This Week In History April 14th

1034 Romanus III Argyrus Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife.

1240 Death of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd

1240 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies.

1241 Batu Khan defeats BTla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.

1241 King BTla of Hungary, with 100,000 men, face the army of Mongol leader Batu Khan at the Sajo River. While the Hungarians engage at a stone bridge, the main force of Mongols attack from the south with 30,000 men. Hungarians retreat in a column from their beseiged camp, and are then attacked from both sides. 50-70,000 killed.

1357 Birth of King John I of Portugal “the One With Good Memory” (d. 1433)

1370 Birth of Friederich I (also called Friedrich der Streitbare) in Saxony; elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire.

1374 Birth of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d. 1398)

1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI.

1492 Birth of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)

1500 Michael T Marullus Greeks poet, drowns.

1512 Battle at Ravenna France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army.

1512 Gaston de Foix French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle.

1512 War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix was victorious in the Battle of Ravenna.

1551 English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland.

1554 Death of Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (b. 1521)

1564 England and France sign Peace of Troyes.

1564 Liege Prince-Bishop Robert van Bergen resigns.

1567 Dutch Prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda.

1579 Venlo joins Union of Utrecht.

1580 Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht.

1586 Birth of Pietro Della Valle composer.

1592 Birth of John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632)

1602 Birth of Johann Neukrantz composer.

1612 Death of Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535)

1626 Death of Marin Getaldi?, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)

1638 Birth of Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer.

1648 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern composer, dies at age 53.

1661 Birth of Antoine Coypel French painter/poet.

1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III.

1681 Birth of Anne Danican Philidor composer.

1682 Birth of Jean-Joseph Mouret composer.

1689 William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain.

1705 Birth of William Cookworthy, English chemist (d. 1780)

1712 Death of Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638)

1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain – English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty.

1713 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War): Treaty of Utrecht.

1715 Birth of John Alcock composer.

1721 Birth of David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)

1722 Birth of Christopher Smart English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols).

1723 Death of John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)

1729 Manuel de Egues composer, dies at age 71.

1735 Birth of Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye composer.

1755 Birth of James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)

1769 Birth of Johann Georg Lickl composer.

1770 Birth of George Canning (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1827).

1772 Birth of Manuel JosT Quintana Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo).

1775 Birth of Charles-Fran?ois Dumonchau composer.

1775 Last execution for witchcraft in Germany.

1779 Birth of Louise Reichardt composer.

1783 Nikita I Panin Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at age 64.

1793 Birth of Nicolaas C Kist Dutch church historian/archivist.

1794 Birth of Edward Everett Dorchester Massachusetts, (Governor-Massachusetts), statesman/orator.

1798 Birth of Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)

1798 Death of Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)

1801 Birth of Claude Tillier French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin).

1801 Johann von Schiller’s “Die Jungfrau von Orleans”, premieres in Leipzig.

1810 Birth of Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, English soldier and orientalist (d. 1895)

1810 Jakob Zupan composer, dies at age 75.

1812 Gottlieb Schick German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at age 35.

1814 Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba.

1815 Birth of Klara Fey German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein).

1819 Birth of Charles HallT, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)

1825 Birth of Ferdinand Lassalle French politician/founder (Allgemeiner).

1830 Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini.

1837 Birth of Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth Colonel (Union Army), died in 1861.

1838 Birth of Joseph Leopold Rockel composer.

1838 Pieter L Uys South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at age 40.

1839 John Galt Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at age 59.

1840 Birth of John Conrad Nordqvist composer.

1842 John England bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies.

1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria.

1852 Birth of Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)

1853 Louis Emmanuel Eadin composer, dies.

1854 Birth of Hugh Massie cricket player (Australian batsman of the 1880s).

1854 Karl Adolph von Basedow German Democratic Republic (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at age 55.

1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker’s invading Nicaraguans.

1856 Birth of Arthur Shrewsbury cricket player (dominant England bat late 19th cent).

1856 Death of Juan Santamarfa, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831)

1859 Birth of Basil Harwood composer.

1861 Death of Francisco Gonz�lez Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)

1862 Birth of Charles Evans Hughs 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41).

1862 Rebels surrender Fort Pulaski, Georgia.

1863 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House).

1865 Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.

1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama – evacuated by Confederates.

1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction.

1866 Birth of Carla Ford Henry’s wife.

1867 Birth of John P Lotsy Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics).

1868 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.

1869 Birth of Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)

1873 Death of Edward Canby, U.S. general (assassinated) (b. 1817)

1875 Heinrich Schwabe discoverer of 11-year sunspot cycle, dies.

1876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.

1876 Birth of Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)

1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan.

1876 The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.

1879 Birth of Leendert Round Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo).

1881 Birth of Harvey Bartlett Gaul composer.

1881 Kristian Mandrup Elster Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at age 40.

1881 River ferry “Princess Victoria” sinks in Thames River Ontario, 180 die.

1881 Spelman College founded.

1883 Birth of Leonard Mudie England; actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence).

1887 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal’sky composer, dies at age 54.

1888 Birth of Donald Calthrop London; actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express).

1888 The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.

1889 Birth of Nick La Rocca US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag).

1890 Birth of Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)

1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station.

1891 Eight-year old Jewish tailor’s daughter disappears in Greece, rumour spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews.

1893 Birth of Dean G Acheson statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53).

1895 Anaheim completes its new electric light system.

1897 Birth of Caspar Neher German set designer/librettist.

1898 Birth of Lou Holtz comedian/actor (Follow the Leader).

1898 President William McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration.

1899 Birth of Percy L Julian chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis).

1899 Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.

1899 Treaty of Paris is ratified, ending war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US.

1900 Birth of Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)

1900 US Navy’s first submarine made its debut.

1901 Birth of Adriano Olivetti Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter).

1901 Ivar Christian Hallstrom composer, dies at age 74.

1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa.

1902 Birth of Quentin Reynolds New York City, New York, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI).

1902 Hendrik Potgieter South African Boer General, dies in battle.

1903 Gemma Galgani Italian saint, dies at age 25.

1904 Birth of Arthur Ernest Mourant haematologist.

1905 Einstein reveals Theory of Relativity.

1906 Birth of Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)

1906 Death of James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (b. 1847)

1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity.

1906 Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon Russian-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies.

1906 James A Bailey circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at age 58.

1907 Birth of Paul Douglas Philadelphia Pennsylvania; actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night).

1907 New York Giants Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards.

1908 Birth of Karel Ancerl Czechoslovakia, conductor (Prague/Toronto).

1910 Birth of Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Sp?nola General/President of Portugal.

1911 Birth of Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz Poland, sprinter (Olympics-gold-1932, won 41 Amateur Athletic Union track titles).

1912 Birth of John Larkin Oakland California; actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O’Clock High).

1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid.

1913 Birth of Oleg Cassini Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy).

1914 Birth of Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)

1914 George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”, premieres.

1915 Birth of [Hanlon] Pat Clarke cyclist.

1915 Charlie Chaplin releases The Tramp.

1916 Birth of Alberto E Ginastera Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi).

1916 Death of Richard Harding Davis, American author (b. 1864)

1916 Richard Harding Davis journalist, dies at age 52.

1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Boston Red Sox.

1917 Birth of David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)

1918 Arthur Ochse cricket player (WWI played for South Africa in 1889 aged 19), dies.

1918 Birth of Cameron Mitchell actor (Hombre, How to Marry a Millionaire).

1919 Birth of Hugh Carey (Governor-Democrat-New York).

1919 International Labour Organization founded.

1920 Birth of Marlen Haushofer writer.

1921 Augusta Victoria Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies.

1921 Birth of Jeff Stollmeyer cricket player (West Indies batsman pre/post-war).

1921 First sports broadcast on the radio.

1921 Iowa imposes first state cigarette tax.

1921 KDKA broadcast the first radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee).

1921 The Emirate of Transjordan is created.

1921 Turkestan ASSR is established in Russian SFSR.

1921 Virginia O’Brien Los Angeles California, actress (Francis in the Navy).

1922 Birth of Alexander Raichev composer.

1924 First men’s college swimming championships begin.

1924 Socialists win Denmark’s parliamentary elections.

1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco.

1925 Birth of Oscar De Ville; CEO (Meyer International).

1926 Death of Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)

1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent.

1927 Chilean General Carlos Ib߱ez names himself president.

1928 Birth of Ethel Skakel in Chicago, Illinois, USA; wife of Robert F. Kennedy.

1929 Birth of Lawrence Coughlin; American politician (Representative-Republican-Pennsylvania, 1969-).

1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam.

1930 Birth of James Alan Ferman; secretary (British Board of Film Classification).

1930 Panama passes a law for new coinage of the same size, weight, silver content, and denominations as US coins.

1931 Birth of John[ny] Sheffield in Pasadena, California, USA; American actor (boy in many Tarzan movies).

1932 Birth of Joel Grey, American singer and actor

1933 Hermann G�ring becomes premier of Prussia.

1934 Birth of Dame Anne Poole; chief nursing officer (Department of Health).

1935 Birth of Pierre Kartner [Father Abraham]; Dutch singer (Smurf Song).

1936 Birth of Janet Allen; headmistress (Benenden School).

1936 NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to one.

1938 Birth of Michael Deaver; American politician/influence peddler (Savings and Loan scandal).

1939 Birth of Louise Lasser, American actress

1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations.

1941 Birth of David Lyle Boren; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Oklahoma, 1979-).

1941 German occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets.

1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England.

1942 Birth of Anatoli Nikolayevich Berezovoi in Enem, Adygeya, Russia; cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5).

1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized.

1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his first (single-rotor) craft.

1944 Birth of R J B Knight; deputy director (National Maritime Museum).

1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague.

1945 American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.

1945 Birth of Robert Fripp; guitarist (King Crimson).

1945 Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at age 29.

1945 SS burns and shoots 1,100 people at Gardelegen.

1945 US captures Tsugen Shima.

1945 US troops conquers Mnlheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen.

1945 World War II: United States forces liberate Buchenwald concentration camp.

1946 Birth of Bob Harris, British disc jockey and presenter

1947 Birth of Michael Hindley; British Member of European Parliament.

1948 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279.

1949 Birth of Bernd Eichinger, German film producer

1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco.

1950 US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia.

1951 American President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur.

1951 Birth of Robbie House; rocker (Snuff).

1951 Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.

1952 Birth of Michael Daly in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1991 British Columbia Winter Tour).

1953 Birth of Andrew Wiles, British mathematician

1954 Birth of Chris Difford; rocker (Squeeze).

1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open.

1955 Birth of Piers J Sellers in Sussex, England; PhD/astronaut.

1956 French government decides to send 200,000 reservists to Algeria.

1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham (Alabama) theater by whites.

1957 Birth of Everton Mattis; cricket player (West Indies batsman early 1980s).

1957 Britain agrees to Singapore self rule.

1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes first jet to take-off and land vertically.

1958 Birth of Sally Clark in Feilding, New Zealand; equestrian three day event (Olympics-silver-1996).

1958 Death of Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)

1959 Birth of Frank C Scott, Australian photo-journalist

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitcher Don Drysdale hits his second Opening Day homerun.

1960 Birth of Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist

1961 15th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Saint Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1.

1961 Austrian fourth and last government of Raab resigns.

1961 Birth of Doug Hopkins, American musician

1961 Bob Dylan makes his singing dTbut in New York City.

1961 Israel begins the Adolf Eichman WWII crimes trial.

1962 Birth of AndrT Wasiman; soccer player (FC Volendam).

1962 New York Mets make a losing debut.

1963 Birth of Elizabeth Smylie in Perth, Australia; tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City).

1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

1963 Warren Spahn beats New York Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty).

1965 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271.

1965 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000.

1965 The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states killing 256 people.

1966 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288; Jack Nicklaus is the first man to win consecutive Masters.

1966 Birth of Dave Richards; NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons).

1967 Birth of Lachlan Dreher; Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).

1967 Harlem (New York City) voters defy US Congress and re-elect Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

1968 Birth of Eric Moten; NFL guard/tackle (San Diego Chargers).

1968 German student leader Rudi Dutschke is shot in Berlin.

1968 Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.

1968 Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as President of Poland.

1968 US President Lyndon Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act.

1969 Birth of Gavin Briant; cricket player (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993).

1969 South African President Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse.

1970 Apollo 13 is launched.

1970 Beatles’ “Let It Be”, single goes #1 and stays #1 for two weeks.

1970 Birth of Delroy Pearson in Romford, Essex, England; rocker (Five Star-Between the Lines).

1970 Death of Cathy O’Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)

1970 John H O’Hara, American journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at age 65.

1970 San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati Reds 2-1, only day Cincinnati Reds aren’t in first place in 1970.

1971 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279.

1971 Birth of Oliver Riedel, German musican (Rammstein)

1972 Benjamin L Hooks is named to the US Federal Communications Commission.

1972 Birth of Avo Avetisyan; WLAF defensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals).

1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test.

1973 Birth of Blake Brockermeyer; NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers).

1974 Birth of Alex Corretja in Barcelona, Spain; tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16).

1975 Birth of Terry Cousin; NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears).

1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee Brewers’ player.

1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271.

1977 Death of Jacques PrTvert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)

1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 miles.

1978 Birth of Victor Sikora; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles).

1979 Birth of Malcolm Christie, English footballer

1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.

1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala.

1980 American Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment.

1980 Birth of Mark Teixeira, American baseball player

1981 A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.

1981 Birth of Alessandra Ambrosio; Brazilian model.

1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.

1981 Rioters in South London (Brixton) throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.

1981 US President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from hospital after being shot on March 30.

1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen.

1982 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284.

1982 Birth of Ian Bell, English cricketer

1983 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280.

1983 Death of Dolores del Rio, Mexican actress (b. 1905)

1983 NASA launches RCA-F.

1983 The film ‘Gandhi’ wins 8 Oscars

1983 The National Economic Summit is held in Canberra, Australia.

1984 Birth of Kelli Garner, American actress.

1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam.

1984 Death of Edgar V. Saks, Estonian statesman and historian (born 1910).

1984 General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union.

1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth.

1985 Death of Enver Hoxha, Albanian Communist dictator (b. 1908)

1985 Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at age 76 (born 1908).

1986 Dodge Morgan completes nonstop sail solo around the world in 150 days.

1986 Halley’s Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 million km.

1987 Birth of Joss Stone; English musician.

1987 Death of Erskine Caldwell, American author (b. 1903)

1987 New York Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning versus Kansas City Royals.

1987 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.

1987 Zoja Ivanova wins second female World Cup marathon (2:30:39).

1988 David Prater, US singer (Sam and Dave – “Soul Man”), dies in car crash at age 50.

1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens.

1989 First playoff goal scored by a goalee, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers.

1989 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at age 68.

1989 Philadelphia Flyers score short-handed into an empty net beating Washington Capitals 8-5.

1990 California Angels’ Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle Mariners, 1-0.

1990 New York Lotto pays US$35 million to two winners (numbers are 6-14-24-32-34-51).

1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary.

1991 New York City’s Museum of Broadcasting becomes “Museum of Radio and Television”.

1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands.

1991 United Nations Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration.

1992 Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at age 83.

1992 BPAA US Open won by Robert Lawrence.

1992 Cleveland Indians set team record for long game lose to Boston Red Sox (19 innings – 6.5 hours).

1992 Death of Alejandro Obreg=n, Colombian painter (born 1920).

1992 Eve Merriam, poet (Inner City Mother Goose), dies of cancer at age 75.

1993 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277.

1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100 metre backstroke (51.43 seconds).

1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as President of Kalmukkie.

1993 Mohammed el-Himi, Brigadier-General of Egyptian police, murdered.

1993 Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973-92), dies at age 63.

1994 Birth of Dakota Blue Richards, English actress.

1994 Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at age 64.

1996 A construction accident leads to the burning of the Dnsseldorf airport in Germany.

1996 Death of Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)

1996 Detroit Red Wings become second NHL team to win 60 games in a season.

1996 Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist, dies at age 76.

1996 Louis Osman, artist/goldsmith/craftsman, dies at age 82.

1996 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate, dies at age 89.

1997 Fire damages the Turin Cathedral in Italy.

1997 In Chambrey, France, a meteorite penetrates the roof of a car and starts a fire.

1997 In Southern Xinjiang, China, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs. At least 9 people killed, 89 injured, 100,000 homeless, thousands of buildings destroyed.

1999 63rd Golf Masters Championship.

1999 Death of Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)

2000 Death of Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (born 1945).

2001 Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying game, an international record.

2001 Death of Graciela Naranjo, Venezuelan singer and actress (born 1916).

2001 The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People’s Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released.

2002 An attempted coup d’Ttat in Venezuela against President Hugo Ch�vez began.

2002 The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.

2002 (to April 14) Failed military coup d’Ttat against Venezuelan President Hugo Ch�vez.

2003 Death of Cecil Howard Green, British-born geophysicist and businessman (born 1900).

2004 Phil Mickelson wins The Masters Tournament, his first Men’s major golf championship.

2005 Chelsea Cooley becomes Miss USA 2005 after winning the title out of 50 other states. She is the first ever winner from the state of North Carolina.

2005 Death of AndrT Frantois, French cartoonist (b. 1915)

2006 Death of Proof, American rapper (D12) (born 1975).

2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.

2006 President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium.

2006 US Vice President Dick Cheney throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener at RFK Stadium.

2007 Al Qaeda claims responsibility for two bomb blasts in the Algerian capital of Algiers. At least 33 people are killed and 222 others injured.

2007 Death of Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (born 1925).

2009 (to April 12) The Fourth East Asia Summit is postponed after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declares a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas.

2010 American golfer Phil Mickelson scores a 16-under-par 272 victory in the Masters.

2010 Metal detectorist Dave Crisp finds a hoard of 52,503 Roman coins in a single container in a farmer’s field near Frome in Somerset, England. The coins date to about 253-293 C.E.