CoM Moderators Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Historical Events 1645 - Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander1827 - US inventor Joseph Dixon of Salem, Massachusetts, begins manufacturing lead pencils1960 - Cuba buys oil from USSR1989 - 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn, 76-60; Lady Vols forward Bridgette Gordon MOP2000 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Tom Kite wins his lone Champions Tour major with birdie on 6th playoff hole with Tom Watson and Larry Nelson2006 - Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Australian Karrie Webb beats Lorena Ochoa of Mexico with a birdie on the 1st playoff hole; earlier eagles same hole to force the playoffMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1798 - August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, born in Fallersleben, Electorate of Brunswick -Lüneburg (d. 1874)1901 - Anis Fuleihan, American composer, born in Kyrenia, Cyprus (d. 1970)1952 - Will Hoy, English auto racer (British Touring Car C'ship 1991), born in Melbourn, England (d. 2002)1961 - Christopher Meloni, American actor (Law and Order; Runaway Bride), born in Washington, D.C.1975 - Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia1976 - Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer (US Masters 2007 runner-up, 6 PGA Tour titles, born in Durban, RSAMore Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1787 - Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)1791 - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French revolutionary (influential member of the National Constituent Assembly), dies of natural causes at 421924 - Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming, Danish botanist (plant ecology, environment-organism interactions), dies at 821969 - Fortunio Bonanova, Spanish actor and opera singer (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 742000 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)2003 - Michael Wayne, American film producer (Green Berets, McLintock), son of John Wayne, dies at 68More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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