Historical Anniversaries this Week

April 27

 Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – 109 people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport.^[5]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (d. 2013)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player

April 28

 Events (1800 years ago today): 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Sidney Toler, American actor and director (d. 1947)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (d. 2009)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (d. 2021)^[13]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach (d. 2011)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Vernon Kay, English radio and television host

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer and journalist

 Deaths (1800 years ago today): 224 – Artabanus IV of Parthia (b. 191)

Commemorations:
World Day for Safety and Health at Work

April 29

 Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.^[29]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (d. 2020)^[99]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1924 – Ernest Fox Nichols, American educator and physicist (b. 1869)^[241]

Commemorations:
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

April 30

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (d. 1949)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist (d. 2023)^[19]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (d. 2008)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete

 Deaths (500 years ago today): 1524 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)

Commemorations:
International Jazz Day

May 1

 Births (200 years ago today): 1824 – Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic (d. 1904)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1970)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter (d. 1959)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic^[35] (d. 2023)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Karel Kachy?a, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (d. 1995)

May 2

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Jamal Abro, Pakistani lawyer and author (d. 2004)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2015)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Arthur Clues, Australian rugby league player (d. 1998)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Hugh Cortazzi, English soldier, historian, and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan (d. 2018)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Horacio Carbonari, Argentinian footballer and manager

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Andy Johnson, English-Welsh footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Janek Meet, Estonian footballer

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)

May 3

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty (d. 1934)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954)^[18]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001)

 Deaths (500 years ago today): 1524 – Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1481)

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1724 – John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)

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