Today in History for 20th April 2017:
Historical Events
1888 – 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India
1910 – Halley’s Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km
1973 – Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit
1974 – ‘The Troubles’, the Northern Ireland conflict between republican and loyalist paramilitaries, British security forces, and civil rights groups, claims its 1000th victim
1975 – 29th Tony Awards: Equus and Wiz win
1990 – 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A’s is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips
Famous Birthdays
1894 – Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
1912 – Ed Jones, (Rep-D-TN, 1969- )
1936 – Pat Roberts, Topeka, Kansas, US Senator (Rep-R-KS, 1981-1997)
1948 – Rémy Trudel, French Canadian politician
1955 – Donald R Pettit, Silverton Oregon, PhD/astronaut
1972 – Le Huynh ?uc, Vietnamese footballer
Famous Deaths
1836 – Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75
1908 – Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85
1932 – Giuseppe Peano, mathematician, dies
1974 – Richard Huelsenbeck, German Dada writer, dies at 81
1977 – Len Johnson, cricketer (one Test for Australia, 3-66 and 3-8), dies
2006 – Anna Svidersky (b. 1988)