Today in History for 11th April 2018:
Historical Events
1814 – Napoleon abdicates unconditionally; he is exiled to Elba
1962 – New York Mets make a losing debut
1971 – “Johnny Johnson” opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
1988 – Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
2010 – 74th Masters Golf Tournament: Phil Mickelson wins, shooting a 272
2014 – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, KISS, Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt and Cat Stevens
Famous Birthdays
1755 – James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson’s disease) and political activist, born in Shoreditch, London (d. 1824)
1866 – Bernard O’Dowd, Australian poet, born in Beaufort, Australia (d. 1953)
1879 – Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
1930 – Clive Exton, scriptwriter and playwright
1947 – Michael Wright, Vice-Chancello, (Aston University)
1994 – Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
Famous Deaths
1512 – Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle
1894 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)
1906 – James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at 58
1906 – Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies
1926 – Luther Burbank, American horticulturist who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants, dies of gastrointestinal complications at 77
1953 – Lionel Logue, Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI (The Kings Speech), dies at 73