Page 9: Historical Events In April - 04

1968  On April - 04 "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 April - 04.   

1969  On April - 04 dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart   

1970  Byron Foulger actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1970  On April - 04 firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson   

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  On April - 04 marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Qu‚bec)   

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

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 this day in history 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  USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155 on April - 04.   

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

1976  On this day in history n Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov   

1976  On this day in history seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand   

1977  Sarah Michelle Gellar born on April - 04.   

1977  Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70   

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 April - 04 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  On this day in history brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56   

1981  Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) on April - 04.   

1981  On April - 04 brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56   

1982  11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little on this day in history.   

1983  On April - 04 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52   

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

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

1983  On April - 04 jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78   

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

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

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

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

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  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on April - 04.   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.