Today’s Important Historical Events
31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
1436 Florentine Cathedral Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore with then the largest dome in the world by Filippo Brunelleschi with support from Cosimo de’ Medici, consecrated by Pope Eugene IV (begun 1296)
1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
(Side Note from Lady Carla Beltane: 1934 My Dad, Carl, was born)
Today’s Historical Events
1 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
421 Friday at 12 PM – city of Venice founded
708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England start tradition of giving gallon of flour to residents to keep deathbed promise
1199 King Richard I (the Lion Heart) of England, is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leads to his death on April 6
1305 Consecration of the Scrovegni Chapel (Arena Chapel) in Padua, Italy, with fresco masterpiece by Florentine painter Giotto
1306 Robert the Bruce crowned Robert I, King of Scots, having killed his rival John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (NYC) starring Ed Wynn
1943 Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore premiere on radio
1954 26th Academy Awards: “From Here to Eternity” best film, William Holden & Audrey Hepburn best actor, actress
1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set (12½” screen at $1,000)
1963 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1968 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 Barbra Streisand records the album “Butterfly”
1975 Linda Ronstadt releases cover of the Everly Brothers’ 1960 song “When Will I Be Loved” as a single; climbs to No. 2 in the charts
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1931 Hal Kemp & his orchestra record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis
1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
1946 1st performance of Igor Stravinsky‘s “Ebony Concerto”, by Woody Herman and His Thundering Herd, at Carnegie Hall, New York City
1951 5th Tony Awards: “Guys & Dolls” (musical) and “The Rose Tattoo” (play) win
1961 “13 Daughters” closes at 54th St Theater, NYC, after 28 performances
1961 “Gypsy” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 702 performances
1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona
1962 “Family Affair” closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 65 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1876 Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland defeat Wales (4-0)
1881 43rd Grand National: Irish jockey Tommy Beasley wins his second consecutive GN aboard 11/2 co-favourite Woodbrook
1887 49th Grand National: Bill Daniels aboard 20/1 chance Gamecock wins by 3 lengths from Savoyard
1889 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town v England
1898 60th Grand National: John Gourley wins aboard 25/1 shot Drogheda
1904 66th Grand National: Arthur Birch wins aboard 25/1 New Zealand bred Moifaa; horse survives shipwreck off Ireland a year earlier
1907 Stanley Cup, Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles, 6-5 but win on 2 game aggregate, 12-8
1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC
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