Today in History for 3rd April 2014

Historical Events

1077 - The first Parliament of Friuli is created.

1947 - "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 perfs

1948 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button

1952 - Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress

1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

1994 - 6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd

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Famous Birthdays

1889 - Grigoras Dinicu, composer

1919 - Duke of Grafton, KG

1938 - Jeff Barry, Brooklyn New York, American rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her)

1941 - Jan Berry, Los Angeles California, American rock and roll vocalist (Jan and Dean-Dead Man's Curve)

1965 - Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d.2000)

1978 - John Smit, South African rugby player

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Famous Deaths

1581 - Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies

1882 - Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71

1909 - Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71

1950 - Carter G Woodson, American historian (black studies), dies at 74

1962 - Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78

2005 - Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)

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