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Births for April 09

• 1649 James Scott Duke, of Monmouth

• 1754 Pieter Paul, lawyer/chairman (National Meeting)

• 1794 Theobald B”hm, flautist/composer

• 1798 Giuditta Pasta, (Negri), soprano

• 1802 Elias L”nrot, folklorist

• 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer

• 1806 Louis count of Barrthy nyi, premier of Hungary

• 1812 Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887

• 1821 Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)

• 1826 Thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885

• 1830 Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography

• 1835 Leopold II, King of Belgium (1865-1909)

• 1847 Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer

• 1848 Helena Lange, German feminist

• 1851 C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies)

• 1861 Charles Holroyd, painter/etcher

• 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity

• 1865 Erich Ludendorff, general (Germany)

• 1872 L‚on Blum, French premier (People's front govt)

• 1879 Gerald Festus Kelly, artist

• 1879 W C Fields, (William Claude Dukinfield), Phila (or 01291880)

• 1888 Sol Hurok, theatrical impresario

• 1889 Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on the Don Russia, composer/concert violinist

• 1895 Mance Lipscomb, Texas, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper)

• 1898 Earl "Curly" Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers)

• 1898 Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer

• 1898 Paul Robeson, Philadelphia, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer

• 1900 Allen Jenkins, NYC, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit)

• 1903 Gregory Pincus, inventor (birth control pill)

• 1903 Ward Bond, Denver Colo, actor (Seth-Wagon Trains)

• 1905 J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)

• 1906 Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dressden Opera 1928-29)

• 1906 Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour party

• 1908 Victor Vasarely, painter (Op Art)

• 1909 Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio

• 1909 Robert Murray Halpmann, dancer

• 1910 Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)

• 1911 Lord Deramore, architect

• 1914 Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)

• 1917 Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer

• 1918 J”rn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)

• 1919 John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)

• 1920 Alex Moulton, bicycle designer

• 1920 Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz)

• 1920 David Walker, Professor of Law (Glasgow University)

• 1920 F Don Miller, Racine Wisc, Boxing coach (Olympic-1956)

• 1921 Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)

• 1922 Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop (Hallam)

• 1922 Michael Palliser, head of British diplomatic service

• 1925 Michael Richardson, vice chairman (N M Rotschild)

• 1925 Tom Jackson, British union leader (Post Office)

• 1926 Graham Hills, principal (Strathclyde University, England)

• 1926 Harris Wofford, (Sen-R-Pennsylvania)

• 1926 Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher (Playboy)

• 1926 Lord Fitt, MP (Belfast Ireland)

• 1926 Michael Ogden, QC

• 1928 Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant

• 1928 Floyd D Spence, (Rep-R-SC, 1971- )

• 1928 Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer, proposed poisoning pigeons

• 1929 Harvey Lichtenstein, pres Bkln Academy of Music

• 1931 Bill Gilbert, Wasah DC, sports author (They Also Served, Big E)

• 1931 Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies)

• 1932 Carl Perkins, Jackson Tn, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes)

• 1932 Jim Fowler, Albany Ga, naturalist (Wild Kingdom)

• 1932 Peter Moores. director of Littlewoods

• 1933 Gian Maria Volont, Milan Italy, actress (Fistful of Dollars)

• 1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo, Paris France, actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique)

• 1933 Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy (Strathclyde University)

• 1935 Avery Schreiber, Chicago Ill, comedian (My Mother the Car)

• 1936 Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa & New Guinea)

• 1937 Barrington J(ohn) Bayley, UK, sci-fi author (Collision Course)

• 1937 Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster

• 1939 Michael Learned, Wash DC, actress (Olivia-Waltons, Nurse)

• 1941 Hannah Gordon, actress (Oh Alfie)

• 1942 Brandon De Wilde, Bkln NY, actor (Jamie, Wild in the Sky)

• 1942 Earl F Hillard, (Rep-D-Alabama)

• 1942 Galina Koulakova, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1972)

• 1946 Alan Knott, cricketer

• 1946 Les Gray, vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In)

• 1946 Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace)

• 1948 Chico Ryan, rocker (Sha Na Na)

• 1950 Kenneth D Cockrell, Austin Texas, Astronaut (STS 56)

• 1950 Nathan Cook, Phila Pa, actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel)

• 1954 Dennis Quaid, Houston TX, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff)

• 1957 Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer

• 1957 Severlano Ballesteros, Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88)

• 1958 Tony Sibson, boxer

• 1961 Mark Kelly, rock keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel)

• 1965 Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov Czech, Sports Ill swimsuit covergirl

• 1971 Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 (Oly-1988)

• 1979 Keshia Knight Pulliam, Newark NJ, actress (Rudy-Crosby)

• 1990 Marston Glenn Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner & Kimberley Conrad

Passings for April 09

• 715 Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies

• 1024 Benedict VIII, (Theophylactus van Tusculum), Pope (1012-24), dies

• 1483 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38

• 1492 Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies

• 1553 Fran‡ois Rabelais, author (Gargabtua & Pantagruel), dies at 63

• 1557 Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies

• 1626 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies

• 1747 Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England

• 1761 William Law, theologian, dies

• 1804 Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman

• 1807 John Opie, infant prodigy/painter/illustrator, dies

• 1850 William Prout, physician/chemist, dies

• 1852 John Howard Payne, actor/playwright, dies

• 1882 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet/pre-Raphaelite painter, dies

• 1904 Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73

• 1909 Charles Conder, artist, dies

• 1917 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I

• 1940 Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress/mistress of Sean O'Casey, dies

• 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged

• 1945 Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged

• 1945 Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged

• 1945 Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged

• 1948 Jorge Elecier Gait n, Colombian politician, murdered

• 1951 Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies

• 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89

• 1961 Milk I, (Ahmed Zogu), PM/president/king of Angolia, dies at 65

• 1961 Zog, King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65

• 1962 Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70

• 1982 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies

• 1982 Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85

• 1984 Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies

• 1988 Brook Benton, singer, dies at 56 of meningitis

• 1988 Dave Prater, singer, dies at 50 in an auto accident

• 1991 Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73

• 1993 Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch politician (KVP), dies at 74

Special events for April 09

• 715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope

• 1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans

• 1388 Battle of N„fels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army

• 1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II

• 1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)

• 1682 La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France

• 1770 Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)

• 1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila)

• 1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200

• 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain

• 1833 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)

• 1838 National Galley opens in London

• 1861 Asteroid 66, Maia discovered

• 1861 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #66 Maja

• 1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill LA

• 1865 Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama

• 1865 Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox

• 1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto

• 1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada

• 1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves

• 1898 Paul Robeson, actor (Emperor Jones)

• 1906 3«th modern Olympic games opens in Athens (4/22 NS)

• 1907 P Lowell discovers asteroid #793 Arizona

• 1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)

• 1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for NY

• 1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0

• 1914 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh & Devil" (London)

• 1914 Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico

• 1917 Battle of Arras begins

• 1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops

• 1918 Latvia proclaims independence

• 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital

• 1927 Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences

• 1928 Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"

• 1928 Turkey passes separation of church & state

• 1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period

• 1931 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita

• 1932 Tor Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games for Stanley Cup

• 1935 Montreal Maroons sweep Tor Maple Leafs 3 games to 0 for Stanley Cup

• 1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1715 Salli

• 1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial

• 1940 Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)

• 1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman

• 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame

• 1942 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan

• 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier

• 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sunk during British air raid

• 1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360

• 1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings

• 1946 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup

• 1947 Atomic Energy Commission formed

• 1947 Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year

• 1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300

• 1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance

• 1950 Jimmy Demaret wins 3rd Masters golf tournament

• 1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia

• 1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue

• 1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya

• 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting

• 1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping

• 1959 1st 7 astronauts presented to press

• 1959 Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators)

• 1959 Bill Sharman hits a record 56 consecutive foul shot

• 1959 Boston Celtics win 8th consecutive NBA championship (record)

• 1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury

• 1960 Boston beats St Louis, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship

• 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle

• 1962 Arnold Palmer wins his 3rd Masters golf tournament

• 1962 JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium

• 1966 Anaheim Stadium for Calif Angels opens

• 1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out

• 1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down

• 1968 German DR adopts constitution

• 1968 Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta

• 1968 Minn's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot

• 1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference

• 1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles

• 1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK

• 1972 Jack Nicklaus wins Masters golf tournament

• 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins

• 1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles

• 1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6

• 1981 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru

• 1982 LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record

• 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth

• 1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penality shot

• 1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game

• 1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character

• 1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game

• 1987 Wayne Gretsky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ

• 1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round

• 1988 US imposes economic sanctions on Panama

• 1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car

• 1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament

• 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premiers on ABC-TV

• 1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees

• 1990 NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1

• 1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)

• 1991 Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0

• 1991 Georgia SSR votes to seceede from USSR

• 1992 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway

• 1992 John Majors, (C) elected PM of England

• 1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges

• 1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)

• 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos

Songs for date April 09

• 04/09/48 --- St. Louis Blues March (Beneke, Tex)

• 04/09/55 --- Unchained Melody (Baxter, Les)

• 04/09/55 --- Unchained Melody (Hibbler, Al)

• 04/09/55 --- Breeze And I, The (Valente, Caterina)

• 04/09/66 --- Sloop John B (Beach Boys)

• 04/09/83 --- Let's Dance (Bowie, David)

• 04/09/83 --- Overkill (Men At Work)

• 04/09/88 --- I Don't Want To Live Without You (Foreigner)

• 04/09/88 --- Aways On My Mind (Pet Shop Boys)

• 04/09/88 --- Wait (White Lion)