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April 4, 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 April 4, 1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season April 4, 1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth April 4, 1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs April 4, 1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched April 4, 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches April 4, 1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 45 performances April 4, 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM April 4, 1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn April 4, 1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72 April 4, 1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening April 4, 1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed April 4, 1994 Los Angeles Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment April 4, 1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706 April 4, 1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications April 4, 1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery April 4, 1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 April 4, 1993 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw April 4, 1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament April 4, 1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna April 4, 1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad April 4, 1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca April 4, 1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case April 4, 1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania April 4, 1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 28 performances April 4, 1990 "Martian Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV April 4, 1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident April 4, 1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody April 4, 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle April 4, 1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2 April 4, 1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79 April 4, 1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards) April 4, 1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV April 4, 1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs April 4, 1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts April 4, 1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season April 4, 1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal April 4, 1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London April 4, 1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary April 4, 1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 April 4, 1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched April 4, 1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little April 4, 1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) April 4, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. April 4, 1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin April 4, 1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand April 4, 1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes April 4, 1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155 April 4, 1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th April 4, 1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating April 4, 1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances April 4, 1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) April 4, 1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson April 4, 1969 Denton Cooley implanted 1st temporary artificial heart April 4, 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances April 4, 1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned April 4, 1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station April 4, 1967 Dutch De Young government forms April 4, 1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station April 4, 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 4, 1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational April 4, 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 9 performances April 4, 1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks April 4, 1960 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win April 4, 1960 Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra April 4, 1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center April 4, 1960 Senegal declares independence from France April 4, 1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960) April 4, 1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) April 4, 1958 Eugene Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt April 4, 1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris April 4, 1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London April 4, 1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq April 4, 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open April 4, 1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting April 4, 1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan and Eva Peron in Buenos Aires April 4, 1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES April 4, 1949 Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement April 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.) April 4, 1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting April 4, 1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie April 4, 1947 Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect April 4, 1947 Largest group of sunspots on record April 4, 1947 U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization forms April 4, 1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) April 4, 1945 U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany April 4, 1945 U.S. tanks and infantry conquer Bielefeld April 4, 1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia April 4, 1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists April 4, 1941 German troops conquer Banghazi April 4, 1940 R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher and Higher," premieres in New York City April 4, 1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq April 4, 1938 5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285 April 4, 1937 4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283 April 4, 1933 U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die April 4, 1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City April 4, 1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, University of Pittsburgh April 4, 1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century April 4, 1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149) April 4, 1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London April 4, 1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held April 4, 1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president April 4, 1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls April 4, 1921 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2 April 4, 1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem April 4, 1918 Battle of Somme, ends April 4, 1918 Food riot in Amsterdam April 4, 1916 U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I April 4, 1914 "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles April 4, 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia April 4, 1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet April 4, 1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP April 4, 1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 April 4, 1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million April 4, 1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII April 4, 1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet April 4, 1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) April 4, 1896 Announcement of Gold in Yukon April 4, 1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st U.S. woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas) April 4, 1870 Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 April 4, 1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse April 4, 1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas April 4, 1862 Battle of Yorktown begins April 4, 1862 U.S. begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond April 4, 1859 Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) April 4, 1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated April 4, 1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro April 4, 1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) April 4, 1818 Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars April 4, 1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor April 4, 1716 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar April 4, 1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church April 4, 1686 English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence April 4, 1660 English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion) April 4, 1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates April 4, 1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels April 4, 1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark April 4, 1581 Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world April 4, 1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders April 4, 1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov April 4, 1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits April 4, 1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms April 4, 1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne |