Today in History
Listings for Friday, April 5, 2019.
Birthdays:
- 1588 Thomas Hobbes, philosopher
- 1649 Elihu Yale, philanthropist who founded Yale
- 1725 Casanova, beloved by many ladies
- 1856 Booker T. Washington, influential Black educator.
- 1900 Spencer Tracy
- 1908 Bette Davis, actress, (Jezebel)
- 1908 Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic conductor
- 1916 Gregory Peck
- 1921 Gale Storm
- 1926 Roger Corman
- 1934 Frank Gorshin
- 1937 Colin Powell
- 1950 Agnetha Faltskog
- 1954 Michael W. Butler, creator of mainframe TODAY program.
Events:
- 1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe
- 1973 Pioneer 11 blasts off toward Jupiter
- 1991 Atlantis lifts off carrying the 17.5 ton Gamma Ray Observatory.
That's all for today.
