- 1889 Henry Jupp, cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for Engl in 1877), dies
- 1938 Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies
- 1943 Richard Sears, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1881-87), dies at 81
- 1957 Frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies
- 1963 Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies
- 1965 Jack Durston, cricketer (one Test for England, 4-102 & 1-34), dies
- 1972 Sherwin Badger, American Figure Skating Champion (1920-24), dies at 70
- 1976 Donald Byrne, American chess player, dies at 45
- 1978 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83
- 1995 Maurice Allom, cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies
- 2004 Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (b. 1941)
- 2005 Eddie Miksis, American baseball player, dies at 78
April in History
Lionheart Richard, The Stranger King
Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood’s king is considered one of the great English monarchs. Yet he cost his country a fortune and barely lived there.
April 6, 1199
The Man Who Sold His Wife
Most modern readers believe Thomas Hardy was plunging into deep fiction when he wrote about a man selling his wife in, The Mayor of Casterbridge. He wasn't.
April 7, 1832
Step Aboard the Titanic – Las Vegas Style
Even by Las Vegas standards it was controversial, a $1.2 billion recreation of the doomed Titanic, along with the iceberg that caused its destruction.
April 8, 1999
Yes, We Have Some Bananas
A strange fruit went on sale in London on this day, the like of which nobody had seen before. Known to scientists as the Plantaine fruit, it is now unremarkable.
April 10, 1633