Daily Calendar for Friday, April 7, 2023
Born
- William Wordsworth (poet) –
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas (American conservationist) –
- Irene Castle (dancer) –
- Walter Winchell (columnist & broadcaster) –
- Billie Holiday (jazz singer) –
- Robert Pershing "Bobby" Doerr (baseball player) –
- James Garner (actor) –
- Francis Ford Coppola (director) –
- Tony Dorsett (football player) –
- Jackie Chan (actor & stuntman) –
- Russell Crowe (actor) –
- Tiki Barber (football player) –
Died
- Phineas Taylor (P. T.” Barnum circus owner”) –
- Dave Arneson (co-creator of the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons) –
- George Nissen (inventor of the trampoline) –
- Mike Wallace (broadcast journalist) –
Events
- Booker T. Washington became the first African American to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp –
- The World Health Organization was established by the United Nations –
- Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical South Pacific opened on Broadway, N.Y.C. –
- First distinguishable radar echo bounced off the Sun –
- Jack Nicklaus won Masters Golf Tournament –
- John Wayne won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in True Grit –
- The Toronto Blue Jays played their first American League baseball game –
- NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched –
- After an undefeated season, UConn’s women’s basketball team won the NCAA championship –
- A 4.9-magnitude aftershock registered in central Italy following the previous day’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake –
Weather
- Record early heat in New England, 90 degrees in Hartford, CT –
- A severe snowstorm closed highways in Iowa and left 19.2 inches of snow in Dubuque –
- Sahara Desert sand began falling in Switzerland –
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