Today in History for 7th April 2017:
Historical Events
1456 – Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik
1795 – France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length.
1922 – Naval Reserve #3, “Teapot Dome,” leased to Harry F Sinclair
1945 – US B-17s bombs range at Luneburg
1954 – German government refuses to recognize DDR
1989 – Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths
Famous Birthdays
1895 – Eduardo Toldra, composer
1896 – Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25)
1918 – C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer (Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner)
1940 – Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
1966 – Teri Ann Linn, actress (Kristen-Bold and Beautiful), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1971 – Victor Kraatz, Berlin Ger, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th)
Famous Deaths
1823 – Jacques Charles, French chemist (b. 1746)
1823 – Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles, French inventor and balloonist who (with Nicholas Robert) was the first to take flight in a hydrogen balloon, dies at 76
1868 – D’Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. 1825)
1917 – Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53
1932 – Erv A Kelley, US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
2007 – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (B.C., Wizard of Id), dies at 76