1996 Death Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 1993 Event Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th 1970 Birthday Cari Read, born in Edmonton, Alberta, synchro swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver 1968 Event Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis 1962 Birthday Amy Read, Birmingham, Michigan, golfer, 1994 Healthsouth Palm Beach-15th 1931 Birthday Norman Read, New Zealand, 50K walker 1956 Olympics gold 1919 Event NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic 1919 Birthday Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong' 1918 Birthday John Read, CEO, TSB Group 1913 Birthday Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer 1910 Birthday Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker 1891 Birthday Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101 1862 Event General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia 1836 Death Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 1826 Death Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66 1821 Birthday William Read Scurry, Confederate Army Brigadier General 1804 Birthday Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1798 Death George Read, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 65 1776 Event Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops, New York 1760 Birthday Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel, Switzerland, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect 1757 Birthday Daniel Read, composer 1733 Birthday George Read, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1730 Event Benjamin Franklin marries Miss Read 1687 Event King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church 1135 Death Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies
