Today in History for April 1928

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 19 of 19

1st - Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse
7th - 44-yr old NY Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, & beats Montreal Maroons 2-1
9th - Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena
9th - Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
9th - Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
9th - Turkey passes separation of church & state
12th - Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
13th - 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl)
14th - Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF & LA
14th - Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2
15th - Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf (SF) forms
19th - 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8
19th - Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
19th - Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926
19th - The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
24th - Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented
25th - Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for a US citizen Morris Frank
26th - Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London
30th - Cherkess Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1957)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 57 of 57

1st - Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer/director (Hadimassa)
1st - George Grizzard, NC, actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica)
1st - Herbert Klein, newscaster/press secretary
1st - Jane Powell, Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
2nd - Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago
2nd - Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron)
2nd - Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang)
3rd - Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003)
3rd - Kevin Hagen, American actor (d. 2005)
3rd - Jennifer Paterson, English chef and TV personality (d. 1999)
4th - Bill Ryan, Bkln NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)
4th - Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death)
4th - Maya Angelou, [Marguerite Johnson], St Louis, poet/actress (Nyo-Roots)
4th - Monty Norman, composer/writer
5th - David Farquhar Andress, composer
5th - Michael Bryant, London England, actor (Sakharov, Girly)
5th - Peter Moore, Principal (London Business School)
5th - Tony Williams, Elizabeth NJ, singer (Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights)
5th - Will Gaines, jazz dancer
6th - James Dewey Watson, chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)
6th - Joi Lansing, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Bob Cummings Show)
7th - Alan J Pakula, director (All the President's Men, Klute)
7th - James Garner, Norman Oklahoma, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
7th - James White, UK, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer)
8th - Eric Porter, London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps)
8th - John Gavin, LA California, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale)
8th - Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, CEO (NVSH)
8th - Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader (Gotta Travel On)
8th - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000)
8th - Fred Ebb, Manhattan NY, American composer, (d. 2004)
9th - Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant
9th - Floyd D Spence, (Rep-R-SC, 1971- )
9th - Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer (That Was The Week That Was)
12th - Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
12th - Earl of Limerick
12th - Uwe Kitzinger, Pres (Templeton College-Oxford)
12th - Hardy Krüger, German actor
13th - Alan Clark, English politician (d. 1999)
15th - Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st black woman architect in NY & Calif
15th - Richard Evans, British diplomat
16th - Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Rams, Cards, Lions)
17th - Cynthia Ozick, US, author (Pagan Rabbi & Other Stories)
18th - Jean-Francois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Francois France, conductor
19th - Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him)
19th - John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
20th - Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
20th - Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003)
23rd - Bill Cotton, CEO (Noel Gay TV)
23rd - Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet
23rd - Shirley Temple Black, Ca, actress (Heidi)/ambassador (UN)
24th - Gustav Krivinka, composer
26th - Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep (Independent)
28th - Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter
28th - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
29th - Big Jay McNeely, rocker
29th - Carl Gardner, Tyler Tx, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
30th - Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 10 of 10

2nd - Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
5th - Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies
5th - Roy Kilner, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1924-26), dies at 38
7th - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)
13th - Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36
16th - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
18th - Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58
24th - Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72
25th - Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49
29th - Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61