100 years anniversary |
03 Apr 1925
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birth
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Tony Benn: British Minister of technology (1968)
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03 Apr 1925
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event
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Great Britain goes back to gold standard
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03 Apr 1925
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event
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Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde
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03 Apr 1925
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birth
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Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 2014) |
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75 years anniversary |
03 Apr 1950
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birth
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Curtis Stone: N Hollywood, California -- Singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
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03 Apr 1950
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death
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Adolf Wiklund: Composer, dies at 70
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03 Apr 1950
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death
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Carter G Woodson: American Historian (black studies), dies at 74
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03 Apr 1950
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death
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Kurt Julian Weill: German Composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50
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03 Apr 1950
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death
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Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875) |
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03 Apr 1950
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death
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Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (b. 1900) |
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03 Apr 1950
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birth
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Sally Thomsett, English actress |
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03 Apr 1950
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birth
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Ray Lucia, American author and television host |
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03 Apr 1950
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birth
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Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist |
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50 years anniversary |
03 Apr 1975
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birth
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Thomas Hamilton: NBA center (Boston Celtics)
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03 Apr 1975
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death
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Mary Ure: Actress (Sons & Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42
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03 Apr 1975
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event
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Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend
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03 Apr 1975
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event
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James Rupers kills his family to inherit
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03 Apr 1975
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event
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Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. |
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03 Apr 1975
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death
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Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933) |
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03 Apr 1975
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birth
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Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball player |
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03 Apr 1975
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birth
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Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player |
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03 Apr 1975
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birth
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Aries Spears, American comedian and actor |
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03 Apr 1975
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birth
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Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian-American basketball player |
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03 Apr 1975
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birth
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Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player |
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03 Apr 1975
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birth
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Spiller, Italian DJ and producer |
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03 Apr 1975
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music
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Steve Miller was charged with setting fire to the clothes of a friend, Benita Diorio. When police arrived at Miller's house, Diorio was putting out the flames, Miller then got into a fight with some of the policemen and was charged with resisting arrest.
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25 years anniversary |
03 Apr 2000
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event
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United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. |
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03 Apr 2000
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death
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Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946) |
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03 Apr 2000
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music
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Mariah Carey was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital suffering from dehydration and complications from food poisoning after eating raw oysters.
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20 years anniversary |
03 Apr 2005
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death
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François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944) |
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03 Apr 2005
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death
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Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933) |
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03 Apr 2005
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death
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Tony Croatto, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Los TNT and Haciendo Punto en Otro Son) (b. 1940) |
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03 Apr 2005
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death
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Saud Hamoud 'Abid al-Qatini al-'Otaibi, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1971) |
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15 years anniversary |
03 Apr 2010
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event
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Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer. |
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10 years anniversary |
03 Apr 2015
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death
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Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1913) |
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03 Apr 2015
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death
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Mathias Gnädinger, Swiss actor (b. 1941) |
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03 Apr 2015
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death
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Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1950) |
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03 Apr 2015
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death
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Sarah Brady, American activist and author (b. 1942) |
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03 Apr 2015
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death
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Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1937) |
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03 Apr 2015
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death
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Kayahan, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949) |
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03 Apr 2015
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music
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Bob Burns, the American drummer who was in the original line-up of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a car crash in Georgia when his car struck a mailbox and a tree with the front of the vehicle. Burns was the only occupant of the car and was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. He appeared on the band's 'Sweet Home Alabama,' 'Gimme Three Steps' and 'Free Bird.'
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