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On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on April 08:
563 -BC- Gautama Buddha (as celebrated in Japan-Kambutsue)
1460 Ponce de Le¢n searched for fountain of youth, found Florida
1533 Claudio Merulo organist/composer
1605 Philip IV king of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)
1614 El Greco Spain, painter (View of Toledo)
1631 Coirnelis de Heem painter
1692 Giuseppe Tartini Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)
1726 Lewis Morris signed Decl of Independence
1731 William Williams signed Decl of Independence
1783 John Claudius London England, horticulturist
1798 Dionysios Solomos poet
1816 Frederick William Burton painter
1843 Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], composer
1850 William Henry Welch pathologist
1859 Edmund Husserl Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology
1859 William Henry Welch US, pathologist, founded John Hopkins
1869 Harvey Cushing US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies)
1880 Victor Schertzinger coposer/director (Uptown NY)
1887 Walter Connolly actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)
1889 Sir Adrian Boult Chester England, conductor (BBC Sym Orch)
1893 Mary Pickford [Gladsys Smith], actress (Poor Little Rich Girl)
1898 CM Bowra professor of poetry (Oxford University)
1898 E Y "Yip" Harburg [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist/librettist
19-- Michael Spound Santa Monica Calif, actor (Dave-Hotel)
1902 Josef Krips Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symph 1954-63)
1903 Ilka Chase NYC, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien)
1907 Maurice Stacey chemist
1908 Neil Lawson British high court judge
1910 George Musso NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
1912 Sonja Henie Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36)
1919 Ian Smith PM (Rhodesia)
1920 Erik Pausin Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
1921 Betty Bloomer Ford 1st lady/namesake for Betty Ford Clinic
1921 Virginia O'Brien singer/actress (Thousand Cheers, Ziegfield Girls)
1922 Carmen McRae NYC, singer (Down Beats New Star of 1954)
1923 Edward Mulhare Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1923 Franco Corelli Anconia Italy, tenor (Don Jos‚-Carmen)
1925 Shecky Greene Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat)
1928 Eric Porter actor (39 Steps, Anthony & Cleopatra)
1928 Eric Porter London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps)
1928 John Gavin LA Calif, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale)
1928 Monty Sunshine bandleader
1929 Jacques Brel singer/actor (Pain in the A__)
1930 Dorothy Tutin London, actress (Importence of Being Ernest, Cromwell)
1930 John Reardon NYC, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus)
1930 John Bartholomew Tucker Pa, TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island)
1930 Mary Moore principal (St Hilda's College, Oxford)
1931 Dorothy Tutin actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell)
1933 Fred Ebb lyricist (Cabaret)
1935 Donald Thompsett cricket umpire
1936 Klaus Lowitsch Berlin, actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun)
1937 Seymour Hersh award winning investigative reporter (NY Times)
1938 Lory Patrick Beckley WV, actress (TRina-Tales of Welles Fargo)
1940 John Havlicek Martin's Ferry Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics)
1941 Peggy Lennon LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1943 J P Kavanaugh racehorse trainer
1943 Michael Bennett aids victim/choreographer (A Chorus Line)
1943 Robby Weaver actor (Stone)
1943 Tony Banks English politician (Lab)
1943 William Garth Morrison Chief scout
1944 Anthony Farrar Hockley military historian
1944 Roger Chapman vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment)
1945 Ian White MEP
1946 Jim (Catfish) Hunter major-league pitcher (A's, Yankees)
1947 Cindy Pickett Norman Okla, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere)
1947 Steve Howe Yes, he plays guitar (Asia, Yes-Roundabout)
1948 Richard Alan Litchfield Mass, bank robber (FBI most wanted)
1949 Jim Lampley Hendersonville NC, newscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1951 Mel Schachter rocker (Grand Funk Railroad)
1952 Adam Woods rocker (The Fixx)
1954 Gary Carter catcher (Mont Expos, NY Mets)
1954 John Schneider Mt Kisco NY, actor (Bo-Dukes of Hazzard)
1959 Martin Weston cricketeer
1962 Izzy Stradin rocker (Guns 'n' Roses-Welcome to the Jungle)
1963 Alec Stewart cricketer
1963 Julian Lennon John's son/singer (Too Late for Goodbyes)
1967 Robin Wright Dallas Tx, actress (Kelly-Santa Barbara, Princess Bride)

Deaths which occurred on April 08:
217 Caracalla [Marcus Aureiius Antoniius], Roman emperor, dies
1143 John II Byzantine emperor, dies in an accident
1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat mathematician dies
1890 Junius Morgan philanthropist, dies at 76
1897 Heinrich von Stephan UK politician, dies
1902 Sipyagain Russia's minister of interior is assassinated
1919 Baron Roland E”tv”s physicist, dies
1931 Eric Axel Karlfeldt poet, dies
1935 Edwin Cannan economist, dies
1937 William Henry Hadow author/musicologist, dies
1941 EugŠne-Marcel Pr‚vost novelist, dies
1943 Richard Sears 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 81
1950 Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky ballet dancer, dies in London
1973 Pablo Picasso artist, dies near Mougins, France, at 91
1976 Phil Ochs rock producer, dies
1977 Frank Milan actor (The Witness), dies at 71
1981 Gen Omar Bradley last 5-star general, dies in NY at 88
1987 Francis C Denebrink US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90
1990 Ryan White hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18. The Ryan White Foundation was founded later in 1991 by Jeanne White and Phil Donahue

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1962 GROOM GEORGE E. STEWARTSVILLE MO.
05/01/62 RELEASED

1962 GABRIEL JAMES JR HONOLULU HI
04/62 REMAINS RECOVERED

1962 MARCHAND WAYNE ELLSWORTH OMAHA NE.
04/68 REMAINS RECOVERED

1962 QUINN FRANCIS BUFFALO NY.
05/01/62 RELEASED

1970 BELLENDORF DIETER GERMANY
1589 SP BALLINDORF?

1970 GENSLUCKNER GEORG AUSTRIA

1970 YIENG UNG LING CAMBODIA
REFNO 1589

1972 RAY JOHNNIE L. PAULS VALLEY OK.
02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG

1972 WANAT GEORGE K. JR. WATERFFORD CN.
02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
1513 Ponce de Le¢n discovers Florida
1730 1st Jewish congregation in US consecrates synagogue (NY)
1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain
1789 House of Representives 1st meeting
1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported & -controlled
1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC)
1861 US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy
1864 Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
1865 Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House
1876 The opera "La Gioconda" is produced (Milan)
1893 The critic reports that the ice cream soda is our national drink
1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1904 Entente Cordiale signed by France & England
1908 Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England
1912 Steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200
1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
1914 US & Columbia sign a treaty concerning the Panama Canal Zone
1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London
1935 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress
1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2911
1943 Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins for the Stanley Cup
1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau
1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
1952 Pres Truman seizes the steel mills to prevent a strike
1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway
1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
1966 OAO 1, the 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched
1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
1974 Discovery Island opens
1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1975 Frank Robinson 1st black baseball mgr (Cleveland, beats NY 5-3)
1978 W Liller discovers asteroid #2449
1979 204th & final episode of "All in the Family"
1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings
set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title
1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California, Make his day
1987 Al Campanis, LA Dodger VP resigns after racial remarks on "Nightline"
1989 Entertainment Tonights Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman
1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premiers on ABC-TV
1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas
1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking
1992 "Five Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill theater on Broadway
1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Religious Observances
Buddhist : Kambutsue, Buddha's birthday (Japan, Taiwan, Hawaii, Korea)
Christian : Feast of St Walter of Pontoise
RC : Commemoration of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Christian : Feast of St Dionysius of Corinth
Christian : Feast of St Perpetuus of tours
RC : Commemoration of St Julia Billiart, virgin
Ang : Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg, priest

Religious History
1546 At its fourth session, the Council of Trent adopted Jerome's "Latin Vulgate" as the official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church. (Included in the Vulgate O.T. were the 15 apocryphal books which Protestants reject in their biblical canon.)
1730 Shearith Israel, first Jewish congregation organized in America, consecrated their synagogue in New York City.
1912 The American Theological Society was organized at Union Theological Seminary, in New York, for the purpose of discussing religious, theological and philosophical problems.
1945 German theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the night before he was hanged by the Nazis, said: 'This is the end - - for me the beginning' -- his last recorded words.
1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert, 52, was defrocked by the Assemblies of God following the disclosure of his involvement with a prostitute. (Swaggert was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but had returned after only three months.)

Thought for the day :
"Behind every argument is someone`s ignorance."