CoM Moderators Posted April 15 Posted April 15 Historical Events 1250 - Kublai is acclaimed the Great Khan by a Mongol Great Council 1502 - Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, new Governor of the Indies, lands in Hispaniola, replacing Christopher Columbus 1900 - An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs 1960 - Guy Carawan sings "We Shall Overcome" to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Raleigh, popularizing the song as a protest anthem 1989 - Hillsborough disaster: 96 people are crushed to death and 766 are injured at Hillsborough Football Stadium in Sheffield, England, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1469 - Guru Nanak, Founder of the religion of Sikhism and the 1st Sikh Guru, born in Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi, Punjab, Pakistan (d. 1539) 1766 - Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher and critic, born in Oker, Hanover, Germany (d. 1828) 1922 - Harold Washington, 1st African American Mayor of Chicago (Democrat: 1983-87), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987) 1959 - Emma Thompson, British actress (Henry V, Howards End, Oscar 1992), born in London, England 1982 - Seth Rogen, Canadian actor and writer (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Interview), born in Vancouver, British Columbia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1962 - Esther Minciotti, Italian actress, dies at 73 1974 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian pianist and songwriter (with Alfredo Bracchi - "Malinconia d'amore", "El Biscella"), dies at 68 1991 - Marjorie Warfield, American stage, radio, and silent film actress, dies of pneumonia at 88 1991 - Martin Ashe, American actor, dies at 81 2002 - William Leonard "Will" Reed, British pianist and composer, dies at 91 More Famous Deaths »
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