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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, 1998 Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against President Bill Clinton is thrown out of court April 1, 1997 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch April 1, 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU) April 1, 1996 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67 April 1, 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM April 1, 1995 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee 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, 1992 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history April 1, 1992 Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman April 1, 1992 WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final April 1, 1992 World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former U.S.S.R. April 1, 1991 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 April 1, 1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets April 1, 1991 Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years April 1, 1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race 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, 1990 Guns and Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames April 1, 1990 It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers April 1, 1990 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour April 1, 1990 Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan 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, 1986 U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea April 1, 1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel April 1, 1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75 April 1, 1984 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000 April 1, 1984 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tenn 72-61 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 Baseball Players Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games April 1, 1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz 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, 1974 Yourdon, Inc forms April 1, 1973 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic April 1, 1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold 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 John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations April 1, 1970 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 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, 1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) April 1, 1966 China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution" April 1, 1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years 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, 1964 Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in New York City April 1, 1963 New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000 April 1, 1963 New York City's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike 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, 1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank April 1, 1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising 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, 1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting April 1, 1956 Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380 April 1, 1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 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, 1954 1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC April 1, 1954 Earthquake and tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed April 1, 1954 U.S. Air Force Academy forms April 1, 1954 WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting April 1, 1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea April 1, 1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting April 1, 1953 Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs. India 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, 1946 Weight Watchers forms April 1, 1945 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes April 1, 1945 Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo and Eibergen 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, 1942 Mexico changes from 3 time zones to 2 April 1, 1941 Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in New York City 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, 1929 Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens April 1, 1929 Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo April 1, 1929 Luis Bunuel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film April 1, 1929 Morehouse College, Spellman College and Atlanta University affiliate 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, 1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated April 1, 1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co April 1, 1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted 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" April 1, 1899 North Carolina Mutual opens doors for business April 1, 1891 London-Paris telephone connection opens April 1, 1891 Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti April 1, 1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed in Chicago April 1, 1888 Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam April 1, 1881 Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem April 1, 1881 Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens April 1, 1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5) April 1, 1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die April 1, 1873 Mehmed Kemals play "Vatan" premeres in Constantinople April 1, 1872 1st edition of The Standard April 1, 1868 Hampton Institute opens April 1, 1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama April 1, 1867 International Exhibition opens in Paris April 1, 1867 Singapore, Penang and Malakka become British crown colonies April 1, 1866 U.S. Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US April 1, 1865 Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army April 1, 1863 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect April 1, 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA April 1, 1853 Cincinnati became 1st U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary April 1, 1850 San Francisco County Government established April 1, 1836 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands April 1, 1826 Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine April 1, 1803 French law rules the use of intention April 1, 1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 April 1, 1792 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce April 1, 1789 House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York City, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker April 1, 1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol April 1, 1776 Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang," premieres in Leipzig April 1, 1748 Ruins of Pompeii found April 1, 1724 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War April 1, 1724 Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters April 1, 1663 Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty) April 1, 1581 Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II April 1, 1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation April 1, 1572 Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle April 1, 1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control April 1, 1064 Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik April 1, 705 Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI April 1, 527 Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium April 1, 374 Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth |