CoM Moderators Posted April 11 Posted April 11 Historical Events 1876 - Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan 1907 - New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards 1939 - Hungary leaves League of Nations 1991 - UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration 2019 - Ex-Pope Benedict XVI claims Catholic sexual abuse caused in part by 1960s sexual revolution More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1904 - Arthur Ernest Mourant, British hematologist, born in La Hougue Bie, Jersey (d. 1994) 1906 - Dalia "Dale" Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005) 1918 - Richard Wainwright, English politician, Liberal MP for Colne Valley (1966–70), born in Leeds (d. 2003) 1925 - Viola Liuzzo (née Gregg), American civil rights activist, murdered by Ku Klux Klan, born in California, Pennsylvania (d. 1965) 1932 - Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), born in New York (d. 2010) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1648 - Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53 1842 - John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies 1981 - Marie Ney, British character actress (The Lavender Hill Mob), dies at 85 1990 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece, dies at 86 1998 - Rodney Harvey, American actor and model (Salsa), dies of a drug overdose at 30 More Famous Deaths »
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