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April 15, 1947 Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown)
April 15, 1947 Michael DeBello, singer (Maniac)
April 15, 1947 Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
April 15, 1947 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
April 15, 1947 Wolstenholme, rocker, dies
April 15, 1947 Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest)
April 16, 1947 Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
April 16, 1947 Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
April 16, 1947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor], NBA center (Mil Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers)
April 16, 1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York City)
April 16, 1947 Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx
April 17, 1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
April 18, 1947 Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51
April 18, 1947 David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)
April 18, 1947 Dorothy Lyman, Minneapolis Mn, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family)
April 18, 1947 James Woods, Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds)
April 18, 1947 Lori Martin, Glendale California, actress (Velvet-National Velvet)
April 19, 1947 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
April 19, 1947 AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
April 19, 1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522