Daily Calendar for Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Died
- George Clinton (became first U.S. vice president to die in office) β
- Bram Stoker (author) β
- Benny Hill (comedian) β
- Christopher Robin Milne (son of A.A. Milne, basis for the Winnie the Pooh character Christopher Robin) β
- Dorothy Height (civil rights activist; she stood on the platform with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his historic I Have a Dreamβ speechβ) β
Born
- Daniel Chester French (sculptor) β
- Stanley Marcus (retailer) β
- Lionel Hampton (jazz musician) β
- Ryan O'Neal (actor) β
- Jessica Lange (actress) β
- Don Mattingly (baseball player) β
- Felix Baumgartner (daredevil) β
- Shemar Moore (actor) β
- Joey Lawrence (actor) β
- Funny Cide (thoroughbred race horse, won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2003) β
Events
- Hot Springs Reservation (now National Park) was established in Arkansasβ
- French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie isolated radium chloride from pitchblendeβ
- Boston’s Fenway Park hosted its first professional baseball game. The Boston Red Sox played the New York Highlanders (now the Yankees).β
- Electron microscope demonstrated to publicβ
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as 15th Prime Minister of Canadaβ
- 54-pound 8-ounce freshwater drum caught in Nickajack Lake, Tennesseeβ
- During a fishing trip, an upset swamp rabbit approached President Carterβs boat, Plains, GAβ
- Tony Gemignani spun 17.6 ounces of dough for 2 minutes to form pizza base 33.2 inches wide, in Minneapolis, Minnesotaβ
- New York Yankee’s Aaron Hicks threw 105.5 mph ball from left field, setting baseball recordβ
Weather
- A San Antonio hailstorm severely injured ten soldiers and killed two horsesβ
- Six inches of snow in northern New Hampshireβ
- Deadly F3 tornado touched down in Utica, Illinoisβ
- Ice out, Lake Winnipesaukee, NHβ
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