Today in History for 22nd April 2018:
Historical Events
1823 – R J Tyers patents roller skates
1903 – Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game in New York at Hilltop Park vs Washington Senators, lose 3-1 before 11,950
1915 – The Second Battle of Ypres begins on the Western Front
1916 – France battles at Fort Douaumont
1982 – Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton [03/23]
1997 – The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
Famous Birthdays
1711 – Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779)
1899 – Martyn Green, British actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Iceman Cometh), born in London, England (d. 1975)
1926 – James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight
1952 – François Berléand, French actor
1971 – Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist
1977 – Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
Famous Deaths
1830 – Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69
1929 – Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
1930 – Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
1975 – Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
1989 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian physicist and Nobel laureate (discovered the elements technetium, astatine and the sub-atomic antiparticle antiproton), dies at 84 of a heart attack
1998 – Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)