Star Map for Wednesday April 5, 2017

On 05 April 2017

Death of Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (b. 1943); Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929); Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (b. 1926); Makoto oka, Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931); Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (b. 1956); Tim Parnell, British racer (b. 1932); Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (b. 1947); Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942); and Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1958).

100th anniversary

Birthdate of Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994); and Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (d. 1996).

50th anniversary

Birthdate of Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017); Franck Silvestre, French footballer; Erland Johnsen, Norwegian footballer; and Laima Zilporyt, Soviet cyclist.

Death of Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891); Johan Falkberget, Norwegian author (b. 1879); Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890); and Herbert Johnston, British runner (b. 1902).

25th anniversary

Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force..

Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sui are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War..

Birthdate of Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer; Shintaro Kurumaya, Japanese footballer; Kaveh Rezaei, Iranian footballer; and Dmytro Ryzhuk, Ukrainian footballer.

Death of Takeshi Inoue, Japanese footballer (b. 1928); Molly Picon, American actress (b. 1898); and Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918).

10th anniversary

Death of Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923); Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (b. 1908); Werner Maser, German historian and journalist (b. 1922); Mark St. John, American guitarist (b. 1956); and Thomas Stoltz Harvey, American pathologist (b. 1912).

5th anniversary

Death of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German designer (b. 1935); Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, Dominican Republican politician military officer; Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (b. 1923); Barney McKenna, Irish musician (b. 1939); and Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934).

4th anniversary

Death of Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (b. 1921)); and Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924).

3rd anniversary

Death of Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920); Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (b. 1939); Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (b. 1927); John Pinette, American comedian (b. 1964); and José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947).

2nd anniversary

Death of Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (b. 1949); and Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936).

1st anniversary

Death of Koço Kasapolu, Turkish footballer (b. 1936).

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