Today in History for April 2008
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Historical Events
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4th - The raid on the FLDS owned ranch called the YFZ Ranch in Texas, 401 children were taken into custody. 133 woman were taken into state custody also, the total number of woman and children is 534.
8th - The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines completes, in Bahrain.
16th - Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States
20th - Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
21st - The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk.
30th - Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia were confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
Famous Birthdays
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16th - Princess Eléonore of Belgium, Belgian princess
Famous Deaths
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3rd - Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian football player (b. 1983)
4th - Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (b. 1923)
5th - Charlton Heston, American Actor (b. 1923)
8th - Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)
8th - John Button, Australian politician (b. 1933)
8th - Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
11th - Merlin German, United States Marine
12th - Paddy Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
12th - Cecilia Colledge, British ice skater and Olympian (b. 1920)
12th - Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
13th - John Wheeler, American physicist and educator (b. 1911)
14th - Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (b. 1918)
14th - Ollie Johnston, the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men. (b. 1912)
14th - Miguel Galvan, Mexican actor/comedian. (b. 1957)
15th - Krister Stendahl, Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop (b. 1921)
15th - Benoît Lamy, Belgian Movie Director (b. 1945)
16th - Edward Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
16th - Joseph Solman, American painter
17th - Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (b. 1913)
17th - Danny Federici, organ player for E-Street Band (b. 1950)
19th - John Marzano, American baseball player (b. 1963)
19th - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
19th - Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1935)
20th - VL Mike, American Rapper (b. 1976)
20th - Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923)
21st - Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939)
22nd - Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)
25th - Humphrey Lyttelton, Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
29th - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist, known as the first to synthesize LSD (b. 1906)
30th - John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
