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April 28. Pedro Ramos is born in 1935.
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April 28, 1935 – Pedro Ramos is born. • Pedro Ramos cigar box label from 1965.
April 28. Benito Mussolini executed in 1945 (fascist)
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April 29, 1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress are executed in Italy. • Real photo postcard of Mussolini at a military gathering, circa 1940.
April 27. Rogers Hornsby is born in 1896.
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April 27, 1896 – Rogers Hornsby is born. • Rogers Hornsby in the dugout with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1916.
Pope Julius II • Shadow Puppet
Graphite drawing by Mark Rucker 1978
April 26. Hack Wilson is born in 1900.
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April 26, 1900 – Hack Wilson is born. • Photograph of Hack Wislon with his son in 1930.
April 26. Royal Blue takes its final run, 1958.
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April 26, 1958 – Royal Blue takes its final run for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. • Advertising sign for Express tobacco, from around 1875.
April 25. Pop Lloyd is born in 1884.
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April 25, 1884 – Pop Lloyd is born. • Photo of Pop Lloyd at Santa Clara, Cuba in 1923.
April 25. Napiervill, Illinois train disaster, 1946.
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April 25, 1946 – Napiervill, Illinois train disaster kills 47. • Train wreck in New Hampshire, c1890.
April 24. Andy Cooper is born in 1898.
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April 24, 1898 – Andy Cooper is born. • Nacionales cigarette card of Andy Cooper from Havana in 1924.
April 24. Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, 1885.
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April 24, 1885 – Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. • Poster for the sharpshooter Annie Oakley, circa 1885.
April 23. Warren Spahn is born in 1921.
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April 23, 1921 – Warren Spahn is born. • Photograph of Warren Spahn in action in Milwaukee.
April 23. William Shakespeare dies in 1616.
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April 23, 1616 – William Shakespeare dies. • Color litho sheet music cover for the 1850 Midsummer Nights Dream song “Titania.”
April 22. Mickey Vernon is born in 1918.
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April 22, 1918 – Mickey Vernon is born. • Wire photo of Mickey Vernon with the Washington Senators in 1953.
Statue by Isaac Broome “The Catcher”
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Photo of parian statue 1876
April 21. Hardie Richardson is born in 1855.
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April 21, 1855 – Hardie Richardson is born. • Chromolithographic die cut of Hardie Richardson, 1887.
April 21. Sam Houston wins Battle of San Jacinto in 1836.
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April 21, 1836 – Sam Houston wins Battle of San Jacinto in the Mexican War. • Cigar box label for the Sam Houston cigar, c.1930.
April 20. Dave Bancroft is born in 1891.
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April 20, 1891 – Dave Bancroft is born. • Dave Bancroft, left, and Irish Meusel at spring training with the Giants.
April 20. Chicago Cubs play first game at Weeghman Park in 1916.
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April 20, 1916 – Chicago Cubs play first game at Weeghman Park. • Postcard of Weeghman Park, aka Federal League Park or Whales’ Park, West Side Park, or Cubs Park,…
April 19. Roy Mitchell is born in 1885.
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April 19, 1885 – Roy Mitchell is born. • Wire photo of Roy Mitchell warming up for the Browns.
Mae West Publicity Shot
Publicity photograph 1930
Spirits in Firenze
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Goache painting by Mark Rucker 1980
April 17. Aurora Texas Flying Saucer crash, 1897.
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April 17, 1897 – Aurora Texas Flying Saucer crash attracts brief attention. • Paperback book cover art for “Behind the Flying Saucers” published in 1952.
Adrian ‘Cap’ Anson Tobacco Art (racist)
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Tobacco premium album 1888
April 16. Vladamir Lenin comes out of exile, 1917.
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April 16, 1917 – Vladamir Lenin comes out of exile, leaving Switzerland and returning to Petrograd, Russia. • Poster celebrating Lenin made for a governmental message sometime in the 1960s.
April 16. Paul Waner is born in 1903.
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April 16, 1903 – Paul Waner is born. • Wire photo of Paul Waner with the Boston Braves.
Jackie Robinson Begins Life with the Dodgers
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News photograph 1947
April 15. Willie Davis born in 1940.
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April 15, 1940 – Willie Davis born. • Postcard of Willie Davis in Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
John Brown Portrait
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Carte-de-visite 1860
Ben Tincup With Luque in Cuba
News photograph 1930
April 13. Claude Hendrix is born in 1889.
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April 13, 1889 – Claude Hendrix is born. • Wire photo of Claude Hendrix warming up.
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