On This Day

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April 2nd

April 2, 2001 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis
April 2, 2000 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
April 2, 1998 World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota
April 2, 1997 "Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater New York City
April 2, 1996 Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game
April 2, 1996 Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore
April 2, 1995 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64
April 2, 1995 North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
April 2, 1994 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4
April 2, 1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 in Amsterdam
April 2, 1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
April 2, 1992 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
April 2, 1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
April 2, 1991 Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
April 2, 1990 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
April 2, 1989 18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
April 2, 1988 Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
April 2, 1988 Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI vs. Pakistan, Georgetown
April 2, 1987 "Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 46 performances
April 2, 1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
April 2, 1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
April 2, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 2, 1984 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
April 2, 1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas, also known as the Falkland Islands
April 2, 1982 In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH
April 2, 1981 Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns
April 2, 1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
April 2, 1979 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits President Sadat in Cairo
April 2, 1978 Velcro was 1st put on the market
April 2, 1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks
April 2, 1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
April 2, 1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier
April 2, 1976 Portuguese constitution assumed
April 2, 1976 A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell
April 2, 1974 46th Academy Awards - "Stng," Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon win
April 2, 1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
April 2, 1973 Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal
April 2, 1973 ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean President election
April 2, 1972 44th Academy Awards - "French Connection," G Hackman and Jane Fonda win
April 2, 1972 Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City
April 2, 1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
April 2, 1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
April 2, 1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)
April 2, 1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd.
April 2, 1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States
April 2, 1968 Senator Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin
April 2, 1967 Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
April 2, 1967 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
April 2, 1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
April 2, 1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting
April 2, 1965 Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy
April 2, 1964 U.S.S.R. launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
April 2, 1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
April 2, 1963 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
April 2, 1960 Cuba buys oil from U.S.S.R.
April 2, 1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast
April 2, 1958 Antillean Brewery, maker of Amstel beer, opens
April 2, 1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
April 2, 1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas (record)
April 2, 1956 Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff and Juliet," premieres in Manchester
April 2, 1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules
April 2, 1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced
April 2, 1953 Raab forms his 1st government in Austria
April 2, 1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting
April 2, 1947 Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome
April 2, 1945 1st U.S. units reach east coast of Okinawa
April 2, 1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy
April 2, 1944 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 8th Symphony, premieres in NY
April 2, 1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
April 2, 1941 USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF
April 2, 1939 6th Golf Masters Championship: Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279
April 2, 1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
April 2, 1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
April 2, 1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
April 2, 1930 1st NewYork - Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
April 2, 1926 Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta
April 2, 1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity
April 2, 1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives
April 2, 1916 German troops overtake Bois de Caillette
April 2, 1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
April 2, 1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
April 2, 1908 Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday
April 2, 1906 South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England
April 2, 1905 Cairo-Capetown railway opens
April 2, 1902 1st motion picture theater opens in Los Angeles
April 2, 1902 Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht
April 2, 1900 1st edition of The Volk published in Amsterdam

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April 3rd

April 3, 2000 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis
April 3, 1998 World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota
April 3, 1997 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," opens at Royale New York City for 109 performance
April 3, 1996 South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield
April 3, 1996 St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1
April 3, 1995 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
April 3, 1995 Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena
April 3, 1994 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59
April 3, 1994 1st roster of Silver Bullets, all-female pro baseball team, announced
April 3, 1994 6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd
April 3, 1991 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation
April 3, 1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox
April 3, 1991 Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3:65.16)
April 3, 1991 U.N. Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution
April 3, 1989 "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx
April 3, 1989 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
April 3, 1988 New Jersey Devils beat Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT to join playoffs for 1st time
April 3, 1988 Somalia and Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert
April 3, 1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
April 3, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
April 3, 1986 U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
April 3, 1985 French government adopts equal electoral system
April 3, 1985 Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games
April 3, 1985 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London
April 3, 1984 Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
April 3, 1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup
April 3, 1984 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
April 3, 1983 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
April 3, 1983 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South California beats LA Tech 69-67
April 3, 1981 Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25," with 1 leg
April 3, 1981 Race riots in London's Brixton area
April 3, 1980 France performs nuclear test
April 3, 1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 3, 1979 Belgium's Martens government forms
April 3, 1979 Jane Byrne, elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago, Illinois
April 3, 1978 50th Academy Awards - "Annie Hall," Rich Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton win
April 3, 1978 European market and China signs trade agreement
April 3, 1978 Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington D.C.
April 3, 1977 Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time
April 3, 1976 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
April 3, 1976 Philadelphia Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game
April 3, 1975 Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend it
April 3, 1975 James Rupers kills his family to inherit
April 3, 1974 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states
April 3, 1974 Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
April 3, 1970 Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try
April 3, 1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum
April 3, 1966 Luna 10 orbits Moon
April 3, 1965 1st atomic powered spacecraft launched
April 3, 1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
April 3, 1964 U.S. and Panama agree to resume diplomatic relations
April 3, 1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
April 3, 1962 Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
April 3, 1961 "Happiest Girl in the World" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 97 performances
April 3, 1958 Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana
April 3, 1957 Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," premieres in London
April 3, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
April 3, 1956 "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 461 performances
April 3, 1955 Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39
April 3, 1955 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open
April 3, 1955 Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300
April 3, 1954 "Me and Juliet" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 358 performances
April 3, 1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)
April 3, 1952 Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to U.S. Congress
April 3, 1951 Christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners," premieres in Oxford
April 3, 1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KCBS
April 3, 1948 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
April 3, 1947 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 108 performances
April 3, 1945 Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army
April 3, 1945 Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald
April 3, 1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested
April 3, 1941 Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
April 3, 1941 Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq
April 3, 1941 Waltons overture "Scapino," premieres in Chicago
April 3, 1936 Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of 1st round
April 3, 1936 Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds
April 3, 1935 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
April 3, 1933 1st airplane flight over Mt. Everest
April 3, 1930 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games
April 3, 1929 Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact
April 3, 1927 Interstate Commerce Commission transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone
April 3, 1926 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C
April 3, 1922 Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party
April 3, 1919 Austria expels all Habsburgers
April 3, 1918 House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler
April 3, 1917 Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd
April 3, 1913 British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail
April 3, 1911 Harry James Smith' "Mrs. Bumsted-Leigh," premieres in New York City
April 3, 1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed
April 3, 1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs

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April 4th

April 4, 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70
April 4, 1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
April 4, 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
April 4, 1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 45 performances
April 4, 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM
April 4, 1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
April 4, 1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
April 4, 1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
April 4, 1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
April 4, 1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
April 4, 1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 28 performances
April 4, 1990 "Martian Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
April 4, 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
April 4, 1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
April 4, 1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
April 4, 1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs
April 4, 1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
April 4, 1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
April 4, 1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
April 4, 1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
April 4, 1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
April 4, 1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
April 4, 1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
April 4, 1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
April 4, 1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
April 4, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
April 4, 1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
April 4, 1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
April 4, 1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
April 4, 1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
April 4, 1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
April 4, 1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
April 4, 1969 Denton Cooley gets 1st temporary artificial heart
April 4, 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances
April 4, 1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
April 4, 1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station
April 4, 1967 Dutch De Young government forms
April 4, 1960 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win
April 4, 1960 Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra
April 4, 1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
April 4, 1960 Senegal declares independence from France
April 4, 1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
April 4, 1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
April 4, 1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris
April 4, 1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London
April 4, 1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq
April 4, 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
April 4, 1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
April 4, 1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan and Eva Peron in Buenos Aires
April 4, 1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES
April 4, 1949 Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement
April 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.)
April 4, 1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
April 4, 1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
April 4, 1947 Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect
April 4, 1945 U.S. tanks and infantry conquer Bielefeld
April 4, 1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
April 4, 1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists
April 4, 1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
April 4, 1940 R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher and Higher," premieres in New York City
April 4, 1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
April 4, 1938 5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285
April 4, 1937 4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283
April 4, 1933 U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die
April 4, 1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City
April 4, 1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London
April 4, 1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
April 4, 1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president
April 4, 1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls
April 4, 1921 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
April 4, 1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
April 4, 1918 Battle of Somme, ends
April 4, 1918 Food riot in Amsterdam
April 4, 1916 U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I
April 4, 1914 "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles
April 4, 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
April 4, 1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
April 4, 1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
April 4, 1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000
April 4, 1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
April 4, 1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
April 4, 1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet

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April 5th

April 5, 1997 Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
April 5, 1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
April 5, 1996 Marlon Brando makes anti-semetic remarks about hollywood on Larry King
April 5, 1994 "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden New York City for 347 performances
April 5, 1994 Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak
April 5, 1993 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71
April 5, 1993 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1
April 5, 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to New York Mets 3-0
April 5, 1993 Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
April 5, 1993 Florida Marlins 1st game - beat Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3
April 5, 1993 Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad
April 5, 1992 "Search and Destroy" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 46 performances
April 5, 1992 Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution and dissolved Congress
April 5, 1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched
April 5, 1991 U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq
April 5, 1990 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row
April 5, 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary
April 5, 1990 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity
April 5, 1989 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo
April 5, 1989 Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak
April 5, 1989 Solidarity grants legal status in Poland
April 5, 1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children
April 5, 1987 Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
April 5, 1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m)
April 5, 1986 U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing
April 5, 1984 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 13 performances
April 5, 1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
April 5, 1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
April 5, 1983 New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment
April 5, 1982 British fleet sails to Falkland Islands
April 5, 1982 Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season
April 5, 1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war
April 5, 1981 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez
April 5, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
April 5, 1979 Baltimore manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper
April 5, 1979 Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
April 5, 1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 5, 1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England
April 5, 1976 Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen," premieres in London
April 5, 1975 "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances
April 5, 1975 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely
April 5, 1974 Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai
April 5, 1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories)
April 5, 1973 NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19)
April 5, 1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter
April 5, 1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
April 5, 1972 Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub
April 5, 1971 Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole
April 5, 1970 WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting
April 5, 1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens
April 5, 1968 U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled
April 5, 1967 76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds
April 5, 1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
April 5, 1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft. Pierce-Vero Beach, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
April 5, 1965 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win
April 5, 1965 Lava Lamp Day celebrated
April 5, 1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 5, 1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground
April 5, 1964 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
April 5, 1963 Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me)
April 5, 1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa
April 5, 1962 Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in New York City
April 5, 1961 Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show"
April 5, 1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council
April 5, 1959 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284
April 5, 1955 Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him
April 5, 1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"
April 5, 1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
April 5, 1953 WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
April 5, 1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
April 5, 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
April 5, 1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins
April 5, 1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting
April 5, 1946 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony
April 5, 1945 Almelo Netherlands freed
April 5, 1945 Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
April 5, 1944 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse
April 5, 1943 Allies bomb Mortsel
April 5, 1943 Japanese troops conquer Indin
April 5, 1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days
April 5, 1941 In San Francisco, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
April 5, 1939 Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory
April 5, 1938 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland
April 5, 1936 Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die
April 5, 1935 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election
April 5, 1932 Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions
April 5, 1930 England out for 849 vs. WI Kingston, Sandham out for 325
April 5, 1929 Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact
April 5, 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style
April 5, 1925 Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election
April 5, 1925 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer
April 5, 1923 Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production
April 5, 1922 KOB-AM in Albuquerque, New Mexico begins radio transmissions
April 5, 1922 WDZ-AM in Decatur, Illinois begins radio transmissions
April 5, 1919 Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann
April 5, 1919 Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana
April 5, 1919 Polish Army executes 35 young Jews
April 5, 1916 French troops occupy Bois de Caillette
April 5, 1915 French begin Woevre-offensive
April 5, 1915 Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title
April 5, 1911 MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie
April 5, 1911 Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer
April 5, 1908 British premier Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns
April 5, 1906 St. Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland"
April 5, 1905 James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire," premieres in London
April 5, 1902 Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte," premieres in Paris
April 5, 1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25
April 5, 1900 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails

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April 6th

April 6, 1997 Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
April 6, 1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
April 6, 1997 Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic
April 6, 1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
April 6, 1995 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 308 performances
April 6, 1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out
April 6, 1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself
April 6, 1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
April 6, 1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow)
April 6, 1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0
April 6, 1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0
April 6, 1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo
April 6, 1992 U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
April 6, 1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
April 6, 1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use
April 6, 1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
April 6, 1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
April 6, 1988 New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
April 6, 1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr
April 6, 1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
April 6, 1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
April 6, 1985 Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
April 6, 1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
April 6, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 6, 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched
April 6, 1984 1st time 11 people in space
April 6, 1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
April 6, 1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
April 6, 1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
April 6, 1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
April 6, 1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
April 6, 1980 Post It Notes, introduced
April 6, 1979 Rod Stewart and Alana Collins wed
April 6, 1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy
April 6, 1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
April 6, 1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
April 6, 1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
April 6, 1975 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances
April 6, 1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
April 6, 1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
April 6, 1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
April 6, 1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn
April 6, 1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number
April 6, 1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
April 6, 1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
April 6, 1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
April 6, 1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
April 6, 1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
April 6, 1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
April 6, 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite
April 6, 1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations
April 6, 1959 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win
April 6, 1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters
April 6, 1957 New York City ends trolley car service
April 6, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
April 6, 1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
April 6, 1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances
April 6, 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 6, 1955 Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
April 6, 1954 Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit
April 6, 1954 TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons
April 6, 1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
April 6, 1952 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286
April 6, 1950 John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson
April 6, 1945 Coevorden freed from nazis
April 6, 1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
April 6, 1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa
April 6, 1945 U.S. Marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
April 6, 1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis
April 6, 1943 British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II
April 6, 1943 British offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
April 6, 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
April 6, 1941 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280
April 6, 1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact
April 6, 1939 U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific
April 6, 1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett
April 6, 1936 3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285
April 6, 1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
April 6, 1936 Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
April 6, 1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more
April 6, 1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
April 6, 1931 1st Scottsboro trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
April 6, 1931 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
April 6, 1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed
April 6, 1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
April 6, 1926 Stanley Cup: Montl Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1
April 6, 1925 1st film shown on an British Air flight
April 6, 1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
April 6, 1924 Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament
April 6, 1924 Volkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern
April 6, 1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
April 6, 1917 U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I
April 6, 1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
April 6, 1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
April 6, 1909 1st credit union forms in US
April 6, 1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
April 6, 1903 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws)
April 6, 1900 James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

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April 7th

April 7, 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Myers Florida on WRXK 96.1 FM
April 7, 1996 8th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
April 7, 1996 Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic
April 7, 1994 New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6
April 7, 1994 Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton
April 7, 1994 Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion
April 7, 1993 Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie HR (Shea Stadium New York)
April 7, 1991 "Big Love" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 41 performances
April 7, 1991 "Shadowlands" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 169 performances
April 7, 1991 3rd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
April 7, 1991 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
April 7, 1990 Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations
April 7, 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary
April 7, 1990 Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma
April 7, 1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths
April 7, 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 7, 1987 National Museum of Female Physician opens in Washington D.C.
April 7, 1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"
April 7, 1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade
April 7, 1985 New Jersey General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards
April 7, 1984 Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
April 7, 1983 Caps 4-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-series tied 1-1
April 7, 1982 Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested
April 7, 1982 Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead
April 7, 1981 Belgium Eyskens government forms
April 7, 1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec
April 7, 1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
April 7, 1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water
April 7, 1979 Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0
April 7, 1979 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers
April 7, 1978 Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City
April 7, 1978 President Carter defers production of neutron bomb
April 7, 1978 U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976
April 7, 1977 Consumer Product Safety Comn bans "TRIS" flame-retardant
April 7, 1977 Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5
April 7, 1976 Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping
April 7, 1974 Herb Gardner's "Thieves," premieres in New York City
April 7, 1973 Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420
April 7, 1973 Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown
April 7, 1971 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
April 7, 1971 President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free
April 7, 1971 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
April 7, 1970 "Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds," premieres in New York City
April 7, 1970 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne and Maggie Smith win
April 7, 1970 Milwaukee Brewers (former Seat Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0
April 7, 1969 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
April 7, 1969 Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material
April 7, 1969 Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yanks 8-4
April 7, 1967 Israeli/Syrian border fights
April 7, 1967 Tom Donahue, San Francisco dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM)
April 7, 1966 U.S. recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor
April 7, 1965 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man NZ vs. Pakistan
April 7, 1963 27th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
April 7, 1963 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
April 7, 1963 Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
April 7, 1962 Umrigar slams 172* vs. WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes
April 7, 1962 Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail
April 7, 1959 Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
April 7, 1959 Radar 1st bounced off Sun from Stanford, California
April 7, 1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
April 7, 1957 21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283
April 7, 1956 10th NBA Championship: Ph Warriors beat Ft. Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1
April 7, 1956 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco
April 7, 1954 German government refuses to recognize DDR
April 7, 1954 President Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China
April 7, 1954 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
April 7, 1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
April 7, 1953 Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden elected 2nd United Nations general-secretary
April 7, 1951 15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280
April 7, 1951 American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament
April 7, 1951 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
April 7, 1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1928 performances
April 7, 1948 World Health Organization forms by U.N.
April 7, 1946 10th Golf Masters Championship: Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282
April 7, 1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR
April 7, 1945 1st and last assault of German Rammkommando on U.S. bombers
April 7, 1945 U.S. B-17's bombs range at Luneburg
April 7, 1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk
April 7, 1944 General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan
April 7, 1943 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg
April 7, 1943 British and U.S. troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
April 7, 1943 Lt colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid
April 7, 1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule
April 7, 1942 Heavy German assault on Malta
April 7, 1941 British generals O'Connor and Neame captured in North Africa
April 7, 1940 Booker T. Washington, 1st black to appear on U.S. stamp
April 7, 1940 7th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 280
April 7, 1939 Italy invades Albania
April 7, 1934 In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience
April 7, 1933 1st 2 Nazi anti-Jewish laws, bars Jews from legal and public service
April 7, 1933 Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment
April 7, 1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
April 7, 1931 Seals Stadium opens in San Francisco
April 7, 1928 44-yr old New York Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montreal Maroons 2-1
April 7, 1927 Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington D.C. to New York City
April 7, 1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California
April 7, 1926 Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose
April 7, 1923 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney
April 7, 1922 Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair
April 7, 1919 1st parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks
April 7, 1917 De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid
April 7, 1917 James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her," premieres in London
April 7, 1906 Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business
April 7, 1902 Texas Oil Company, Texaco, forms
April 7, 1901 SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber

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April 8th

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

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April 9th

April 9, 2005 Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are married
April 9, 1997 Cleveland Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
April 9, 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion
April 9, 1997 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl"
April 9, 1995 "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances
April 9, 1995 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
April 9, 1994 BPAA U.S. Open by Justin Hromek
April 9, 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
April 9, 1992 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway
April 9, 1992 Florida drops rape charges against New York Mets Gooden, Boston and Coleman
April 9, 1992 John Majors, (C) elected PM of England
April 9, 1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges
April 9, 1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
April 9, 1992 U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes
April 9, 1992 William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
April 9, 1991 Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0
April 9, 1991 Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R.
April 9, 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
April 9, 1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees
April 9, 1989 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev
April 9, 1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament
April 9, 1989 Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision
April 9, 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
April 9, 1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
April 9, 1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
April 9, 1984 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall and S Maclaine win
April 9, 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
April 9, 1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
April 9, 1982 Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
April 9, 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
April 9, 1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
April 9, 1979 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win
April 9, 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins
April 9, 1978 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
April 9, 1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
April 9, 1978 David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
April 9, 1978 Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)
April 9, 1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
April 9, 1976 U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
April 9, 1974 Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
April 9, 1973 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283
April 9, 1972 "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances
April 9, 1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
April 9, 1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
April 9, 1969 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
April 9, 1969 Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
April 9, 1968 German DR adopts constitution
April 9, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta
April 9, 1968 Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
April 9, 1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
April 9, 1967 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances
April 9, 1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
April 9, 1967 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280
April 9, 1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down
April 9, 1966 Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens
April 9, 1966 Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
April 9, 1965 Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in U.K.
April 9, 1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight
April 9, 1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
April 9, 1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously
April 9, 1962 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
April 9, 1960 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
April 9, 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
April 9, 1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators)
April 9, 1959 Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
April 9, 1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
April 9, 1959 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title
April 9, 1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C.
April 9, 1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
April 9, 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 9, 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
April 9, 1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
April 9, 1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
April 9, 1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia
April 9, 1950 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
April 9, 1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win
April 9, 1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance
April 9, 1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages
April 9, 1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
April 9, 1946 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
April 9, 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
April 9, 1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
April 9, 1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings
April 9, 1944 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
April 9, 1942 Battle of Bataan, US and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
April 9, 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
April 9, 1940 German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
April 9, 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders
April 9, 1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
April 9, 1935 Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
April 9, 1932 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games
April 9, 1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
April 9, 1928 Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena
April 9, 1928 Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
April 9, 1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
April 9, 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
April 9, 1923 Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin
April 9, 1918 Latvia proclaims independence
April 9, 1917 Battle of Arras begins
April 9, 1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
April 9, 1914 "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London
April 9, 1914 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London
April 9, 1914 Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico
April 9, 1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
April 9, 1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard)
April 9, 1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York
April 9, 1906 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens

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April 10th

April 10, 1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 24 performances
April 10, 1995 New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
April 10, 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka
April 10, 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
April 10, 1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
April 10, 1992 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague, Netherlands
April 10, 1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days
April 10, 1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
April 10, 1991 Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
April 10, 1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip
April 10, 1989 H. J. Heinz, Van Camp Seafood and Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins
April 10, 1988 52nd Golf Masters Championship: Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281
April 10, 1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins
April 10, 1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
April 10, 1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead
April 10, 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
April 10, 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
April 10, 1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
April 10, 1984 U.S. Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
April 10, 1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
April 10, 1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
April 10, 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead
April 10, 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
April 10, 1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded April 10, 1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
April 10, 1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)
April 10, 1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
April 10, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
April 10, 1975 Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
April 10, 1973 Pakistan suspends constitution
April 10, 1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
April 10, 1972 U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
April 10, 1971 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1
April 10, 1971 U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR
April 10, 1968 "George M!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 435 performances
April 10, 1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
April 10, 1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 10, 1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds
April 10, 1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2
April 10, 1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
April 10, 1961 25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280
April 10, 1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel
April 10, 1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea
April 10, 1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
April 10, 1957 John Osborne's "Entertainer," premieres in London
April 10, 1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns
April 10, 1957 Suez canal reopens for all traffic
April 10, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
April 10, 1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
April 10, 1956 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
April 10, 1955 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279
April 10, 1953 "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City)
April 10, 1953 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1
April 10, 1949 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282
April 10, 1948 Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek
April 10, 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)
April 10, 1947 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
April 10, 1946 1st election for Japanese Diet
April 10, 1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
April 10, 1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer
April 10, 1945 General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
April 10, 1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis
April 10, 1943 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis
April 10, 1943 General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia
April 10, 1942 Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland
April 10, 1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
April 10, 1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
April 10, 1939 Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews
April 10, 1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
April 10, 1936 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena
April 10, 1935 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London
April 10, 1934 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1
April 10, 1932 Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)
April 10, 1930 George Headley scores 223 vs. England at Kingston
April 10, 1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced
April 10, 1925 Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
April 10, 1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald
April 10, 1924 Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
April 10, 1923 Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin
April 10, 1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers
April 10, 1916 1st professional golf tournament held
April 10, 1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
April 10, 1913 Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings
April 10, 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage

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April 11th

April 11, 1999 63rd Golf Masters Championship:
April 11, 1996 "King and I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 perform
April 11, 1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
April 11, 1993 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277
April 11, 1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec)
April 11, 1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie
April 11, 1992 BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence
April 11, 1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3
April 11, 1991 "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater New York City
April 11, 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
April 11, 1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila
April 11, 1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5
April 11, 1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
April 11, 1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
April 11, 1986 KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM
April 11, 1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
April 11, 1984 U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president
April 11, 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins
April 11, 1983 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280
April 11, 1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win
April 11, 1983 NASA launches RCA-F
April 11, 1982 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284
April 11, 1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
April 11, 1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
April 11, 1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
April 11, 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment
April 11, 1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)
April 11, 1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
April 11, 1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
April 11, 1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
April 11, 1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
April 11, 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
April 11, 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
April 11, 1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970
April 11, 1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
April 11, 1967 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances
April 11, 1966 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288
April 11, 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
April 11, 1965 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271
April 11, 1965 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000
April 11, 1962 New York Mets make a losing debut
April 11, 1961 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1
April 11, 1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns
April 11, 1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial
April 11, 1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
April 11, 1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances
April 11, 1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR
April 11, 1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
April 11, 1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco
April 11, 1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England
April 11, 1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
April 11, 1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets
April 11, 1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations
April 11, 1936 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in New York City
April 11, 1936 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
April 11, 1933 Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia
April 11, 1929 KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions
April 11, 1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam
April 11, 1927 Chilean gen Carlos Ibanez names himself president
April 11, 1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
April 11, 1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco
April 11, 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin
April 11, 1924 Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections
April 11, 1924 WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions
April 11, 1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax
April 11, 1921 Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
April 11, 1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox
April 11, 1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres
April 11, 1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid
April 11, 1911 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village
April 11, 1907 New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards
April 11, 1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
April 11, 1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa
April 11, 1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut