CoM Moderators Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Historical Events 1471 - Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI 1907 - New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards 1926 - Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent 1939 - Hungary leaves League of Nations 1957 - Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1919 - Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony's College Oxford), born in Bath, Somerset, England (d. 2015) 1930 - Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings) 1937 - Jill Gascoine, British stage and pioneering TV actress (The Gentle Touch - "Maggie Forbes"), and novelist, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 2020) 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer ("Around the World"), born in Manchester, England 1971 - Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein), born in Schwerin, Germany 1974 - Alex Corretja, Spanish tennis player (Tour Finals 1998; Davis Cup 2000), born in Barcelona, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1240 - Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies 1626 - Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568) 1810 - Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, dies at 75 1853 - Louis-Emmanuel Jadin, French pianist, music director, and composer, dies at 84 2007 - Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954) 2010 - Jean Boiteux, French swimmer (Olympic gold 400m freestyle, bronze 4×200m freestyle 1952), dies after falling off a tree at 76 More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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