Today in History for Year 1988

Months in Year 1988: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 917

Jan 1st - Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
Jan 1st - Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
Jan 1st - Year of the Reader begins
Jan 2nd - Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn
Jan 2nd - Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
Jan 3rd - Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut
Jan 3rd - Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
Jan 8th - 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
Jan 8th - Dow Jones down 140.58 points
Jan 8th - Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
Jan 8th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
Jan 9th - August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston
Jan 9th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
Jan 10th - "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 86 perfs
Jan 11th - Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI v India, Madras
Jan 11th - USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
Jan 12th - Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 13th - LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires
Jan 13th - Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Jan 15th - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes
Jan 15th - Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record
Jan 15th - Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 & 8-75) v WI on Test debut
Jan 16th - 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
Jan 16th - Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
Jan 16th - NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
Jan 17th - "Teddy & Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 77 performances
Jan 17th - Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti
Jan 18th - Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
Jan 19th - "48 Hours" premiers on CBS-TV
Jan 20th - Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
Jan 20th - Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham
Jan 21st - US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
Jan 22nd - 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is
Jan 22nd - 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson Jan 22nd - Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
Jan 23rd - 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas
Jan 23rd - 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)
Jan 23rd - Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
Jan 24th - 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins
Jan 24th - 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86)
Jan 24th - 9th ACE Cable Awards
Jan 24th - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win Cricket's World Series Cup
Jan 24th - Cerebral Palsy telethon
Jan 25th - 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston
Jan 25th - George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"
Jan 25th - Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
Jan 25th - Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as pres of Suriname
Jan 25th - VP Bush & Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair
Jan 26th - "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ perfs
Singer Whitney Houston Jan 26th - Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
Jan 27th - Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to US Supreme Court
Jan 28th - "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances
Jan 28th - Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional
Jan 29th - Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
Jan 29th - Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
Jan 29th - Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
Jan 29th - United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
Jan 30th - Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS v N Tvl)
Jan 31st - Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil
Jan 31st - Superbowl XXII: Wash Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in San Diego Superbowl MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB
Feb 2nd - David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
Feb 4th - Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
Feb 5th - 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs-Andre beats Hulk Hogan
Feb 5th - Arizona House of Reps vote to impeach Republican Gov Evan Mecham
WWF Wrestler Hulk Hogan Feb 5th - Panamanian Gen Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs
Feb 6th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Feb 7th - 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
Feb 7th - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
Feb 7th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
Feb 8th - NASA launches DOD-2
Feb 9th - 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St Louis
Feb 9th - NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
Feb 10th - Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
Feb 10th - 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in SF strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
Feb 11th - Anthony M Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
Feb 13th - 15th Winter Olympic games opens at Calgary, Canada
Feb 13th - Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
Feb 13th - European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
Feb 13th - Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
Feb 13th - Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
Feb 14th - 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
Feb 14th - Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay
Feb 14th - Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500
Feb 14th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
Feb 15th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 16th - 1st documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
Feb 17th - Lebanese terrorists kidnap UN truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
Feb 17th - US Lt Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists & later killed
Feb 18th - Anthony M Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
Feb 19th - Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55)
Feb 20th - 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Feb 20th - Andre Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
Feb 20th - Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
Feb 20th - Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
Feb 20th - Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0
Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch Feb 20th - Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million
Feb 20th - Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000m (2:16.2)
Feb 20th - Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
Feb 21st - Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20)
Feb 21st - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 246

Jan 2nd - Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
Jan 3rd - Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
Jan 4th - Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
Jan 5th - Pauline, French singer
Jan 7th - Scott Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer
Jan 7th - Haley Bennett, American Singer and Actress
Jan 7th - Robert Sheehan, Irish actor
Jan 8th - Adam T. Siska, American musician
Jan 11th - Alexandria L'Esperance, quintuplet
Jan 11th - Danielle L'Esperance, quintuplet
Jan 11th - Erica L'Esperance, quintuplet
Jan 11th - Raymond L'Esperance, quintuplet
Jan 11th - Veronica L'Esperance, quintuplet
Jan 12th - Chris Casement, Irish footballer
Jan 12th - Joseph Dundas, British TV Presenter
Jan 14th - Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter & Robert Altman
Jan 14th - Jordy, French singer
Jan 14th - Mikalah Gordon, American singer
Jan 14th - Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
Jan 16th - Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
Jan 18th - Ronald Guglielmone Jr., American singer-songwriter
Jan 21st - William Johansson, Swedish composer
Jan 22nd - Greg Oden, American basketball player
Jan 25th - Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
Jan 26th - Mia Rose, British-Portuguese singer
Jan 27th - Kerlon Moura Souza, Brazilian footballer
Jan 28th - Henry Mortensen, American actor
Jan 29th - Stephanie Gilmore, Australian professional surfer
Jan 30th - Rob Pinkston, American actor
Feb 4th - Eoin McDowell, Irish rugby player
Feb 4th - Alexandros Pagalis, Greek footballer
Feb 4th - Carly Patterson, American gymnast
Feb 6th - Allison Holker, American dancer
Feb 7th - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
Feb 7th - Matthew Stafford, American college football player
Feb 8th - Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
Feb 14th - Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer
Feb 14th - Asia Nitollano, American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner
Feb 14th - Eliska Sursova, American actress
Feb 14th - Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer, winner of Star Academy France 7
Feb 15th - Hironori Kusano, Japanese Idol
Feb 16th - Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
Feb 17th - Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
Feb 18th - Maiara Walsh, American actress
Feb 18th - Shane Lyons, actor and private chef
Singer Rihanna (Feb 20th) Feb 20th - Rihanna, Barbadian singer
Feb 22nd - Kevin Borlée, Belgian athlete
Feb 22nd - Przemysław Kazimierczak, Polish footballer
Feb 28th - Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter and actress
Feb 29th - Scott Golbourne, English footballer
Mar 1st - Katija Pevec, American actress
Mar 2nd - Keith Jack, British singer and actor
Mar 2nd - Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
Mar 2nd - Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
Mar 5th - Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
Mar 5th - Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
Mar 8th - Armanti Edwards, American college football player
Mar 10th - Ivan Rakitić, Croatian Footballer
Mar 15th - Ever Guzman, Mexican footballer
Mar 21st - Lee Cattermole, English footballer
Mar 22nd - Tania Raymonde, American actress
Mar 24th - Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer
Mar 26th - Jose Vizcaino, San Cristobal Dom Rep, infielder (NY Mets)
Mar 27th - Kerri Ann Darling, actress (Alli Fowler-Another World)
Mar 27th - Brenda Song, American actress
Mar 28th - Lacey Turner, British soap actress
Mar 31st - Hogan Ephraim, English Footballer
Apr 1st - Courtney McCool, American gymnast
Apr 1st - Brook Lopez, American basketball player
Apr 1st - Robin Lopez, American basketball player
Apr 3rd - Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
Apr 3rd - Peter Hartley, English footballer
Apr 4th - Frank Fielding, English footballer
Apr 6th - Mike Bailey, English actor
Apr 6th - Fabrice Muamba, Anglo-Congolese footballer
Apr 13th - Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
Apr 21st - Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
Apr 21st - Robbie Amell, Canadian actor
Apr 23rd - Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
Apr 24th - Michael Tylo, son of US actor/actress Michael Tylo/Deborah Hunter
Apr 25th - James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
Apr 25th - Sara Paxton, American actress
Apr 29th - Younha, Korean pop singer
Apr 30th - Molloko, SD Zoo, 1st California condor chick conceived in captivity
May 1st - Graeme Owens, English footballer
May 2nd - Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
May 5th - Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (d. 1996)
May 5th - Brooke Hogan, American singer
May 5th - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
May 5th - Adele, English singer
May 7th - Natalie Mejia, member of the American R&B/Pop group Girlicious
May 9th - Skye Regan, Canadian Actress and Writer
May 9th - John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver
May 12th - Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
May 17th - Nikki Reed, American actress
May 18th - Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor
May 19th - Lily Cole, English model/actress
May 20th - Carla Humphries, Filipina actress
May 21st - Jonathan Howson, English footballer
May 23rd - Morgan Pressel, American golfer

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 19 of 19

Jan 9th - English earl of St Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
Feb 7th - Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
Feb 14th - General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden
Feb 21st - Actor Dudley Moore (53) weds actress Brogan Lane at the Little Chapel of the West in Las Vegas
Apr 29th - "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
Apr 29th - Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry
Apr 30th - Actor Tom Hanks (31) weds actress Rita Wilson (31)
May 21st - Jane Powell weds Dickie Moore
May 28th - Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG)
Jun 19th - Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
Jul 9th - "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble
Jul 16th - "Back To The Future" actor Michael J. Fox (27) weds "Family Ties" actress Tracy Pollan (28) at West Mountain Inn in Arlington, Vermont
Jul 17th - NHL ice hockey star player Wayne Gretzky (27) weds actress Janet Jones (27) at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton, Canada
Jul 30th - James Ogilvy (under Engl princess Alexandra) marries Julia Rawlinson
Aug 4th - Kevin Bacon marries Kyra Sedgwick
Aug 30th - Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills
Oct 1st - Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth
Oct 3rd - "Princess of Rock and Roll" Lisa Marie Presley (20) weds musician Danny Keough (23) at the Church of Scientology
Nov 19th - LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 4 of 4

Jun 17th - Bruce Springsteen separates from Juliette Phillips
Aug 30th - Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen
Oct 7th - Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson
Oct 14th - Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce & annulment

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 340

Jan 1st - Leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
Jan 3rd - Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
Jan 3rd - William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82
Jan 3rd - Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)
Jan 3rd - Joie Chitwood, American racedriver & Daredevil (b. 1912)
Jan 4th - Lily Laskine, French harpist (b. 1893)
Jan 5th - "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40
Jan 5th - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
Jan 6th - Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
Jan 7th - Trevor Howard, actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies of bronchitis at 71
Jan 7th - Michel Auclair, French actor (b. 1922)
Jan 8th - Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
Jan 11th - Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer
Jan 11th - Isidor Isaac Rabi, nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89
Jan 11th - Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
Jan 12th - Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
Jan 13th - Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69
Jan 14th - Georgy M Malenkov, PM of USSR (1953-55), dies at 86
Jan 15th - Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83
Jan 16th - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899)
Jan 19th - Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83
Jan 20th - Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86
Jan 20th - Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer and folklorist (b. 1903)
Jan 21st - Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies
Jan 22nd - Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86
Jan 22nd - Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96
Jan 24th - Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91
Jan 24th - Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
Jan 25th - Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87
Jan 27th - Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. 1938)
Jan 28th - Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911)
Jan 29th - Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide
Jan 29th - James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83
Jan 29th - Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46
Jan 30th - Cornelia D "Corry" Spark, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 85
Feb 1st - Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12
Feb 1st - Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75
Feb 2nd - Clive Epstein, brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
Feb 2nd - G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit
Feb 6th - Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64
Feb 6th - Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies
Feb 6th - Nuno Oliveira, Bass Player (b. 1925)
Feb 7th - Lin[wood V] Carter, US, sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57
Feb 8th - Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67
Feb 14th - Frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84
Feb 15th - Frederick [Fritz] Loewe, composer, dies
Feb 15th - Gardiner Means, US economist, dies at 91
Feb 15th - Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83
Feb 15th - Neil R[onald] Jones, sf writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78
Feb 15th - Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69
Feb 16th - Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1916)
Feb 19th - André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
Feb 24th - Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96
Feb 25th - Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78
Feb 28th - Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99
Mar 1st - Jean Le Poulain, actor (Divine), dies at 63
Mar 1st - Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott & Costello), dies at 80
Mar 3rd - Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies
Mar 3rd - Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98
Mar 5th - Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
Mar 6th - Konstantin Iliev, composer, dies at 63
Mar 7th - Divine, [Harris Milstead], female impersonator (Pink Flamingos), dies
Mar 7th - Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema
Mar 8th - Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)
Mar 8th - Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)
Mar 9th - Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
Mar 10th - Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30
Mar 10th - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78
Mar 10th - William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79
Mar 11th - Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74
Mar 12th - Billie Rhodes, dies
Mar 12th - William Camp, dies at 74
Mar 13th - Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92
Mar 15th - Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for US, executed
Mar 16th - Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88
Mar 17th - Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies
Mar 17th - Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)
Mar 20th - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75
Mar 27th - Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67
Mar 29th - Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (b. 1924)
Mar 30th - Edgar Faure, French politician (b. 1908)
Mar 31st - Talib Rasul Hakim, composer, dies at 48
Mar 31st - William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
Apr 1st - Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91
Apr 1st - Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85
Apr 3rd - Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81
Apr 5th - Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies
Apr 7th - Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74
Apr 9th - Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis
Apr 9th - Dave Prater, rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
Apr 10th - Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies
Apr 11th - Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack
Apr 12th - Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies
Apr 14th - Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer, dies at 83
Apr 14th - Johan Franco, composer, dies at 79
Apr 14th - John Stonehouse, British politician (b. 1925)
Apr 15th - Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at 81
Apr 15th - Kenneth Williams, dies at 61
Apr 15th - Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (b. 1954)
Apr 16th - Abu Jihad, [Khalil al-Wazzir], PLO-leader, murdered