CoM Moderators Posted April 14 Posted April 14 Historical Events 1862 - Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee 1872 - Dominion Lands Act passed: Canada's Homestead Act 1910 - Pan American Union forms 1991 - 55th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Welshman Ian Woosnam wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of José María Olazábal; 4th straight year the Masters champion is from the UK 2013 - 33 people are killed after a bus tumbled off a cliff in Trujillo, Peru More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1897 - Olga Chekhova, Russian-German actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children), born in Aleksandropol, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1980) 1907 - Otto Frans Antoine Hubert van Nispen, Dutch mayor (Pannerden), born in Pannerden, Netherlands (d. 1992) 1945 - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa, born in Lepa, Samoa 1949 - John Shea, American actor (Honeymoon, New Life, Lois and Clark), born in North Conway, New Hampshire 1975 - Avner Dorman, Israeli composer (Variations Without A Theme; Dialogues of Love), conductor, and educator, born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1910 - Mikhail Vrubel, Russian Symbolist painter, one of the first modern Russian artists (The Demon Cast Down), dies from the effects of syphilis at 54 1917 - L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 1965 - Perry Edward Smith, US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged at 36 1986 - Horst Bastian, German writer and screenwriter, dies at 46 2008 - Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (Seven Days Of Falling), dies in scuba diving accident at 44 More Famous Deaths »
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