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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, 1992 1st exhibition game at Camden Field-Orioles beat New York Mets April 3, 1991 "Penn and Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City 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, 1989 Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stad April 3, 1988 17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott April 3, 1988 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54 April 3, 1988 Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak 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 Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega April 3, 1987 Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers April 3, 1987 Duchess of Windsors jewels auctioned for 31,380,197 pounds 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, 1982 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point April 3, 1982 U.N. Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands 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 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth April 3, 1977 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point April 3, 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter 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, 1968 North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks April 3, 1967 WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 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, 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open April 3, 1966 Tom Seaver, signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus 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, 1961 Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties April 3, 1960 Earthquake at Havre, Belgium April 3, 1958 "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 332 performances 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, 1956 Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated April 3, 1956 German war criminals Hinrichsen/Ruhl/Siebens/Viebahn freed April 3, 1955 Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics) 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, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada April 3, 1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting April 3, 1948 1st U.S. figure skating championships held April 3, 1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) April 3, 1948 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 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, 1945 U.S. 1st army conquers Hofgeismar April 3, 1944 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz April 3, 1944 Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional 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 Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 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, 1926 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard April 3, 1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions April 3, 1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard April 3, 1925 Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde April 3, 1923 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary 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 April 3, 1893 1st NSW vs. Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground April 3, 1889 Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia April 3, 1882 Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks April 3, 1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave April 3, 1865 Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) April 3, 1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg April 3, 1864 Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas April 3, 1860 Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California April 3, 1856 Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos April 3, 1848 Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher April 3, 1790 Revenue Marine Service, U.S. Coast Guard, created April 3, 1783 Sweden and U.S. sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce April 3, 1776 Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College April 3, 1764 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king April 3, 1721 Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury April 3, 1679 Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig April 3, 1657 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown April 3, 1645 English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance April 3, 1582 French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen April 3, 1559 Spain and France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis April 3, 1376 Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France April 3, 1312 2nd council of Vienna April 3, 1043 Edward the Confessor crowned king of England April 3, 419 [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope |