CoM Moderators Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Historical Events 1552 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony begins an alliance with Russian Anikey Stroganov 1833 - St Etienne-Lyons railway fully opens in France 1862 - Peninsular Campaign, launched in southeastern Virginia, aimed at capturing Richmond during US Civil War begins, Confederate victory (US Civil War) 1900 - Assassination attempt on Prince of Wales, later British King Edward VII when shot by Jean-Baptiste Sipido in protest over Boer war 1969 - Haskell Karp receives the 1st temporary artificial heart, implanted by surgeon Denton Cooley at Texas Heart Institute in Houston 1975 - British sitcom "The Good Life" starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith debuts on BBC One More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1740 - Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, German organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Oehrenstock, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1804) 1945 - Bryan Andrews, New Zealand cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74), born in Christchurch, New Zealand 1949 - Larry Lingle, American rock guitarist (The Four Seasons, 1979-93), born in Kansas City, Missouri 1952 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle racer (10 x GP wins) and touring car racer (Bathurst 1993), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1995) 1957 - Kelso, American racehorse, born in Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky (d. 1983) 1963 - David Gavurin, English pop guitarist and songwriter (The Sundays - "Here's Where the Story Ends"; "Summertime"), born in the UK More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1617 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician and inventor (logarithms), dies from effects of gout at 67 1734 - Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 1947 - William O'Donnell, Irish politician (Teachta Dála, 1943-47), dies at 71 1951 - Al Christie, Canadian-born pioneering film director and producer (Nestor Film Company), dies at 69 1987 - C. L. Moore, American science fiction and fantasy writer (Judgment Night), dies at 76 1988 - Ludwig Stiel, German pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »
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