Today in History for Year 1976

Months in Year 1976: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 647

Jan 1st - "Musical Jubilee" closes at St James Theater NYC after 92 performances
Jan 1st - Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall
Jan 1st - NBC replaces the peacock logo
Jan 1st - Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
Jan 3rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Jan 4th - "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
Jan 4th - "Home Sweet Homer" opens & closes at Palace Theater NYC
Jan 5th - "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS
Jan 5th - Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
Jan 5th - Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
Jan 6th - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
Jan 6th - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
Jan 8th - Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
Jan 9th - Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
Jan 9th - CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
Jan 9th - Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
Jan 11th - "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 193 perfs
Jan 11th - Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec natl figure skating champions
Jan 11th - Military coup in Ecuador, Pres Guillermo Lara leaves
Jan 11th - Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in NYC
Jan 11th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
Jan 11th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
Jan 12th - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org
Jan 13th - Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
Jan 14th - "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
Jan 14th - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
Jan 15th - Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot Pres Ford
Jan 15th - US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit
Jan 15th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Jan 16th - "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
Jan 16th - Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive"
Musician Barry Manilow Jan 17th - "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
Jan 17th - Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
Jan 18th - Superbowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, WR
Jan 20th - 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Phila
Jan 21st - Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain & France
Jan 22nd - Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
Jan 23rd - Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
Jan 23rd - Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
Jan 24th - Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
Jan 24th - George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest
Jan 25th - Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind v NZ Auckland
Jan 26th - 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20
Jan 26th - Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
Jan 26th - David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in NYC
Jan 26th - Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
Boxing Champ George Foreman Jan 26th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 23-20
Jan 27th - "Laverne & Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
Jan 27th - 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver
Jan 27th - Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara
Jan 27th - Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
Jan 28th - Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park
Jan 28th - NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
Jan 29th - Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire
Jan 30th - 1st-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg
Jan 30th - George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)
Jan 30th - William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA
Jan 31st - "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
Jan 31st - Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308
Feb 1st - "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
Feb 1st - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
Goddess of Pop Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian) Feb 1st - Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
Feb 1st - East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to
Feb 2nd - "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV
Feb 2nd - "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV
Feb 2nd - Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom & ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame
Feb 3rd - 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
Feb 4th - 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria
Feb 4th - 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras
Feb 4th - Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency
Feb 4th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 5th - Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies
Feb 5th - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs & Ian Redpath
Feb 6th - George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"
Feb 7th - Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game
Feb 7th - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Bkln NY)
US President George H. W. Bush Feb 7th - Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
Feb 7th - World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)
Feb 8th - Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR
Feb 8th - Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic
Feb 8th - Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)
Feb 9th - Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame
Feb 11th - Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
Feb 12th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 13th - Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
Feb 13th - Peter Casserly of NZ hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
Feb 14th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 15th - 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
Feb 15th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
Feb 17th - "Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 7 performances
Feb 17th - Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau)
Feb 17th - NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, v India
Feb 17th - Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 v India, his 1st match-winning spell
Feb 19th - Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara
Feb 20th - Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
Feb 20th - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
Feb 21st - "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 7 perfs
Feb 21st - Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
Feb 22nd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
Feb 23rd - Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 907

Jan 1st - Caleb Wyatt, American motocross rider
Jan 1st - Georgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress
Jan 2nd - Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
Jan 2nd - Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
Jan 2nd - Cletidus Hunt, American football player
Jan 2nd - Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
Jan 2nd - Paz Vega, Spanish actress
Jan 3rd - Mendel Witzenhauser, soccer player (Ajax, VVV)
Jan 3rd - Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
Jan 3rd - Alisen Down, Canadian actress
Jan 3rd - Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
Jan 3rd - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
Jan 4th - Benoît Joachim, Luxembourg cyclist
Jan 4th - Ted Lilly, American baseball player
Jan 5th - Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
Jan 5th - Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars)
Jan 6th - Agnieszka Zielinska, Miss Poland Universe (1997)
Jan 6th - Danny Pintauro, Milltown NJ, actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss)
Jan 6th - Jeremy Linn, US, 100m breaststroke (Olympics-silver/gold-96)
Jan 6th - Richard Zednik, Bystrica CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Wash)
Jan 7th - Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
Jan 7th - Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
Jan 8th - Jenny Lewis, Las Vegas Nevada, actress (Becky-Life With Lucy)
Jan 8th - Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter (Olympics-96)
Jan 8th - Carl Pavano, American baseball player
Jan 9th - Amy Safe, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
Jan 9th - Radek Bonk, Koprivnice Cze, NHL center (Ottawa Senators, Team Czech)
Jan 9th - Todd Grisham, American professional wrestling interviewer
Jan 10th - Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
Jan 11th - Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
Jan 12th - Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
Jan 13th - Gary Brent, cricketer (Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996)
Jan 13th - Vaclav Batlik, Costa Mesa California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
Jan 13th - Michael Peña, American actor
Jan 15th - Corey Chavous, American football player
Jan 15th - Dorian Missick, American actor
Jan 16th - Trisha Stillwell, Miss USA-Oklahoma (1997, top 10)
Jan 16th - Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
Jan 18th - Laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star (1995 finalist Jakarta)
Jan 18th - Vincent Polvliet, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
Jan 18th - Damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006
Jan 19th - Claire Grech, Miss Malta Universe (1997)
Jan 19th - Sky Christopherson, Tucson Ariz, cyclist (Olympics-96)
Jan 19th - Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver
Jan 21st - Amanda Little, Miss USA-Texas (1997, top 6)
Pop star Emma Lee Bunton (Jan 21st) Jan 21st - Emma Lee Bunton, "Baby Spice", Finchley London, vocalist (Spice Girls)
Jan 21st - Lynn Thomas, Newport News VA, playmate (May 1997)
Jan 22nd - Balthazar Getty, actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies)
Jan 22nd - James Dearth, American football player
Jan 23rd - Byron Hanspard, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
Jan 23rd - Phil Boudreault, Copper Cliff Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
Jan 23rd - Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player
Jan 23rd - Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer
Jan 23rd - Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler
Jan 24th - Laure Belleville, Miss Universe-France (1996)
Jan 24th - Shae-Lyn Bourne, Chatham Ontario, ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th)
Jan 24th - Shae-Lynn Bourne, Ontario, pairs skater (Bourne & Kraatz)
Jan 24th - Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
Jan 25th - Tara Fleming, N York Ontario, LPGA golfer (1992 LPGA Corning-10th)
Jan 25th - Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian racing car driver
Jan 26th - Paul Byrne, Australian 800m ruuner (Olympics-96)
Jan 26th - Frankie Rayder, American model
Jan 26th - Willie Adler, American guitar player
Jan 27th - Haimish Karrasch, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
Jan 27th - Mike Ferrier, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam, Salernitana)
Jan 27th - Rhett Warrener, Shaunavon, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
Jan 27th - Clint Ford, American voice actor
Jan 27th - Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
Jan 27th - Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
Jan 28th - Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
Jan 28th - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
Jan 28th - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
Jan 28th - Lee Ingleby, British actor
Jan 28th - Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
Jan 29th - Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Miss Universe-Russia/best costume (1996)
Jan 29th - Charles Divins, American model and actor
Jan 30th - Florian Keller, Munchen GER, hockey player (Team Germany, Rosenheim)
Jan 30th - Andy Milonakis, American comedian
Jan 31st - Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer
Jan 31st - Buddy Rice, American race car driver
Feb 1st - Phil Ivey, American poker player
Feb 2nd - Steven Dewick, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
Feb 2nd - James Hickman, British swimmer
Feb 2nd - Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
Feb 3rd - Dwayne Rudd, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
Feb 3rd - Karen Bradley, Miss Rhode Island USA (1996)
Actress Isla Fisher (Feb 3rd) Feb 3rd - Isla Fisher, Australian actress
Feb 4th - Cam'ron, American rapper
Feb 5th - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico)
Feb 5th - Tony Jaa, Thai actor
Feb 5th - Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
Feb 5th - John Aloisi, Australian footballer
Feb 5th - Brian Moorman, American football player
Feb 6th - Elina Zisi, Miss Greece Universe (1997)
Feb 6th - Kim Zmeskal, Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
Feb 6th - Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
Feb 6th - Colin Teo, Singaporean Grand Prix driver
Feb 7th - Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir, Miss Universe-Iceland (1996)
Feb 7th - Terry Battle, running back (Detroit Lions)
Feb 7th - Sreto Ristić, German footballer

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 7 of 7

May 10th - "KISS" former lead guitarist Ace Frehley (25) weds Janette Trerotola
Jun 6th - Pittsburgh Steelers quaterback Terry Bradshaw (27) weds ice skater Jo Jo Starbuck (25) at Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles
Jun 19th - King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Renate Sommerlath in Stockholm Cathedral, Ist Swedish reigning monarch to marry since 1797
Jun 21st - Country singer Reba McEntire (21) weds national steer wrestling champion Charlie Battles
Jun 25th - Actor Peter Lawford (52) weds aspiring actress Deborah Gould (25)
Jul 11th - Singer Andy Gibb (18) weds Kim Reeder in Australia
Dec 4th - Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 2 of 2

Mar 19th - Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
Aug 1st - Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 328

Jan 3rd - Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies
Jan 3rd - Mateusz Glinski, composer, dies at 83
Jan 3rd - Michael V Love, US test pilot (X-24), dies in F-4 crash at 37
Jan 4th - Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
Jan 5th - Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
Jan 5th - John A. Costello, Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
Jan 8th - Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
Jan 8th - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
Jan 8th - Robert Forgan, British fascist (b. 1891)
Jan 10th - Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
Jan 10th - Howlin' Wolf, singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
Jan 11th - Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies
Jan 12th - Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85
Jan 13th - Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53
Jan 14th - Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53
Jan 14th - Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53
Jan 17th - Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident
Jan 18th - Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17]
Jan 18th - Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67
Mystery Writer Agatha Christie (Jan 12th) Jan 19th - Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30
Jan 19th - Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (b. 1886)
Jan 23rd - Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
Jan 23rd - Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77
Jan 23rd - Paul Dupuis, French Canadian film and television actor (b. 1913)
Jan 26th - João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
Jan 28th - Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies
Jan 29th - Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59
Jan 30th - Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80
Jan 30th - Mance Lipscomb, rocker, dies at 80
Jan 30th - Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Af), dies
Jan 31st - Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. 1941)
Feb 1st - Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
Feb 1st - Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74
Feb 1st - George Whipple, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1878)
Feb 2nd - Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
Feb 2nd - Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
Feb 2nd - Maurice Jacobson, composer, dies at 80
Feb 3rd - Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies
Feb 4th - Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62
Feb 5th - Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69
Feb 5th - Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. 1926)
Feb 6th - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
Feb 9th - Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
Feb 11th - Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
Feb 11th - Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
Feb 11th - Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
Feb 11th - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b. 1894)
Feb 11th - Frank Arnau, German writer (b. 1894)
Feb 12th - James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52
Feb 12th - Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37
Feb 13th - General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
Feb 13th - Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71
Feb 17th - Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65
Feb 17th - Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
Feb 18th - Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81
Feb 18th - Eddie Dowling, composer (Anywhere USA), dies at 81
Feb 18th - Joseph Henabery, actor/director (Cobra), dies at 88
Feb 20th - Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies
Feb 21st - Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32
Feb 21st - Frieda Inescort, Scottish actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at 74
Feb 22nd - Angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
Feb 22nd - Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32
Feb 22nd - Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84
Feb 23rd - Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
Feb 23rd - L S Lowry, painter, dies
Feb 23rd - LS Lowry, English artist dies (b. 1887)
Feb 24th - Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82
Feb 24th - H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 69
Feb 24th - Julian Rivero, actor (Via Pony Express), dies at 85
Mar 1st - Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66
Mar 3rd - Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92
Mar 4th - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (b. 1886)
Mar 6th - "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, leight heavy weight boxing champ (1930-34), dies at 71
Mar 7th - Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90
Mar 7th - Wright Patman, American politician (b. 1893)
Mar 8th - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)
Mar 13th - Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77
Mar 14th - Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79
Mar 14th - Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
Mar 14th - Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies
Mar 17th - Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69
Mar 18th - James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
Mar 18th - Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69
Mar 18th - Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1893)
Mar 19th - George Sklavos, composer, dies at 87
Mar 19th - Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
Mar 19th - Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (b. 1889)
Mar 20th - Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61
Mar 24th - Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88
Mar 24th - Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66
Mar 26th - Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75
Mar 26th - Josef Albers, German artist (b. 1888)
Mar 26th - Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
Mar 30th - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
Mar 31st - Paul Strand, American photographer (b. 1890)
Apr 1st - Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63
Apr 1st - Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
Apr 1st - Miroslav Ponc, composer, dies at 73
Apr 1st - S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
Apr 2nd - Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74