A couple of days late...

Monday (10 April) was my 40th birthday. Here are a few events, births and deaths from history for that day:

Events:
1912 - The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and last voyage.
1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1970 - Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.
1973 - A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.

Births:
1829 - William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
1915 - Harry Morgan, American actor
1936 - John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., baseball player
1988 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor

Deaths:
1585 - Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
1931 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
1966 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (b. 1903)
2000 - Peter Jones, English comedian and scriptwriter (b. 1920)
2000 - Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)

Before anyone asks, I wasn't named after William Booth, with whom I share my birthday, even though I've been in The Salvation Army since birth.

In a previous post I mentioned that M.A.S.H. is one of my favourite TV shows. Can anybody spot the connections to that show in the above list?

In 1966 (the year I was born) 10 April was Easter Day.