, dies

• 1902 Sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinate

• 1914 Jakub Arbes, Czech author (And‚l Miru), dies at 73

• 1919 Roland baron E”tv”s, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70

• 1921 Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies

• 1931 Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies

• 1935 Edwin Cannan, economist, dies

• 1937 William Henry Hadow, musicologist (Studies in Modern Music), dies

• 1941 Eugne-Marcel Pr‚vost, novelist, dies

• 1943 Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed

• 1943 Richard Sears, 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 8

• 1947 Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies

• 1950 Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London

• 1959 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies

• 1969 Denton Cooley, US open heart surgeon, dies at 48

• 1970 Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies

• 1973 Pablo Picasso, artist, dies near Mougins, France, at 91

• 1976 Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35

• 1977 Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71

• 1978 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83

• 1981 Omar Bradley, last US 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in NY at 88

• 1987 Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90

• 1990 Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18

• 1993 H Earnest, bishop of Breda

• 1993 Marian Anderson, US alto singer (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 91

Special events for April 08

• 1341 Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome

• 1378 Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI

• 1455 Alfonso the Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III

• 1513 Ponce de Le¢n discovers Florida

• 1730 1st Jewish congregation in US consecrates synagogue (NY)

• 1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain

• 1789 House of Representives 1st meeting

• 1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported & -controlled

• 1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC)

• 1861 US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy

• 1864 Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor

• 1865 Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House

• 1876 Opera "La Gioconda" is produced (Milan)

• 1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink

• 1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese

• 1904 Entente Cordiale signed by France & England

• 1904 Gr Brit & France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter

• 1908 Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England

• 1912 Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200

• 1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified

• 1914 US & Columbia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone

• 1916 Norway approves active & passive female suffrage

• 1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London

• 1935 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress

• 1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2911

• 1939 King Milk I of Angolia flees

• 1940 Germany battle cruiser sinks British aircraft carrier Glorious

• 1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tony Musto in St Louis

• 1943 Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins for Stanley Cup

• 1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau

• 1946 League of Nations assembles for last time

• 1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed

• 1952 Pres Truman seizes steel mills to prevent a strike

• 1953 Dag Hammarskj”ld chosen as secretary-general of UN

• 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway

• 1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradies Is SC

• 1956 M Bandaranaikes People's front wins election in Ceylon

• 1960 Neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties

• 1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236

• 1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France

• 1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched

• 1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner

• 1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched

• 1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect

• 1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting

• 1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court

• 1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)

• 1974 Discovery Island opens

• 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record

• 1975 Frank Robinson 1st black baseball mgr (Cleveland, beats NY 5-3)

• 1978 W Liller discovers asteroid #2449

• 1979 204th & final episode of "All in the Family"

• 1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs

• 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead

• 1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title

• 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster

• 1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California, Make his day

• 1987 Al Campanis, LA Dodger VP resigns after racial remarks on "Nightline"

• 1989 Entertainment Tonights Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman

• 1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premiers on ABC-TV

• 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die

• 1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas

• 1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking

• 1992 "Five Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill theater on Broadway

• 1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue

Songs for date April 08

• 04/08/43 --- Velvet Moon (James, Harry)

• 04/08/49 --- Again (Torme, Mel)

• 04/08/67 --- Don't You Care (Buckinghams)

• 04/08/67 --- I'm A Man (Davis, Spencer)

• 04/08/72 --- Doctor My Eyes (Browne, Jackson)

• 04/08/72 --- Look What You've Done For Me (Green, Al)

• 04/08/78 --- You're The One That I Want (Newton-John, Olivia)

• 04/08/78 --- With A Little Luck (McCartney, Paul)

• 04/08/81 --- Living Inside Myself (Vannelli, Gino)

• 04/08/89 --- Rock On (Damian, Michael)