CoM Moderators Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Historical Events 1915 - Pittsburgh Rebels' Frank Allen no-hits St Louis Terriers (Federal League), 2-0 1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1969 - Marshall Lin Biao named Mao's designated successor as the sole Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1996 - 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks and Dunn, Alan Jackson, and Patty Loveless win 2023 - Tucker Carlson, Fox News most popular prime-time host, is fired from the cable network More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - Erastus Barnard Tyler, American businessman, merchant, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in West Bloomfield, New York (d. 1891) 1828 - Robert Brank Vance, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1873-85), born in Buncombe, North Carolina (d. 1899) 1889 - Lyubov Popova, Russian avant-garde artist and painter, born in Ivanovskoe, Moscow (d. 1924) 1889 - Stafford Cripps, British Labour politician, born in London (d. 1952) 1954 - Thomas Jennefelt, Swedish composer, chiefly of choral works (A Warning To The Rich; Villarosa Sequences), born in Stuvsta, Sweden 1992 - Sean Rademaker, American actor (Kirkland Harrison-Another World), born in Washington, D.C. More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1961 - (Joseph) Rosario Bourdon, French Canadian-American cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and musical director (Victor Talking Machine Company, 1905-31; Symphonique de Montréal, 1935-44), dies at 76 1967 - Frank Overton, American actor (Fail Safe; 12 O'Clock High (TV series, not film)), dies of a heart attack at 49 1983 - Rolf Stommelen, German auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1968, 78, 80, 82; 61 x F1 GP), dies in a racing accident at 39 1986 - Wallis Simpson [Duchess of Windsor], American divorcee whom British King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry, dies at 89 2011 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, spiritual figure, dies at 84 2011 - Colin Snedden, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (1 Test; Auckland), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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