Historical Anniversaries this Week

March 31

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Borisav Stankovi?, Serbian author (died 1927)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – John Fowles, English novelist (died 2005)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (died 2001)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (died 2006)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Howard Frier, American basketball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Igors S?esar?uks, Latvian-Russian footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Graeme Smith, Scottish swimmer

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Strand, American photographer and director (born 1890)

April 1

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.^[40]

 Births (250 years ago today): 1776 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1831)^[56]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (died 2011)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – David Gilliland, American race car driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Gábor Király, Hungarian footballer^[81]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – David Oyelowo, English actor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (born 1891)^[127]

April 2

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.^[14]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (died 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (died 2006)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer

Commemorations:
World Autism Awareness Day

April 3

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (died 1900)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer (died 1958)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Tomá? Ba?a, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (died 1932)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (died 2019)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1967)^[33]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 – Reginald Heber, English priest (born 1783)^[54]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (born 1900)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1894)

April 4

 Births (350 years ago today): 1676 – Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (died 1760)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (died 1901)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet (died 1958)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (died 2014)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Nathan Blacklock, Australian rugby player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (died 1997)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, Brazilian footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – James Roday, American actor, director, and screenwriter

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (born 1889)

Commemorations:
International Day for Mine Awareness

April 5

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Benjamin Harrison V, American politician, planter and merchant (died 1791)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)^[43]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Liang Yusheng, Chinese writer (died 2009)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Luis de Agustini, Uruguayan footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Péter Biros, Hungarian water polo player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Sterling K. Brown, American actor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Valeria Straneo, Italian long-distance runner

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Anouska van der Zee, Dutch cyclist

 Deaths (400 years ago today): 1626 – Anna Koltovskaya, Russian tsarina

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (born 1905)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (born 1891)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Harry Wyld, British cyclist (born 1900)

April 6

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Gerard Majella, Italian saint (died 1755)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (died 1898)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor (died 1990)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (died 2000)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2018)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist^[32]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator

 Deaths (650 years ago today): 1376 – Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wroc?aw (born 1310)

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1676 – John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (born 1606)