Today in History for April 1947

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 35 of 35

1st - 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
2nd - Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome
3rd - "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 perfs
4th - Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect
4th - Largest group of sunspots on record
4th - UN's International Civil Aviation Organization forms
6th - 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281
6th - 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win
6th - The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievements.
8th - Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
9th - Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
9th - Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
9th - Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
10th - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)
10th - King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
11th - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
15th - Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut
15th - Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
16th - -17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
Playwright Arthur Miller 16th - Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
16th - Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx
17th - Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
19th - 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
19th - AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
19th - French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
19th - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
19th - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
20th - Frederik IX becomes king of Denmark
22nd - 1st NBA Championship: Phila Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2
25th - Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
25th - Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Voete begins
26th - "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London
27th - Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through out US
28th - Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 30th - Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 92 of 92

1st - David Eisenhower, grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon
1st - Alain Connes, French mathematician
1st - M, English singer
1st - Norm Van Lier, American basketball player
2nd - Camille Paglia, Endicott NY, author and social critic
2nd - Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again)
4th - Salvatore Sciarrino, composer
4th - Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
4th - Wiranto, Indonesian general
5th - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines
6th - Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch MP (VVD)
6th - John Ratzenberger, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers)
6th - Tony Cooner, Essex, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
7th - Patricia Bennett, US singer (He's So Fine)
7th - Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
7th - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
7th - Charles 'skip' Pitts, Washington D.C., soul and blues guitarist (Shaft), (d. 2012)
8th - Cindy Pickett, Norman Oklahoma, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere)
8th - Hsiao-hsien Hou, dir (Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster)
8th - Steve Howe, London, rock guitarist (Asia, Yes-Roundabout)
8th - Thomas D Delay, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
8th - Tom DeLay, American politician
8th - Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
10th - Bunny Waller, vocalist/percussionist (Bob Marley & Wailers)
10th - Karl Russell, rocker
10th - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
11th - Michael Hindley, British MEP
11th - Michael Wright, Vice-Chancello, (Aston University)
11th - Peter Riegert, NYC, actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey)
11th - Uli Edel, Neuenburg am Rhein, South Baden, German film director
11th - Meshach Taylor, American actor
11th - Lev Bulat, Russian physicist
12th - Dan Lauria, actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) (1947 approx)
Comedian David Letterman (12th) 12th - David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night)
12th - Tom Clancy, American author
12th - Antonin Kratochvil photographer
13th - Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer & former minister
14th - Bob Massie, cricketer (Aust swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut v Eng 1972)
15th - Bojoura, [Raina GB van Melzen], Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver
15th - DeDe Lind, LA California, playmate (Aug, 1967)
15th - Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown)
15th - Michael DeBello, singer (Maniac)
15th - Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
15th - Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest)
15th - Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician
16th - Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
16th - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor], NBA center (Mil Bucks, LA Lakers)
17th - Linda Martin, Irish singer
17th - Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player
18th - David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)
18th - Dorothy Lyman, Minneapolis Mn, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family)
Actor James Woods (18th) 18th - James Woods, Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds)
18th - Lori Martin, Glendale California, actress (Velvet-National Velvet)
18th - Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
18th - Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
19th - Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
19th - Murray Perahia, NYC, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988)
19th - Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
20th - David Leland, Cambridge England, actor/director (Nothing But Trouble)
20th - Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)
20th - Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author
21st - Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
21st - Iggy Pop, [James Osterberg], Mich, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse)
21st - John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)
22nd - Barry Guy, composer
23rd - Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Ireland, political activist [or 1940]
Rocker Iggy Pop (21st) 23rd - Saskia, [Trudy van den Berg], singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel)
23rd - Glenn Cornick, rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick)
24th - Hubert Ann Kelly, US singer (Hues Corporation/Rock the boat)
24th - Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament
24th - Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
25th - Bill Fontana, composer
25th - Jeffrey DeMunn, Buffalo NY, actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City)
25th - Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona)
25th - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
26th - Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64)
26th - Gervase Frank Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser
26th - Warren Clarke, English actor
27th - Ann Peebles, Missouri, singer (I Can't Stand the Rain)
27th - Herbie Murrell, US singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything)
27th - Pete Ham, Swansea Wales, rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It)
27th - Peter Gena, composer
27th - George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician
28th - Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
29th - Jim Ryun, US, 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympic-silver-1968)
29th - John Laurence Miller, SF CA, golfer (US Open 1973, British Open 1976)
29th - Tommy James, singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver)
29th - Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
30th - Robert Scott, (Rep-D-Virginia)
30th - Leslie Grantham, English actor
30th - Mats Odell, Swedish politician
30th - Tom Køhlert, Brondby IF coach

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

1st - George II, king of Greece, dies at 56
2nd - Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
4th - William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. ?)
6th - Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58
6th - Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (b. 1896)
8th - Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies at 83
9th - Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43
11th - Louise Peete, American murderess (b. 1880)
12th - Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
15th - Wolstenholme, rocker, dies
16th - Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1900)
18th - Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51
20th - Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
24th - Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
29th - Irving Fisher, US economist, dies at 80