CoM Moderators Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Historical Events 1940 - German battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious1968 - 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King1971 - 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)1975 - 47th Academy Awards: "The Godfather Part II", Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win1976 - 1976 NFL Draft: Lee Roy Selmon from University of Oklahoma first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers1990 - King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political partiesMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1942 - Eduard Visser, Dutch writer (Fyffes are now called Chiquita)1946 - Stuart Pankin, American comedian (Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1946 - Tim Thomerson, American actor (Trancers), born in Coronado, California1947 - Tom DeLay, American politician (Rep-R-Texas, 1985-2006), born in Laredo, Texas1954 - Gary Carter, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1986; Gold Glove Award 1980–82; Montreal Expos, NY Mets), born in Culver City, California (d. 2012)1969 - Steve Jackson, American NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers), born in Houston, TexasMore Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1937 - Arthur Foote, American classical organist, composer, and member of the "Boston Six" (Suite for Strings in E), dies at 841992 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist (1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, discovered chemotherapeutic agents including antihistamines0, dies at 851993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto and celebrated singer (My Lord, What a Morning), dies of congestive heart failure at 962004 - Bruce Edwards, American golf caddie (mainly for 5 x British Open champion Tom Watson), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 492008 - Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)2010 - Dorothea "Teddy" Scholten, Dutch pop singer ("Een beetje" - "A Little Bit"), dies at 83More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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