CoM Moderators Posted April 5 Posted April 5 Historical Events 1975 - American tennis #1 Chris Evert wins her 3rd WTA Tour Championship at the Los Angeles Sports Arena; beats Martina Navratilova 6-4, 6-2 1990 - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida 1992 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Lee Trevino win his second Champions Tour major by 1 stroke from Jack Nicklaus 1996 - John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days 2009 - Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Brittany Lincicome eagles the final hole to win her first major title, 1 stroke ahead of fellow American Cristie Kerr More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1882 - Don Blackie, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 14 wickets, BB 6/94; Victoria), born in Bendigo, Australia (d. 1955) 1886 - Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1955) 1901 - Alexander Alexeieff, Russian-French painter and graphic artist, born in Kazan, Russia (d. 1982) 1906 - Grady Sutton, American actor (The Bank Dick; The Pruitts of Southhampton), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1995) 1917 - Richard Yardumian, American composer (Come Creator Spirit), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1985) 1956 - Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler, born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1617 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (Versa est in luctum), dies at 62 1908 - Gaetano Coronaro, Italian conductor, pedagogue, and composer (La Creola), dies at 55 1969 - Shelby Storck, American television producer, dies at 52 1994 - Marlon Riggs, American writer, director and producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37 2005 - Dale Messick [Dalia Messick], American comic strip artist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), dies at 98 2011 - Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American scientist, (1976 Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine, for work on Hepatitis B), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »
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