Historical Events
1863 - -5/1] Battle of Snyder's Bluff, Virginia (part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War): General Sherman beaten by Confederate forces
1871 - The Camp Grant Massacre of Apaches in Arizona Territory, perpetrated by white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die
1948 - "Inside USA" opens at Century Theater NYC for 339 performances
1950 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane
1958 - Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits
1985 - Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th and 29th runs of April
Famous Birthdays
1553 - Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
1853 - Alfred v Berger, writer
1925 - Johnny Horton, country music and rockabilly singer (The Battle of New Orleans), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1960)
1930 - Raoul de Keyser, [Dekeyser], Flemish painter
1949 - Phil Garner, baseball manager
1973 - Akon, American RandB Singer
Famous Deaths
65 - Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
1131 - Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
1936 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
1970 - Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
1994 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
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