April 2nd
Holidays and Festivals
Malvinas Day (Argentina)
Thai Heritage Conservation Day (Thailand)
World Autism Awareness Day (UN)
Flag Day (Azores-Portugal) * CLICK HERE
Pascua Florida Day (Florida)
Reconciliation Day
International Children's Book Day
National Love Our Children Day
Tangible Karma Day
Birthday of Hans Christian Andersen (author)
National Love Your Produce Manager Day
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
Latest day on which Sizdah be dar may fall. (Iran)
Christian Feast Day of Franciscus of Paola
Toast of The Day
“Of all my favorite things to do,
The utmost is to have a brew.
My love grows for my foamy friend,
With each thirst-quenching elbow bend.
Beer’s so frothy, smooth and cold–
It’s paradise–pure liquid gold.
Yes, beer means many things to me…
That’s all for now, I gotta pee!”
- Unknown
- Alternative -
"A hundred bucks in the bank never felt as good as 20 in my bloodstream"
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
Orange Blossom
1 Part Gin
2 Parts Orange Juice
1 Tsp Sugar
Roll between two Mixing Glasses to blend. Serve over Ice.
- Variation -
Orange blossom 2
1 Part Gin
3 Parts Orange Juice
Crushed ice
Place the ice, Pour Gin, and Orange Juice in a Cocktail Shaker. Shake well, Pour into a chilled Cocktail Glass. Garnish With an Orange slice.
Wine of The Day
Alexander Valley Vineyards (2008) Sin Zin
Style - Zinfandel
Alexander Valley
$20.
Beer of The Day
Lb No. 06 Oatmeal Stout
Brewer - Gella's Diner and LB Brewing Co. ; Hays, Kansas, USA
Style - Oatmeal Stout
Joke of The Day
A farmer walks into his bedroom with a sheep under his arm.
"Honey, this is the pig ive been sleeping with."
The wife looks up from the magazine she's reading and says,
"That's not a pig, it's a sheep."
The man replies, "I was talking to the sheep."
Quote of The Day
"Marriage is the #1 cause of divorce."
- Unknown
Whiskey of The Day
Grant's Blended Scotch Whisky
$15
April Observances
ASPCA Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Amateur Radio Month
Atlanta Food & Wine Month
Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month
Cancer Control Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Community Spirit Days
Confederate History Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month
DNA, Genomics and Stem Cell Education and Awareness Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Facial Protection Month
Fair Housing Month
Financial Literacy Month
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Frog Month
Get Yourself Tested Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Grange Month
Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Honor Society Awareness Month (Different Sponsor to March)
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month
Informed Woman Month
Injury Prevention Month
International Cesarean Awareness Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Daffynitions Month
International Guitar Month
International Twit Award Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Lawn and Garden Month
Learn Thai Month
Library Snapshot Month
Math Awareness Month
Month of the Military Child
Month of the Young Child
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Car Care Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month
National Decorating Month
National Donate Life Month
National Garden Month
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
National Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Oral Health Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pecan Month
National Pest Management Month
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
National Pet Month
National Poetry Month
National Prepare Your Home To Be Sold Month
National Rebuilding Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Education and Awareness Month
National Stress Awareness Month
National Welding Month
National Welding Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Patient Safety Awareness Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Procrastination Awareness Month
Records and Information Management Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Southern Belles Month
Soy Foods Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Straw Hat Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month
Observances this Week
National Public Health Week, First Week in April
Library Week, First Week in April
Read a Road Map Week, First Week in April
The APAWS Pooper Scooper, First Week in April
Explore Your Career Options, First Week in April
Golden RuleWeek, First Week in April
Laugh at Work Week, First Week in April
Medication Safety Week, First Week in April
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week, First Week in April
NanoDays, 9 Days Starting the Last Saturday in March
National Week of the Ocean, Usually the Week of April 6th
Historical Events on April 2nd
999 Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
1416 Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon
1453 Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which would fall on May 29.
1513 Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida, becoming the first European known to do so, claimed for Spain.
1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1559 England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
1590 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
1745 Austria & Bavaria sign peace
1755 Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
1792 The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
1792 US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
1800 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
1801 Battle of Copenhagen The British destroy the Danish fleet, Napoleonic Wars.
1804 Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
1810 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
1819 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins
1827 Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
1845 H L Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin
1863 Richmond Bread Riot, Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies.
1864 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
1864 Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, American Civil War.
1865 The Siege of Petersburg (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station) is broken Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat, American Civil War.
1865 Battle of Ft Blakely AL & Selma AL
1866 Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va
1870 Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for US pres
1872 George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine
1876 Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack
1884 London prison for debtors closed
1900 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)
1900 The Foraker Act passes through Congress, giving Puerto Ricans limited self-rule.
1902 "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1902 1st motion picture theater opens (LA)
1902 Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated by a terrorist in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
1902 Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht
1905 Cairo-Capetown railway opens
1906 South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England
1908 Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday
1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
1916 German troops overtake Bois de Caillette
1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps
1917 President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany, World War I.
1921 Prof Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity
1926 Riots between Moslems & Hindus in Calcutta
1930 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
1930 Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
1935 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer
1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1939 6th Golf Masters Championship: Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279
1941 German occupier disallows Dutch scouting association
1942 USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF
1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy
1944 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 8th Symphony, premieres in NY
1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
1945 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
1945 Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
1947 Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome
1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Raab forms his 1st government in Austria
1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26]
1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules
1955 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1955 US male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
1956 As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
1956 Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester
1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premieres on TV
1958 Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens
1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
1960 Cuba buys oil from USSR
1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1962 The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.
1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
1963 USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
1964 Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria
1964 Military coup in Brazil by Gen Castello Branco, Pres Goulart ousted
1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
1965 Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy
1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
1967 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd
1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States
1968 Senator E Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin
1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)
1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world
1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain
1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
1972 44th Academy Awards, "French Connection," G Hackman & Jane Fonda win
1972 Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
1972 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo
1972 Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in NYC
1972 The Easter Offensive begins North Vietnamese soldiers of the 304th Division take the northern half of Quang Tri Province, Vietnam War.
1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
1973 Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal
1973 ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean pres election
1973 Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
1974 46th Academy Awards, "Stng," Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win
1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
1974 Tony Greig takes 8-86 v WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn)
1975 Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
1975 Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops, Vietnam War.
1976 A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson & Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez & Paul Mitchell
1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier
1976 Portuguese constitution assumed
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
1978 7th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post
1978 Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, v Aust Georgetown
1978 TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
1978 Velcro was 1st put on the market
1979 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt/meets pres Sadat
1980 President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
1981 Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns
1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon
1982 Falklands War, Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
1982 In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH
1982 Several thousand Argentine troops seize the Falkland (Malvina) Islands from Great Britain
1984 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
1984 Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
1987 "Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 46 performances
1987 Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation
1987 IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
1988 Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
1988 Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI v Pakistan, Georgetown
1989 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60
1989 18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
1989 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
1989 Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats "Macho Man" Savage
1989 Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games
1990 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
1991 Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
1991 Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
1992 "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
1992 In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder (of Paul Castallanos) and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam)
1993 Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
1994 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4
1995 7th Seniors Golf Tradition, Jack Nicklaus
1995 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: U of Ct Huskies beats TN 70-64
1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
1995 NY Police Dept & NY Transit Police merge into one organization
1995 North & Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
1995 Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
1995 Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
1995 Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
1996 Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore
1996 Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game
1997 "Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater NYC
1998 World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minn
2000 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
2001 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis
2002 Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated. A siege ensues.
2004 Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.
2005 James Stewart Jr. becomes first African American to win a major motor sports event.
2006 Over 60 tornadoes break out; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed
2012 Kentucky defeats Kansas 67-59 for the 74th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
2012 Oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3
2013 4 more critical cases of bird flu (H7N9) are reported in China
2013 9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico
2013 7 people are killed in an attack on a power plant in Peshawar, Pakistan
2013 13 children are killed in a fire in a mosque in Yangon, Burma
2013 13 people are killed in a quarry accident, in Arusha, Tanzania
2013 Eurozone unemployment reaches a high of 12%
2013 The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons
2013 Uruguay passes legislation to legalize same-sex marriage
2015 140 people are killed after gunmen attack Garissa University College, Kenya
Born on April 2nd
742 Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14) (d. 814)
1348 Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)
1527 Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
1545 Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)
1565 Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan
1614 Jahanara Begum Sahib, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (d. 1681)
1618 Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (light defraction) (d. 1663)
1628 Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer
1632 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer
1653 Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
1711 Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)
1713 Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet (Fatherland)
1719 Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
1725 Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
1728 Franz Asplmayr, composer
1733 Giacomo Tritto, composer
1735 Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
1735 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer
1740 Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)
1743 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
1763 Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer
1781 Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
1788 Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862)
1798 August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
1803 Franz Paul Lachner, composer
1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer, author of 150 fairy tales (d. 1875)
1806 Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX
1812 Louise-Marie of France, queen of Belgium (d. 1850)
1814 Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
1814 Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brigadier General (Confederate Army
1817 Teodulo Mabellini, composer
1826 Philip Dale Roddey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1827 William Holman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World), (d. 1910)
1833 Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1838 Léon Gambetta, French statesman (d. 1882)
1840 Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
1841 Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926)
1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, (recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1931) (d. 1947)
1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)
1867 Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
1868 Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret)
1869 Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
1875 Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (Chrysler) (d. 1940)
1877 Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik)
1884 Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958)
1891 Max Ernst, German painter (founded surrealism) (d. 1976)
1894 Rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
1900 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
1900 Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
1901 Anis Fuleihan, composer
1902 Danilo Svara, composer
1902 Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
1903 Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
1905 Edmond Jouhaud, general
1905 Kurt Adler, therapist/writer
1905 Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet)
1907 Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991)
1908 Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) (d. 2003)
1909 Jean Kurt Forest, composer
1910 Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer (Street Car Named Desire)
1910 Joeri German, Russian writer
1910 Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer (d. 1980)
1911 Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap)
1912 Herbert Mills, American singer (The Mills Brothers) (d. 1989)
1914 Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai)
1914 Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
1915 Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine
1915 Arthur Ballard, artist
1917 Dabbs Greer, American actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie) (d. 2007)
1917 Lou Monte, American singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse) (d. 1989)
1919 Antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader
1919 Ian Hunter, impresario
1920 Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (Joe Friday-Dragnet) (d. 1982)
1922 Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
1923 Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge (d. 2007)
1923 G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician
1923 Gloria Henry, American actress
1923 Hugh Overton, British diplomat
1923 Jacob "Jaap" Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment)
1924 Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas)
1925 George MacDonald Fraser, English author (Flashman at the Charge) (d. 2008)
1926 Elena Verdugo, Hollywood California, actress (Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD)
1926 Michael Rizzello, sculpter/coin designer
1926 Sir Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver
1927 Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star
1927 Carmen Basilio, American boxer
1927 Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
1927 Kenneth Tynan, English critic and writer (d. 1980)
1928 Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
1928 Prof David Robinson, Irish horticulturist (d. 2004)
1928 Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron)
1928 Serge Gainsbourg (Ginsburg), French singer (Ford Mustang) (d. 1991)
1929 Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife)
1929 Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
1930 Girolamo Arriego, composer
1930 W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate
1931 Imre Olsvai, composer
1932 Edward Egan, Cardinal-Archbishop Emeritus of New York
1932 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler (68 wkts in 27 Tests)
1934 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (McGuffin) (d. 1997)
1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Dept of Health)
1934 Diane Cilento, Rabaul
1934 Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
1934 Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury)
1935 Sharon Acker, Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973)
1936 Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (world champ 1966)
1937 Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1937 Paul E Kanjorski, (Rep-D-PA, 1985)
1938 Booker Little, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1961)
1938 John Larsson, 17th General of The Salvation Army
1938 Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse, 1941 Triple Crown Winner (d. 1953)
1939 Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-governor of Quebec
1939 Marvin Gaye, American singer (Sexual Healing) (d. 1984)
1940 Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love)
1940 Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
1941 Dr. Demento, American radio personality
1941 Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny)
1942 Graham Bright, private sec to British PM
1942 Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
1942 Leon Russell, American blues-rock pianist/guitarist
1942 Roshan Seth, Indian actor
1943 Glen Dale (Richard Garforth), rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal)
1943 Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
1945 Anne Waldman, American poet
1945 Don Sutton, American baseball player, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1945 Linda Hunt, American actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado)
1945 Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C)
1945 Reggie Smith, American baseball player
1946 Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
1946 Lynda Carr, educationist
1946 Richard Collinge, cricketer (NZ rec wicket-taker (116) before Hadlee)
1947 Camille Paglia, American feminist writer, actress (Female Misbehavior, It's Pat)
1947 Emmylou Harris, American country singer (Together Again)
1948 Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer
1948 Eleanor Margaret Burbridge, astronomer/educator
1948 Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, American sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune)
1948 Marlene Floyd, LPGA golfer
1949 David Robinson, American musician, drummer (Cars)
1949 Pamela Reed, American actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court)
1949 Paul Gambaccini, British television presenter
1949 Ron Palillo, American actor
1951 Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer, LPGA (1990 Sara Lee)
1951 Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
1952 Dan Halldorson, Winnipeg, Canadian Tour golfer (1985 World Cup)
1952 Joseph Kent Massey, Oklahoma City OK, soling yachter (Oly-bronze-1996)
1952 Leon Wilkeson, American rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
1952 Pat Drummond, Australian singer-songwriter
1952 Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (d. 1986)
1953 Debralee Scott, American actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie) (d. 2005)
1953 Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician
1954 Allan Davis, Australian diplomat
1954 Ron Palillo, Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter)
1954 Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
1955 Michael Stone, British terrorist
1956 Farrukh Zaman, lefty cricket spinner (bowled 10 overs Pak v NZ 1976)
1957 Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
1958 Larry Drew, American basketball player
1959 Adrian Meagher, Australian baseball pitching coach (Olympics-1996)
1959 Badou Zaki, Morrocan footballer and manager
1959 Brian Goodell, US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-1976)
1959 Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, NYC, 5K runner
1959 Dean Townson, St Petersburg Fla, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
1959 Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1959 Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
1959 Ken Macleay, cricketer (at Bedford-on-Avon Aussie ODI medium pacer)
1959 Victoria Jackson, Miami Florida, comedian (SNL, Casual Sex)
1959 Yves Lavandier, French film director
1960 Brad Jones, Australian racing driver
1960 Linford Christie, English athlete, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold 1992
1961 Christopher Meloni, American actor
1961 Cindy Mackey, Athens GA, LPGA golfer (1986 MasterCard Intl Pro-Am)
1961 Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1961 Keren Jane Woodward, English singer (Bananarama)
1962 Alex Tripolski, Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol (Oly-16th-1996)
1962 Billy Dean, Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid)
1962 Bruce Kozerski, NFL tackle/guard (Cin Bengals)
1962 Clark Gregg, American actor
1962 Mark Shulman, American children's author
1962 Pierre Carles, French documentarist
1963 Dermot Reeve, cricketer (in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992)
1963 Karl Beattie, English television director and producer
1963 Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
1964 Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
1965 Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)
1966 Andrei Kovalev, NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98)
1966 Bill Romanowski, American football player, NFL linebacker (Eagles, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1966 Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
1966 Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
1966 Willie Green, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1967 Greg Camp, American musician (Smash Mouth)
1967 Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
1969 Ajay Devgan, Indian actor
1969 Yj Nagata (Yuji), wrestler (NJPW)
1970 Jerry Reynolds, NFL guard/tackle (NY Giants)
1970 Jon Lieber, Council Bluffs IA, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1970 Marcus Christensen, Toronto Ontario, figure skater (1995 Canadian-2nd)
1970 Roselyn Sanchez, Puerto Rican actress
1970 Tammi Reiss, WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
1971 James Ransom, Toronto Ontario, Epee fencer (Olympics-96)
1971 Jenny Craig, Miss Georgia USA (1996)
1971 Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player ('95 doubles Wimbledon)
1971 ZEEBRA, Japanese hip hop artist
1972 Chico Slimani, Moroccoan-British singer
1972 Graham Hood, Winnipeg Manitoba, 1.5k runner (Olympics-9-92, 96)
1973 Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer, model & actress
1974 Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
1975 Adam Rodriguez, American actor
1975 Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
1975 Randy Livingston, American basketball player
1976 Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
1976 Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
1977 Aiden Turner, British actor
1977 Jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
1977 Michael Fassbender, Actor
1978 John Gall, American baseball player
1979 Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)
1980 Adam Fleming, English news reporter
1980 Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
1980 Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)
1981 Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress
1981 Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
1982 Bianca Chatfield, Australian netballer
1982 Jack Evans, American professional wrestler
1982 Jeremy Bloom, American skier and football player
1982 Leyla Milani, Canadian actress and model
1982 Marco Amelia, Italian World Cup-winning footballer
1983 Felix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
1983 Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
1983 Yung Joc, American rapper
1984 Ashley Peldon, American actress
1984 Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress
1985 Stephane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
1986 Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
1990 Amy Castle, American actress
1990 Miralem Pjanic, Bosnian footballer
Died on April 2nd
1118 Baldwin (Boudouin) I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem (b. 1058)
1272 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)
1335 Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. 1265)
1412 Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer
1416 Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily
1502 Arthur Tudor, English crown prince, son of Henry VII of England, husband of Catharina of Aragon (b. 1486)
1507 Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
1640 Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (Sarbievius), Polish author and prominent Latin poet (b. 1595)
1657 Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Bohemia, Germany (b. 1608)
1657 Jean-Jacques Olier French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
1705 Johann Lohner, composer
1720 Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
1742 James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
1747 Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
1754 Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
1758 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer
1784 Pierre Leclair, composer
1787 Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
1791 Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)
1801 Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. c. 1761)
1803 Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns)
1803 Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician and judge (b. 1721)
1817 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
1827 Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
1831 Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31)
1845 Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
1852 Theodor Althaus, writer
1865 Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action (b. 1825)
1865 Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League
1872 Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor of the telegraph (b. 1791)
1876 Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner
1890 Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer
1891 Albert Pike, American Confederate Brigadier General, envoy, author, attorney, and Freemason (b. 1809)
1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist
1902 Esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814)
1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered
1910 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist
1914 Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)
1922 Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)
1928 Theodore Richards, US chemist , dies
1928 Theodore William Richards, American chemist (atomic weight, Nobel laureate 1914) (b. 1868)
1930 Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
1932 Hugo Kaun, composer
1933 K S Ranjitsinhji, cricketer (989 Test runs, 1st-class avg 56)
1936 Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
1937 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism)
1938 Alice Berend, writer
1941 Paul Teleki, premier Hungary
1944 Mikulas Moyzes, composer
1947 Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08)
1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
1952 Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter)
1953 Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
1953 Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie)
1956 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo
1956 Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls)
1956 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter
1958 Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
1958 Tudor Davies, Welsh operatic tenor (b. 1892)
1959 Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery)
1961 August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969)
1961 Wallingford Riegger, US composer (Bacchangle)
1965 Renzo Bossi, composer
1966 C(ecil) S(cott) Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower) (b. 1899)
1969 Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose)
1972 Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
1972 Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (NY Mets) (b. 1924)
1972 Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887)
1974 Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town)
1974 Georges Pompidou, President of France (b. 1911)
1976 Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza)
1979 Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president
1979 Ivan Barrow, cricketer (11 Tests for West Indies 1930-39)
1980 Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's)
1987 Buddy Rich, American drummer (Away We Go) (b. 1917)
1990 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City)
1992 Juan Gómez González, Spanish football player (b. 1954)
1992 Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity)
1992 Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
1993 Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal)
1993 Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard
1994 Betty Furness, American actress (b. 1916)
1994 Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo)
1995 Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (Nobel prize) (b. 1908)
1995 Harvey Penick, American golf instructor (b. 1904)
1995 Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist
1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla)
1998 Rob Pilatus, American model and entertainer (Milli Vanilli) (b. 1965)
2000 Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
2001 Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
2001 Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
2003 Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
2004 John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
2005 Pope John Paul II, Polish Roman Catholic Pope (b. 1920)
2006 Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German widow of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
2007 Paul Reed, American actor (b. 1909)
2010 Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
2010 Mike Cuellar, Cuban baseball player (b. 1937)
2012 Elizabeth Catlett, American-born Mexican artist
2013 Jesús Franco, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2014 Urs Widmer, Swiss writer
2016 Gato Barbieri, Argentinian Latin jazz musician (Last Tango in Paris)