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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 7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus April 2, 1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26 April 2, 1995 New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization April 2, 1995 North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970 April 2, 1995 Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26 April 2, 1995 Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 April 2, 1995 Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow 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, 1993 Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10 April 2, 1992 "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 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, 1989 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60 April 2, 1989 Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats "Macho Man" Savage April 2, 1989 Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games 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, 1987 Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation April 2, 1987 IBM introduces PS/2 and OS/2 April 2, 1986 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece 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, 1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon 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 7th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post April 2, 1978 Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Aust Georgetown April 2, 1978 TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series) 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, 1974 Arganat Commission publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War April 2, 1974 Tony Greig takes 8-86 vs. WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn) 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, 1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain April 2, 1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 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 Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria April 2, 1964 Military coup in Brazil by Gen Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted 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, 1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" and "Edge of Night" premieres on TV April 2, 1955 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright April 2, 1955 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 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 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer 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, 1917 President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany 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 April 2, 1884 London prison for debtors closed April 2, 1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack April 2, 1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper April 2, 1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn April 2, 1876 Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila April 2, 1872 George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine April 2, 1870 Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for U.S. pres April 2, 1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia April 2, 1865 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station) April 2, 1865 CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA April 2, 1865 Battle of Ft. Blakely AL and Selma AL April 2, 1864 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana April 2, 1864 Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas April 2, 1863 Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia April 2, 1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin April 2, 1845 H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun April 2, 1827 Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils April 2, 1819 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins April 2, 1800 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C April 2, 1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint April 2, 1792 U.S. authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime April 2, 1745 Austria and Bavaria sign peace April 2, 1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander April 2, 1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope April 2, 1590 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht April 2, 1559 England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis April 2, 1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy April 2, 1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon April 2, 1416 Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon April 2, 999 Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope |