Today in History for 5th April 2015

Historical Events

1948 - WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting

1964 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women’s Golf Open

1971 - US Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life

1987 - Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children and Tracey Ullman

1992 - 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino

2013 - 60 people are killed in Nigeria after a bus collides with an oil tanker

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Famous Birthdays

1649 - Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale

1822 - James Nagle, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1866)

1912 - John Le Mesurier, Bedford England, actor (Jabberwocky, Dad’s Army)

1929 - Hugo Claus, Flemish writer/director (Cool Lover, Sugar)

1950 - Agnetha Fältskog [Anna Ulvaeus], Swedish singer (ABBA)

1955 - Janice Long, British radio host (Crash FM)

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Famous Deaths

1963 - Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78

1974 - William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49

1986 - Colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies

1994 - Marlon Riggs, US writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37

1997 - Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80

1999 - Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)

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