1190s

• DIED 1199: KING RICHARD I (ENGLISH MONARCH, CALLED “RICHARD THE LIONHEART”)

1480s

• BORN 1483: RAPHAEL (ARTIST)

1520s

• DIED 1520: RAPHAEL (ARTIST)

1860s

• 1868: BRIGHAM YOUNG, THE MORMON CHURCH LEADER, MARRIED HIS 27TH AND LAST WIFE
• 1869: SNOW-MELTING APPARATUS PATENTED

1890s

• 1896: THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES OPENED IN ATHENS, GREECE

1900s

• 1909: ADMIRAL ROBERT PEARY AND HIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASSISTANT MATTHEW HENSON REACHED WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE NORTH POLE

1910s

• 1917: THE U.S. DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY (WW I)

1920s

• BORN 1927: GERRY MULLIGAN (JAZZ MUSICIAN)

1930s

• 1930: BAKERY MANAGER, JIMMY DEWAR, INVENTED A CREAM FILLED SPONGE CAKE, NOW KNOWN AS THE TWINKIE
• BORN 1937: BILLIE DEE WILLIAMS (ACTOR)

1940s

• 1947: THE FIRST TONY AWARDS WERE PRESENTED AT A DINNER IN THE GRAND BALLROOM AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL ON EASTER SUNDAY
• BORN 1947: JOHN RATZENBERGER (ACTOR)

1950s

• BORN 1952: MARILU HENNER (ACTRESS)
• 1956: PARAMOUNT PICTURES SIGNED ELVIS PRESLEY TO A THREE-MOVIE CONTRACT JUST FIVE DAYS AFTER HIS FIRST SCREEN TEST

1960s

• 1965: INTELSAT-1 (NICKNAMED EARLY BIRD), THE WORLD’S FIRST COMMERCIAL GEOSYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE, WAS LAUNCHED FROM CAPE KENNEDY (NOW CAPE CANAVERAL) IN FLORIDA
• BORN 1969: BRET BOONE (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• BORN 1969: PAUL RUDD (ACTOR)

1970s

• BORN 1971: LOU MERLONI (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• BORN 1975: ZACH BRAFF (ACTOR)

1990s

• DIED 1998: TAMMY WYNETTE (COUNTRY MUSICIAN)
• BORN 1998: PEYTON LIST (ACTRESS)

2000s

• 2004: UCONN’S WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM COMPLETED A CHAMPIONSHIP SWEEP FOR THE SCHOOL BY BEATING TENNESSEE 70-61 FOR THE NCAA WOMEN’S TITLE. THE VICTORY FOLLOWED UCONN’S WIN OVER GEORGIA TECH IN THE MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, MAKING CONNECTICUT THE FIRST DIVISION I SCHOOL TO SWEEP BOTH TITLES
• DIED 2004: NIKI SULLIVAN (GUITARIST FOR BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS)
• DIED 2004: VICTOR ARGO (ACTOR)
• DIED 2005: PRINCE RAINIER III OF MONACO
• 2009: A MAGNITUDE-6.3 EARTHQUAKE STRUCK CENTRAL ITALY

2010s

• DIED 2010: CORIN REDGRAVE (ACTOR)
• DIED 2012: THOMAS KINKADE (PAINTER; OFTEN REFERRED TO AS “PAINTER OF LIGHT”)
• BORN 2012: TWIN MONGOOSE LEMURS (BORN AT BUSCH GARDENS, TAMPA, FLORIDA)
• DIED 2014: MICKEY ROONEY (ACTOR)
• DIED 2015: JAMES BEST (ACTOR; BEST KNOWN AS ROSCO P. COLTRANE ON THE DUKES OF HAZZARD)

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