Page 9: Historical Events In April - 04

1968  On this day in history "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 perfs   

1968  Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart   

1970  On this day in history byron Foulger actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70   

1970  Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson on this day in history.   

1970  On April - 04 byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70   

1971  On April - 04 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances   

1971  Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Qu‚bec) on April - 04.   

1972  1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating on this day in history.   

1972  Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63 on April - 04.   

1972  On this day in history adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63   

1974  On April - 04 hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th   

1975  C5A Galaxy on military charter crashes, taking 155 lives (Saigon) on this day in history.   

1975  On April - 04 steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes   

1975  On this day in history uSAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155   

1976  On this day in history 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin   

1976  N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov on April - 04.   

1976  Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand on April - 04.   

1977  Sarah Michelle Gellar born on this day in history.   

1977  On April - 04 jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82   

1978  Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77   

1979  On this day in history jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL   

1979  On this day in history zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan   

1979  On this day in history edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77   

1980  On April - 04 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1981  Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)   

1981  Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 on April - 04.   

1982  On April - 04 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little   

1983  On this day in history 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52   

1983  6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched on this day in history.   

1983  Gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment on April - 04.   

1983  Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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0186  On this day in history birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.   

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies