On This Day

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March 25th

March 25, 2002 Earthquake kills at least 1,000 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan
March 25, 2001 73rd Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Gladiator wins Best Picture, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts win lead acting awards
March 25, 1997 "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances
March 25, 1996 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win
March 25, 1996 Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth
March 25, 1996 Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes
March 25, 1996 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS)
March 25, 1996 U.S. issues newly-redesigned $100 bill
March 25, 1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
March 25, 1994 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32)
March 25, 1994 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37)
March 25, 1993 "Candida" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances
March 25, 1992 Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI
March 25, 1992 Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup
March 25, 1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands
March 25, 1990 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins
March 25, 1990 Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87
March 25, 1990 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
March 25, 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
March 25, 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan
March 25, 1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump
March 25, 1985 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win
March 25, 1985 Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General
March 25, 1979 Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest
March 25, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament
March 25, 1976 "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances
March 25, 1976 "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City for 48 performances
March 25, 1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties
March 25, 1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew
March 25, 1972 "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 5 performances
March 25, 1972 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76
March 25, 1972 America's LP "America" goes #1
March 25, 1971 Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold
March 25, 1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
March 25, 1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru
March 25, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 25, 1967 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64
March 25, 1966 U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional
March 25, 1966 Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled
March 25, 1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)
March 25, 1963 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting
March 25, 1962 "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances
March 25, 1962 French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested
March 25, 1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes
March 25, 1960 Italian government Tambroni forms
March 25, 1959 Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate
March 25, 1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule
March 25, 1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market)
March 25, 1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R.
March 25, 1954 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity," Holden and A Hepburn win
March 25, 1951 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win
March 25, 1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied
March 25, 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47
March 25, 1946 1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto"
March 25, 1945 U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa
March 25, 1944 RAF Sgt Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute
March 25, 1943 Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio
March 25, 1942 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp
March 25, 1941 Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon South Carolina, incorporated
March 25, 1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
March 25, 1938 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase
March 25, 1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot
March 25, 1937 Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page
March 25, 1936 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground
March 25, 1935 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns
March 25, 1934 1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284
March 25, 1931 Hal Kemp and his Orch record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis
March 25, 1924 Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier
March 25, 1923 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy
March 25, 1920 Greek Independence Day
March 25, 1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City
March 25, 1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title
March 25, 1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
March 25, 1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21
March 25, 1913 Great Dayton Flood
March 25, 1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn
March 25, 1911 L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay
March 25, 1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ
March 25, 1907 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup
March 25, 1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South
March 25, 1902 Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine
March 25, 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa
March 25, 1900 U.S. Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis

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MARCH 26


march 26,2006 In Scotland the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.
march 26,2001 World Championship Wrestlings final broadcast on TNT after the World Wrestling Federation bought the rival company.
march 26,2000Presidential elections are held in Russia, and Vladimir Putin is elected President.
march 26,1999 A jury in Michigan finds Dr.Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
march 26,1999 The "Melissa worm" infects e-mail systems around the world.
march 26,1998Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
march 26,1997 Brawl in Hockeytown in the NHL.
march 26,1997 Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gatecult suicides
march 26,1996 The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia.
march 26,1995 The Schengen Treaty goes into effect.
march 26,1991PAOK BC beats Saragosa BC in Geneva winning the basketball Cup Winners Cup.
march 26,1983 Liverpool F.C. win the Football League Cup, beating Manchester United F.C. 2-1 at Wembley Stadium, despite Norman Whiteside becoming the youngest scorer in a major English final aged 17.
march 26,1982 A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.
march 26,1979Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC.
march 26,1976 Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
march 26,1976 A military dictatorship begins in Argentina.
march 26,1975 The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
march 26,1971East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
march 26,1958 The African Regroupment Party (PRA) is launched at a meeting in Paris.
march 26,1958 The United States Army launches Explorer III.
march 26,1953Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
march 26,1945World War II: the third and final Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.
march 26,1943World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
march 26,1942World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners.
march 26,1934Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom.
march 26,1917World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
march 26,1913Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
march 26,1881Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
march 26,1839 The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
march 26,1812 An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
march 26,1808Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
march 26,1636Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands.
march 26,1552Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
march 26,1484William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.
march 26,1199Richard the Lionheart is fatally wounded by a crossbow bolt during a siege in France, he dies eleven days later. The marksman, a french noble named Pierre Basile, is executed.
march 26,1026Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

[Jess]

MARCH 26


march 26,2006 In Scotland the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.
march 26,2001 World Championship Wrestlings final broadcast on TNT after the World Wrestling Federation bought the rival company.
march 26,2000Presidential elections are held in Russia, and Vladimir Putin is elected President.
march 26,1999 A jury in Michigan finds Dr.Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
march 26,1999 The "Melissa worm" infects e-mail systems around the world.
march 26,1998Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
march 26,1997 Brawl in Hockeytown in the NHL.
march 26,1997 Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gatecult suicides
march 26,1996 The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia.
march 26,1995 The Schengen Treaty goes into effect.
march 26,1991PAOK BC beats Saragosa BC in Geneva winning the basketball Cup Winners Cup.
march 26,1983 Liverpool F.C. win the Football League Cup, beating Manchester United F.C. 2-1 at Wembley Stadium, despite Norman Whiteside becoming the youngest scorer in a major English final aged 17.
march 26,1982 A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.
march 26,1979Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC.
march 26,1976 Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
march 26,1976 A military dictatorship begins in Argentina.
march 26,1975 The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
march 26,1971East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
march 26,1958 The African Regroupment Party (PRA) is launched at a meeting in Paris.
march 26,1958 The United States Army launches Explorer III.
march 26,1953Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
march 26,1945World War II: the third and final Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.
march 26,1943World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
march 26,1942World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners.
march 26,1934Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom.
march 26,1917World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
march 26,1913Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
march 26,1881Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
march 26,1839 The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
march 26,1812 An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
march 26,1808Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
march 26,1636Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands.
march 26,1552Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
march 26,1484William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.
march 26,1199Richard the Lionheart is fatally wounded by a crossbow bolt during a siege in France, he dies eleven days later. The marksman, a french noble named Pierre Basile, is executed.
march 26,1026Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

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MARCH 27:

march,27,2006 The UN Commission on Human Rights holds its final meeting.
march 27,2004HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
march 27,2002Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 29 people in Netanya, Israel.
march 27,1994 One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.
march 27,1993 Mahamane Ousmane becomes President of Niger.
march 27,1993 Albert Zafy becomes President of Madagascar.
march 27,1993Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
march 27,1990 - Propaganda: The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba.
march 27,1988Moudud Ahmed becomes Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
march 27,1986Car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer, Angela Taylor, and injuring 21 people.
march 27,1980 Silver Thursday market crash.
march 27,1980 The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
march 27,1977Tenerife disaster: Two jumbo jets collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583.
march 27,1976 - The first 4.6 miles of the Washington, DCsubway system is opened.
march 27,1971 SS Texaco Oklahoma breaks in half and sinks off Cape Hatteras, killing 31 of 44 aboard.
march 27,1969Mariner 7 is launched.
march 27,1964 The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
march 27,1963Dr Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network. See Beeching axe.
march 27,1958Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
march 27,1945World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.
march 27,1943World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
march 27,1942World War II: United Kingdom forces raid the U-boat base at St. Nazaire, France.
march 27,1941- World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodles coup.
march 27,1932Gandhi allegedly mocked the deaths of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru.
march 27,1918Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
march 27,1906 Founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
march 27,1871 First international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
march 27,1868 The Lake Ontario Shore RailroadCompany is organized in Oswego, New York.
march 27,1854Crimean War: United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
march 27,1513 (not 1512 as often cited) - ExplorerJuan Ponce de León sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time, mistaking it for another island.

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March 28th

March 28, 2005 Sumatran earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7, the second largest earthquake since 1965
March 28, 1999 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose
March 28, 1997 "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV
March 28, 1996 "7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
March 28, 1996 "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
March 28, 1996 Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America
March 28, 1995 Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovette split-up
March 28, 1994 Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
March 28, 1993 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins
March 28, 1992 Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
March 28, 1992 PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel
March 28, 1991 Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
March 28, 1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court
March 28, 1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway
March 28, 1986 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
March 28, 1986 John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA
March 28, 1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley
March 28, 1985 Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in New York City
March 28, 1985 STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
March 28, 1982 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
March 28, 1982 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
March 28, 1982 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
March 28, 1982 JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador
March 28, 1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
March 28, 1979 British government of Callaghan falls
March 28, 1979 Lazarus and Vosburgh's "Day in Hollywood and night in Ukraine," premieres
March 28, 1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths)
March 28, 1977 Morarji Desai forms government in India
March 28, 1975 Washington Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also
March 28, 1974 Rock group Raspberries breakup
March 28, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
March 28, 1972 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
March 28, 1971 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win
March 28, 1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
March 28, 1969 Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal
March 28, 1967 "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 65 performances
March 28, 1967 U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
March 28, 1965 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational
March 28, 1964 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska
March 28, 1963 AFL's New York Titan's become the New York Jets
March 28, 1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India
March 28, 1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
March 28, 1960 Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African and 1st Filipino cardinal
March 28, 1960 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)
March 28, 1959 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama
March 28, 1957 1st National Curling Championship held
March 28, 1955 NZ cricket all out for 26 vs. England at Eden Park
March 28, 1954 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win
March 28, 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
March 28, 1954 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
March 28, 1953 "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 365 performances
March 28, 1953 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
March 28, 1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year
March 28, 1948 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win
March 28, 1945 Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London
March 28, 1944 NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry
March 28, 1942 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck
March 28, 1942 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38
March 28, 1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire
March 28, 1942 Raid on lock/dock St. Nazaire
March 28, 1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
March 28, 1939 Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
March 28, 1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
March 28, 1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
March 28, 1933 German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler
March 28, 1930 Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara
March 28, 1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
March 28, 1927 Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St. New York City
March 28, 1924 WGN-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions
March 28, 1922 1st microfilm device introduced
March 28, 1920 Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
March 28, 1920 Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia
March 28, 1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities
March 28, 1917 Puccini's "La Rondine," premieres in Monte Carlo
March 28, 1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
March 28, 1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
March 28, 1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)

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March 29th

March 29, 1999 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg
March 29, 1998 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
March 29, 1998 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship
March 29, 1997 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
March 29, 1997 Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna
March 29, 1997 PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith
March 29, 1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men
March 29, 1996 Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens
March 29, 1996 New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
March 29, 1995 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago, Illinois on WCKG 105.9 FM
March 29, 1994 Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys
March 29, 1993 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win
March 29, 1993 Queensland all out for 75 vs. NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
March 29, 1992 Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in New York City
March 29, 1992 Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS)
March 29, 1989 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
March 29, 1989 1st U.S. private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
March 29, 1989 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster win
March 29, 1988 "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 46 performances
March 29, 1988 U.S. Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
March 29, 1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
March 29, 1987 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
March 29, 1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
March 29, 1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
March 29, 1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
March 29, 1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
March 29, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
March 29, 1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins
March 29, 1981 "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 770 performances
March 29, 1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs. Pakistan at WACA
March 29, 1979 Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London
March 29, 1979 Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
March 29, 1979 Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad
March 29, 1976 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
March 29, 1975 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open
March 29, 1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
March 29, 1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
March 29, 1973 Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP
March 29, 1973 U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution
March 29, 1971 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
March 29, 1970 "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances
March 29, 1970 Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II
March 29, 1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
March 29, 1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College
March 29, 1967 WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
March 29, 1966 "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin New York City for 129 performances
March 29, 1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
March 29, 1962 Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army
March 29, 1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
March 29, 1961 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Washington D.C. residents to vote for pres
March 29, 1960 Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres
March 29, 1959 "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon premieres
March 29, 1959 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
March 29, 1958 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
March 29, 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
March 29, 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying
March 29, 1949 Turkey recognizes Israel
March 29, 1948 Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten
March 29, 1948 Yanks and Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
March 29, 1947 "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 111 performances
March 29, 1946 1st Test Cricket between Australia and NZ
March 29, 1946 Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon
March 29, 1943 Meat, butter and cheese rationed in U.S. during WW II
March 29, 1943 Meat rationed in U.S. (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's
March 29, 1942 British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die
March 29, 1942 German submarine U-585 sinks
March 29, 1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34
March 29, 1940 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title
March 29, 1936 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
March 29, 1935 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
March 29, 1934 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt
March 29, 1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio
March 29, 1929 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in 2 games
March 29, 1928 Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York City)
March 29, 1927 Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona
March 29, 1924 Bayern and Vatican reach accord
March 29, 1919 Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) and Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic
March 29, 1912 Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"
March 29, 1906 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games

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March 30th

March 30, 1998 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio
March 30, 1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
March 30, 1997 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
March 30, 1997 Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
March 30, 1997 Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship
March 30, 1996 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
March 30, 1996 New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
March 30, 1996 Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle
March 30, 1995 "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 204 performances
March 30, 1994 England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain
March 30, 1993 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 40 performances
March 30, 1993 French government of Balladur forms
March 30, 1992 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win
March 30, 1992 CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute"
March 30, 1991 "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 36 performances
March 30, 1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)
March 30, 1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vrکe Folk" (Free People)
March 30, 1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament
March 30, 1988 2nd Soul Train Music Awards
March 30, 1986 "Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 198 performances
March 30, 1986 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81
March 30, 1984 U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
March 30, 1983 Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives," premieres in London
March 30, 1981 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
March 30, 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
March 30, 1978 "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 21 performances
March 30, 1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
March 30, 1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
March 30, 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam
March 30, 1972 "Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 156 performances
March 30, 1972 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
March 30, 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 30, 1970 U.S.S.R. wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
March 30, 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational
March 30, 1968 General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia
March 30, 1967 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed
March 30, 1966 Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
March 30, 1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race
March 30, 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m)
March 30, 1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
March 30, 1957 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony
March 30, 1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
March 30, 1955 27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront," Brando and Grace Kelly win
March 30, 1954 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs. England at Kingston
March 30, 1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory
March 30, 1952 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win
March 30, 1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
March 30, 1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey
March 30, 1946 "St. Louis Woman" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 113 performances
March 30, 1945 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund
March 30, 1945 U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II
March 30, 1942 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau
March 30, 1942 SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp
March 30, 1941 German counter offensive in North-Africa
March 30, 1940 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42
March 30, 1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec
March 30, 1932 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic
March 30, 1930 Babberich-H soccer team forms
March 30, 1925 Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians
March 30, 1925 Stanley Cup: Vict Cougars (WCHL) beat Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1
March 30, 1923 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates
March 30, 1922 KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
March 30, 1922 WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions
March 30, 1919 Belgian Army occupies Dusseldorf
March 30, 1919 Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
March 30, 1919 Paul Claudel's "Tˆte d'Or," premieres in Paris
March 30, 1918 Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
March 30, 1916 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2
March 30, 1912 French protectorate in Morocco established
March 30, 1911 Lotschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed
March 30, 1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens
March 30, 1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law

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March 31th

March 31, 2002 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio
March 31, 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers
March 31, 1997 Pioneer 10, ends its mission
March 31, 1996 "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 17 performances
March 31, 1996 "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 66 performances
March 31, 1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
March 31, 1996 Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands
March 31, 1996 Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title
March 31, 1995 1st game at Coors Stadium Colorado (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1)
March 31, 1995 Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
March 31, 1995 Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike
March 31, 1994 James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girl Tina Sinatra
March 31, 1994 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens
March 31, 1992 Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
March 31, 1992 U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya
March 31, 1991 Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union
March 31, 1991 Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in New York City
March 31, 1990 Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
March 31, 1990 Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws
March 31, 1989 Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
March 31, 1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
March 31, 1988 New York Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
March 31, 1988 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved"
March 31, 1987 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73
March 31, 1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
March 31, 1986 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69
March 31, 1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
March 31, 1985 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000
March 31, 1985 Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan and Mr. T beat Piper and Orndorf
March 31, 1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 31, 1983 Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
March 31, 1983 Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in New York City
March 31, 1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil
March 31, 1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
March 31, 1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins
March 31, 1981 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win
March 31, 1980 Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
March 31, 1980 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry
March 31, 1978 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
March 31, 1978 Wings release "London Town" album
March 31, 1977 Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in New York City
March 31, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
March 31, 1976 New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
March 31, 1975 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
March 31, 1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs. Islanders, on 60 shots
March 31, 1972 Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
March 31, 1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
March 31, 1969 George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined 250 pounds each for illegal drugs
March 31, 1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he will not seek re-election
March 31, 1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open
March 31, 1968 Seattle's AL club is named Pilots
March 31, 1967 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
March 31, 1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City
March 31, 1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
March 31, 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
March 31, 1965 U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
March 31, 1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
March 31, 1963 Los Angeles ends streetcar service after 90 years
March 31, 1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
March 31, 1960 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in New York City
March 31, 1959 Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India
March 31, 1958 U.S. Navy forms atomic sub division
March 31, 1958 U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same
March 31, 1955 Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Aust, Kingston
March 31, 1954 U.S.S.R. offers to join NATO
March 31, 1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare established
March 31, 1953 U.N. Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general
March 31, 1951 U.S. tanks exceed 38 degrees of latitude in Korea
March 31, 1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
March 31, 1948 Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe
March 31, 1946 Belgian government of Acker, forms
March 31, 1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
March 31, 1945 Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen
March 31, 1944 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars
March 31, 1943 U.S. errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
March 31, 1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
March 31, 1941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco
March 31, 1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
March 31, 1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany
March 31, 1935 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
March 31, 1934 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
March 31, 1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia)
March 31, 1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
March 31, 1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler
March 31, 1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
March 31, 1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
March 31, 1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
March 31, 1925 WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
March 31, 1924 Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established
March 31, 1924 London public transport strike ends
March 31, 1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
March 31, 1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die
March 31, 1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
March 31, 1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity
March 31, 1921 British coal miners goes on strike
March 31, 1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
March 31, 1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
March 31, 1918 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect
March 31, 1917 U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands
March 31, 1916 Dutch government ends all miltary engagements
March 31, 1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years
March 31, 1909 Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time
March 31, 1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt
March 31, 1906 GB Shaws German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"
March 31, 1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
March 31, 1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ)
March 31, 1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands

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April 1rst

April 1, 2002 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta
April 1, 2001 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St. Louis
April 1, 1998 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn
April 1, 1995 New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
April 1, 1994 Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated
April 1, 1993 Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III," premieres in London
April 1, 1993 Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais
April 1, 1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)
April 1, 1992 Battleship USS Missouri, on which, Japan surrendered, decommissioned
April 1, 1992 Last defendant in St. John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years prob
April 1, 1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games
April 1, 1991 U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
April 1, 1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
April 1, 1990 "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
April 1, 1990 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
April 1, 1990 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins
April 1, 1990 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
April 1, 1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
April 1, 1989 1st New York Mets - New York Yankee game in New York City since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
April 1, 1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
April 1, 1986 Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 to win Ranji Trophy
April 1, 1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
April 1, 1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
April 1, 1983 New York Islander Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons
April 1, 1982 Anguilla, dependent territory of U.K., adopts constitution
April 1, 1982 U.S. formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama
April 1, 1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
April 1, 1980 France performs nuclear test
April 1, 1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
April 1, 1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
April 1, 1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
April 1, 1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
April 1, 1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
April 1, 1976 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer
April 1, 1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer
April 1, 1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
April 1, 1974 Pioneer Hall opens
April 1, 1973 John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
April 1, 1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
April 1, 1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
April 1, 1971 U.S. and Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
April 1, 1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
April 1, 1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
April 1, 1970 President Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71
April 1, 1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp
April 1, 1969 Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals
April 1, 1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast
April 1, 1967 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work
April 1, 1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
April 1, 1964 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April
April 1, 1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
April 1, 1963 Soap operas "General Hospital" and "Doctors" premier on TV
April 1, 1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
April 1, 1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes in the Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria
April 1, 1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
April 1, 1960 RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
April 1, 1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma
April 1, 1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, California (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
April 1, 1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana (PBS) begins broadcasting
April 1, 1957 World's biggest glass oven used
April 1, 1956 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank and Damn Yankees win
April 1, 1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus
April 1, 1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast
April 1, 1954 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
April 1, 1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
April 1, 1952 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 1, 1948 H H H Johnson bowls WI to win vs. England 10-96 match on debut
April 1, 1948 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow
April 1, 1947 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
April 1, 1946 400,000 U.S. mine workers strike
April 1, 1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii
April 1, 1946 Van Acker forms Belgian government (without CVP)
April 1, 1945 Ruhrgebied sealed off by U.S. 1st and 9th army
April 1, 1945 Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg
April 1, 1945 U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II
April 1, 1944 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
April 1, 1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
April 1, 1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor
April 1, 1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay
April 1, 1941 Nazi's forbid Jews access to cafes
April 1, 1941 Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq
April 1, 1939 U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain
April 1, 1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York
April 1, 1938 Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
April 1, 1937 Aden becomes British crown colony
April 1, 1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India
April 1, 1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York
April 1, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde kill 2 police officers
April 1, 1933 Hammond scores 336* vs. NZ at Auckland, 47 fours 10 sixes
April 1, 1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
April 1, 1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
April 1, 1931 Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
April 1, 1931 Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball
April 1, 1930 "Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America
April 1, 1929 Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls
April 1, 1928 Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse
April 1, 1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
April 1, 1926 Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren
April 1, 1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio
April 1, 1924 Imperial Airways forms in Britain
April 1, 1920 Church disforms in Wales
April 1, 1920 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), 3 games to 2
April 1, 1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
April 1, 1918 Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St. New York City
April 1, 1916 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held
April 1, 1914 UVS Soccer team forms in Lead
April 1, 1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
April 1, 1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya
April 1, 1900 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People"

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aqpril 1st 2006, i left my girlfriend somewhere in kaslik when she wanted to break up (it was april 1st and I believed her)