Historical Events
1646 - King Charles I flees Oxford
1860 - Thomas Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry
1926 - In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance
1982 - Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins
1994 - 29.0°C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)
2002 - The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
Famous Birthdays
1894 - George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975)
1967 - Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Neth
1969 - Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
1970 - Tim Hanshaw, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
1971 - Hayley Carr, Salzburg Austria, actress (Courtney-As the World Turns)
1980 - Ananda Mikola, Indonesian racing driver
Famous Deaths
1936 - Karl Pearson, mathematician, dies
1957 - Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies
1962 - A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873)
1989 - Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)
1992 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83
1994 - John Preston, US writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
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