Today in History

April 7th Birthdays:
1860
Will Keith Kellogg- U.S cereal manufacturer,Kellogg's cereal brand
1908
Percy Faith- Canadian pop/easy listening composer 'Theme to a Summer PLace'
1928
James Garner- actor TV/movies best known TV role 'Jim Rockford' in NBC detective series' Rockford Files' movies 'The Great Escape, Murphy's Romance, Space Cowboys, Victor/Victoria, Americanization of Emily, The Notebook
1939
Francis Ford Coppola- film director, The Godfather, Apocalyse Now, The Conversation
1964
Russell Crowe- actor 'A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator,Noah
Deaths:
1891
PT Barnum- U.S. circus promotor/ showman 80
1947
Henry Ford- U.S. auto maker Model T Ford 83
2012
Mike Wallace- journalist/ reporter/interviews on CBS magazine' 60 Minutes' 93
 

On This Day In History, April 8th

2005 Over 4 million people pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II
Karol Józef Wojtyła from Poland was an immensely popular Pope. He was succeeded by German Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger.

1977 The Clash release their debut album of the same name
The British combo around lead vocalist Joe Strummer is considered one of the most influential early punk rock bands.

1959 One of the first modern programming languages is created
The Common Business-Oriented Language or COBOL was primarily designed by a woman, Grace Hopper. Also known as Amazing Grace, she is regarded as one of the pioneers in the field.

1953 Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced to 7 years of hard labor
Kenyatta led the Mau Mau movement against the British colonialists. He is considered to be Kenya's founding father and became the country's first President in 1964.

1904 France and the United Kingdom sign the Entente Cordiale
The treaty, which was initially designed to regulate the countries' colonial interests in Africa, later evolved into the Triple Entente to fight Germany in World War I.
 
Births On This Day, April 8th 🎂

1938 Kofi Annan
Ghanaian diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

1929 Jacques Brel
Belgian singer-songwriter, actor

1918 Betty Ford
American wife of Gerald R. Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States

1859 Edmund Husserl
Austrian mathematician, philosopher

1827 Ramón Emeterio Betances
Puerto Rican doctor, politician

Deaths On This Day, April 8th 🪦

2013 Margaret Thatcher
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1981 Omar Bradley
American general

1973 Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter, sculptor

1950 Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer, choreographer

1857 Mangal Pandey
Indian freedom fighter
 

8 April 1968
The TV special Petula airs on NBC. During a duet with Harry Belafonte, Clark innocently holds on to Belafonte's arm.
After the scene was over, the director asked them to redo the number, this time standing apart.
They later found out that a representative from the sponsor saw the first take and wanted it re-shot because his company sold cars in the South, and showing a White woman touching a Black man might affect car sales there.
Outraged, Clark and her husband, Claude Wolff (the show's executive producer), ordered the director to erase all takes except the first one, ensuring that the original scene would be the only one broadcast.
 
1820
famous ancient Greek statue of Venus de Milo was discovered on Aegan island of Milos
1862
aerosol dispenser was patent by John D. Lynde
1904
NYC changes name of Longacre Square to Times Square in honor of New York Times moving to area
1971
1st legal off track betting system, OTB begins in NY
1974
Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's HR record when he hits # 715 off of L.A Dodgers pitcher, Al Downing in Atlanta
2019
record 17 ft invasive Burmese python pregnant with 73 eggs is captured in Fla's Cypress National Reserve
 
April 8th Birthdays:
1892
Mary Pickford- Canadian actress Poor Little Rich Girl, Suds
1923
Edward Mulhare- Irish actor best known TV roles 'Capt Daniel Gregg' in NBC/ABC sitcom' The Ghost&Mrs Muir, 'Devon Miles' in NBC series' Knight Rider' He was Rex Harrison's understudy in Broadway original musical of My Fair Lady'. He took over the role as 'Henry Higgins' from '57- '60 to rave reviews
1940
John Havelick- Baskeball Hall of Fame small forward with Boston Celtics
1960
JOhn Schneider- actor best known TV role' Bo Duke' in CBS series 'Dukes of Hazzard'
1966
Robin Wright- actress Princess Bride, Netflix show' House of Cards'
Deaths:
1861
Elisha Otis- founder of Otis elevator company, invented safety device that prevents elevator from falling if hoisting cable fails 50
1973
Pablo Picasso- Spanish painter 91
1997
Laura Nyro-singer/ songwriter' Wedding Bell Blues, Stoned Soul Picnic, And When I Die' 49{ovarian cancer}
2013
Annette Funicello- actress "Mickey Mouse Club' 'beach movies with Frankie Avalon 70{mulitple sclerosis complications}
 
On This Day In History, April 9th

2005 Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles
Charles was formerly married to Diana, Princess of Wales. His second marriage to Camilla made him the first member of the British Royal Family to have a civil wedding.

1967 The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight
The short-to-medium-range plane is the best-selling airplane in history.

1952 The Bolivian National Revolution overthrows Hugo Ballivián's government
The nationalist movement initiated radical reforms, including universal suffrage, the nationalization of tin mines, and the inclusion of previously marginalized ethnicities into national life.

1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway
The rationale of Operation Weserübung was to secure access to Swedish iron ore. In Norway, a resistance group around Max Manus and Gunnar Sønsteby successfully sabotaged the German war effort.

1860 The world's first recording of the human voice is created
French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville used his phonautograph, the earliest known sound recording device, to capture himself singing the French folk song “Au clair de la lune”.
 
Births On This Day, April 9th 🎂

1975 Robbie Fowler
English footballer, manager

1971 Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian race car driver

1954 Iain Duncan Smith
Scottish captain, politician

1945 Steve Gadd
American drummer

1898 Paul Robeson
American singer, actor, activist

Deaths On This Day, April 9th 🪦

2011 Sidney Lumet
American director

2005 Andrea Dworkin
American activist, author

1976 Phil Ochs
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1959 Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect, designed the Price Tower, Fallingwater

1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German pastor, theologian
 
9 April 1970
Paul McCartney announces a "temporary break with The Beatles citing personal differences and adding that he will no longer record with John Lennon. Paul disapproved of Yoko Ono and of Beatles financial advisor Allen Klein.
When a reporter called Lennon to comment upon McCartney's resignation, John said, "Paul hasn't left. I sacked him."
A week after McCartney's announcement he released his first solo album, spelling the end of The Beatles.
 
9 April 2013
The passing of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher prompted a huge resurgence of the song "Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead", taken from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Fueled by campaigns on Twitter and Facebook, the tune soared up to ninth place on the U.K. iTunes downloads charts and second place on the Amazon singles downloads chart.
 
1768
John Hancock refuses to let 2 British custom agents to go below deck on his ship. Its considered the 1st act of resisitance to British authority in the colonies
1833
The 1st U.S. tax supported public library opens in Peterbourgh, New Hampshire
1872
Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk
1962
34th Academy Awards ,movie' West Side Story' wins 10 Oscars inc picture/ director Robert Wise&Jerome Robbins,supp actor George Chakris, supp actress Rita Moreno.The story of modern day Romeo&Juliet 'Tony&Maria' who live in gang neighborhood in NYC Other winner Sophia Loren- Best Actress' Two Women'
1992
U.S Federal Court finds Panama dictator/ general, Manuel Noriga guilty of 8/10 drug& racketeering charges
2003
Baghdad falls to U.S forces ending invasion of Iraq, but widespread looting takes place
 
April 9th Birthdays:
1898
Curly Lambeau- National Football Hall of Fame halfback, 1st coach of Green Bay Packers. Lambeau Field where the team plays is named in his honor
1932
Carl Perkins- rockability singer/songwriter 'Blue Suede Shoes, Honey Don't
1939
Michael Learned- actress best known TV role' Olivia Walton' in CBS drama' The Waltons'
1954
Dennis Quaid- actor The Right Stuff, Parent Trap, Big Easy, Dreamscape, A Dog's Purpose
Deaths:
1945
Dietrich Bonhoffer- German pastor/ anti- Nazi dissident 39
1959
Frank Lloyd Wright- U.S architect 89
1988
Brooke Benton -soul singer' Rainy Night In Georgia' 56
 
On This Day In History, April 10th

2010 The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, dies in a plane crash
Several high-ranking officials, senior members of the Polish clergy, as well as relatives of the Katyn massacre victims, were killed. The accident was blamed on pilot error and bad weather.

2001 Mercy killings become legal in the Netherlands
In a controversial decision, the Dutch senate approved a bill legalizing euthanasia for patients with an unbearable, terminal illness.

1998 Negotiators in Northern Ireland reach a historic peace deal
The Good Friday Agreement ended 30 years of violent conflict about Northern Ireland's constitutional status (“The Troubles”).

1970 The Beatles break up as Paul McCartney leaves the band
In their ten years of existence, the British rock group became one of the most successful bands of all time, selling over a billion albums, according to EMI. McCartney's announcement came a week before the release of his debut solo album, the starting point of a successful solo career.

1815 Mount Tambora explodes in one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history
At least 71,000 people were killed by the eruption. The explosion was heard up to 2000 km (1200 mi) away.
 
Births On This Day, April 10th 🎂

1987 Hayley Westenra
New Zealand soprano

1951 David Helvarg
American journalist, activist

1932 Omar Sharif
Egyptian actor

1847 Joseph Pulitzer
Hungarian/American politician, journalist, and publisher, founded Pulitzer, Inc.

1778 William Hazlitt
English critic, painter

Deaths On This Day, April 10th 🪦

1966 Evelyn Waugh
English author, journalist

1965 Linda Darnell
American actress

1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French/American priest, paleontologist, philosopher

1931 Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese/American poet

1919 Emiliano Zapata
Mexican general
 
10th April

1606 The Charter of the Virginia Company of London was established by James I, with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.

1633 Bananas went on display in Thomas Johnson's shop window in London. This was the first time the fruit had been seen in Britain.

1710 The Copyright Act, known as The Statute of Anne, came into effect in Britain. It allowed authors to hold exclusive rights to their work for up to 50 years after their death. The restrictions were enforced by the Stationers' Company, a guild of printers given the exclusive power to print and the responsibility to censor literary works.

1912 The British built luxury liner Titanic set sail on its maiden and only voyage, from Berth 44, White Star Line dock, Southampton, bound for New York.

1997 The National Trust's ruling council voted unanimously to ban stag hunting on its land.
 
1849
The safety pin is patented by Walter Hunt in NYC, he sold rights for $400
1866
ASPCA{American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals} in founded in NYC
1925
Scott Fitzgerald's novel' The Great Gatsby' is published
1947
Jackie Robinson becomes the 1st African American baseball player to sign a MLB contract announced by Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager, Branch Richey
1972
44th Academy Awards Winners;
The French Connection wins 5 Oscars inc pic/ director, actor- Gene Hackman{his 1st} other winners;
Jane Fonda- actress 'Klute', supp actor Ben Johnson' Last Picture Show, supp actress- Cloris Leachman- The Last PIcture Show'
1995
NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
2019
new species of human announced name Homo Luzonensis, 3 ft tall remains from 30-60,000 yrs old found in cave in island, Luzen, Phillipines
 
April 10th BIrthdays:
1829
William Booth- British preacher/ founder of Salvation Army
1915
Harry Morgan- actor best known TV roles' Officer Bill Gannon' in NBC police drama' Dragnet', Col Sherman Potter in CBS series 'M*A*S*H
1941
Paul Theroux- U.S travel writer/author' Mosquito Coast'
1959
Brian Seltzer- rock guitarist/ singer with Stray Cats' Rock This Town'
1988
Haley Joel Osmet- actor "the 6th Sense, Pay it Forward, Forrest Gump,he played Tom Hanks young son, Second Hand Lions
Deaths:
1965
Linda Darnell- actress Unfaithfully Yours, Letter to Three Wives 41{house fire burns}
1986
Linda Creed- singer/ songwriter' The Greatest Love of All' 37{breast cancer}
2000
Larry Linville- actor best known TV role' Maj Frank Burns' in CBS sitcom' M*A*S*H 60
2010
Dixie Carter- actress best known TV role' Julia Sugarbaker' in CBS sitcom' Designing Women' 70
 
On This Day In History, April 11th

2006 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has enriched uranium
The Iranian nuclear program has become a source of great controversy. Several countries, some of them possessing nuclear weapons themselves, accuse Tehran of developing an Iranian atomic bomb.

2006 Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is arrested
Provenzano was one of Cosa Nostra's central figures. The mafioso was arrested near Corleone, Sicily after 40 years on the run.

1979 Uganda's dictator Idi Amin is overthrown
The despot's 8-year rule was characterized by extensive human rights abuse and repression. According to estimates, hundreds of thousands were killed as a result of his actions.

1972 The first episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is aired
The BBC's classic comedy show, which was chaired by Humphrey Lyttelton until his death in 2008, is one of the longest-running British radio shows of all time.

1961 The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins
The ex-Nazi was one of the main organizers of the Holocaust, in which millions of people were slaughtered. He was hanged for war crimes in 1962.
 
Births On This Day, April 11th 🎂

1987 Joss Stone
English singer-songwriter, actress

1960 Jeremy Clarkson
English journalist

1913 Oleg Cassini
French/American fashion designer

1893 Dean Acheson
American lawyer, politician, 51st United States Secretary of State

1722 Christopher Smart
English actor, playwright, poet

Deaths On This Day, April 11th 🪦

2013 Maria Tallchief
American ballerina

2007 Kurt Vonnegut
American author

1987 Primo Levi
Italian chemist, author

1985 Enver Hoxha
Albanian politician, Prime Minister of Albania

1983 Dolores del Río
Mexican actress
 
11 April 1965
The New Musical Express, the most important music trade paper in Britain, hosted a concert at London's Wembley Empire Pool, featuring The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones, The Seekers, Freddie And The Dreamers, The Animals, The Kinks, Herman's Hermits, The Moody Blues, Them, Cilla Black and Donovan.

What a line up.
 
1890
Ellis Island in NYC is designated as an immigration station
1900
the 1st modern submarine designed&built by John Phillip Holland is bought by U. S. Navy
1950
Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco,his reign was from 1950-2005
1966
Frank Sinatra records single' Strangers in The Night' from the album of the same name. He didn't like the song but it was # 1 on Billboard Music Charts for 15 weeks
1976
Steve Wozniaki co founder of Apple releases Apple 1 computer he created
1991
musical' Miss Saigon' based on Giacomo Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly' opens on Broadway starring Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga runs for 4,092 performances, wins 3 Tony Awards
2015
Pres. Obama&Cuban Pres, Raul Castro meet in Panama,1st meeting of U.S&Cuban heads of state since Cuban Revolution began
 
April 11th BIrthdays:
1901
Adrianio Olivetti- Italian engineer/ manufacturer of Olivetti typewriter
1947
Meshach Taylor- actor best known TV role' Anthony' handyman on CBS sitcom 'Designing Women'
Deaths:
1906
James Anthony Bailey- U.S. circus performer/ showman{Barnum &Bailey} 58
1987
Erskine Caldwell- author Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre 83
2007
Kurt Vonnegut- novelist' Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan 84
2018
Mitzi Shore- owner of The Comedy Store, founder of Comedy Channel 87
 
On This Day In History, April 12th

1988 The Last Emperor receives nine Academy Awards
Bernardo Bertolucci's biopic about Puyi, the last Emperor of China, was the first film to be awarded all the Oscars it was nominated for.

1981 The Space Shuttle blasts off into space for the first time
Two astronauts took off for Space Shuttle Columbia's first orbital test flight.

1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space
The Soviet Cosmonaut orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok-3KA spacecraft (Vostok 1 mission). The first human spaceflight took 108 minutes from launch to landing.

1937 The first aircraft jet engine is successfully tested
Sir Frank Whittle invented and tested the engine, only a few months before German engineer Hans von Ohain ran his jet engine, which was to power the first-ever all-jet aircraft.

1861 The American Civil War begins
The bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina marked the beginning of hostilities. The conflict was sparked by deepening economic, social, and political differences between the southern and northern states, which were most palpably embodied by the dispute about the legitimacy of slavery. The southern (pro-slavery) states, surrendered in 1865, ending the war.
 

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