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CELEBRATIONS ON APRIL 1st

April Fools Day, or All Fools Day

Islamic Republic Day (Iran)

Saint Lazarus Day (Bulgaria)

Užupis Day, celebrates the independence of Užupis

. The Capture of Brielle (Brielle) , marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War .. . Flag Day (Mauritania)

Odisha Day (Orissa, India)

Civil Service Day (Thailand)

US Air force Academy Day (USA)

Atheist Day

Paraprofessional Appreciation Day

Poetry & The Creative Mind Day

National Fun at Work Day (April 1st, unless on a weekend, then the following Thurs)

National Day of Hope .. Myles Day .. Library Snap Shot Day

Reading is Funny Day

One Cent Day .. International Tatting Day .. Boomer Bonus Days .. National Fun Day

Sorry Charlie Day .. Veneralia, in honor of Venus (Roman Empire)

Edible Book Day

Fossil Fools Day

St. Stupid Day .. Kha b-Nisan, the Assyrian New Year (Assyrians) .. Earliest date on which Sizdah Be-dar can fall (Iran)

Christian Feast Day of Hugh of Grenoble

Christian Feast Day of Melito of Sardis

Christian Feast Day of Walric, abbot of Leuconay

Christian Feast Day of Theodora

The start of Miyako Odori, an annual geiko dance celebration. (Gion District, Kyoto, Japan)

CELEBRATIONS 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 Rule Week, First Week in April .. Laugh at Work Week, First Week in April

Medication Safety Week, First Week in April

National Week of the Ocean, Usually the Week of April 6th

Testicular Cancer Awareness Week, First Week in April

NanoDays, 9 Days Starting the Last Saturday in March

PADDY's JOKES OF THE DAY

ONE FOR THE GALS... Q: Why don't women have men's brains? A: Because they don't have penises to put them in. AND ONE FOR THE GUYS... Remember the 7 qualities for the perfect female - Beautiful, Intelligent, Gentle, Thoughtful, Innocent, Trustworthy, Sensible... or, as an acronym, B. I. G. T. I. T. S. LILLY's DRINKS OF THE DAY

- 1 -, THREE WISE MEN .. 1 Part Jack Daniels, 1 Part Jim Beam, 1 Part Johnnie Walker, In a Shot Glass or Whiskey Glass - 2 -, OKLAHOLMA RATTLER (also known as Prarie Fire) .. 1 1/4 oz. White Tequila, 3 dashes Tabasco Sauce, Cover the bottom of a shot glass with Tabasco sauce and fill the rest with Tequila. SCOTTY's TOASTS OF THE DAY

- 1 - "Roses are Red, Violets are blue. I've got Alzheimer's, Cheese on toast." - Unknown - 2 - "Vashi" - Baluchi - Iran, In Celebration of Islamic Republic on April 1, 1979

APRIL FOOL's DAY

April Fool's Day is a day when every kind of joke (April fools joke) is allowed, and full forgiveness is expected. There are two running theories on its origin.

In the Julian calendar, April 1st was designated as the New Year's Day and was celebrated as such until 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII ordered the adoption of the new Gregorian Calendar, which specified January 1st as the New Year's Day. Many French resisted the New Year's Day change, and as a result they were dubbed fools and made the victim of pranks. They were sent on 'fool's errands,' delivered fake invitations for parties and tricked into believing things that weren't true. The French call April 1st "Poisson d'Avril", or "April Fish. " French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.

A second theory of the April Fools' Day origin was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. A possible reference to April Fools' Day can be seen in the Canterbury Tales (1400) in the Nun's Priest's tale, a tale of two fools: Chanticleer and the fox, which took place on March 32nd.

In some places, one is only allowed to play jokes until noon, the jokes played after that time are supposed to bring bad luck to the perpetrator. It has also been believed that victims should endure the pranks with a smile or else they might suffer bad luck.

April Fools Day is always celebrated on April 1st except in a month with three full moons, in which case it is celebrated on April 2nd.

FAMOUS APRIL FOOLS DAY PRANKS .. 1. The BBC television program Panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957, showing the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees on its current affairs programme Panorama. They had claimed that the despised pest, the spaghetti weevil, had been eradicated. A large number of people contacted the BBC wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees.

2. In 1970 John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations 3. In 1973 John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence 4. In 1976 The Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect hoax is first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore.

5. In 1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax) 6. George Plimpton wrote a 1985 article in Sports Illustrated about a New York Mets prospect named Sidd Finch, who could throw a 168 mph (270 km/h) fastball with pinpoint accuracy. This kid, known as "Barefoot" Sidd (hartha) Finch, reportedly learned to pitch in a Buddhist monastery. The first letter of each word in the article subhead spelled out the fact of its being an April Fool joke. 7. In 1998, Burger King ran an ad in USA Today, saying that people could get a Whopper for left-handed people whose condiments were designed to drip out of the right side. Not only did customers order the new burgers, but some specifically requested the "old", right-handed burger. 8. In 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times announcing that they had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell. " When asked about the sale, White House press secretary Mike McCurry replied tongue-in-cheek that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold and would henceforth be known as the Lincoln Mercury Memorial. 9. In 2008, the BBC reported on a newly discovered colony of flying penguins. An elaborate video segment was even produced, featuring Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame) walking with the penguins in Antarctica, and following their flight to the Amazon rainforest

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON APRIL 1st

374 Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth .. 527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I (Justinianus) as co-ruler and successor to the throne. .. 705 Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI .. 1064 Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik .. 1293 Robert Winchelsey leaves England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury. .. 1318 Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English. .. 1340 Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark. .. 1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control .. 1572 Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle .. 1572 In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic. .. 1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation .. 1581 Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II .. 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 In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker. .. 1792 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce .. 1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 .. 1803 French law rules the use of intention .. 1826 Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. .. 1836 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands .. 1850 SF County government established .. 1853 Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary .. 1854 Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens' magazine, Household Words. .. 1857 Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man. .. 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA .. 1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect .. 1865 Battle at Blakely Alabama .. 1865 Battle of Five Forks In Siege of Petersburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive, American Civil War. .. 1866 US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US .. 1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama .. 1867 International Exhibition opens in Paris .. 1867 Singapore, Penang & Malakka become British crown colonies .. 1868 Hampton Institute opens .. 1872 1st edition of The Standard .. 1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die .. 1873 Mehmed Kemals play "Vatan" premeres in Constantinople .. 1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5) .. 1881 Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem .. 1881 Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens .. 1887 Mumbai Fire Brigade is established. .. 1888 Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam .. 1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago) .. 1891 London-Paris telephone connection opens .. 1891 Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti .. 1891 The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. .. 1893 The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established. .. 1899 NC Mutual opens doors for business .. 1900 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People" .. 1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya .. 1908 The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. .. 1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk .. 1912 The Greek athlete Konstantinos Tsiklitiras breaks the world record -in standing long jump jumping 3.47 meters. .. 1914 UVS Soccer team forms in Lead .. 1916 1st US national women's swiming championships held .. 1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force .. 1918 Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St NYC .. 1918 The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. .. 1920 Church disforms in Wales .. 1920 Stanley Cup, Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), 3 games to 2 .. 1924 Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail (Gen Ludendorff acquitted), during which he writes Mein Kampf. .. 1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co .. 1924 Imperial Airways forms in Britain .. 1924 The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed. .. 1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio .. 1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] .. 1926 Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren .. 1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice .. 1928 Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse .. 1929 Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls .. 1929 Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens .. 1929 Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo .. 1929 Luis Buñuel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film .. 1929 Morehouse College, Spellman College & Atlanta University affiliate .. 1930 "Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America .. 1931 Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000 .. 1931 Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball .. 1933 Hammond scores 336* v NZ at Auckland, 47 fours 10 sixes .. 1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany .. 1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews, The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts. .. 1934 Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers .. 1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY .. 1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India, Orissa formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India. .. 1937 Aden becomes a 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 Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender. US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain .. 1941 Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in NYC .. 1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay) .. 1941 Nazi's forbid Jews access to cafés .. 1941 Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq .. 1941 The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted. .. 1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor .. 1942 Mexico changes from 3 time zones to 2 .. 1944 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed .. 1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India .. 1944 Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. .. 1945 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes .. 1945 Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen .. 1945 Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army .. 1945 Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg .. 1945 Operation Iceberg United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the World War II. .. 1946 400,000 US mine workers strike .. 1946 Aleutian Island earthquake, A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo. .. 1946 Formation of the Malayan Union. .. 1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii .. 1946 Van Acker forms Belgian government (without CVP) .. 1946 Weight Watchers forms .. 1947 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat .. 1948 Berlin Airlift Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin, Cold War. .. 1948 Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark. .. 1948 H H H Johnson bowls WI to win v England 10-96 match on debut .. 1949 The Communist Party of China holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting the Chinese Civil War. .. 1949 The Canadian government repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years. .. 1949 The twenty-six counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland. .. 1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow .. 1952 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site .. 1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea .. 1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting .. 1953 Walcott Worrell & Weekes all make centuries in innings v India .. 1954 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens .. 1954 1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC .. 1954 Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed .. 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. .. 1954 US Air Force Academy forms .. 1954 WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting .. 1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam .. 1955 The EOKA rebellion against The British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece. EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus .. 1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast .. 1956 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank & Damn Yankees win .. 1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting .. 1956 Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380 .. 1957 The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama. .. 1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising .. 1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting .. 1957 World's biggest glass oven used .. 1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting .. 1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank .. 1960 1st weather satellite launched (TIROS 1) .. 1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara) .. 1960 Census determines the resident population of the United States to be 179,245,000 .. 1960 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria .. 1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee .. 1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma .. 1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye .. 1963 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike .. 1963 NY Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000 .. 1963 Soap operas "General Hospital" & "Doctors" premier on TV .. 1964 10°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April .. 1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years .. 1964 Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in NYC .. 1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years .. 1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control .. 1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) .. 1966 China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution" .. 1967 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work .. 1967 The United States Department of Transportation begins operation. .. 1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast .. 1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp .. 1969 Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals .. 1969 The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force. .. 1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers .. 1970 John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations .. 1970 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bankrupt .. 1970 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971. .. 1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere .. 1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership .. 1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico .. 1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike .. 1973 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic .. 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 .. 1973 Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India. .. 1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran .. 1974 In the United Kingdom, the Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties come into being. .. 1974 Pioneer Hall opens .. 1974 Yourdon, Inc forms .. 1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer .. 1976 Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. .. 1976 Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.. .. 1976 Stephen Wozniak & Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer .. 1976 The Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect hoax is first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore. .. 1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails .. 1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games .. 1978 The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. .. 1979 Iran becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah. .. 1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open .. 1980 Baseball Players' Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games .. 1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz .. 1980 France performs nuclear test .. 1980 New York City's Transit Worker Union 100 begins a strike lasting 11 days. .. 1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist .. 1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax) .. 1981 Daylight saving time is introduced in the USSR. .. 1982 Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution .. 1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama .. 1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England .. 1983 NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons .. 1984 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship, Southern Cal beats Tenn 72-61 .. 1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours .. 1984 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000 .. 1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75 .. 1986 Delhi beat Haryana by innings & 141 to win Ranji Trophy .. 1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea .. 1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel .. 1989 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3 .. 1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball .. 1989 Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland. .. 1990 "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting .. 1990 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition, Jack Nicklaus wins .. 1990 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81 .. 1990 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King .. 1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger .. 1990 Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames .. 1990 It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon 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 .. 1991 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Championship, Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 .. 1991 Dwight Gooden signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets .. 1991 Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years .. 1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race .. 1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour .. 1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves .. 1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome) .. 1992 Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned .. 1992 Last defendant in St John sex assault case sentenced to 3 yrs prob .. 1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games .. 1992 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history .. 1992 Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman .. 1992 Start of the Bosnian war. .. 1992 WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final .. 1992 World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former USSR .. 1993 Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III," premieres in London .. 1993 Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais .. 1994 Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated .. 1995 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee .. 1995 NY Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23 .. 1996 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67 .. 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn) .. 1996 The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created. .. 1997 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch .. 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion. .. 1998 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn .. 1999 Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. .. 2001 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, at St Louis .. 2001 An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China and is detained. .. 2001 Former president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes. .. 2001 Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it. .. 2002 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, at Georgia Dome Atlanta .. 2002 The Netherlands legalizes euthanasia, becoming the first nation in the world to do so. .. 2004 Google introduces its Gmail product to the public. The launch is met with skepticism because of the launch date. .. 2006 The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the "British FBI", is created in the United Kingdom. .. 2009 Croatia and Albania join NATO .. 2011 After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers. .. 2012 Plane crash in Western Siberia kills at least 31 people ( UTair Aviation ATR-72).

SCOTTY's QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Bitches aint Shit but hoes and tricks" - Mahatma Gandhi (October 2nd 1869 – January 30th 1948), Political and ideological leader of India ;) PADDY's BEER OF THE DAY

ApriHop, Brewed by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Deleware, USA. It is an American IPA with an ABV of 7% LILLY's WINE OF THE DAY

Clos du Bois 2007 Zinfandel. It is a Zinfandel from North Coast, priced at approximately $22 per bottle. FAMOUS BIRTHS ON APRIL 1st

1220 Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) .. 1283 Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) .. 1543 François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) .. 1578 William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) (d. 1657) .. 1582 Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter .. 1582 Thomas Simpson, composer .. 1610 Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) .. 1640 Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) .. 1643 Christian Demelius, composer .. 1647 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680) .. 1697 Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763) .. 1721 Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees) .. 1725 Francois Bainville, composer .. 1753 Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821) .. 1755 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto) .. 1765 Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810) .. 1772 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer .. 1776 Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831) .. 1785 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter .. 1802 Hubert Reis, composer .. 1807 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic .. 1809 Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian writer (d. 1852) .. 1809 Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner .. 1815 Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880) .. 1815 Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany (1866-90) (d. 1898) .. 1817 Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist .. 1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1914) .. 1834 Big Jim Fisk, American entrepreneur (d. 1872) .. 1834 Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer .. 1843 Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist .. 1847 Gavriil Musicescu, composer .. 1847 Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer (South America) .. 1852 Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) .. 1854 Bill Traylor, American artist (d. 1949) .. 1856 Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933) .. 1858 Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life) .. 1858 Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite) .. 1864 Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer .. 1865 Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist (Nobel Prize laureate 1925) (d. 1929) .. 1866 Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (Arlecchino) (d. 1924) .. 1866 Sophonisba Breckenridge, scholar/teacher/social activist .. 1868 Edmond Rostand, French dramatist (Cyrano de Bergerac) (d. 1918) .. 1869 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom) .. 1871 F Melius Christiansen, composer .. 1872 Tadeusz Joteyko, composer .. 1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (Prelude in C# Minor) (d. 1943) .. 1874 Ernest William Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953) .. 1875 Edgar Wallace, English writer (Terror) (d. 1932) .. 1878 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa) .. 1880 Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932) .. 1882 Paul Anspach, Belgian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1991) .. 1883 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor .. 1883 Lon Chaney Sr. (man of 1000 faces), American actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera) (d. 1930) .. 1884 Laurette Taylor (Helen LM Cooney), American stage actress (Broadway) (d. 1946) .. 1885 Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones .. 1885 Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949) .. 1886 Casimir von Paszthory, composer .. 1886 Wallace Beery, KC MO, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8) .. 1887 Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist .. 1889 Keshava Baliram Hedgewar, Indian patriot and founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (d. June 21, 1940) .. 1893 Cicely Courtneidge, English actress and comedian (Double Exposure) (d. 1980) .. 1895 Alberta Hunter, American singer (Downhearted Blues) (d. 1984) .. 1897 Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma) .. 1898 Nita Naldi (Anita Donna Dooley), American actress (Blood & Sand) (d. 1961) .. 1898 Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica) .. 1898 Roger Bastide, French sociologist .. 1898 William James Sidis, American genius (d. 1944) .. 1899 Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (d. 1968) .. 1900 Robert McDowell, Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. 1988) .. 1901 Boris Koutzen, composer .. 1901 Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961) .. 1902 L P Jai, cricketer (one Test India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0) .. 1902 Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930) .. 1904 Juan Gil-Albert, poet .. 1905 Clara "Mother" Hale, US social worker (Hale House) .. 1905 Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72) .. 1905 Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica) .. 1906 Aleksandr Yakovlev, Russian engineer and aeroplane designer (d. 1989) .. 1906 Ned Glass, Poland, actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie) .. 1906 Sigve Lie, Norway, yachtsmans (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) .. 1907 Walter Kaufmann, composer .. 1908 Abraham H Maslow, American psychologist (humanistic psychology) (d. 1970) .. 1909 Abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak) .. 1909 Eddy Duchin, American popular pianist & bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch) (d. 1951) .. 1911 Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star/writer .. 1911 Fauja Singh, Indian athlete. .. 1911 Ferdinand J Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense (soc dem) .. 1911 Gunther Rennert, Essen Germany, opera director/producer .. 1914 Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist .. 1914 Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (d. 2002) .. 1915 Art Lund, Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show) .. 1915 Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (d. 2004) .. 1917 Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight) .. 1917 Leon Janney, Ogden Ut, actor (Hawk) .. 1917 Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2007) .. 1919 Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate .. 1920 Joan Frances Will, actress .. 1920 Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun) (d. 1997) .. 1921 Douglas Allenbrook, composer .. 1921 Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008) .. 1921 William L Bergsma, Oakland California, composer (Fortunate Island) .. 1922 William Manchester, American historian (Death of a President) (d. 2004) .. 1923 Bobby Jordan, NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild) .. 1924 Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey .. 1924 Gunther Becker, composer .. 1924 Miodrag Petrovic, Serbian actor (d. 2003) .. 1925 Sala Burton, (Rep-D-CA, 1983) .. 1926 Anne (Inez) McCaffrey, American sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums) .. 1926 Charles Bressler, American tenor .. 1926 Lyndon Brook, actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky) .. 1927 Amos Milburn, American pianist (d. 1980) .. 1927 Peter Cundall, Australian horticulturist and television presenter .. 1928 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer/director (Hadimassa) .. 1928 George Grizzard, American actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica) (d. 2007) .. 1928 Herbert Klein, newscaster/press secretary .. 1928 Jane Powell, Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers) .. 1929 Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006) .. 1929 Jane Powell, American dancer, actress, and singer .. 1929 Milan Kundera, Czech writer (Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being) .. 1929 Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator .. 1930 Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek) .. 1930 Joan Franks-Williams, composer .. 1931 Charles Price, Kansas City, Missouri, American Businessman and diplomat, (d. 2012) .. 1931 George Baker, Bulgaria, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly) .. 1931 Ita Ever, Estonian actress .. 1931 Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Deputy) .. 1932 Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh-Lartey, actor .. 1932 Debbie Reynolds, American actress (Singin' in the Rain) .. 1932 Gordon Jump, American actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains) (d. 2003) .. 1932 Jiri Smutny, composer .. 1933 Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel laureate .. 1933 Dan Flavin, American artist, minimalist sculptor (d. 1996) .. 1934 Don Hastings, American actor (Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns) .. 1934 Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004) .. 1934 Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist .. 1935 Hans H Boswinkel, actor/director (Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love) .. 1935 John Murray, cricketer (Eng 1961-67, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests) .. 1935 Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983) .. 1936 Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, president of the Confederation in 1989 and 1996 (d. 1998) .. 1938 Ali MacGraw, American actress .. 1938 John Quade, American actor (d. 2009) .. 1939 Ali MacGraw, Pound Ridge NY, actress (Love Story, Goodbye Columbus) .. 1939 Phil Niekro, American baseball player, knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves) .. 1939 Rudolph Isley, American singer (Isley Brothers-Shout) .. 1940 Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize .. 1941 Ajit Wadekar, Indian Cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt) .. 1942 Alan Blakley, rocker (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes) .. 1942 Annie Nightingale, British disc jockey .. 1942 Danny Brooks, rocker (Dovells) .. 1942 Phil Margo, Bkln, rock vocalist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight) .. 1942 Samuel R. Delany, American sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Neveryona) .. 1944 Carol White, England, actress (Daddy's Gone a Hunting) .. 1944 Rusty Staub, American baseball player .. 1945 Heather Young, Bremerton Wash, actress (Betty-Land of Giants) .. 1945 John Barbata, American drummer .. 1946 Arrigo Sacchi, Italian football coach .. 1946 John Barbata, drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor) .. 1946 Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek politician, Mayor of Athens .. 1946 Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, English musician, bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl) (d. 1997) .. 1946 William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I) .. 1947 Alain Connes, French mathematician .. 1947 David Eisenhower, grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon .. 1947 M, English singer .. 1947 Norm Van Lier, American basketball player (d. 2009) .. 1947 Robin Scott, English singer .. 1948 Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican Reggae musician .. 1948 Simon Crowe, rock drummer (Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye) .. 1948 Y Y Williams, Welsh rugby player .. 1949 Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and composer (Whities on the Moon) .. 1949 Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman .. 1949 Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer .. 1950 Ed(uardus) HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD) .. 1950 Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit/food magnate .. 1950 Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice .. 1951 John Philip Abizaid, U.S. Army General, former CENTCOM commander .. 1952 Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, Tripoli Libya, bomber (Pan Am 103), (d. 2012) .. 1952 Annette O'Toole, American actress (Cat People, Superman III) .. 1952 Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher .. 1952 Billy Currie, keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance) .. 1952 Rey Robinson, US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-1972) .. 1953 Aftab Baloch, cricketer (Pakistani in 2 Tests, scored 428 for Sind 74) .. 1953 Barry Sonnenfeld, producer and director (When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery) .. 1954 Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (Toto-Roxanne, Africa) (d. 1992) .. 1955 Danny Joe Pohl, Mt Pleasant MI, PGA golfer (1986 Colonial) .. 1955 Gregg Jarrett, American television anchor .. 1955 Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani statesman .. 1955 Stan Ridway, rocker (Wall Of Voodoo) .. 1955 Terry Nichols, American mass murderer .. 1956 Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People) .. 1957 David Gower, English cricketer (left-handed batsman 1978-92) .. 1957 Denise Nickerson, American actress .. 1957 Donald William Hammond, Frederick MD, PGA golfer (1986 Bob Hope) .. 1957 Peter Deutsch, (Rep-D-Florida) .. 1958 Anton Innauer, Austria, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980) .. 1958 D. Boon, American musician (d. 1985) .. 1960 Michael Praed, British actor .. 1961 Jennifer Runyon, actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas) .. 1961 Jim Jeffcoat, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills) .. 1961 Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart) .. 1961 Susan Boyle, Scottish singer and Britain's Got Talent contestant .. 1962 Dave Ulliott, English poker player .. 1962 Phillip Schofield, British television presenter (Nightfire) .. 1962 Rich Amaral, Visalia CA, outfielder (Seattle Mariners) .. 1962 Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player .. 1964 Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager .. 1964 John Morris, cricketer (England right-hand batsman v India 1990) .. 1964 Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player, NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks) (d. 2008) .. 1964 Scott Stevens, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team Canada) .. 1965 John "Jumbo" Elliot, NFL tackle (NY Giants, NY Jets) .. 1965 Mark Jackson, American basketball player, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers) .. 1965 Robert Steadman, English composer .. 1965 Tomas Alfredson, Swedish film director .. 1966 Chris Evans, English disc jockey .. 1966 Dave Vankoughnett, CFL corner (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) .. 1966 Odie Harris, NFL safety/defensive back (Houston Oilers) .. 1967 Phil Demmel, American musician .. 1968 Andreas Schnaas, German horror film director .. 1968 Joel Smeenge, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars) .. 1968 Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer .. 1968 Traci Lind, American actress .. 1969 Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-1988, 92, 96) .. 1969 Arnaud Boetsch, Meulam France, tennis star (1985 European Junior) .. 1969 Dean Windass, English football player .. 1969 Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer .. 1969 Frank Castillo, El Paso TX, pitcher (Chicago Cubs) .. 1969 John Forest, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) .. 1969 Kevin Dean, Madison, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils) .. 1969 Traci Lin-Tavi, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2) .. 1970 Mark Wheeler, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs, NE Patriots) .. 1970 Sung Hi Lee, Korean-born model .. 1970 Wes Barnett, St Joseph MO, 238lb (108kg) weightlifter (Oly-6th-92, 96) .. 1970 Wyatt Jones, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96) .. 1971 Daniel Vacek, Prague Czech, tennis star .. 1971 Ernest Jones, NFL defensive end (Saints, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) .. 1971 Jessica Collins (Capogna), American actress (Dinah Lee Mayberry-Loving) .. 1971 Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter .. 1971 Method Man, American rapper .. 1971 Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver .. 1972 Allen and Albert Hughes, American film directors .. 1972 Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player .. 1972 Jesse Tobias, American musician .. 1972 Kenny Gales, NFL/WLAF cornerback (Chicago Bears, Barcelona Dragons) .. 1972 Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) .. 1973 Christian Finnegan, American comedian .. 1973 Ferdy Vierklau, soccer player (FC Utrecht) .. 1973 Joe Francis, American adult video producer .. 1973 Kris Marshall, British actor .. 1973 Rachel Maddow, American radio personality and political analyst (Rachel Maddow show) .. 1973 Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer .. 1974 Beatriz Batarda, Portuguese actress .. 1974 China Chow, British actress .. 1974 Hugo Benjamín Ibarra, Argentine footballer .. 1974 Richard Christy, American drummer .. 1974 Sandra Völker, German swimmer .. 1975 George Bastl, Swiss tennis player .. 1975 John Butler, Australian singer and musician .. 1975 Kristine Quance, 100m breaststroke/200m medley (Olympics-96) .. 1975 Magdalena Maleeva, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1995 Chicago Moscow) .. 1976 Clarence Seedorf, Dutch soccer player (Ajax, Real Madrid) .. 1976 David Oyelowo, English-Nigerian actor .. 1977 Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist .. 1977 Jon Gosselin, TV personality, known for Jon & Kate+8 .. 1978 Anamaria Marinca, Romanian actress .. 1978 Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009) .. 1978 Etan Thomas, American basketball player .. 1978 Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player .. 1978 Miroslava Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player .. 1979 Ivano Balic, Croatian handballer .. 1980 Bijou Phillips, American actress .. 1980 Bryan Buffinton, Ridgewood NJ, actor (Bill Lewis Jr-Guiding Light) .. 1980 Randy Orton, American professional wrestler .. 1980 Yuko Takeuchi, Japanese actress .. 1981 Aimee Chan, Miss Hong Kong 2006 .. 1981 Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player .. 1981 Asli Bayram, Turkish German model and actress .. 1981 Bjoern Einar Romoeren, Norwegian skijumper .. 1981 Hannah Spearritt, British singer, actor and member of S Club .. 1981 Pieter Weening, Dutch cyclist .. 1982 Gemma Hunt, British children's television presenter .. 1982 Sam Huntington, American actor (Jungle 2 Jungle) .. 1982 Taran Killam, American comedian and actor .. 1983 Lance Hohaia, New Zealand rugby league player .. 1983 Matt Lanter, American actor and model .. 1983 Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007) .. 1983 Sergey Lazarev, Russian singer .. 1983 Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer .. 1984 Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer .. 1984 Olga Rei, Russian television personality .. 1985 Daniel Murphy, American baseball player .. 1985 Josh Zuckerman, American actor .. 1986 Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater .. 1986 Shunichi Miyamoto, Japanese musician .. 1987 Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player .. 1987 Li Ting, Chinese diver .. 1988 Brook Lopez, American basketball player .. 1988 Courtney McCool, American gymnast .. 1988 Robin Lopez, American basketball player .. 1989 David N'Gog, French footballer .. 1989 Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater .. 1989 Vietoris Krisztián, German racecar driver .. 1993 Keito Okamoto, Japanese singer .. 1997 Asa Butterfield, English actor.

PADDY's WHISKEY OF THE DAY

Pappy Van Winkle's 20 Year Old Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, priced at approximately $100 per bottle. FAMOUS DEATHS ON APRIL 1st

1085 Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) .. 1132 St. Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) .. 1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of Richard I of England and John of England, wife of Louis VII & Henry II (b. 1122) .. 1205 Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem (b. 1145) .. 1528 Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer .. 1548 Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland .. 1580 Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer .. 1611 Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter .. 1621 Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577) .. 1637 Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) .. 1682 Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) .. 1734 Louis Lully, composer .. 1787 Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) .. 1791 Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743) .. 1799 Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 .. 1807 Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 .. 1807 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer, dies at 61 .. 1814 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 .. 1830 Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 .. 1832 Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies .. 1839 Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757) .. 1865 Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797) .. 1866 Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer .. 1866 Johannes C H de Meijere, Dutch zoologist .. 1869 Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship .. 1870 Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition .. 1872 Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) .. 1872 William Frederick Horry, English convicted murderer (b. 1843) .. 1878 Eugene Gautier, composer .. 1878 John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796) .. 1890 Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian aeronautical pioneer (b. 1825) .. 1890 David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820) .. 1901 Francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult) .. 1910 Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver .. 1914 Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876) .. 1915 Johann Joseph Abert, composer .. 1916 Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed .. 1917 Scott Joplin, American musician and composer, ragtime (Sting) (b. 1868) .. 1918 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer .. 1922 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV) (b. 1887) .. 1925 Francis William Davenport, composer, .. 1930 Cosima Liszt, daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner (b. 1837) .. 1930 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia .. 1933 Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21) .. 1936 Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer .. 1941 Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian .. 1946 Noah Beery, American actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy) (b. 1882) .. 1947 George II, king of Greece (b. 1890) .. 1950 Charles R. Drew, American physician, developer of blood bank concept (b. 1904) .. 1951 Clement D'Hooghe, composer .. 1955 Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian) .. 1957 Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40) .. 1960 Piet(er O) Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske) .. 1964 Bozidar Kunc, composer .. 1965 Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics manufacturer (b. 1870) .. 1965 Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy) .. 1966 Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911) .. 1966 Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ) .. 1968 Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel Prize laureate 1962) (b. 1908) .. 1973 Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39) .. 1974 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer .. 1975 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter .. 1976 Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles) .. 1976 Max Ernst, German surrealist painter and sculptor (b. 1891) .. 1976 Miroslav Ponc, composer .. 1976 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal .. 1979 Barbara Luddy, American actress (b. 1908) .. 1979 Bruno Coquatrix, French music impresario (b. 1910) .. 1979 Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician .. 1981 D(ennis) F(eltham) Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus) .. 1981 Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (b. 1910) .. 1984 Marvin Gaye, American singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr (b. 1939) .. 1985 Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920) .. 1986 Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer (b. 1928) .. 1988 Jim Jordan, American actor (Fibber McGee) (b. 1896) .. 1988 Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank) .. 1989 Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP) .. 1991 Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician (b. 1946) .. 1991 Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (Appalachian Spring) (b. 1894) .. 1991 Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980) .. 1991 Richard Thorpe, director (MGM) .. 1992 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies in a car crash .. 1992 Michael Havers, British barrister and politician (b. 1923) .. 1992 Nigel Preston, English drummer (b. 1959) .. 1993 Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver, dies in plane crash (b. 1954) .. 1993 Ihsan Mohamed Salem (Yunis Awad), Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed .. 1993 Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I .. 1993 Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville) .. 1994 Leon Degrelle, Belgium general .. 1994 Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss) (b. 1912) .. 1994 Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix .. 1994 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot .. 1995 Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer .. 1995 Francisco Moncion, dancer .. 1995 H. Adams Carter, American Alpine Club President, 10th Mountain Division trainer (b. 1914) .. 1995 Johnny Nicholss, footballer .. 1995 Lucy Rie, American potter (b. 1902) .. 1995 Richard Pool, naval Officer .. 1995 Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome) .. 1996 Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978 .. 1996 Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher .. 1996 Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (b. 1926) .. 1996 John Alwyne Kitching, zoologist .. 1996 John McSherry, American baseball umpire, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game (b. 1944) .. 1996 Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy) .. 1997 Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva .. 1997 Nancy Woodhull, news editor (USA Today) .. 1997 Norman Carr, British conservationist (b. 1912) .. 1998 Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1922) .. 1998 Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (b. 1963) .. 1999 Jesse Stone, American record producer (b. 1901) .. 2000 Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist (b. 1924) .. 2001 Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908) .. 2001 Olivia Barclay, British astrologer (b. 1919) .. 2001 Trinh Cong Son, Vietnamese composer (b. 1939) .. 2002 Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer (b. 1947) .. 2002 Simo Hayha, Finnish marksman (b. 1905) .. 2003 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (b. 1956) .. 2004 Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902) .. 2004 Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946) .. 2004 Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (b. 1927) .. 2005 Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist and composer (b. 1915) .. 2005 Harald Juhnke, German entertainer (b. 1929) .. 2005 Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952) .. 2005 Jack Keller, American songwriter (b. 1936) .. 2005 Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (b 1925) .. 2005 Robert Coldwell Wood, American educator (b. 1923) .. 2006 In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916) .. 2007 Herb Carneal, American sports broadcaster (b. 1923 .. 2010 John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918) .. 2012 Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian soccer star .. 2012 Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican President ..