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April 13, 1997 "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 88 performances April 13, 1997 48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes April 13, 1997 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par) April 13, 1997 Hartford Whalers last NHL game April 13, 1997 NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game April 13, 1997 Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets and Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY April 13, 1996 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 April 13, 1996 Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs New Jersey Devils from playoff April 13, 1995 Yankees beat the Mets 2-0 April 13, 1994 President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death April 13, 1994 United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India April 13, 1993 "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 40 performances April 13, 1993 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation April 13, 1993 Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," premieres in London April 13, 1992 "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 160 performances April 13, 1992 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands April 13, 1992 American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50% April 13, 1992 Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver and Dallas April 13, 1992 Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood April 13, 1992 Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St. John's basketball team April 13, 1992 Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie April 13, 1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 April 13, 1991 BPAA U.S. Open by Pete Weber April 13, 1990 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis April 13, 1990 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS April 13, 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1 April 13, 1989 "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 12 performances April 13, 1988 Italy government of De Mita forms April 13, 1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason April 13, 1987 Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999) April 13, 1986 50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279 April 13, 1986 Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record April 13, 1986 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic April 13, 1986 Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue April 13, 1986 Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second April 13, 1985 "TASS" denounced U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics April 13, 1985 Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas April 13, 1985 Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead April 13, 1985 Katrin Dorre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30) April 13, 1985 Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania April 13, 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth April 13, 1984 India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah April 13, 1984 Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career April 13, 1983 Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago April 13, 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 13, 1983 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault April 13, 1982 Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2) April 13, 1981 Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart" April 13, 1981 Washington Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax) April 13, 1980 "Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 3,388 performances April 13, 1980 "Reggae" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 21 performances April 13, 1980 44th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275 April 13, 1980 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic April 13, 1980 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation April 13, 1980 U.S. boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow April 13, 1979 Christian Turks occupy St. Jansbasiliek April 13, 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours April 13, 1979 Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda April 13, 1978 Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, and the field is showered April 13, 1978 New York Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day April 13, 1976 1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash April 13, 1976 Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes April 13, 1975 39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276 April 13, 1975 Chad military coup by General Odingar April 13, 1975 Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war April 13, 1975 Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead April 13, 1972 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days April 13, 1970 34th Golf Masters Championship: Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279 April 13, 1970 Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed April 13, 1970 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon April 13, 1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation April 13, 1969 33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281 April 13, 1966 Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s April 13, 1965 Beatles record "Help" April 13, 1965 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Sen Jacob Javits April 13, 1964 36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones," Sidney Poitier and Patricia Neal win April 13, 1964 Ian D. Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia April 13, 1964 New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day April 13, 1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit April 13, 1963 Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game April 13, 1962 Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record April 13, 1962 U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases April 13, 1961 "Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 719 performances April 13, 1961 U.N. General Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid April 13, 1960 France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara April 13, 1960 Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit April 13, 1959 USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit April 13, 1959 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) April 13, 1959 Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists April 13, 1958 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win April 13, 1957 "Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 49 performances April 13, 1957 11th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3 April 13, 1957 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win April 13, 1957 Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in U.S. is temp halted April 13, 1956 KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting April 13, 1955 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) April 13, 1954 Baltimore Orioles 1st game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0 April 13, 1954 Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game April 13, 1954 Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist April 13, 1953 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0 April 13, 1949 3rd NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Washington Capitols, 4 games to 2 April 13, 1948 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus April 13, 1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over April 13, 1946 Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama April 13, 1945 Canadian army liberates Teuge and Assen Netherlands from Nazis April 13, 1945 Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna) April 13, 1945 U.S. Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa April 13, 1944 South Carolina rejects black suffrage April 13, 1944 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games April 13, 1944 Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany April 13, 1943 Catholic University Nijegen closes April 13, 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Jefferson Memorial April 13, 1943 Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn April 13, 1941 Heavy German assault on Tobruk April 13, 1941 Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect April 13, 1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed April 13, 1940 Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft April 13, 1940 Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2 April 13, 1939 W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands," premieres in New York City April 13, 1938 Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life," premieres in New York City April 13, 1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece April 13, 1934 4.7 million U.S. families report receiving welfare payments April 13, 1934 U.S. Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act April 13, 1933 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale April 13, 1933 Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 April 13, 1932 Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms April 13, 1928 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-U.S. (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Kohl) April 13, 1927 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games and 2 ties April 13, 1926 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout April 13, 1926 Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam April 13, 1925 Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St. New York City April 13, 1924 Greek plebiscite for a republic April 13, 1923 Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships April 13, 1920 1st woman U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed April 13, 1919 Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India April 13, 1919 British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) April 13, 1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital April 13, 1914 1st Federal League Game: Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2 April 13, 1912 Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) April 13, 1911 Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames April 13, 1908 Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's and Phillies) April 13, 1906 Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos and Vasco da Gama April 13, 1904 Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army April 13, 1904 Congress authorizes Lewis and Clark Expo $1 gold coin April 13, 1902 J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyoming April 13, 1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Solitary Cyclist" April 13, 1883 Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism April 13, 1873 Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) April 13, 1870 Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City April 13, 1869 Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) April 13, 1865 Battle of Raleigh, North Carolina April 13, 1865 Sherman's march through Georgia begins April 13, 1863 Battle of Irish Bend, Louisiana (Ft. Bisland) April 13, 1863 Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled in New York is 1st orthopedic hospital April 13, 1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft. Sumter surrenders to Confederates April 13, 1860 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento, California April 13, 1849 Hungarian Republic proclaimed April 13, 1842 Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope April 13, 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia April 13, 1829 English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics April 13, 1808 William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance April 13, 1796 1st elephant arrives in U.S. from India April 13, 1796 Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians April 13, 1759 French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen April 13, 1742 George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin) April 13, 1741 Dutch people protest bad quality of bread April 13, 1741 Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich April 13, 1668 John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate April 13, 1640 English Short Parliament forms April 13, 1598 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots April 13, 1556 Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope April 13, 1517 Osmaanse army occupies Cairo April 13, 1367 Battle at Najera Spain: Castilie and England beat Aragon and France April 13, 1346 Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy April 13, 1241 Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Bela IV April 13, 1204 Crusaders occupy Constantinople April 13, 1180 Republic day of Gelnhausen April 13, 1111 Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II April 13, 1055 Bishop Gebhard van Eichstatt named Pope Victor II April 13, 989 Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas April 13, 837 Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years |