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On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on April 07:
1506 St Francis Xavier Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan
1770 William Wordsworth England, poet laureate (The Prelude)
1775 Francis C Lowell founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill
1780 William Ellery Channing US, Unitarian clergyman
1786 William Rufus DeVane King (D) 13th VP (1853)
1859 Walter Camp Ct, father of American football (Yale)
1860 W K Kellogg a real corn flake
1869 David Grandison Fairchild US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to US
1872 William Monroe Trotter famous African
1889 Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Desolaci¢n, Tenderness) (Nobel 1945)
1896 Benny Leonard lightweight boxing champ (1917-25)
1897 Walter Winchell Harlem NYC, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables)
19-- Elaine Mille actress (Marilyn-Northern Exposure)
19-- Morris Johnson Jr drag race car driver
19-- Shane rocker (Electric Angels-I Believe, Whiplash)
1900 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson England, 50K walker (Olympic-bronze-1952)
1908 Percy Faith conductor (Summer Place)
1915 Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan], Balt, singer (Aint Nobodys Business)
1915 Henry Kuttner American writer (Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner)
1917 R.G. Armstrong Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat)
1918 Peanuts Hucko Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1918 Ronald Howard Norwood England, actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style)
1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy, ‚p‚e (Olympic-gold-1952)
1919 Ralph Flanagan Loraine Ohio, orch leader (Let's Dance)
1920 Ravi Shankar Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)
1924 Nick Perito Denver Colo, orch leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show)
1928 Alan J Pakula director (All the President's Men, Klute)
1928 James Garner Norman Okla, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
1930 Andrew Sachs actor (Manuel-Fawlty Towers)
1931 Daniel Ellsberg Pentagon whistleblower, patriot
1931 Donald Barthelme Phila Pa, writer (Snow White, Sadness)
1933 Wayne Rogers Birmingham Ala, actor (M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs)
1934 Ian Richards Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Montgomery-Ike)
1935 Hodding Carter III press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
1938 Edmund (Jerry) Brown Jr (Gov-D-Cal), Linda Ronstadt's boyfriend
1938 Freddie Hubbard Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
1938 Yvonne Lime Glendale Calif, actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis)
1939 David Frost Tenderdon England, TV host (That Was the Week That Was)
1939 Donald L Holmquest Dallas Texas, astronaut
1939 Francis Ford Coppola film maker (Godfather, Apocalypse Now)
1943 Mick Abrahams rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick)
1943 Roberta Shore Monterrey Park, Calif, actress/singer (Virginian)
1943 Spencer Dryden rocker (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice)
1946 Bill Kreutzmann drummer (Grateful Dead-Touch of Grey)
1949 John Oates guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl)
1950 Janis Ian [Janis Fink], NYC, folk singer (Society's Child, At 17)
1952 Bruce Gary drummer (Knack-My Sharona)
1953 Everard Endt US, yachting (Olympic-gold-1952)
1954 Tony Dorsett NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1958 Alexandra Neil Boston, actress (Rose-Guiding Light)
1958 Tony Aire rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
1960 Simon Climie rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes)
1966 Teri Ann Linn Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful)

Deaths which occurred on April 07:
30 Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate)
1614 El Greco Spanish painter, dies (birth date unknown)
1891 PT Barnum circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 80
1934 William Monroe Trotter dies at 62 in Boston
1961 Marian Jordan radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62
1968 Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car
1972 "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
1976 Mary Margaret McBride TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76
1982 Brenda Benet actress, commits suicide by gun at 36
1983 Gavin Gordon television actor, dies at 82
1984 Samuel C Engel screenwriter, dies of heart failure at 79

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 BAKER ARTHUR D. SAN ANTONIO TX.
LAST SEEN ON DIVE THRU THIN CLOUDS

1965 LEWIS JAMES W. MARSHALL TX.
LAST SEEN ON DIVE THRU THIN CLOUDS

1965 ROARK WILLIAM MARSHALL BELLEVUE NE.
REMAINS NOT RETURNED AS REPORTED 03/77 BODY RECOVERED??USG REPORTS REMAINS ID 3/77

1966 BARNETT ROBERT RUSSELL GLADEWATER TX.

1966 WALKER THOMAS TAYLOR TOLEDO OR.

1968 MC MURRAY FRED H. JR. CHARLESTON SC.

1972 CARLSON ALBERT E. SAN LORENZO CA.
02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98

1972 LULL HOWARD B. JR. DALLAS TX.
EVADED TO XT7297 WHERE KILLED

1972 POTTS LARRY F. SMYRNA .DE
"CAPTURED, DIED IN QUANG BIHN"

1972 SMITH MARK A. LIMA OH.
02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 98

1972 SCHOTT RICHARD S. ST CROIX VI.
KILLED IN BUNKER AT XU731081

1972 WALKER BRUCE C. PUEBLO CO.
"EVADED 11 DAYS, NVA APPROACHING"

1972 WALLINGFORD KENNETH HOUSTON TX.
02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 98

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

On this day...
30 Scholars' reckon Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem
1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, S Africa
1712 Slave revolt (NYC)
1788 1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta
1798 Territory of Mississippi organized
1831 Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil
1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn
1862 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #73 Klytia
1862 Island #10 falls after long siege, Battle of Shiloh
1880 V Knorre discovers asteroid #215 Oenone
1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face" (BG)
1891 Nebraska introduces the 8 hour work day
1922 Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair
1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres & kills 2 (San Luis Obispo Calif)
1927 Using phone lines TV is sent from Wash DC to NYC
1928 44-yr old NY Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender
in a Stanley Cup game, & beats Montreal Maroons 2-1
1931 Seals Stadium opens in SF
1933 Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment
1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
1939 Italy annexes Albania
1940 Jimmy Demeret beats Lloyd Mangrum for the Masters
1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule
1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR
1948 Rogers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" opens on Broadway
1948 World Health Organization established by UN
1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1925 performances)
1951 American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament
1951 Ben Hogan wins Masters golf tournament
1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
1953 Dag Hammarskj”ld of Sweden elected 2nd UN general-secretary
1953 J A Bruwer discovers asteroid #1660 Wood
1953 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids 2214 Carol, 2278, 2652 Yabuuti & 2806
1956 Philadelphia beats Fort Wayne, 4 games to 1, for the NBA championship
1956 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco
1959 Radar 1st bounced off sun, Stanford Calif
1963 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st Masters golf tournament
1963 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
1966 US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor (whoops!)
1967 Progressive Rock radio begins-KMPX-FM, San Francisco
1970 J A Bruwer discovers asteroid #1794 Finsen
1977 Consumer Product Safety Comn bans "TRIS" flame-retardant
1978 Pres Carter defers production of the neutron bomb
1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water
1979 Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0
1979 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers
1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec
1982 Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1983 Caps 4-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-series tied 1-1
1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave & Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk
1983 WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480
women bowlers for 83-day event
1984 Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade
1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns,
after making racial remarks on "Nightline"
1988 Devils 3-2 over Isles, 1st round tied 1-1
1989 NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for
1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norweign Sea, with about a dozen deaths
using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrules
1990 Farm Aid IV concert
1990 John Poindexter (Natl Sec Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal
1990 Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations
1990 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary
Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die
in a ferry flip over in Burma
1991 George Washington Bridge raises toll from $3.00 to $4.00
1991 Wrestlemania VII scheduled in LA, actually performed 03/24

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

China : Ching Ming - families gather at graves of ancestors
Yugoslavia : Republic Day (1963)
Haiti : World Health Day (1948)
Switzerland : Glarius Festival (1388) - - - - - ( Thursday )
Mass : Student Government Day - - - - - ( Friday )

Religious Observances
Orthodox : Annunciation of Mary (3/25 OS)
RC : Mem of St John Baptist de la Salle, priest, patron of teachers

Religious History
1541 Spanish founder of the Jesuits Francis Xavier, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
1628 Jonas Michaelius, 51, arrived in New Amsterdam (New York City), the first minister of the Dutch Reformed Church to come to America.
1884 Birth of C. H. Dodd, English clergyman and Bible scholar. Dodd became the most influential British New Testament scholar of the mid-20th century, and penned over a dozen books, including "The Parables of the Kingdom" (1934).
1953 Swedish statesman Dag Hammarskjld, 47, was elected Secretary General of the United Nations. Hammarskjld endeared himself to Christians, after his death in 1961, through the 1964 publication of his spiritual journal, "Markings."
1968 In a letter penned during his 83rd and final year of life, Karl Barth wrote: 'How one learns to be thankful for each day on which one can still do something.'

Thought for the day :
"Cheap things are of no value, valuable things are not cheap."