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Births On This Day, April 22nd 🎂

1916 Yehudi Menuhin
American/Swiss violinist, conductor

1899 Vladimir Nabokov
Russian/American author

1891 Nicola Sacco
Italian/American criminal

1870 Vladimir Lenin
Russian politician

1724 Immanuel Kant
Russian/German philosopher

Deaths On This Day, April 22nd 🪦

1999 Munir Ahmad Khan
Austrian/Pakistani scientist, engineer

1994 Richard Nixon
American politician, 37th President of the United States

1986 Mircea Eliade
Romanian historian, author

1983 Earl Hines
American pianist

1616 Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish author
 

22nd April

1662 King Charles II granted a charter to the Royal Society of London, which became an important centre of scientific activity in England.

1778...late at night, the American Navy attack Whitehaven, Cumbria during the American War of Independence. Marines led by John Paul Jones row ashore, take the fort and the 'strategically vital' quayside pub (drinking it dry), before setting fire to ships in the harbour. Damage to the town is limited.

1834 The South Atlantic island of St Helena was declared a British crown colony.

1838 The British steamer Sirius became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean from England to New York. The voyage took 18 days and 10 hours.

1964 British businessman Greville Wynne, imprisoned by the Russians for spying, was swapped for the Russian spy Gordon Lonsdale, who was jailed by the British for his role in an espionage ring in 1961.

1969 British yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston sailed into Falmouth Harbour, completing the first non-stop solo voyage around the world. He was at sea for 312 days. His yacht was named Suhaili which means "good wind".

1972 Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax became the first people to row across the Pacific Ocean. They arrived in Australia in their boat Britannia after being at sea for 362 days.
 
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1823
RJ Tyers patents roller skates
1915
The 1st military use of poison gas-chlorine was used by Germany in WWI
1964
The World's Fair opens in Flushing Meadows, NYC.It had 140 pavillions,110 restaurants representing 80 nations,24 states.It started 4/22 ended 10/18
1970
The 1st worldwide Earth Day is celebrated.Sen Gaylord Nelson{Wisconsin} was mastermind behind this movement for people to become aware of environmental hazardous pollutants&effects to world's natural resources. At the end of 1970,the EPA{Environmental Protection Agency} in United States had been created.
1976
Barbara Walters, broadcast journalist becomes the 1st female anchor on network news at ABC
She co anchored with Harry Reasoner who didn't like her, hated sharing the anchor duties with her.This lasted for 2 yrs
1994
In Denmark,the largest lollipop was made weighing 3,011 pounds
 

April 22nd Birthdays:
1724
Immanuel Kant German philosopher
1904
Robert Oppenheimer- U.S physicst,known as the 'father of the Atomic Bomb,the Manhattan Project'
1926
Charlotte Rae-actress/singer her best known TV role 'Mrs Garrett' on NBC sitcom 'Facts of Life'
1937
Jack Nicholson- actor 'Terms of Endearment, The Shining,As Good as It Gets,One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He has won 3 Oscars,2 Best Actor for "Nest in '76, Gets'98,supp actor'Endearment'
1944
Steve Fossett- U.S. adventurer, the 1st person to fly solo non stop around the world in a balloon
1950
Peter Frampton- British guitarist/singer/songwriter'Show Me The Way'
Deaths:
1616
Miguel de Cervantes- Spanish author' Don Quixote' 68
1978
Will Geer- character actor,best nown TV role' Grampa' on TV show'The Waltons' 76
1984
Ansel Adams- U.S photographer 82
1996
Erma Bombeck- humorist 'Life is a Bowl of Cherries,What am I Doing in The Pits"? "The Grass is Greener Over the Septic Tank' 69
2013
Richie Havens- singer/songwriter/guitarist who open '69 Woodstock Music Festival 72
 
In a couple of hours the UK time zone will reach: April 23rd. It's the date of the patron saint of England, St. George.

King Edward III made St. George the Patron Saint of England, when he formed the Order of the Garter in St. George’s name in 1350, and the cult of the Saint was further advanced by King Henry V, at the battle of Agincourt in Northern France.

Shakespeare made sure that nobody would forget St. George, and has King Henry V finishing his pre-battle speech with the famous phrase, ‘Cry God for Harry, England and St. George!’ (Harry being the affectionate term for Henry.)

Coincidentally, Shakespeare also has ties to April 23rd. The records show that he was baptised on, 26th April 1564 and died on 23rd April 1616. But it is now known that Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April 1564. Back then, infant mortality was so common that babies were baptised on the day of their birth. It was a common Christian belief in those days, that only baptised souls were admitted to heaven. What prevented the young Shakespeare from baptism on the day of his birth is still open to speculation, but it's true that his birthday and the day of his death, share the the same day and month.
 
This day in History, April 23rd

2005 The first YouTube video is posted
The 18-second clip “Me at the zoo” shows co-founder Jawed Karim at San Diego Zoo. It has been viewed more than 13 million times (2014).

1988 Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft
The Greek Olympic cyclist flew a record-breaking 115 km (71 mi) from Crete to Santorini in the MIT Daedalus aircraft, which was named after the mythological inventor of aviation.

1985 Coca-Cola releases New Coke
The new formula was so unpopular that the original Coke was re-introduced as Coca-Cola Classic soon afterward.

1984 The discovery of the virus causing AIDS is announced
French virologists Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the HIV virus.

1971 The Rolling Stones release Sticky Fingers
The album is often considered one of the British rock band's best. It includes hits like “Brown Sugar” and ”Wild Horses”.
 
Births On This Day, April 23rd 🎂

1936 Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter

1928 Shirley Temple
American actress, singer, dancer

1891 Sergei Prokofiev
Russian pianist, composer, conductor

1858 Max Planck
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1791 James Buchanan
American politician, 15th President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, April 23rd 🪦

2007 Boris Yeltsin
Russian politician, 1st President of Russia

1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek politician, 3rd President of Greece

1993 Cesar Chavez
American activist

1992 Satyajit Ray
Indian director, producer, screenwriter

1616 William Shakespeare 😞
English playwright, actor
 
April 23rd
1851
Canada issues its 1st postage stamps
1969
Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to death in killing Sen Robert F. Kennedy.His sentence was later changed to life in prison
1985
Coca-Cola announces its changing its secret flavor formula to 'New Coke"
2020
The 1st finding of a 40million yr old toad fossil found on Seymour Island,Antartica published in 'Scientific Reports'
 
April 23rd Birthdays:
1564
William Shakespeare-English playwright
1921
Warren Spahn- MLB Hall of fame Pitcher
1928
Shirley Temple- former '30's child actress,later a diplomat
1938
Roy Orbison- rock singer/songwriter'Pretty Woman,Only The Lonely'
1939
Lee Majors- actor, best known TV roles 'Heath' in TV show'The Big Valley","Steve Austin' The 6 Million Dollar Man,"Colt' "The Fall Guy'
1961
George Lopez- Mexican/American actor/comedian
Deaths:
1850
William Wordsworth- English romantic poet 80
1983
Buster Crabbe- U.S Olympic '32 gold medal swimmer/actor "Tarzan the Fearless,Flash Gordon' 75
1986
Harold Arlen- U.S. composer' Over the Rainbow, Stormy Weather' 81
1996
P.L. Travers English writer'Mary Poppins' 96
2005
Sir John Mills- British actor 'Ryan's Daughter,,War&Peace 97. His 2 daughters Hayley&Juliette are actresses
 
This day in History, April 24th

2013 1129 people die in Bangladesh in the worst building collapse disaster in modern history
The building was used by clothing factories producing garments for western markets, highlighting the disastrous working conditions in the industry.

2005 Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as Pope Benedict XVI
The German was considered a particularly conservative Pope - quite unlike his successor, Pope Francis.

1990 The Hubble Space Telescope is launched into Earth's orbit
Unhindered by the impurities and distortions of Earth's atmosphere, the 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) aperture telescope has delivered some of the most spectacular images of the far reaches of the Universe.

1957 The Suez Canal reopens after the Suez Crisis
The conflict between Egypt on the one hand and France, the United Kingdom, and Israel on the other erupted in October 1956 when Egypt announced that the canal will be nationalized.

1915 The Ottoman Empire begins its systematic extermination of Armenians
An estimated 1 million people were killed in the Armenian Massacres during and after World War I. The event is considered one of the first genocides in modern history.
 
Births On This Day, April 24th 🎂

1982 Kelly Clarkson
American singer-songwriter, producer, actress

1973 Sachin Tendulkar
Indian cricketer

1942 Barbra Streisand
American singer-songwriter, actress, producer

1941 Richard Holbrooke
American journalist, banker, diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations

1897 Benjamin Lee Whorf
American linguist


Deaths On This Day, April 24th 🪦

2011 Sathya Sai Baba
Indian guru, philosopher

1980 Alejo Carpentier
Swiss/Cuban author

1960 Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1942 Lucy Maud Montgomery
Canadian author

1731 Daniel Defoe
English journalist, spy
 
24th April

1558 Mary Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, married the French Dauphin. Mary was fifteen and Francis fourteen when they were married with spectacular pageantry and magnificence in the cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, by the Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen, in the presence of Henry II, Queen Catherine de’ Medici, the princes and princesses of the blood and a glittering throng of cardinals and nobles.

1916 In Dublin, Irish nationalists, led by Patrick Pearse, launched the Easter Rebellion against British rule.

1932 A mass trespass by thousands of ramblers, led by Benny Rothman, took place on Kinder Scout in the Peak District. Their aim was to establish public right of access on the moors and mountains that were privately owned for grouse shooting.The mass trespass started at Bowden Bridge Quarry, close to Hayfield and had a far-reaching impact that culminated in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 which gave people 'the right to roam' on mapped access land.

1953 Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
 
1833
Jacob Ebert&George Dulty patented the 1st soda fountain
In the beginning,drugstores would sell the syrups to customers using the machines, discovered when they added carbonated water to the syrup created a tasty soft drink
1908
Jacob Murdock&his family leave Los Angeles in a Packard 30.They became the 1st family to travel across the United States,arrived in NYC 32 days later
1979
The U.S. state-Georgia designates Ray Charles' version of' Georgia On My MInd'{written by Hoagy Carmichael} as official state song
 
April 24th Birthdays:
1766
Robert Bailey Thomas- journalist/founder of 'The Farmer's Alamanc'
1904
Willem De Kooning- Dutch painter
1930
Richard Donner-TV/movie director 'Twlight Zone, The Omen,Lethal Weapon,Scrooged,TV show 'Tales from the Crypt"
1934
Shirley Maclaine-actress, 'Irma La Duce,Terms of Endearment, Postcards from The Edge'. She won Best Actress Oscar for 'Endearment,her brother is actor/producer Warren Beatty
1942
Barbra Streisand-singer/songwriter/actress- Funny Girl,The Way We Were,Yentl,A Star is Born.She has 2 Oscars,won Best Actress in '68 Funny Girl,co writer for best song 'Evergreen' A Star is Born'76.She wrote music,lyrics by Paul Williams.She is in select group of people who have EGOT-Emmy,Grammy,Oscar,Tony awards
1982
Kelly Clarkson- singer/songwriter 'Since You've Been Gone' She was the 1st winner on 'American Idol'
Deaths:
1731
Daniel DeFoe- British novelist' Robinson Crusoe' 70
1779
Eleazer Wheelock- founder of Darmouth College in Hanover, NH 68
1942
Lucy Maud Montgomery- Canadian novelist' Anne of Green Gables' 67
1974
Bud Abbott of comedy team Abbott&Costello 78
2016
Billy Paul-soul singer' Me&Mrs Jones' 81
 
This day in History, April 25th

2022 ANZAC Day Dawn services return.

2011 The largest tornado outbreak ever recorded hits the U.S.
348 people in six states were killed during the outbreak, which encompassed a total of 358 confirmed tornadoes.

1983 The German news magazine, Stern, announces the discovery of Hitler's diaries
The documents were later exposed as forgeries, triggering one of the most spectacular media scandals in history. Experts believe that Hitler never kept a diary.

1974 In Portugal, the fascist Estado Novo is overthrown in a bloodless coup
The leftist Carnation Revolution was led by military officers and supported by widespread civil resistance.

1953 The double helix structure of DNA described for the first time
Francis Crick and James D. Watson published their groundbreaking findings of the molecule containing genetic information was in Nature that day.

1859 Construction of the Suez Canal begins
The waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea became the shortest sea link between Europe and Asia.
 
Births On This Day, April 25th 🎂

1940 Al Pacino
American actor, director

1928 Cy Twombly
American/Italian painter, sculptor

1917 Ella Fitzgerald
American singer

1874 Guglielmo Marconi
Italian businessman, inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate

1599 Oliver Cromwell
English general, politician

Deaths On This Day, April 25th 🪦

2008 Humphrey Lyttelton
English trumpet player, composer

2006 Jane Jacobs
American/Canadian journalist, author, activist

2001 Michele Alboreto
Italian race car driver

1944 George Herriman
American cartoonist

1744 Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer
 
1846
open conflict over disputed Texas border results in the start of Mexican/American War
1901
New York State 1st state that requires automobile license plates,fee$1
1953
molecular biologists, Francis Crick,James Watson's discovery of double helix of DNA structure published in Nature'magazine
1985
musical'Big River' with music/lyrics by country singer,Roger Miller opens on Broadway .Its based on Mark Twain's classic novel' Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. The show wins 7 Tony awards inc Best Musical book/score played fro 1,005 performances
1990
the crew aboard space shuttle,'Discovery' launches NASA's Hubble Space Telescope into low orbit around Earth.its purpose is to give astronomers a better view of the solar system,galaxy and universe. In 1993 it starts to send back breath taking images
 
April 25th Birthdays:
1599
Oliver Cromwell- British military&political leader 1653-1658
1874
Guglilmo Marconi-Italian inventor/electrical engineer who pioneered work in long distance radio transmissions
1917
Ella Fitzgerald- jazz/swing/pop/blues singer
1932
Meadowlark Lemon- baskeball player with Harlem Globetrotters
1940
Al Pacino-actor' The Godfather, Scent of a Woman, Dog Day Afternoon,Scorpio. He won best Actor Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman
1969
Renee Zellwegger- actress "Bridget Jones, Cold Mountain,Chicago,Judy. She has 2 Oscars best supp for 'Cold Mountain,best actress for 'Judy' as Judy Garland
Deaths:
1976
Carol Reed- British film director, 'Agony&Ecstasy,Oliver' 69
1985
Richard Haydn- British actor' The Sound of Music' 80
1990
Dexter Gordon- jazz tenor saxaphonist Go!, The Other Side of Midnight' 67
1995
Ginger Rogers- actress/dancer/ singer ' Top Hat,Stage Door' 83
2009
Bea Arthur- comedic actress,best known TV roles 'Maude' on TV show 'Maude, 'Dorothy' The Golden Girls'
She won 2 Best Actress Emmys for these roles in '77, '88 86
 
On this day in History, April 26th

2005 Syria ends its military occupation of Lebanon after 29 years
Syria buckled to domestic and international pressure following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14 of the same year.

1994 Germany makes Holocaust denial illegal
The far-right party NPD had sought legitimation by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court for expressing the view that the Nazis' genocide of six million Jews never occurred. The court ruled against them.

1989 The deadliest tornado in history kills about 1300 people
The Daulatpur–Saturnia Tornado devastated everything in its 50-mile-long path across central Bangladesh.

1986 The worst nuclear disaster in history occurs in Chernobyl
Large parts of Europe were contaminated when reactor 4 at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Although the number of deaths attributable to the disaster is difficult to determine, experts anticipate tens of thousands of deaths across Europe in the coming decades due to cancer caused by the radioactive fallout.

1925 Franz Kafka publishes his landmark novel The Trial
The text, which was initially published as Der Process, is a nightmarish account of a man being arrested and prosecuted by a faceless authority for an unknown crime.
 
Births On This Day, April 26th 🎂

1932 Israr Ahmed
Indian/Pakistani theologian, philosopher, scholar

1917 I. M. Pei
Chinese/American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art, Bank of China Tower

1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian/English philosopher

1822 Frederick Law Olmsted
American journalist, landscape designer, co-designed Central Park

121 Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor

Deaths On This Day, April 26th 🪦

1999 Adrian Borland
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1989 Lucille Ball :(
American actress

1984 Count Basie
American pianist, bandleader, composer

1951 Arnold Sommerfeld
German physicist

1920 Srinivasa Ramanujan
Indian mathematician
 
26th April

1923 The marriage of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later 'the Queen Mother') to the Duke of York (later King George VI) at Westminster Abbey in London. It was the first royal wedding at the abbey since 1383. The newly formed British Broadcasting Company wanted to record and broadcast the event on radio, but the Abbey Chapter vetoed the idea.

1962 In a joint USA British venture, the first international satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

1984 The re-opening of the reconstructed Cavern Club in Liverpool. It is located next to the original Club. In the early 1960s the Cavern Club became the most publicised pop music venue in the world, with regular performances from the Beatles, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer, Cilla Black and many more 60s groups and solo singers.

1989 Naas, County Kildare, in Ireland held their first annual pig race watched by over 7,000 people. One punter won £200 on the favourite, Porky’s Revenge, and the bookies handed the remainder of their money to the charity People in Need.

2014 The only surviving letter thought to have been written on the ill-fated Titanic, was sold at auction for £119,000.
 
1607
Jamestown expedition makes 1st landing at Cape Henry later known as Virginia
1915
Italy secretly signs 'Treaty of London' with Britain,France, Russia in WWI becomes an ally
1982
Falkland Island war ends in 72 days after Argentina surrenders to British troops on S. Georgia Island
1986
the 4th reactor at Chenobyl nuclear power plant in Russia explodes,killing 31 people, The radioactive contamination reaches most of Western Europe.Its the world's worst nuclear disaster
 
April 26th Birthdays:
1785
John James Audubon- U.S. ornithologist/painter' The Birds of America'
1822
Frederick Law Omstead- writer/landscape architect of many parks in the U.S. e.g. 'Central Park in NYC
1917
I.M Pei- Chinese/American modernist architect
1933
Carol Burnett- actress/comedienne' The Carol Burnett Show' 'Annie, The 4 Seasons,
1960
Roger Taylor rock drummer for British band' Duran,Duran 'Hungry like The Wolf
Deaths:
1865
John Wilkes Booth-stage actor/assassin of Pres Abraham Lincoln 26
1973
Irene Ryan stage/TV actress,was in original Broadway production of musical'Pippin' best known TV role' Granny' in CBS sitcom' Beverly Hillbillies' 70
1981
Jim Davis- actor, best known TV role' Jock Ewing' on CBS drama'Dallas' 65
1986
Broderick Crawford- actor 'All The Kings Men,TV show' Highway Patrol' He won Best Actor Oscar for Men 74
2017
Jonathan Demme- film director 'Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia' 73
 
On This Day in History, April 27th

2005 The Airbus A380 takes to the skies for the first time
The double-deck airliner is the world's largest commercial jet.

1994 South African citizens of all races are allowed to vote in a general election for the first time
The 1994 general election was held precisely 44 years after Apartheid was formalized by the government with the passing of the Group Areas Act.

1992 For the first time in its 700-year history, the British House of Commons is presided over by a female Speaker
Betty Boothroyd served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000.

1961 Sierra Leone becomes an independent republic
The West African country's first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, ended over 150 years of British colonial rule.

1810 Ludwig van Beethoven composes “Für Elise”
“Bagatelle No. 25” for solo piano is one of the German composer's most popular works and one of the most recognized melodies in the history of music.
 
Births On This Day, April 27th 🎂

1963 Russell T Davies
Welsh screenwriter, producer

1935 Theodoros Angelopoulos
Greek director, producer, screenwriter

1822 Ulysses S. Grant
American general, politician, 18th President of the United States

1791 Samuel Morse
American painter, inventor, co-invented the Morse code

1759 Mary Wollstonecraft
English author, philosopher

Deaths On This Day, April 27th 🪦

1992 Olivier Messiaen
French composer, ornithologist

1972 Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana

1938 Edmund Husserl
Austrian mathematician, philosopher

1896 Henry Parkes
English/Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales

1521 Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
 

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