Page 9: Historical Events In April - 04

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

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 April - 04.   

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  "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances on April - 04.   

1971  Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Qu‚bec) on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1974  Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th on April - 04.   

1975  C5A Galaxy on military charter crashes, taking 155 lives (Saigon) on April - 04.   

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  5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin on April - 04.   

1976  N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov on this day in history.   

1976  Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand on this day in history.   

1977  On April - 04 sarah Michelle Gellar born.   

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

1978  Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70 on April - 04.   

1979  On April - 04 edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77   

1979  Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL on April - 04.   

1979  Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan on April - 04.   

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

1981  On April - 04 henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)   

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

1983  On April - 04 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched   

1983  On April - 04 gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment   

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

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

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

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  On April - 04 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  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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

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

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

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