Today in History for 23rd April 2017:
Historical Events
1940 – NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
1942 – 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins
1952 – Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter
1959 – 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
1964 – Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0
1994 – Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives, Haiti
Famous Birthdays
1735 – Ildephons Haas, composer
1853 – Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
1882 – Albert Coates, conductor/composer (Eagle), born in St Petersburg, Russia
1890 – Marcel L’Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)
1928 – Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet
1952 – Terry Moor, tennis star, born in Hartford, Connecticut
Famous Deaths
1605 – Boris Godunov, chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I and Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies after a lengthy illness and a stroke at approximately 20
1971 – William Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76
1976 – Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68
1990 – Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies
2005 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
2008 – William H. Stewart, 10th US Surgeon General (1965-69), dies at 86