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April 1: April Fools' Day; Iranian Islamic Republic Day Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1871 – The Duke of Buckingham (pictured) opened the first section of the Brill Tramway , a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. It offered e-cards. [4] [5] [6] The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. [1]1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, [2] and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
Kim Mulkey (born May 17, 1962) – women's head basketball coach at Louisiana State University; Jack Musick (c. 1925 – November 27, 1977) – football player and coach; Billy Preston (born October 26, 1997) – basketball player; Christian Ramirez (born April 4, 1991) – soccer player; Erasmo Ramirez (born April 29, 1976) – MLB left-handed ...
Philip K. Dick, science fiction author, lived in Point Reyes Station 1958–1963 and in San Rafael and Santa Venetia through 1972 [1] Mike Dirnt, bass player, Green Day [citation needed] Allen Drury, novelist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Advise and Consent; George Duke, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, jazz pianist
1949 - Birth of Horst Ludwig Störmer, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate; 1961 - Death of Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870) 1963 - Death of Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897) 1965 - Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in ...
Linda Geary (born 1960), painter, educator; Jean Halpert–Ryden (1919–2011), painter, printmaker [1] Stephan Pastis, cartoonist of Pearls Before Swine; Peter Schifrin (born 1958), Olympic fencer and sculptor; Charles M. Schulz, creator and cartoonist of Peanuts; Nancy Speir, children's book illustrator
Dean Torrence, from the 1960s pop group Jan and Dean, who co-wrote "Surf City" (#1 in 1963), said that Huntington Beach embodies the song's spirit of freedom and California fun. [36] Christian Jacobs, MC Bat Commander of The Aquabats [37] Matt Costa, folk pop singer, was born in Huntington Beach. [38]