In 1822,Florida became a U.S. territory.
In 1842,Dr.Crawford W. Long of Jefferson,Ga first used ether as an anesthetic during a minor operation.
In 1870,Texas was readmitted to the Union.
In 1964,John Glenn withdrew from the Ohio race for U.S. Senate because of injuries suffered in a fall.
In 1970,the musical "Applause," based on the movie "All About Eve," opened on Broadway.
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1970 President Richard Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71
1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold
1973 John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
1973 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic
1974 Pioneer Hall opens
1974 Yourdon, Inc forms
1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer
1976 Stephen Wozniak & Steven Jobs originate Apple Computer
1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
1980 Baseball Players' Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
1980 France performs nuclear test
1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicts that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panamá
1982 Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
1983 New York Islander Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons
1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
1984 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
1984 3rd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61
1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea
1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
1986 Delhi beats Haryana by innings & 141 to win Ranji Trophy
1989 1st New York Mets-New York Yankees game in NYC since 1983, Yankees win 4-3
1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
1990 "Ha!" the Comedy Channel on cable tv begins transmitting
1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
1990 It becomes illegal in Salem OR to be within 2' of nude dancers
1990 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
1990 Wrestlemania VI (67,678 in Toronto); Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship
1990 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1990 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition Jack Nicklaus wins
1990 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
1990 Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets
1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
1991 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65
1991 Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race
1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week schedule instead of expanded 18 games
1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)
1992 Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned
1992 Last defendant in St John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years probation
1992 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history
1992 Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman
1992 Western Australia beats New South Wales by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final
1992 World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24 billion aid for former USSR
1993 Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III", premieres in London
1993 Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais
1994 Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated
1995 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee
1995 New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
1996 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morning)
1997 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
1998 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis MN; Russians Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze win
2001 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship at St Louis
2002 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at Georgia Dome Atlanta
1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold
1973 John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
1973 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic
1974 Pioneer Hall opens
1974 Yourdon, Inc forms
1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer
1976 Stephen Wozniak & Steven Jobs originate Apple Computer
1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
1980 Baseball Players' Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
1980 France performs nuclear test
1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicts that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panamá
1982 Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
1983 New York Islander Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons
1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
1984 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
1984 3rd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61
1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea
1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
1986 Delhi beats Haryana by innings & 141 to win Ranji Trophy
1989 1st New York Mets-New York Yankees game in NYC since 1983, Yankees win 4-3
1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
1990 "Ha!" the Comedy Channel on cable tv begins transmitting
1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
1990 It becomes illegal in Salem OR to be within 2' of nude dancers
1990 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
1990 Wrestlemania VI (67,678 in Toronto); Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship
1990 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1990 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition Jack Nicklaus wins
1990 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
1990 Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets
1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
1991 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65
1991 Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race
1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week schedule instead of expanded 18 games
1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)
1992 Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned
1992 Last defendant in St John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years probation
1992 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history
1992 Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman
1992 Western Australia beats New South Wales by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final
1992 World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24 billion aid for former USSR
1993 Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III", premieres in London
1993 Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais
1994 Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated
1995 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee
1995 New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
1996 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morning)
1997 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
1998 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis MN; Russians Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze win
2001 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship at St Louis
2002 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at Georgia Dome Atlanta
In 1513,Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.
In 1792,Congress passed the Coinage Act,which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint.
In 1865,Confederate President davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond,Va.because of advanceing Union forces.
In 1872,Samuel F.B.Morse,developer of the electric telegraph,died in New York.
In 1792,Congress passed the Coinage Act,which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint.
In 1865,Confederate President davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond,Va.because of advanceing Union forces.
In 1872,Samuel F.B.Morse,developer of the electric telegraph,died in New York.
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1960 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win
1960 Senegal declares independence from France
1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Dutch De Young government forms
1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
1969 Dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart
1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
1971 Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Québec)
1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances
1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL
1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 points
1988 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to drag race a ¼ mile in under 5 seconds
1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis Cardinals)
1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1988 New York Mets set Opening Day record with 6 homeruns
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1990 "The Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
1990 Gloria Estefan released from the hospital after her accident
1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yankee Stadium
1992 Jury deliberations begin in the Noriega case
1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Texas Tech beats Ohio State 84-82
1993 5th Seniors Golf Tradition Tom Shaw
1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings
1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
1994 Los Angeles Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM
1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched
1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
1960 Senegal declares independence from France
1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Dutch De Young government forms
1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
1969 Dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart
1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
1971 Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Québec)
1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances
1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL
1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 points
1988 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to drag race a ¼ mile in under 5 seconds
1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis Cardinals)
1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1988 New York Mets set Opening Day record with 6 homeruns
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1990 "The Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
1990 Gloria Estefan released from the hospital after her accident
1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yankee Stadium
1992 Jury deliberations begin in the Noriega case
1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Texas Tech beats Ohio State 84-82
1993 5th Seniors Golf Tradition Tom Shaw
1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings
1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
1994 Los Angeles Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM
1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched
1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
In 1818,Congress decided the U.S. flag would consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars,with a new star to be added for every new state of the union.
In 1841,President William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inaigural,becoming the first U.S. chief executive to die in office.
In 1850,the city of Los Angeles was incorported.
In 1887,Susanna Madora Salter became the first woman elected mayor of an American community: Argonia,Kansas.
In 1841,President William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inaigural,becoming the first U.S. chief executive to die in office.
In 1850,the city of Los Angeles was incorported.
In 1887,Susanna Madora Salter became the first woman elected mayor of an American community: Argonia,Kansas.
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1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazi's
1945 Coevorden freed from Nazi's
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
1947 11th Golf Masters Championship Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament, shooting a 281
1947 1st Tony Awards Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win
1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Secretary of State Dean Acheson
1952 16th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament, shooting a 286
1954 Montréal Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 seconds in playoff game against Detroit Red Wings
1954 TV Dinner is 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances
1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Yemen failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
1957 NYC ends trolley car service
1957 USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-the Masters
1959 31st Academy Awards "Gigi", Susan Hayward & David Niven win
1964 Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite
1966 Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
1968 Gunpowder stock at a sporting-goods store explodes, killing 43 (Virginia)
1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio TX
1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis
1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number
1973 US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter & Saturn
1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16
1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction CO
1975 Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capital 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson)
1975 "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1975 "The Night That Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore NYC after 75 performances
1976 1st quadraphonic movie track "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1977 Judge rules the Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inning & 193 to win Ranji Trophy
1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1980 Post It Notes are introduced
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1983 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Semifinals- Islanders hold 1-0 lead
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; 1st time 11 people in space
1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
1985 Bombay beats Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under General Swarreddahab
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours
1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
1988 New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to New York Islanders 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
1988 North pole explorer Matthew Henson buried next to Robert Peary in Arlington
1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
1991 New York-New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giants Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use
1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
1992 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0
1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
1992 Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship
1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
1992 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Duke beats Michigan 71-51
1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0
1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0
1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo
1992 US Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow)
1993 Florida Marlins 1st loss ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers)
1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out
1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs Wade) resigns
1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis & himself
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
1995 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
1997 "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1997 9th Seniors Golf Tradition Gil Morgan wins
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge
1997 Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
1997 Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic
1945 Coevorden freed from Nazi's
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
1947 11th Golf Masters Championship Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament, shooting a 281
1947 1st Tony Awards Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win
1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Secretary of State Dean Acheson
1952 16th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament, shooting a 286
1954 Montréal Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 seconds in playoff game against Detroit Red Wings
1954 TV Dinner is 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances
1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Yemen failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
1957 NYC ends trolley car service
1957 USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-the Masters
1959 31st Academy Awards "Gigi", Susan Hayward & David Niven win
1964 Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite
1966 Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
1968 Gunpowder stock at a sporting-goods store explodes, killing 43 (Virginia)
1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio TX
1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis
1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number
1973 US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter & Saturn
1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16
1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction CO
1975 Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capital 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson)
1975 "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1975 "The Night That Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore NYC after 75 performances
1976 1st quadraphonic movie track "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1977 Judge rules the Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inning & 193 to win Ranji Trophy
1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1980 Post It Notes are introduced
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1983 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Semifinals- Islanders hold 1-0 lead
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; 1st time 11 people in space
1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
1985 Bombay beats Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under General Swarreddahab
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours
1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
1988 New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to New York Islanders 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
1988 North pole explorer Matthew Henson buried next to Robert Peary in Arlington
1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
1991 New York-New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giants Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use
1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
1992 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0
1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
1992 Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship
1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
1992 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Duke beats Michigan 71-51
1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0
1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0
1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo
1992 US Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow)
1993 Florida Marlins 1st loss ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers)
1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out
1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs Wade) resigns
1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis & himself
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
1995 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
1997 "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1997 9th Seniors Golf Tradition Gil Morgan wins
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge
1997 Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
1997 Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic
In 1830,the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette,N.Y.
In 1862,the Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Pittsburg Landing,Tenn., as Confederate forces launched a surprise attrack against Union troops,who were able to beat back the Confederates the next day.
In 1965,the U.S. launched the Intersat 1,also known as the "Early Bird" communications satellite.
In 1862,the Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Pittsburg Landing,Tenn., as Confederate forces launched a surprise attrack against Union troops,who were able to beat back the Confederates the next day.
In 1965,the U.S. launched the Intersat 1,also known as the "Early Bird" communications satellite.
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launched
1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
1966 OAO 1, the 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, is launched
1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of communist party
1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to April 10th due to death of Martin Luther King Jr
1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King Jr assassination
1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms
1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Montréal Expos beats New York Mets 10-9
1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres & Pilots win their 1st games
1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
1970 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances
1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs New Zealand
1974 Discovery Island opens
1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th homerun, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1975 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II", Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win
1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3)
1977 Israel premier Yitzhak Rabin resigns
1979 204th & final episode of "All in the Family"
1979 "Carmelina" opens at St James Theater NYC for 17 performances
1979 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post
1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC
1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings & set NHL record of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
1981 Islanders score 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-New York Islanders 4-Preliminary; Islanders hold 2-0 lead
1982 Tracy Caulkins (19) wins her 36th US swimming title
1984 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards Lonely Lady wins
1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1985 "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 performances
1985 Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel CA
1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, 52, was defrocked by the Assemblies of God following the disclosure of his involvement with a prostitute. (Swaggart was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but had returned after only three months.)
1989 Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman
1989 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 innings
1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV
1990 "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances
1990 54th Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
1990 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
1990 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die
1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas
1991 Oakland A's Stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking
1991 "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 88 performances
1991 Jockey Bill Shoemaker paralyzed in a car accident
1991 Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
1992 "Five Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill theater on Broadway for 445 performances
1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit homeruns in same inning (vs Yankees)
1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-0
1994 Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic
1994 Japan's premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns
1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases
1995 BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted
1995 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands
2001 65th Golf Masters Championship
1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
1966 OAO 1, the 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, is launched
1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of communist party
1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to April 10th due to death of Martin Luther King Jr
1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King Jr assassination
1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms
1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Montréal Expos beats New York Mets 10-9
1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres & Pilots win their 1st games
1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
1970 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances
1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs New Zealand
1974 Discovery Island opens
1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th homerun, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1975 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II", Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win
1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3)
1977 Israel premier Yitzhak Rabin resigns
1979 204th & final episode of "All in the Family"
1979 "Carmelina" opens at St James Theater NYC for 17 performances
1979 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post
1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC
1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings & set NHL record of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
1981 Islanders score 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-New York Islanders 4-Preliminary; Islanders hold 2-0 lead
1982 Tracy Caulkins (19) wins her 36th US swimming title
1984 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards Lonely Lady wins
1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1985 "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 performances
1985 Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel CA
1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, 52, was defrocked by the Assemblies of God following the disclosure of his involvement with a prostitute. (Swaggart was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but had returned after only three months.)
1989 Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman
1989 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 innings
1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV
1990 "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances
1990 54th Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
1990 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
1990 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die
1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas
1991 Oakland A's Stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking
1991 "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 88 performances
1991 Jockey Bill Shoemaker paralyzed in a car accident
1991 Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
1992 "Five Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill theater on Broadway for 445 performances
1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit homeruns in same inning (vs Yankees)
1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-0
1994 Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic
1994 Japan's premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns
1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases
1995 BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted
1995 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands
2001 65th Golf Masters Championship
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Deaths which occurred on April 08:
0217 Caracalla [Marcus Aurelius Antoniius] Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29
1143 John II Comnenus Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident
1364 Jan II the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
1492 Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico" ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
1498 Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
1537 Willem Aerts Flemish architect, dies
1629 Willem Teellinck Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50
1697 Niels Juel Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht), dies at 67
1736 Pedro Vaz Rego composer, dies at 63
1759 François de La Croix composer, dies at 76
1778 Pieter Teyler van der Hulst Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76
1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat mathematician dies
1844 Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, dies at 72
0217 Caracalla [Marcus Aurelius Antoniius] Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29
1143 John II Comnenus Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident
1364 Jan II the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
1492 Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico" ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
1498 Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
1537 Willem Aerts Flemish architect, dies
1629 Willem Teellinck Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50
1697 Niels Juel Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht), dies at 67
1736 Pedro Vaz Rego composer, dies at 63
1759 François de La Croix composer, dies at 76
1778 Pieter Teyler van der Hulst Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76
1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat mathematician dies
1844 Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, dies at 72
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1973 Pakistan suspends constitution
1974 American Boccaccio Association is established
1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir
1974 Magicians Penn & Teller 1st meet
1975 New York Rangers score 8 goals against New York Islanders in playoffs
1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yankees win 9-7
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
1977 41st Golf Masters Championship Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276
1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inning game (3:17)
1978 Formation of the Major Indoor Soccer League is announced
1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
1979 J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament
1981 France performs nuclear test
1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton Oilers in the 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-New York Islanders 1 (OT) - Preliminary - Islanders hold 2-1 lead
1983 Washington Capitals 3-New York Islanders 6 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Islanders win series 3-2
1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1983 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race
1983 Jordan's King Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1984 US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
1985 At 80, Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
1985 Washington Capitals 4-New York Islanders 3 (OT) - Patrick Division Semifinals - Capitals hold 1-0 lead
1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 70 performances
1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 Herschel Walker performs the Fort Worth Ballet
1988 New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
1988 52nd Golf Masters Championship Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281
1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards Leonard Part 6 wins
1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
1989 Intel corp announces shipment of the 80486 chip
1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards Hank Williams Jr, Alabama win
1989 H J Heinz, Van Camp Seafood & Bumble Bee Seafood say they will not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins
1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan
1990 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd & 42nd St, New York NY)
1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
1991 Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
1991 Martin Zubero swims world record 200 meter backstroke (1:52.51)
1992 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at the Hague, Netherlands
1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days
1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
1993 BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr
1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (New York Islanders) after 38 straight loses
1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
1994 "Les Miserables", opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka Japan
1994 58th Golf Masters Championship Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279
1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 performances
1995 NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
1974 American Boccaccio Association is established
1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir
1974 Magicians Penn & Teller 1st meet
1975 New York Rangers score 8 goals against New York Islanders in playoffs
1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yankees win 9-7
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
1977 41st Golf Masters Championship Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276
1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inning game (3:17)
1978 Formation of the Major Indoor Soccer League is announced
1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
1979 J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament
1981 France performs nuclear test
1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton Oilers in the 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-New York Islanders 1 (OT) - Preliminary - Islanders hold 2-1 lead
1983 Washington Capitals 3-New York Islanders 6 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Islanders win series 3-2
1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1983 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race
1983 Jordan's King Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1984 US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
1985 At 80, Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
1985 Washington Capitals 4-New York Islanders 3 (OT) - Patrick Division Semifinals - Capitals hold 1-0 lead
1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 70 performances
1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 Herschel Walker performs the Fort Worth Ballet
1988 New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
1988 52nd Golf Masters Championship Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281
1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards Leonard Part 6 wins
1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
1989 Intel corp announces shipment of the 80486 chip
1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards Hank Williams Jr, Alabama win
1989 H J Heinz, Van Camp Seafood & Bumble Bee Seafood say they will not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins
1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan
1990 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd & 42nd St, New York NY)
1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
1991 Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
1991 Martin Zubero swims world record 200 meter backstroke (1:52.51)
1992 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at the Hague, Netherlands
1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days
1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
1993 BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr
1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (New York Islanders) after 38 straight loses
1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
1994 "Les Miserables", opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka Japan
1994 58th Golf Masters Championship Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279
1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 performances
1995 NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
In 1790,President George Washington signed into law the first United States patent Act.
In 1866,the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated.
In 1925,the novel "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Ftitdgerald,was first published.
In 1963,the nuclear-powered submarine USS Threasher sank during deep-diving tests off Cape Cod,Mass.,in? a disaster that claimed 129 lives.
In 1866,the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated.
In 1925,the novel "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Ftitdgerald,was first published.
In 1963,the nuclear-powered submarine USS Threasher sank during deep-diving tests off Cape Cod,Mass.,in? a disaster that claimed 129 lives.
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1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
1971 35th Golf Masters Championship Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279
1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore MD (IND) begins broadcasting
1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to the FCC
1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 WWII war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1975 JP Parise 11 second OT goal-Islanders 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewers)
1976 40th Golf Masters Championship Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271
1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment
1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 5-New York Islanders 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
1982 46th Golf Masters Championship Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284
1983 NASA launches RCA-F
1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards Inchon! wins
1983 47th Golf Masters Championship Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280
1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi", Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984 General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union
1985 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 1 (OT)-Patrick Division Semifinals- Capitals hold 2-0 lead
1986 Dodge Morgan completes nonstop sail solo around the world in 150 days
1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 million km
1986 KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
1986 A Canadain 1921 50¢ piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000
1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals
1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39)
1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalee, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers
1989 Philadelphia Flyers score short-handed into an empty net beating Capitals 8-5
1990 California Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle Mariners, 1-0
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winners (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51)
1991 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis
lands
1991 UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
1991 "Miss Saigon", opens at Broadway Theater NYC
1992 Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 7-5, in 19 innings
1992 BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence
1992 Cleveland Indians set team record for long game lose to Boston Red Sox (19 innings - 6½ hours)
1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris France
1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3
1993 57th Golf Masters Championship Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277
1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100 meter backstroke (51.43 seconds)
1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as President of Kalmukkie
1996 "King & I", premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 performances
1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
1999 63rd Golf Masters Championship
1971 35th Golf Masters Championship Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279
1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore MD (IND) begins broadcasting
1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to the FCC
1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 WWII war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1975 JP Parise 11 second OT goal-Islanders 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewers)
1976 40th Golf Masters Championship Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271
1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment
1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 5-New York Islanders 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
1982 46th Golf Masters Championship Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284
1983 NASA launches RCA-F
1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards Inchon! wins
1983 47th Golf Masters Championship Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280
1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi", Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984 General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union
1985 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 1 (OT)-Patrick Division Semifinals- Capitals hold 2-0 lead
1986 Dodge Morgan completes nonstop sail solo around the world in 150 days
1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 million km
1986 KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
1986 A Canadain 1921 50¢ piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000
1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals
1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39)
1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalee, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers
1989 Philadelphia Flyers score short-handed into an empty net beating Capitals 8-5
1990 California Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle Mariners, 1-0
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winners (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51)
1991 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis
lands
1991 UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
1991 "Miss Saigon", opens at Broadway Theater NYC
1992 Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 7-5, in 19 innings
1992 BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence
1992 Cleveland Indians set team record for long game lose to Boston Red Sox (19 innings - 6½ hours)
1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris France
1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3
1993 57th Golf Masters Championship Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277
1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100 meter backstroke (51.43 seconds)
1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as President of Kalmukkie
1996 "King & I", premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 performances
1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
1999 63rd Golf Masters Championship
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1969 Simon & Garfunkel releases "The Boxer"
1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
1973 France recognizes North Vietnam
1973 Sudan adopts constitution
1973 Swaziland suspends constitution
1975 Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1976 India set 403 to win by West Indies; they get them, 6 wickets 7 overs spare
1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1980 US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games
1980 BCMA (Black Consciousness Movement of Azania) forms
1981 Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
1981 45th Golf Masters Championship Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
1981 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1987 Texaco files for bankruptcy
1987 51st Golf Masters Championship Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
1987 Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1988 Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of the Baltimore Orioles
1988 New Jersey Devils 4-2 over New York Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1988 Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
1988 Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs CA
1989 Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1989 3rd Soul Train Music Awards Anita Baker wins
1990 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgiveness
1990 Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
1990 James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1991 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1991 US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1991 Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
1992 "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 137 performances
1992 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61
1992 Earthquake rocks Germany
1992 Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
1992 Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN
1992 Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
1992 New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
1992 Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
1992 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship Lee Trevino wins
1992 56th Golf Masters Championship; Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275
1992 Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
1998 62nd Golf Masters Championship Mark O’Meara wins
1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
1973 France recognizes North Vietnam
1973 Sudan adopts constitution
1973 Swaziland suspends constitution
1975 Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1976 India set 403 to win by West Indies; they get them, 6 wickets 7 overs spare
1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1980 US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games
1980 BCMA (Black Consciousness Movement of Azania) forms
1981 Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
1981 45th Golf Masters Championship Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
1981 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1987 Texaco files for bankruptcy
1987 51st Golf Masters Championship Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
1987 Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1988 Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of the Baltimore Orioles
1988 New Jersey Devils 4-2 over New York Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1988 Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
1988 Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs CA
1989 Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1989 3rd Soul Train Music Awards Anita Baker wins
1990 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgiveness
1990 Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
1990 James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1991 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1991 US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1991 Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
1992 "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 137 performances
1992 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61
1992 Earthquake rocks Germany
1992 Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
1992 Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN
1992 Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
1992 New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
1992 Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
1992 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship Lee Trevino wins
1992 56th Golf Masters Championship; Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275
1992 Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
1998 62nd Golf Masters Championship Mark O’Meara wins
In 1776,North Carolina's Fourth Provincial Congress adopted the Halifax Resolves,which authorized the colony's delegates to the Continental Congress to support independence from Britain.
In 1862,Union volunteers led by James J. Andrews stole a Confederate train near Marietta,Georgia,but were later caught.(This episode inspired the classic Buster Keaton silent comedy "The General")
In 1877,the catcher's mask was first used in a baseball game,by James Tyng of Harvard in a game against the Lynn Live Oaks.
In 1862,Union volunteers led by James J. Andrews stole a Confederate train near Marietta,Georgia,but were later caught.(This episode inspired the classic Buster Keaton silent comedy "The General")
In 1877,the catcher's mask was first used in a baseball game,by James Tyng of Harvard in a game against the Lynn Live Oaks.
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1986 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit homeruns off San Francisco starter Roger Mason
1987 Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1988 Italy government of De Mita forms
1989 "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances
1990 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
1990 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
1991 BPAA US Open by Pete Weber
1992 "Two Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 performances
1992 American Airlines reduces its 1st-class fares 20%-50%
1992 Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver & Dallas
1992 Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood
1992 Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team
1992 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands
1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
1992 Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie
1993 "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
1993 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1993 Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia", premieres in London
1994 President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death
1994 Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal, doesn't occur
1994 United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India
1995 Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
1996 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61
1996 Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup champions New Jersey Devils from playoff
1997 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city - San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets & Oakland A's vs New York Yankees in New York
1997 "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
1997 48th time opposing pitchers hit homeruns, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
1997 61st Golf Masters Championship Tiger Woods at 21 (270-18 under par)
1997 Hartford Whalers last NHL game
1997 NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
1997 Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header
1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit homeruns off San Francisco starter Roger Mason
1987 Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1988 Italy government of De Mita forms
1989 "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances
1990 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
1990 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
1991 BPAA US Open by Pete Weber
1992 "Two Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 performances
1992 American Airlines reduces its 1st-class fares 20%-50%
1992 Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver & Dallas
1992 Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood
1992 Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team
1992 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands
1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
1992 Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie
1993 "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
1993 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1993 Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia", premieres in London
1994 President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death
1994 Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal, doesn't occur
1994 United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India
1995 Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
1996 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61
1996 Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup champions New Jersey Devils from playoff
1997 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city - San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets & Oakland A's vs New York Yankees in New York
1997 "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
1997 48th time opposing pitchers hit homeruns, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
1997 61st Golf Masters Championship Tiger Woods at 21 (270-18 under par)
1997 Hartford Whalers last NHL game
1997 NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
1997 Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header
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1962 Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News
1962 Brazil nationalizes US businesses
1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
1966 Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1967 Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings
1967 "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances
1970 70 die in an avalanche (France)
1972 2 giants pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) arrive in the US, from China
1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1972 Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0
1972 "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 performances
1972 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
1974 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario CA
1974 "Words & Music" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances
1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh
1977 Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
1978 St Louis Cardinal Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0
1978 "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA NYC after 21 performances
1978 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1979 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees & Mets tie 1-1
1979 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:09:27
1979 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15
1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1979 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried Child"
1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1980 Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 Columbia space shuttle returns
1981 "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances
1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1983 Steve Garvey sets National League record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
1984 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28
1984 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34
1984 Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 homeruns including a grand slam
1984 Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive"
1985 Washington Capitals 1-New York Islanders 2-Patrick Division Semifinals-Islanders win series 3-2
1985 "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
1986 To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Qadhafi appears on TV
1986 West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
1987 FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
1987 Michael Jordan, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
1987 Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
1987 Howard Stern & Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC
1987 Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences"
1989 Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 1st Seniors Golf Tradition Don Bies wins
1989 Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world
1989 Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
1989 Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28)
1990 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
1990 "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances
1990 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23
1990 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19
1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977
1991 Mike Leander & Edward Seago's musical "Matador", premieres in London
1991 St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
1992 "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances
1992 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
1992 Afghánistán President Najibullah resigns
1992 New York Rangers win team record 50th game
1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
1994 Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed
1994 Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodacre (30)
1995 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Ray Floyd wins
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul MN on WRQC 100.3 FM
1962 Brazil nationalizes US businesses
1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
1966 Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1967 Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings
1967 "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances
1970 70 die in an avalanche (France)
1972 2 giants pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) arrive in the US, from China
1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1972 Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0
1972 "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 performances
1972 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
1974 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario CA
1974 "Words & Music" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances
1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh
1977 Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
1978 St Louis Cardinal Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0
1978 "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA NYC after 21 performances
1978 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1979 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees & Mets tie 1-1
1979 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:09:27
1979 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15
1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1979 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried Child"
1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1980 Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 Columbia space shuttle returns
1981 "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances
1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1983 Steve Garvey sets National League record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
1984 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28
1984 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34
1984 Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 homeruns including a grand slam
1984 Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive"
1985 Washington Capitals 1-New York Islanders 2-Patrick Division Semifinals-Islanders win series 3-2
1985 "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
1986 To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Qadhafi appears on TV
1986 West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
1987 FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
1987 Michael Jordan, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
1987 Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
1987 Howard Stern & Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC
1987 Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences"
1989 Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 1st Seniors Golf Tradition Don Bies wins
1989 Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world
1989 Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
1989 Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28)
1990 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
1990 "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances
1990 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23
1990 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19
1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977
1991 Mike Leander & Edward Seago's musical "Matador", premieres in London
1991 St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
1992 "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances
1992 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
1992 Afghánistán President Najibullah resigns
1992 New York Rangers win team record 50th game
1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
1994 Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed
1994 Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodacre (30)
1995 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Ray Floyd wins
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul MN on WRQC 100.3 FM
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1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1989 Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
1989 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:33
1989 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
1989 Polish labor union granted legal status
1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
1991 Railroad workers go on strike in the US
1991 Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney King's civil rights
1993 STS-56 (Discovery) lands
1994 "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 performances
1994 "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 performances
1994 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Lee Trevino wins
1994 Aruba government of Oduber falls
1994 Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
1994 Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
1995 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
1995 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
1997 John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
1997 New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1989 Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
1989 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:33
1989 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
1989 Polish labor union granted legal status
1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
1991 Railroad workers go on strike in the US
1991 Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney King's civil rights
1993 STS-56 (Discovery) lands
1994 "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 performances
1994 "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 performances
1994 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Lee Trevino wins
1994 Aruba government of Oduber falls
1994 Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
1994 Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
1995 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
1995 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
1997 John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
1997 New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff
In 1521,Martin Luther went before the Diet of Worms to face charges stemming from his religious writings.(He was later declared an outlaw by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.)
In 1790,American stateman Benjamin Franklin died in Philadelphia at age 84.
In 1861,Yugosavia surrendered to Germany in World War II.
In 1964,Ford Motor Co. unveiled its new Mustang model at the New York World's Fair.
In 1790,American stateman Benjamin Franklin died in Philadelphia at age 84.
In 1861,Yugosavia surrendered to Germany in World War II.
In 1964,Ford Motor Co. unveiled its new Mustang model at the New York World's Fair.