Today in History for 4th April 2018:
Historical Events
1899 – South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
1915 – Germany protests vigorously to the US, claiming it must insist that Britain lifts its blockade and assert American neutrality
1933 – US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of NJ, 73 die
1958 – 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston, England)
1998 – NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
2012 – Boris Tadi?, President of Serbia, resigns
Famous Birthdays
1875 – Samuel S. Hinds, American actor (Raven, Test Pilot), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1948)
1908 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (Cheaper by the Dozen), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
1939 – Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, anti-apartheid activist (I Am Not Afraid), described as the “father of South African jazz,” born in Witbank, South Africa (d. 2018)
1952 – Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist (Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman)
1962 – Tina Tombs, LPGA golfer (1990 Jamie Farr Toledo), born in Montreal, Quebec
1975 – Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
Famous Deaths
1761 – Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)
1923 – John Venn, English mathematician (Venn Diagram), dies at 88
1932 – Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian minister, dies at 59
1992 – Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
1992 – Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951)
2007 – Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)