Actor Max Von Sydow was bornCarl Adolf von Sydow in Lund, Skåne, Sweden. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more. Von Sydow is bet remembered for his portrayal of Jesus The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), and as Father Merrin in The Exorcist (1973).
After leaving Southampton, England (above) on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, Titanic stopped at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading westward on her journey across the Atlantic to New York.
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe(23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962)
Stuart Sutcliffe was a Scottish artist and musician, best known as the original bass player of The Beatles when they were a five-piece band. He left the band to pursue a art career, having previously attended art school in Liverpool. Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with coming up with the name The Beatles, as both liked Buddy Holly’s band, The Crickets. The Beatles’mop top haircut has been credited to the style worn by Sutcliffe.
In 1962, Sutcliffe collapsed in the middle of a art class in Hamburg after having complained of head pains. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, but died on the way from a brain hemorrhage, the cause of which remains unknown. Lennon did not attend or send flowers to Sutcliffe’s funeral