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Births for April 26

• 121 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, (Marcus A Verus), Emperor of Rome (161-180)

• 1319 Jan II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)

• 1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)

• 1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France

• 1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)

• 1711 David Hume, England, empiricists/philospher (Treatise of Human Nature

• 1718 Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)

• 1776 Joan M Kemper, lawyer (designed civil code law book)

• 1782 Maria Amalia van Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Lodewijk Filips of Austria

• 1785 John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist

• 1796 Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer

• 1798 Ferdinand-Victor Eug‚ne Delacroix, painter

• 1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant

• 1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)

• 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)

• 1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist

• 1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

• 1834 Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist

• 1836 Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary)

• 1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin (Pres Lincoln), died in 1865

• 1839 Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867

• 1860 Alphonse M A J Ari‰ns, Dutch pastor

• 1863 Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter

• 1868 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher

• 1868 Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot)

• 1875 Syngman Rhee, South Korea, statesman (1957 Freedom Award)

• 1879 Owen Williams Richardson, England, physicist (Nobel 1928)

• 1880 Mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance

• 1884 Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers)

• 1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer

• 1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austria, philosopher (Tractatus)

• 1893 Anita Loos, author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)

• 1895 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fhrer, only prisoner at Spandau

• 1898 Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32)

• 1898 John Grierson, documentary film maker

• 1898 Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977)

• 1899 Guinn Williams, Decatur Tx, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy)

• 1900 Charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale)

• 1900 James Sutherland, English literature scholar

• 1903 Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall

• 1903 Niven Busch, US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice)

• 1904 Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop of Montreal

• 1904 William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist

• 1905 Charles K Feldman, (Gould), NYC, producer (Casino Royale)

• 1905 Jean Vigo, France, actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante)

• 1906 Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show)

• 1907 Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981)

• 1910 Johan Thorn, writer/journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper)

• 1912 A(lfred) E(lton) van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn)

• 1914 Bernard Malamud, US, novelist (Fixer, Natural)

• 1914 Charlie Chester, comedian

• 1914 Wilfrid Meilers, composer

• 1916 Morris L West, Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman)

• 1917 Ieoh Ming "I.M." Pei, architect (1961 Brunner Prize)

• 1917 Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher, 8th all-time won-lost pct

• 1918 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, Hurdler (Olym-gold-1948

• 1918 Prof Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar (Leeds University)

• 1918 Stafford Repp, Calif, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman)

• 1920 Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer

• 1921 Harry Knutton, Maj-Gen/dir-general (London City & Guilds Institute)

• 1921 Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician

• 1921 Margaret Gowing, professor of history of science

• 1922 James Holt, medieval historian

• 1922 Jeanne Sauve, 1st female Governor-General (Canada, 1984-90)

• 1922 Margaret Scott, founder (Australian Ballet School)

• 1922 Mike Kellin, Hartford Ct, actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz & Bones)

• 1922 Pol Bury, Belgian speed artist

• 1923 Oliver Millar, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures

• 1924 Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy)

• 1926 David Coleman, sports commentator

• 1926 Michael Joughin, CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric)

• 1926 Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner (NY Giants)

• 1927 Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist

• 1927 Jack Douglas, comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show)

• 1928 Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep (Independent)

• 1930 Derek Waring, actor

• 1930 Justin Gosling, principal (St Edmund Hall Oxford)

• 1930 Roger Moens, Belgium, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)

• 1933 Carol Burnett, San Antonio Tx, comedian/actress (Annie, 4 Seasons)

• 1934 J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist, Sierra Club chairman

• 1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge

• 1937 Robert Boozer, Omaha Neb, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1960)

• 1938 Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, country singer (Peter Gunn, Cannonball)

• 1938 Willie Wood, bowler

• 1939 Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge

• 1941 John Battle, MP

• 1942 Bobby Rydell, Phila Pa, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie)

• 1942 Claudine Auger, Paris France, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball

• 1943 Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)

• 1944 David O'B Martin, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )

• 1944 Martha Rockwell, Providence RI, skier

• 1947 Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64)

• 1948 Gerry Sikorski, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )

• 1948 Stevie Nicks, Calif, rocker/druggie (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours)

• 1950 Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin)

• 1951 Lynne Jones, MP

• 1956 Koo Stark, (Kathleen Dee-Anne), photographer/actress (Emily)

• 1958 Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver

• 1960 Roger Taylor, rock drummer (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)

• 1961 Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)

• 1962 Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker (Hipsway)

• 1962 Michael Damian, San Diego, singer (Rock on)/actor (Young & Restless)

• 1964 Tod Bass, LA Calif, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)

• 1966 Andrea Temesvari, Hungary, tennis player (US Clay 1983, 1984)

Passings for April 26

• 757 Stephen II, (III/Orsini?), Pope (752-57), dies

• 1196 Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies

• 1558 Jean Fran‡ois Fernel, French physician, dies

• 1726 Jeremy Collier, historian/opponent to theater

• 1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead at 27 near Bowling Green V

• 1910 Bjírnstjerne Bjírnson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies

• 1920 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indies genius (ã/Notebooks), dies at 32

• 1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79

• 1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies

• 1941 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiology, dies at 74

• 1956 Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66

• 1964 Edwin John Pratt, poet/literature professor

• 1964 Pieter Van de Line, geologist (Keienboek), dies at 93

• 1970 Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56

• 1973 Irene Ryan, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69

• 1976 Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60

• 1976 Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45

• 1980 Cicely Coutneidge, actress, dies

• 1981 Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65

• 1981 Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71

• 1982 Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73

• 1982 Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies

• 1983 Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81

• 1983 Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72

• 1984 Henry Rowland, actor, dies at 70

• 1984 May McAvoy, actress, dies at 82 after a heart attack

• 1984 William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday

• 1986 Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74

• 1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne/actress dies at 78 of a massive heart attack

• 1990 Carlos Pizarro, Colombian presidents candidate, murdered

• 1991 Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies

Special events for April 26

• 757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I

• 1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici

• 1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn

• 1564 William Shakespeare baptized

• 1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va

• 1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil

• 1777 Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia

• 1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France

• 1814 King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England

• 1819 Odd Fellows Lodge established

• 1841 "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing

• 1861 G Schiaparelli discovers asteroid #69 Hesperia

• 1865 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix

• 1865 Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro)

• 1865 Battle of Ft Tobacco, VA

• 1865 Gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC

• 1876 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #163 Erigone

• 1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #236 Honoria

• 1887 Huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity

• 1904 Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms

• 1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii

• 1907 Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens

• 1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #756 Lilliana

• 1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)

• 1913 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF

• 1913 Sun Yet San announces revolt against pres Yuan Shikai in China

• 1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #868 Lova

• 1920 H Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae

• 1923 Duke of York (King George VI) marries Elizabeth Lyon

• 1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"

• 1926 Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty

• 1926 Karachai Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943)

• 1928 Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London

• 1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands

• 1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany

• 1937 German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain

• 1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks

• 1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)

• 1941 Potatoes rationed in Holland

• 1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo

• 1942 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria

• 1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down

• 1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London

• 1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run

• 1950 U of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82

• 1951 Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum

• 1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman

• 1952 US minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176

• 1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva

• 1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins

• 1957 Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens

• 1959 Cuba invades Panama

• 1961 French Army revolt fails

• 1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961

• 1962 1st Lockheed A-12 flies

• 1962 Ranger 4 crash lands on Moon

• 1962 Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0

• 1962 US/UK launch Ariel; 1st international payload

• 1964 Boston beats SF, 4 games to 1, for 6th straight NBA championship

• 1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar

• 1966 Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach

• 1967 KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting

• 1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State

• 1968 US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device

• 1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs

• 1971 SF lightship replaced by automatic buoy

• 1973 2 Gentlemen of Verona, musical opens in London

• 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam

• 1974 Malta adopts constitution

• 1975 Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3

• 1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3649

• 1977 NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens

• 1978 NASA launches space vehicle S-201

• 1980 Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy

• 1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'

• 1980 Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)

• 1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island

• 1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio

• 1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche

• 1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead

• 1983 Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1200 for 1st time

• 1983 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game

• 1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens

• 1984 Pres Reagan visits China

• 1986 Actor/bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver

• 1986 Worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl USSR, 31 die

• 1989 AT&T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 & 201

• 1989 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany

• 1990 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China

• 1990 Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle

• 1990 NY court of appeals ends 2« year legal battle over 1988 America's

• 1991 "Dinosaurs" premiers on ABC-TV

• 1991 23 killed in Kansas & Okla by tornadoes

• 1992 "Jolly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia theater on Broadway

• 1992 "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years

• 1992 Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously

• 1992 Final episode of "Growing Pains" airs

• 1992 Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base

• 1993 Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56

• 1993 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman

Songs for date April 26

• 04/26/45 --- I'm Beginning To See The Light (Fitzgerald, Ella)

• 04/26/45 --- Caldonia (Herman, Woody)

• 04/26/45 --- Chloe (Jones, Spike)

• 04/26/45 --- Laura (Martin, Freddy)

• 04/26/69 --- Atlantis (Donovan)

• 04/26/69 --- Grazing In The Grass (Friends Of Distinction)

• 04/26/69 --- These Eyes (Guess Who)

• 04/26/69 --- Gitarzan (Stevens, Ray)

• 04/26/75 --- Sister Golden Hair (America)

• 04/26/75 --- Cut The Cake (Average White Band)

• 04/26/75 --- I'm Not Lisa (Colter, Jessi)

• 04/26/75 --- When Will I Be Loved (Ronstadt, Linda)

• 04/26/80 --- Rose, The (Midler, Bette)