Page 7: Historical Events In April - 04

1940  On this day in history r Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher," premieres in NYC   

1941  German troops conquer Banghazi on April - 04.   

1941  On this day in history max Frisch, writer, dies at 29   

1942  On this day in history rCAF Squadron Leader L.J. Birchall spots Japanese fleet heading for Ceylon; alerts naval base and averts disaster for the British Fleet and a second Pearl Harbour   

1943  On this day in history oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies at 54   

1944  British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia on April - 04.   

1944  On April - 04 de Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists   

1944  John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1945  On April - 04 hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day)   

1945  US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany on April - 04.   

1945  US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)   

1947  Largest group of sunspots on record on April - 04.   

1947  On April - 04 uN's International Civil Aviation Organization established   

1947  Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to first base; it ends in a tie   

1948  84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie on April - 04.   

1949  Establishment of NATO on April - 04.   

1949  Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement on this day in history.   

1949  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC) on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'NATO', formed in Washington USA   

1949  WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting on April - 04.   

1950  Christine Lahti born on April - 04.   

1950  Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES on April - 04.   

1951  On this day in history dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Per¢n in Buenos Aires Argentina   

1951  On this day in history dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Peron in Buenos Aires   

1952  Karen Magnussen figure skater, born at North Vancouver, BC on this day in history.   

1953  KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo TX (CBS) begins broadcasting on April - 04.   

1953  On April - 04 kFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1953  On this day in history carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59   

1954  On April - 04 louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton GA Golf Open   

1954  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open on April - 04.   

1955  British government signs military treaty with Iraq on April - 04.   

1955  On this day in history british govt signs military treaty with Iraq   

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.   

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.