| 1997 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St. Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM |
| 1995 | 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins |
| 1994 | Circus performers Marissa Young (24) and Matt Richardson (21) wed |
| 1994 | Singer Harry Connick, Jr. (26) weds model Jill Goodare (30) |
| 1993 | Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th |
| 1992 | "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 13 performances |
| 1992 | 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) |
| 1992 | Afghanistan president Najibullah resigns |
| 1992 | New York Rangers win team record 50th game |
| 1991 | M Leander and E Seago's musical "Matador," premieres in London |
| 1991 | St. Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7 |
| 1990 | "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 320 performances |
| 1990 | 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23 |
| 1990 | 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19 |
| 1990 | Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week |
| 1990 | Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 |
| 1989 | 1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins |
| 1989 | Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world |
| 1989 | Costa Rica beats U.S. 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup |
| 1989 | Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic |
| 1989 | Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28) |
| 1987 | August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama |
| 1987 | FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves |
| 1987 | Howard Stern and Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC |
| 1987 | Michael Jordon, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season |
| 1987 | Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 1987 | Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences" |
| 1986 | To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Gadhafi appears on TV |
| 1986 | West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England |
| 1985 | "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 79 performances |
| 1985 | Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2 |
| 1984 | 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28 |
| 1984 | 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34 |
| 1984 | Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam |
| 1984 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive" |
| 1983 | Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games |
| 1982 | Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution |
| 1981 | "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 13 performances |
| 1981 | Columbia space shuttle returns |
| 1980 | Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis |
| 1980 | Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final |
| 1980 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1979 | 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees and Mets tie 1-1 |
| 1979 | 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:27 |
| 1979 | 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15 |
| 1979 | Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium |
| 1979 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried child" |
| 1978 | "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA New York City after 21 performances |
| 1978 | Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic |
| 1978 | St. Louis Card Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0 |
| 1977 | Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia |
| 1975 | Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh |
| 1974 | "Words and Music" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 127 performances |
| 1974 | 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario California |
| 1974 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1972 | "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 4 performances |
| 1972 | 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock |
| 1972 | 2 giants pandas arrive in U.S., from China |
| 1972 | Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands) |
| 1972 | Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0 |
| 1970 | 70 die in a snow crush (France) |
| 1967 | "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 161 performances |
| 1967 | Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings |
| 1966 | Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain |
| 1965 | Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket |
| 1964 | 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" |
| 1964 | Geraldine Mock of U.S. is 1st woman to fly solo round the world |
| 1962 | Brazil nationalizes U.S. businesses |
| 1962 | Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News |
| 1961 | 15th Tony Awards: Becket and Bye Bye Birdie win |
| 1961 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open |
| 1961 | Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2 |
| 1959 | "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 44 performances |
| 1959 | Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation |
| 1959 | New York Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard |
| 1959 | Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit |
| 1958 | 22nd Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284 |
| 1958 | French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis |
| 1957 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 |
| 1957 | U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test |
| 1956 | 1st solar powered radios go on sale |
| 1954 | KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3 |
| 1953 | British royal yacht Britannia taken out of service |
| 1953 | Jackie Pung wins LPGA Palm Springs Golf Open |
| 1953 | Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game |
| 1953 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 |
| 1953 | WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 15 performances |
| 1951 | British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75 |
| 1949 | Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
| 1948 | Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris |
| 1947 | Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp |
| 1947 | Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated in New York City |
| 1947 | Massive explosion and fire kills 522 in Texas City, Texas |
| 1946 | 1st U.S. launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt |
| 1946 | NSB mayor of Rotterdam, Netherlands, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail |
| 1945 | German troops in Groningen surrender |
| 1945 | Red Army begins Battle of Berlin |
| 1945 | U.S. troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II |
| 1945 | U.S. troops land on He Shima Okinawa |
| 1943 | 40 German bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands, 85 killed |
| 1942 | Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship |
| 1942 | King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta |
| 1941 | Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes |
| 1940 | 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) |
| 1940 | Cleveland Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0 |
| 1940 | Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro |
| 1939 | Stalin requests British, French and Russian anti-nazi pact |
| 1939 | Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 |
| 1938 | Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia |
| 1935 | 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee and Molly" |
| 1935 | Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run |
| 1929 | Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a home run on 1st at bat |
| 1929 | New York Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers |
| 1926 | Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" and "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner |
| 1924 | 1st radio-transmission of wireless: Matthaus Passion |
| 1924 | Child labor laws strengthened in Holland |
| 1922 | Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row |
| 1922 | German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized |
| 1921 | Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague |
| 1917 | Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution |
| 1912 | Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel |
| 1912 | Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base) |
| 1908 | Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah |
| 1900 | U.S. Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps |
| 1888 | Drentse and Friese peat cutters go on strike |
| 1883 | Paul Kruger chosen president of Transvaal |
| 1874 | Dr. David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton |
| 1871 | German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions |
| 1870 | Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London |
| 1868 | Louisiana voters approve new constitution |
| 1866 | Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia |
| 1866 | Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Co office explodes |
| 1865 | Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Ft. Tyler) |
| 1862 | Slavery abolished in District of Columbia |
| 1862 | U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years) |
| 1861 | U.S. president Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states |
| 1854 | Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa," premieres |
| 1854 | San Salvador destroyed by earthquake |
| 1854 | Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die |
| 1849 | Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris |
| 1818 | Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border) |
| 1789 | George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration |
| 1787 | 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in New York City |
| 1777 | Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout Brits |
| 1746 | Battle at Culloden: Troops of "James VIII and III" defeat Charles Stuart |
| 1724 | 1st Easter observed |
| 1705 | Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College |
| 1632 | Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander |
| 1521 | Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms |
| 1509 | French army under Louis XII enters Alps |
| 1346 | King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece |
| 556 | Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
