April 8, 2001 65th Golf Masters Championship:
April 8, 1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
April 8, 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands
April 8, 1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
April 8, 1995 BPAA U.S. Open won by Dave Husted
April 8, 1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases
April 8, 1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yanks)
April 8, 1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit
April 8, 1992 "5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 445 performances
April 8, 1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
April 8, 1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking
April 8, 1990 "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 377 performances
April 8, 1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV
April 8, 1990 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
April 8, 1990 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
April 8, 1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California
April 8, 1985 "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances
April 8, 1985 Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
April 8, 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
April 8, 1984 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
April 8, 1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins
April 8, 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead
April 8, 1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th U.S. swimming title
April 8, 1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
April 8, 1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
April 8, 1979 "Carmelina" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 17 performances
April 8, 1979 204th and final episode of "All in the Family"
April 8, 1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats New York 5-3)
April 8, 1974 Discovery Island opens
April 8, 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
April 8, 1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. NZ
April 8, 1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
April 8, 1970 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 8 performances
April 8, 1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
April 8, 1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9
April 8, 1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games
April 8, 1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King
April 8, 1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination
April 8, 1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms
April 8, 1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched
April 8, 1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
April 8, 1963 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win
April 8, 1963 Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000
April 8, 1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France
April 8, 1961 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 100 performances
April 8, 1956 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke, Jr. wins, shooting a 289
April 8, 1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC
April 8, 1956 M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon
April 8, 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 270 performances
April 8, 1952 President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike
April 8, 1950 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 308 performances
April 8, 1948 Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF
April 8, 1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
April 8, 1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
April 8, 1945 Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
April 8, 1943 Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma
April 8, 1942 A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in New York City
April 8, 1941 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
April 8, 1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
April 8, 1939 ACV soccer team forms in Axes
April 8, 1939 King Zog I of Albania, flees
April 8, 1935 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282
April 8, 1935 Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C.
April 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress
April 8, 1933 Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror
April 8, 1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London
April 8, 1931 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "The Arrow," premieres
April 8, 1920 LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg
April 8, 1916 Norway approves active and passive female suffrage
April 8, 1914 U.S. and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
April 8, 1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
April 8, 1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
April 8, 1912 Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200
April 8, 1908 Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier
April 8, 1904 Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter