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See also: April 19, 2004 - April 2004 - April 21, 2004 In Singapore, a Circle MRT Line tunnel being dug under the Nicoll Highway collapses, killing two. ... See also April 19, 2003 - April 2003 - April 21, 2003 A bench clearing brawl happens in a baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the St. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for April, 2002. ... April 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December April 1: An EP-3E United States Navy spyplane collides with a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army fighter jet. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in April, 2000. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day (or, in case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year. ...

Events

• 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
• 1534 - Jacques Cartier begins his voyage, in which he will discover Canada and Labrador.
• 1653 - Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
• 1657 - Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
• 1657 - Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
• 1689 - The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: the siege of Boston begins, which followed the first battles at Lexington and Concord.
• 1792 - France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1810 - The Governors of Caracas declares the national sovereignty from Spain.
• 1828 - René Caillié is first non-Muslim to enter in Timbouctou.
• 1836 - U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
• 1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
• 1862 - The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
• 1871 - Civil Rights Act of 1871
• 1876 - The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
• 1884 - Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical, Humanum Genus.
• 1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• 1908 - Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.
• 1912 - Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1914 - Seventeen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a bitter Colorado coal-miner's strike.
• 1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
• 1926 - Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
• 1945 - World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
• 1945 - World War II: U.S. B-29 bombers destroy the Musashi Aircraft plants, halting production of the Nakajima Ki-84 fighter planes.

1999: Staff and students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting.

• 1960 - Inauguration of Brasilia.
• 1961 - Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US troops against Cuba.
• 1964 - BBC Two launches with the power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
• 1967 - A Swiss Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126.
• 1968 - A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes during takeoff at Windhoek, South-West Africa, killing 122.
• 1968 - English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
• 1972 - Apollo 16 lands on the Moon.
• 1978 - Korean Air Flight 902 shot down by Soviets.
• 1979 - Jimmy Carter's rabbit incident.
• 1980 - Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
• 1985 - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
• 1986 - Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
• 1986 - Professional basketball player Michael Jordan sets all-time record for points in a NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics.
• 1998 - TAME Boeing 727-200 chartered by Air France crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after takeoff from Bogotá, Colombia, killing 53.
• 1998 - German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
• 1999 - 14 students (including the two gunmen) and a teacher die in the Columbine High School massacre.
• 1999 - Largest bombing of Kosovo by the United States in the Kosovo War.
• 2004 - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92.
• 2004 - In Utica, IL 9 people were killed when an F3 tornado hits downtown.
• 2007 - Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a hand gun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center before killing a male hostage and himself.

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The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament immediately following the Long Parliament, after Prides Purge of December 6, 1648 had removed those Members of Parliament hostile to the intentions of the Grandees in the New Model Army to try King Charles I for high treason. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... Robert Blake, General at Sea, 1599–1657 by Henry Perronet Briggs, painted 1829. ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2005 population 221,627) is a Spanish city on the island of Tenerife, the largest and most populated of the Canary Islands as stated in the 2005 census. ... The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen guarantees freedom of religion, as long as religious activities do not infringe on public order in ways detrimental to society. ... New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) was the name of the 17th century town which grew outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherland territory (1614–1674) which was situated between 38 and 42 degrees latitude as a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic since 1624. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... A monarch (see sovereignty) is a type of ruler or head of state. ... James II of England/VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) became King of Scots, King of England, and King of Ireland on 6 February 1685, and Duke of Normandy on 31 December 1660. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants American Revolutionaries French Monarchy Spanish Empire Dutch Republic Oneida and Tuscarora tribes Polish volunteers Prussian volunteers Kingdom of Great Britain Hessian mercenaries Iroquois Confederacy Loyalists Commanders George Washington Nathanael Greene Gilbert de La Fayette Comte de Rochambeau Bernardo de Gálvez Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Sir... The Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the active American Revolutionary War, in which the Continental Army surrounded the city of Boston, Massachusetts, to prevent movement by the British Army within. ... Combatants Militia of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, (Minutemen) British Army, Royal Marines Commanders John Parker, James Barrett, William Heath Francis Smith, John Pitcairn, Walter Laurie, Lord Hugh Percy Strength 75 at Lexington Green (Parker). ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Great Britain Austria Prussia Spain[1] Russia Sardinia Ottoman Empire Portugal Dutch Republic[2] France The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: La Sultana del Avila (English:The Avilas Sultan) La Sucursal del paraiso Motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... René Caillié (September 19, 1799 - May 17, 1838) was a French explorer, and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. ... See also Timbuktu (novel) for the book by Paul Auster. ... 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Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Pasteurization (or pasteurisation) is the process of heating food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. ... Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French chemist best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in microbiology. ... Claude Bernard Claude Bernard (July 12, 1813 - February 10, 1878) was a French physiologist. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Civil Rights Act of 1871, now codified and known as , is one of the most important federal statutes in force in the United States. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Development of the April Uprising The April Uprising (Bulgarian: Априлско въстание) was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876, the indirect result of which was the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Pope Leo XIII (March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, having succeeded Pope Pius IX (1846–78) on February 20, 1878 and reigning until his death in 1903. ... An encyclical was a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Christian church. ... Humanum Genus (on Freemasonry) was a papal encyclical promulgated on April 20, 1884, by Pope Leo XIII. 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Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...   [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony in Germany with a population of over 504,000. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the United States Army Air Force. ... The Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (疾風, Gale) was a single-seat fighter used by the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II. 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Combatants Cubans trained by Soviet advisers Cuban exiles trained by the United States Commanders Fidel Castro José Ramón Fernández Francisco Ciutat de Miguel Grayston Lynch Pepe San Roman Erneido Oliva Strength 51,000 1,500 Casualties various estimates; over 1,600 dead (Triay p. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A power outage is the loss of the electricity supply to an area. ... Battersea Power Station viewed from the north bank of the River Thames at Pimlico. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Royal Air Force Bristol Britannia Spica in 1964 The Bristol Type 175 Britannia was a medium/long-range airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1952 to fly a number of air routes across the British Empire. ... District Nicosia Government  - Mayor Eleni Mavrou Population (2001)  - City 206,200 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: http://www. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... South African Airways (SAA) is South Africas largest domestic and international airline company. ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is an aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ... Windhoek, Namibia Windhoek (pronounced Vind hook or German «Windhuk») is the capital of Namibia. ... South-West Africa is the former name (1884-1990) of Namibia under German (as German South-West Africa, Deutsch Süd-West Afrika) and (from 1915) South African administration when it was conquered from the Germans during World War I. Following the war, the Treaty of Versailles declared the territory... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... Simon Heffers biography of Enoch Powell, published in 1999 John Enoch Powell, MBE, PC, (June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998) was a right-wing British politician and Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) between 1950 and February 1974, and an Ulster Unionist MP between October 1974 and 1987. ... Badge supporting Powells Rivers of Blood speech. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Korean Air Flight 902 (KAL902, KE902) was the flight number of a civilian airliner shot down by Soviet fighters on April 20, 1978 near Murmansk, killing two passengers. ... Soviet redirects here. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 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Births

• 570 - Prophet Muhammed, founder of Islam (d. 632) (date disputed)
• 702 - Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)
• 1494 - Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566)
• 1586 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
• 1633 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
• 1646 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
• 1650 - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
• 1668 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
• 1718 - David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
• 1723 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781)
• 1745 - Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
• 1808 - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (d. 1873)
• 1818 - Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)
• 1826 - Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887)
• 1850 - Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (d. 1931)
• 1851 - Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
• 1870 - Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar (d.1961)
• 1879 - Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
• 1882 - Holland Smith, U.S. General (d. 1967)
• 1889 - Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (d. 1996)
• 1889 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born First World War veteran and leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his death (d. 1945)
• 1890 - Maurice Duplessis, premier of Québec, known as "Le Chef" (d. 1959)
• 1891 - Caresse Crosby, American poet (d. 1970)
• 1893 - Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1893 - Joan Miró, Catalan painter (d. 1983)
• 1895 - Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
• 1896 - Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)
• 1904 - Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)
• 1904 - George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995)
• 1908 - Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002)
• 1914 - Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1915 - Joseph Wolpe, South African-born psychotherapist (d. 1997)
• 1918 - Edward L. Beach, Jr., American naval officer, author (d. 2002)
• 1918 - Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1920 - John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• 1920 - Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (d. 2007)
• 1921 - Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress
• 1923 - Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster
• 1923 - Tito Puente, American musician (d. 2000)
• 1924 - Leslie Phillips, English actor
• 1925 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (d. 2006)
• 1927 - Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 - Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003)
• 1937 - George Takei, American actor
• 1939 - Peter S. Beagle, American author
• 1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway
• 1939 - Johnny Tillotson, American singer
• 1941 - Ryan O'Neal, American actor
• 1943 - John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
• 1943 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1945 - Michael Brandon, American actor
• 1945 - Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach
• 1946 - Julien Poulin, French Canadian actor
• 1947 - Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)
• 1947 - Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author
• 1947 - David Leland, British actor, director and screenwriter
• 1948 - Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk & Bob Seger)
• 1948 - Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Indian politician
• 1948 - Gregory Itzin, American actor
• 1948 - Rémy Trudel, French Canadian politician
• 1949 - Massimo D'Alema, Prime Minister of Italy
• 1949 - Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist
• 1949 - Jessica Lange, American actress
• 1950 - Veronica Cartwright, American actress
• 1950 - Steve Erickson, American novelist
• 1950 - Aleksandr Lebed, Russian general, politician (d. 2002)
• 1950 - Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian Politician
• 1951 - Luther Vandross, American singer (d. 2005)
• 1954 - Gilles Lupien, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 - Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician
• 1957 - Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-Canadian actor
• 1958 - Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1961 - Don Mattingly, American baseball player
• 1961 - Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor
• 1963 - Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver
• 1964 - Crispin Glover, American actor
• 1964 - Andy Serkis, English actor
• 1964 - Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater
• 1965 - Ralph Cirella, stylist and friend of Howard Stern
• 1965 - Adrian Fernández, Mexican racing driver
• 1967 - Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
• 1967 - Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater)
• 1967 - Lara Jill Miller, American actress
• 1968 - J.D. Roth, American game show host and television personality
• 1970 - Shemar Moore, American actor
• 1970 - Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer
• 1971 - Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
• 1971 - Allan Houston, basketball player
• 1972 - Carmen Electra, American actress
• 1972 - Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer
• 1972 - Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician
• 1976 - Joey Lawrence, American actor
• 1976 - Shay Given, Irish footballer
• 1977 - Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, professional wrestler
• 1978 - Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol
• 1980 - Jasmin Wagner, German singer
• 1981 - Matus Valent, male fitness model
• 1983 - Terrence J, American television host
• 1986 - Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (d. 2003)

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Johannes Agricola (originally Schneider, then Schnitter) (April 20, 1494 - September 22, 1566) was a German Protestant reformer. ... Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Saint Rose of Lima, (20 April 1586 - 30 August 1617), the first Catholic saint of The Americas, was born in Lima, Peru. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... Emperor Go-Kōmyō (後光明天皇) (April 20, 1633 - October 30, 1654) was the 110th imperial ruler of Japan. ... 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Heinrich Göbel, or later: Henry Goebel (April 20, 1818 - December 4, 1893), born in Germany, was a precision mechanic and inventor, an early pioneer who did much work on developing the light bulb. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Dinah Maria Craik (née Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Daniel Chester French Signature, Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Young Tom Morris wearing the Championship Belt Tom Morris, Jr. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Maulvi Abdul Haq (1870–1961) was the noted Urdu linguist, scholar, writer, researcher and activist who is unanimously celebrated as Baba-i-Urdu (Father of Urdu). ... (اردو), historically spelled Ordu, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to Indo-European family of languages. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Fashon Design by Paul Poiret, 1912 Paul Poiret (20 April 1879, Paris, France - 30 April 1944, Paris) was a fashion designer based in Paris before the First World War, during the Belle Epoque. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Holland Smith Gen Holland McTyeire Howlin Mad Smith (April 20, 1882 – January 12, 1967) was a general in the US Marine Corps during World War II. He is sometimes called the father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Albert Jean Amateau (April 20, 1889 - February 9, 1996) was a rabbi, businessman, lawyer and social activist. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Duplessis campaigning in the 1952 election. ... The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated to Prime Minister of Quebec) is the first minister for the Canadian province of Quebec. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Mary Phelps Jacob (Caresse Crosby) in 1929 The first modern brassiere to receive a patent and gain wide acceptance was a bra invented by a New York socialite named Mary Phelps Jacob in 1910. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American film actor and director, most famous for his silent comedies. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Joan Miró photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, June, 1935 Joan Miró i Ferrà (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Catalan (Spanish) painter, sculptor, and ceramist born in Mont-roig del Camp, Spain. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Emile Joseph Christian (New Orleans April 20, 1895 - New Orleans December 3, 1973) (sometimes spelled Emil Christian) was an early jazz trombonist; he also played cornet and string bass. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... Wilfrid Reid Wop May, DFC (April 20, 1896 – June 21, 1952), was a pioneering aviator who created the rôle of bush pilot while working the Canadian west. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Promotional photo for actor Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... George Stibitz George Stibitz (April 20, 1904 – January 31, 1995) is internationally recognized as the father of the modern digital computer. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Lionel Hampton with George W. Bush Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908, Louisville, Kentucky – August 31, 2002 New York City), was a jazz bandleader and percussionist. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Betty Lou Gerson (April 20, 1914 - January 12, 1999), actress best known for her portrayal of Cruella de Vil in the 1961 Disney animated feature The 101 Dalmatians. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Joseph Wolpe (1915-1997) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1915, but became an American citizen later in his life. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Edward Latimer Beach, Jr. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn (born April 20, 1918) is a Swedish physicist. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... John Paul Stevens (born April 20, 1920) is an American jurist, and the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Ronald Speirs (April 20, 1920-April 11, 2007) was a United States Army officer who served in the U.S. 101st Airborne Division during World War II. He was initially a platoon leader in Company D (Dog Company) of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Janine Sutto (born April 20, 1921) is a Quebec actress. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Mother Angelica born Rita Antoinette Rizzo is an American Roman Catholic nun and founder of the Eternal Word Television Network. ... Tito Puente Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Leslie Phillips OBE (born April 20, 1924) is a British comedy actor, born in Tottenham, London. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Ernie Stautner (born April 20, 1925 in Prinzing-by-Cham, Germany- died February 16, 2006 Carbondale, Colorado) was a former American football player and coach. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... Karl Alexander Müller (born April 20, 1927) is a Swiss physicist who, along with J. Georg Bednorz, was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discovery of superconductivity in certain substances at higher temperatures than had previously been thought attainable. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Gerald S. Hawkins (April 20, 1928 - May 26, 2003) was an astronomer whose major popular work was the concept of Stonehenge as a primitive observatory. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... George Hosato Takei (IPA: ) (b. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Peter Soyer Beagle (born in 1939) is an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays. ... Gro Harlem Brundtland [IPA: gro hÉ‘É­É›m brʉntlÉ‘nd] (born April 20, 1939) is a Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... This article is about the 1950s and 1960s singer. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Patrick Ryan ONeal (born April 20, 1941) is an Oscar-nominated American actor. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Gardiner conducting Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE (born April 20, 1943, Fontmell, Dorset, England) is an English conductor. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Michael Brandon is an actor who was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 20, 1945 as Michael Feldman. He starred in the TV series Dempsey & Makepeace and Dinotopia, the 1978 film FM and the plays Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie, and Jerry Springer - The Opera. ... Steven Orr Spurrier (born April 20, 1945 in Miami Beach, Florida) is a former American football player and current the head coach of the University of South Carolina football team. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Julien Poulin (born April 20, 1946) is a actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and composer in Quebec, Canada. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Björn Skifs (born April 20, 1947) is a swedish actor, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. ... Blue Swede Blue Swede was a Swedish rock band from the early to mid-1970s that succeeded with a few singles which were covers of other artists material. ... Andrew Tobias (born April 20, 1947) is an American journalist, author and columnist, whose main body of work is on investment, but who has also written on politics, insurance and other topics. ... David Leland (born April 20, 1947 in Cambridge, England, UK) is a British director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directional debut Wish You Were Here in 1987. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Craig Frost (born April 20, 1948 in Flint, Michigan) was keyboardist for 70s rockers Grand Funk, who had a handful of massive hit singles and Craig also played in Bob Segers band playing organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboard on Nine Tonight (1981) The Distance (1982) Like a Rock (1986) The... Grand Funk Railroad was an American Rock and Roll band in the 1970s, originally from Flint, Michigan. ... Robert Clark Bob Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock musician from Michigan, who after years of local Detroit-area success starting in the mid-1960s, achieved his greatest national success starting in the mid-1970s and extending into the 1980s. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Adolf Lu Hitler R. Marak is a politician in the state of Meghalaya, India. ... Gregory Itzin (born April 20, 1948) is an Emmy nominated American TV actor. ... Rémy Trudel (born April 20, 1948 in Sainte-Thècle) is a university professor and a former Quebec politician. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Massimo DAlema (born on April 20, 1949 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian journalist and politician, a former prime minister and a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra. ... In Italy, the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the countrys prime minister or head of government, and occupies the fourth-most important state office. ... Toller Cranston, CM (April 20, 1949-) is a Canadian figure skater and artist. ... Jessica Lange in The Glass Menagerie (2005) Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949 in Cloquet, Minnesota) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1950 in Bristol, England) is an actress. ... Steve Erickson Stephen Michael Erickson (born April 20, 1950) is an American novelist, essayist and critic. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Nara Chandrababu Naidu Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born April 20, 1951) was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh during 1995-2004. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gilles Lupien (born April 20, 1954 in Brownsburg, Quebec) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Beatrice Ask Beatrice Ask (born 1956) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and member of the Riksdag. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Geraint Wyn Davies (born April 20, 1957 in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom) is a Canadian actor. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Viacheslav (Slava) Alexandrovich Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав (Слава) Александрович Фетисов, Vjačeslav (Slava) Aleksandrovič Fetisov; born April 20, 1958, in Moscow, Soviet Union now Russia) is the current Minister of Sport in Russia, and a former ice hockey defenseman, considered one of the best defensemen of all time, a long-time captain for the Soviet... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Donald Arthur Mattingly (nicknamed Donnie Baseball and The Hit Man) (born April 20, 1961) is a retired first baseman who played for the New York Yankees of the American League from 1982-1995. ... Konstantin Lavronenko (born 20 April 1961 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia) is a Russian actor most commonly accredited for his performance as the mysterious father of two boys in 2003 film Vozvrashcheniye (international English title The Return). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Mauricio Gugelmin was a Formula One driver from Brazil. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is a multifaceted American artist. ... Andy Serkis (born April 20, 1964) is a British actor and director. ... Rosalynn Sumners (born April 20, 1964) is an American ladies singles figure skater. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Ralph Cirella (born in 1965) is wardrobe consultant to radio host Howard Stern. ... For the former personal attorney and partner of Anna Nicole Smith, see Howard K. Stern. ... Adrian Fernández was born April 20, 1965 in Mexico City, Mexico. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Raymond van Barneveld (born April 20, 1967 in The Hague, Netherlands), nickname Barney, is a professional darts player. ... Michael Stephen Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American drummer primarily known for his work with the progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed by three students at the Berklee College of Music in 1985. ... Lara Jill Miller portrays the titular character in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. Lara Jill Miller (born April 20, 1967 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American television, stage and voice actress. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... J.D. Roth (born on April 20, 1968) is an American television personality, actor, a former popular childrens game show host, and a producer of reality shows. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor and former male fashion model with Irene Marie Models, best known for his role as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, which he originally played from 1994 to 2002, and is... Adriano Silva Moraes (born April 20, 1970 in Quintana, São Paulo, Brazil) is a rodeo performer specializing in bull riding. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Carla Louise Maria Geurts (born April 20, 1971 in Geldrop, The Netherlands) is a former swimmer from Holland, who won three silver medals during her career at the European Swimming Championships. ... Allan Wade Houston (born April 20, 1971, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is an American former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing shooting guard for the National Basketball Associations New York Knicks. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra,[1] is an American glamour model, television personality, singer and actress. ... Le Huynh Duc (born April 20, 1972) is a former Vietnamese footballer and national team captain. ... Stephen Ragga Marley was born April 20, 1972 and is the second son of Rita and Bob Marley. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Joseph Joey Lawrence (born Joseph Lawrence Mignogna, Jr. ... Seamus Shay Given (born 20 April 1976 in Lifford, County Donegal) is an Irish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland, and is regarded as one of the finest and most reliable custodians in the game today. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... John Hugger aka Johnny Stamboli is a professional wrestler who previously performed for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Mirei Kuroda Mirei Kuroda , born 20 April 1978) is a famous busty Japanese idol and swimsuit model. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Jasmin Wagner better known as Blümchen Jasmin Wagner, (April 20, 1980, Hamburg, Germany) better known as Blümchen, is a multi-platinum selling pop and dance music singer, aspiring actress, model/spokesperson and a proud vegetarian. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terrence Jenkins (born July 12, 1982 in South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States) is an American television personality and one of the current hosts of the popular Black Entertainment Television show 106 & Park. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cameron Duncan (April 20, 1986 – November 12, 2003) was a writer and director from New Zealand. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths

• 1176 - Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)
• 1314 - Pope Clement V (b. 1264)
• 1521 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)
• 1534 - Elizabeth Barton, English nun (executed)
• 1558 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)
• 1643 - Christoph Demantius, German composer (b. 1567)
• 1703 - Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)
• 1765 - Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)
• 1769 - Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa
• 1831 - John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)
• 1874 - Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)
• 1887 - Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)
• 1873 - William Tite, English architect (b. 1798)
• 1899 - Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
• 1912 - Bram Stoker, Irish author (b. 1847)
• 1918 - Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1932 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b. 1858)
• 1947 - King Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
• 1951 - Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
• 1964 - Eddie Dyer, baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1977 - Sepp Herberger, German football coach (b. 1897)
• 1982 - Archibald MacLeish, American poet and Librarian of Congress (b. 1892)
• 1984 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)
• 1986 - Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. 1916)
• 1989 - Doru Davidovici, Romanian writer and Fighter Pilot (b. 1945)
• 1991 - Steve Marriott, British musician and actor (b. 1945)
• 1991 - Don Siegel, American film director (b. 1912)
• 1992 - Benny Hill, British comedian (b. 1924)
• 1993 - Cantinflas, Mexican comedian and actor (b. 1911)
• 1994 - Jean Carmet, French actor (b. 1920)
• 1996 - Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne (b. 1920)
• 1999 - Victims of the Columbine High School massacre
• 1999 - Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
• 1999 - Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
• 2001 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
• 2002 - Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
• 2003 - Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911)
• 2005 - Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (b. 1904)
• 2005 - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player (b. 1943)
• 2007 - Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist
• 2007 - Mir Wilayat Ali, Pakistani Born - famous for being "Big Will"

Events May 22 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo Raynald of Chatillon released from prison in Aleppo May 29 - Frederick Barbarossa is defeated in the Battle of Legnano by the Lombard League leading to the pactum Anagninum (the Agreement of Anagni) September 17 - Seljuk Turks defeat Manuel... Son of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Beaumont, Richard was an Anglo-Norman lord notable in supporting Henry II of England in Ireland. ... Events February 13 - Innocent II is elected pope An antipope schism occurs when Roger II of Sicily supports Anacletus II as pope instead of Innocent II. Innocent flees to France and Anacletus crowns Roger King. ... Events June 24 - Battle of Bannockburn. ... Clement V, born Bertrand de Goth (also occasionally spelled Gouth and Got) (1264 – April 20, 1314), was Pope from 1305 to his death. ... A contemporary monument to the Battle of Lewes, a crucial 1264 battle in the Second Barons War in England. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... Categories: People stubs | 1491 births | 1521 deaths | Ming Dynasty emperors ... // Events December 6 - King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. ... 1534 (MDXXXIV) was a common year in the 16th century. ... Elizabeth Barton (known as The Nun of Kent, The Holy Maid of London or The Holy Maid of Kent; 1506? – April 20, 1534) was executed for prophesying that if King Henry VIII of England married Anne Boleyn against the wishes of the Pope, he would die within six months. ... Events January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. ... Johannes Bugenhagen (24 June 1485 in Wollin, Pomerania—20 April 1558 in Wittenberg, Saxony), also called Doktor Pomeranus, introduced the Protestant Reformation in Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century. ... // Events August 5-7 - First outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins August 22 - Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Christoph Demantius (December 15, 1567 – April 20, 1643) was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... Reverend Lancelot Addison (1632 - April 20, 1703) was born in Westmorland. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Abigail Williams testimony against George Jacobs, Jr. ... Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... No authentic images of Pontiac are known to exist. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... John Abernethy (1764–1831) John Abernethy (April 3, 1764 - April 20, 1831) was an English surgeon, the grandson of Reverend John Abernethy. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Muhammad Sharif Pasha (1826 - 1887) was a significant Egyptian political figure. ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... William Tite (1798-1873) was a British architect. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Joseph Wolf (January 22, 1820 - April 20, 1899) was a German artist. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Ferdinand Braun Karl Ferdinand Braun (June 6, 1850–April 20, 1918) was a German physicist. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Giuseppe Peano Giuseppe Peano (August 27, 1858 – April 20, 1932) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher best known for his contributions to set theory. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Christian X of Denmark (Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm) (September 26, 1870 – April 20, 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and of Iceland between 1918 and 1944. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Ivanoe Bonomi (October 18, 1873 April 20, 1951) was an Italian politician and statesman. ... In Italy, the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the countrys prime minister or head of government, and occupies the fourth-most important state office. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Edwin Hawley Dyer (October 11, 1900 – April 20, 1964) was a player, manager and farm system official of the St. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Josef Sepp Herberger (born 28 March 1897 in Mannheim, Germany, died 28 April 1977 in Weinheim, Germany) was a German football player and manager. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Archibald MacLeish Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. ... Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is one of four official national libraries of the United States (along with the National Library of Medicine, National Agricultural Library, and National Archives and Records Administration). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hristo Prodanov (February 24, 1943 - April 20, 1984) was a Bulgarian mountaineer. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Syed Sibt-e-Hasan (1916-1986) was an eminent scholar, journlist and activist of Pakistan. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doru Davidovici Doru Davidovici (b. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steve Marriott (30 January 1947 in Upton, East London, – 20 April 1991 in Arkesden, Essex. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Don Siegel (October 26, 1912 - April 20, 1991) was an influential American film director. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Alfred Hawthorn Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992), better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English comic, actor and singer, best known for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Mario Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a comedian of the Mexican theatre and film industry. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Jean Carmet, born July 25, 1920 in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France, died April 20, 1994 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, was an actor. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Christopher Robin Milne (August 21, 1920 – April 20, 1996) was the son of author Alan Alexander Milne and Dorothy de Selincourt. ... Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 _ January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, is an English author best known for his books about the talking stuffed bear; Winnie the Pooh and for various childrens poems, some of which also feature Winnie-the-Pooh and friends. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This is a list of victims of the Columbine High School massacre. ... The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado (the CDP of Columbine), near Denver and Littleton. ... Richard Erwin Rood (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name of Ravishing Rick Rude (which Rood would legally change his name to), was a professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, most notably World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation, in the 1980s and... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wenceslao Moreno (April 17, 1896–April 20, 1999), known as Señor Wences, was a prominent 20th century ventriloquist whose popularity grew with his frequent appearances on CBSs Ed Sullivan Show. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Giuseppe Sinopoli (November 2, 1946 - April 20, 2001) was a conductor and composer. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Alan Dale (July 9, 1926-April 20, 2002) was a singer of traditional popular and rocknroll music. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ruth Hale (October 14, 1908 – April 20, 2003) was an American playwright and actress. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Sir Bernard Katz FRS (March 26, 1911 – April 20, 2003) was a German-born biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve biochemistry. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fumio Niwa (丹羽文雄, born in 1904 in Mie Prefecture, Japan, died April 20, 2005) was a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, including The Buddha Tree. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Zygfryd Blaut (born March 2, 1943 in Gogolin; died April 20, 2005) was a Polish football player who won two titles with Legia Warsaw. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ... Point of Departure (1964) Andrew Hill (born June 30, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois[1]) is an American jazz pianist and composer. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...

Holidays and observances

• Ridván begins at sunset (Bahá'í Faith).
• 4/20 in cannabis culture.

Riḍván (Arabic: transliteration: ; Persian transliteration: Riḍván) is a twelve-day festival in the Baháí Faith, commemorating the commencement of Baháulláh´s prophethood. ... Seat of the Universal House of Justice in Haifa, Israel, governing body of the Baháís The Baháí Faith is a religion founded by Baháulláh in 19th century Persia. ... Santa Cruz 4/20 celebration at Porter Meadow on UCSC campus in 2007 The 4/20 celebration at the Victoria, BC City Hall in 2007 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is a term used in North America as a discreet way to refer to the consumption of... Bob Marley on the cover of The Wailers 1973 album Catch a Fire. ...

Anniversary

• Khairanisa Begum and Mir Fayaaz Ali parents of Mir Wilayat Ali (Islamic Faith).

Liturgical feasts

• Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
• Saint Marcellinus
• Saint Victor (d. 303)
• Saint Theotimus (d. 407)
• Blessed Oda (d. 1158)

St. ... There are two Christian saints named Marcellinus: Marcellinus, bishop of Rome 296–304 and martyr. ... ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada