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Birthdates which occurred on April 01:
1283 Ludwig IV of Baveria Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)
1578 William Harvey England, physician (discovered blood circulation)
1772 Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer
1809 Nikolai Gogol writer
1815 Otto Von Bismarck Germany, chancellor (1866-90)
1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1914
1847 Jules-Nicolas Crevaux French explorer (South America)
1852 Edward Austin Abbey US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)
1864 Marie Jungius Dutch fairy tale writer
1868 Edmond Rostand France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1873 Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov Novgorod Provine Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)
1883 Lon Chaney Colorado Springs CO, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera)
1885 Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier) British barones
1886 Wallace Beery Kansas City MO, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8, Ah Wilderness)
1895 Alberta Hunter African-American blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues)
1905 "Mother" Clara Hale US social worker (founded Hale House)
1915 Willy Dixon blues artist (Mellow Down Easy, Little Red Rooster, Spoonful, Backdoor Man, Seventh Son...)
1926 Anne [Inez] McCaffrey US, sci-fi author (Crystal Singer, Dragonflight, Dragondrums)
1928 Herbert Klein newscaster/press secretary
1930 Grace Lee Whitney Ann Arbor MI, actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek)
1932 Gordon Jump Dayton OH, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains)
1934 Don Hastings Brooklyn NY, actor (Captain Video, Bob-As the World Turns)
1939 Phil Niekro knuckleball pitcher (New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves)
1942 Samuel R[ay] Delany Jr US, sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Dhalgren, Neveryona)
1946 William Frederick Fisher Dallas TX, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I)
1947 David Eisenhower grandson of President Dwight, married Julie Nixon
1948 Jimmy Cliff Reggae singer
1949 Gill Scott-Heron US, writer/poet/singer
1952 Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi Tripoli Libya, bomber (Pan Am 103)
1961 Jennifer Runyon actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas, Gwendolyn-Charles in Charge)
1965 John "Jumbo" Elliot NFL tackle (New York Giants, New York Jets)

Deaths which occurred on April 01:
1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81
1205 Amalrik II King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
1548 Sigismund I the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
1611 Gillis van Valkenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 72
1830 Carl Borromaus Neuner composer, dies at 51
1832 Robert the Hermit US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies
1870 Patrick Gass Sergeant of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
1917 Scott Joplin ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48
1933 Frederick Lord Chelmsford viceroy of British-India (1916-21), dies at 64
1946 Noah Beery actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62
1950 Charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
1965 Henry D G Crerar Canadian General (WWI, Normandy), dies at 76
1966 Karl B Adam German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
1968 Lev D Landau Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59
1969 Helena Rubinstein US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89
1976 Max Ernst German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
1984 Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles CA at 44
1988 Jim Jordan actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91
1991 Martha Graham US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
1993 Ihsan Mohamed Salem [Yunis Awad] Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
1994 Robert Doisneau French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
1994 Stuart Sloan war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
1995 Richard Pool naval Officer, dies at 75
1997 Jolie Gabor mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97
1997 Nancy Woodhull news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 DAWSON DONALD
08/24/65 RELEASED]
1966 GRAYSON WILLIAM R.---RIVERSIDE CA.
1966 KRECH MELVIN T.---MARINE ON ST CROIX MN.
1967 GOVAN ROBERT A.---WASHINGTON DC.
[NEG SAR CONTACT]
1967 JOURDENAIS GEORGE HENRY---CENTRAL FALLS RI.
1967 STANLEY ROBERT W.---PORTLAND OR.
1967 WILLIAMS DAVID R.---MEMPHIS TN.
[NEg SAR CONTACT]
1972 WORTH JAMES F.---HILLSIDE MD.
1973 FITZGERALD FRANCES
[04/73 RELEASED (HELD 3 DAYS)]
1973 SOUTHERLAND DANIEL
[07/73 RELEASED (HELD 3 DAYS)]

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

On this day...
0374 Halley's Comet approaches within 0.0884 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
0527 Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium
0705 Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI
1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control
1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation
1621 First treaty between a Native American tribe and a group of American colonists.
1663 Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty)
1724 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
1724 Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
1748 Ruins of Pompeii found
1776 Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang", premieres in Leipzig
1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
1789 House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York NY, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
1826 Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine
1853 Cincinnati becomes 1st US city to pay firefighters a regular salary
1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock VA
1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
1865 Battle of 5 Forks VA, signalling end of Lee's army
1865 Battle at Blakely AL
1866 US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US
1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia AL
1867 International Exhibition opens in Paris France
1867 Singapore, Penang & Malakka become British crown colonies
1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 550+ die
1876 1st official National League baseball game (Boston-6, Philadelphia-5)
1881 Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem
1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
1891 London-Paris telephone connection opens
1891 Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti
1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but General Ludendorff acquitted
1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
1929 Morehouse College, Spelman College & Atlanta University affiliate to form Atlanta University Center
1929 Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo (feel the Yo!)
1930 "Blue Angel", starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America
1931 Jackie Mitchell becomes 1st female in professional baseball
1931 Earthquake devastates Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
1934 Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers
1937 Aden becomes British crown colony
1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
1938 Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain
1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (San Francisco Bay)
1941 Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine", premieres in NYC
1941 Nazi's forbid Jews access to cafés
1941 Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq
1945 US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WWII
1946 400,000 US mine workers strike
1947 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
1954 1st army helicopter battalion is formed, Fort Bragg NC
1954 Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed
1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Violent clashes in Algeria, at least 380 killed
1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising
1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma (Who nu? Did U Nu?)
1960 RCA TIROS (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
1963 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike
1964 10ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in April
1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
1966 China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution"
1969 Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals
1970 John Lennon & Yoko Ono release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
(note: this is supposed to be funny, please laugh now...That's enough)
1970 President Richard Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71
1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold
1973 John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
(note: this is supposed to be funny, please laugh now...That's enough)
1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
1976 Stephen Wozniak & Steven Jobs originate Apple Computer
1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
1980 Baseball Players' Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panamá
1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea
1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
1990 It becomes illegal in Salem OR to be within 2' of nude dancers
1990 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
1990 Wrestlemania VI (67,678 in Toronto); Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship
1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets
1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
1991 Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race
1992 Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned
1994 Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated
1997 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
2001 A U.S. Navy surveillance plane collided with a Chinese fighter over the South China Sea, The Chinese plane crashed into the ocean; the damaged U.S. plane landed on the Chinese island of Hainan, where its 24 crewmembers were held for 11 days.

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

Burma : Bank Holiday
San Marino : National Day
Switzerland : Glarius Festival (1388) (Thursday)
Massachusetts : Student Government Day (Friday)
Sri Lanka : Sinhal/Tamil New Year
Calif : St Stupid's Day (a San Francisco tradition since 1980)
US : National Laugh Week Begins
Confederate Heritage Month

Religious Observances
Christian : Commemoration of St Lasarus, patron of girls
Anglican : Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, priest
Christian : Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday)
Jewish : Passover/Pesach (Feast of Deliverance) (Nisan 15, 5759 AM)

Religious History
1693 Colonial clergyman Cotton Mather's first-born son died at the age of four days. Mather suspected witchcraft as the cause, and had previously published "Wonders of the Invisible World," affirming his belief in spectral phenomena.
1925 On Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem, British statesman Lord (Arthur James) Balfour dedicated Hebrew University.
1927 Eurovision was founded in Chicago. Headquartered today in Pasadena, CA, this Protestant overseas missions agency specializes in supporting national churches through evangelistic radio, literature and relief work.
1932 German scholar Gerhard Kittel published the first partial volume of "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." With WWII and Kittel's death in 1948 intervening, this monumental 10-volume work was not completed until the late 1960s.
1956 Death of William R. Newell, 88, American Congregational pastor and Bible teacher. He is remembered today as author of the hymn, "At Calvary" ("Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride").

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"God gives us relatives; thank God we can chose our friends."

New Words for 2004...
BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

New State Slogans...
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It

Male Language Patterns...
"What did I do this time?" REALLY MEANS,
"What did you catch me doing?"

Female Language Patterns...
This kitchen is so inconvenient REALLY MEANS,
I want a new house.