Today in History for 6th April 2022:
Historical Events
1859 – US recognizes Liberal government in Mexico’s War of Reform
1919 – Bavaria proclaims itself a soviet republic
1930 – 1st transcontinental glider tow completed
1935 – H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more
1945 – World War II: Dutch city of Coevorden freed from German occupation by Canadian forces
1991 – 145th Grand National: In Canadian distillery Seagram’s final year of race sponsorship, New Zealand-bred chestnut gelding Seagram wins, ridden by Nigel Hawke
Famous Birthdays
1819 – Johann A H Scheler, Belgian librarian
1823 – Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
1866 – Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)
1940 – Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
1965 – Virginia Lee, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1973 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer
Famous Deaths
1707 – Willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies at 73
1779 – Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52
1883 – Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801)
1975 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (1928-1975), dies at 87
1978 – Nicolas Nabokov, Russian composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
1983 – Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered