Today in History for 24th April 2022:
Historical Events
1801 – 1st performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Jahreszeiten” (The Seasons)
1865 – Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco
1915 – German army fires chloroform gas in Ypres (Leper)
1929 – Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark
1992 – “Man of La Mancha” opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 108 performances
1993 – Farm Aid VI held in Ames, Iowa; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, The Jayhawks, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Cash, Ricky Van Shelton, Marty Stuart, Martina McBride, Bruce Hornsby, Bryan Adams, Ringo Starr, and Dwight Yoakam
Famous Birthdays
1828 – Robert Brank Vance, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1873-85), born in Buncombe, North Carolina (d. 1899)
1856 – Philippe Pétain, French marshal and Chief of the French State (1940-44), born in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, France (d. 1951)
1942 – Richard M. Daley, American politician, 43rd Mayor of Chicago (1989-2011), born in Chicago, Illinois
1950 – Rob Hyman, American rock singer-songwriter, keyboardist, melodica and accordion player (The Hooters – “All You Zombies”; “And We Danced”), born in Meriden, Connecticut
1961 – Roger Mayweather, American boxer, (WBA and lineal super featherweight titles 1983-84, WBC light welterweight 1987-89; IBO light welterweight; IBO welterweight 1994-95), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2020)
1969 – Melinda Clarke, American actress (Days of Our Lives), born in Dana Point, California
Famous Deaths
709 – Wilfrid, English bishop and saint, dies at about 76
1656 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
1850 – Louis Alexandre Piccinni, Italian-French composer, dies at 70
1945 – Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47
1955 – Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79
2017 – Don Gordon [Donald Guadagno], American actor (Bullitt, Papillon), dies at 90