Date | Text | |||
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100 years anniversary | ||||
30 Apr 1924 | Sheldon Harnick: Chicago, Illinois -- Lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof) | |||
30 Apr 1924 | Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (d. 2008) | |||
30 Apr 1924 | Sheldon Harnick Chicago IL, Broadway lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
30 Apr 1949 | Karl Meiler, German tennis player (d. 2014) | |||
30 Apr 1949 | António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal | |||
30 Apr 1949 | Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
30 Apr 1974 | Cedric Jones: Defensive end (New York Giants) | |||
30 Apr 1974 | Chris Darkins: NFL running back (Green Bay Packers - Super Bowl 31) | |||
30 Apr 1974 | Agnes Moorehead: Actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67 | |||
30 Apr 1974 | President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings | |||
30 Apr 1974 | Agnes Moorehead, American actress and singer (b. 1900) | |||
30 Apr 1974 | Cedric Jones defensive end (New York Giants) | |||
30 Apr 1974 | Chris Darkins NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) | |||
30 Apr 1974 | Agnes Moorehead actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies from cancer at 67 | |||
30 Apr 1974 | President Richard Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
30 Apr 1999 | Darrell Sweet, English drummer (Nazareth) (b. 1947) | |||
30 Apr 1999 | Nazareth drummer Darrell Sweet died aged 52, after suffering a fatal heart attack before a show in New Albany, Indiana. Nazareth had the 1973 UK No.9 single 'Broken Down Angel' 1976 US No. 8 single 'Love Hurts'. | |||
30 Apr 1999 | The three former members of Spandau Ballet lost a court case against band songwriter Gary Kemp. They had claimed they were owed £1 million in lost royalties. The Judge said he had become a fan of the bands during the case. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
30 Apr 2004 | U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. | |||
30 Apr 2004 | New child abuse charges were made against Michael Jackson including a count of conspiracy, covering allegations of child abduction, extortion and false imprisonment. A new court date of May 28th 2004 was set. | |||
30 Apr 2004
University of California at Irvine |
University of California at Irvine (technology) Scientists from the University of California at Irvine announce the first high-speed transistor made from a carbon nanotube, operating at microwave frequencies. |
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15 years anniversary | ||||
30 Apr 2009 | Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting: Twelve people were killed (students and staff members) by an armed attacker. | |||
30 Apr 2009 | Seven people are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix. | |||
30 Apr 2009 | Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. | |||
30 Apr 2009 | Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (b. 1935) | |||
30 Apr 2009 | Venetia Burney, English girl who named Pluto (b. 1918) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
30 Apr 2014 | A bomb blast in Ürümqi kills three people and injures 79 others. | |||
30 Apr 2014 | Ian Ross, Australian journalist (b. 1940) | |||
30 Apr 2014 | Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (b. 1929) | |||
30 Apr 2014 | Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (b. 1946) | |||
30 Apr 2014 | Chris Harris, English actor and director (b. 1942) | |||
30 Apr 2014 | Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919) | |||
30 Apr 2014 | Guitarist Wilko Johnson had a major operation in an attempt to treat his pancreatic cancer. Johnson was diagnosed at the end of 2012 and was given 10 months to live after rejecting chemotherapy. Johnson told Q magazine that a cancer doctor had become curious as to why he wasn't dead. And why I wasn't even sick which resulted in more tests. |