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April 8, 2001 65th Golf Masters Championship: April 8, 1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 April 8, 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands April 8, 1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title April 8, 1995 BPAA U.S. Open won by Dave Husted April 8, 1995 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title April 8, 1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0 April 8, 1994 Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic April 8, 1994 Japans premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns April 8, 1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases April 8, 1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yanks) April 8, 1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit April 8, 1992 "5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 445 performances April 8, 1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue April 8, 1991 "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 88 performances April 8, 1991 Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident April 8, 1991 Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement April 8, 1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas April 8, 1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking April 8, 1990 "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 377 performances April 8, 1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV April 8, 1990 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278 April 8, 1990 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties April 8, 1990 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic April 8, 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die April 8, 1989 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn April 8, 1989 Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman April 8, 1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California April 8, 1985 "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances April 8, 1985 Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix April 8, 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster April 8, 1984 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster April 8, 1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins April 8, 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead April 8, 1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th U.S. swimming title April 8, 1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs April 8, 1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period April 8, 1979 "Carmelina" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 17 performances April 8, 1979 204th and final episode of "All in the Family" April 8, 1979 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post April 8, 1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC April 8, 1977 Israel premier Rabin resigns April 8, 1975 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win April 8, 1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats New York 5-3) April 8, 1974 Discovery Island opens April 8, 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record April 8, 1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. NZ April 8, 1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York) April 8, 1970 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 8 performances April 8, 1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court April 8, 1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9 April 8, 1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games April 8, 1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King April 8, 1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination April 8, 1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms April 8, 1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect April 8, 1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting April 8, 1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner April 8, 1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party April 8, 1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched April 8, 1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched April 8, 1963 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win April 8, 1963 Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000 April 8, 1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France April 8, 1961 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 100 performances April 8, 1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236 April 8, 1960 Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties April 8, 1956 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke, Jr. wins, shooting a 289 April 8, 1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC April 8, 1956 M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon April 8, 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 270 performances April 8, 1952 President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike April 8, 1950 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 308 performances April 8, 1948 Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF April 8, 1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed April 8, 1946 League of Nations assembles for last time April 8, 1945 Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands April 8, 1943 Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma April 8, 1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau April 8, 1943 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games April 8, 1942 A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in New York City April 8, 1941 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title April 8, 1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious April 8, 1939 ACV soccer team forms in Axes April 8, 1939 King Zog I of Albania, flees April 8, 1935 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282 April 8, 1935 Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C. April 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress April 8, 1933 Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror April 8, 1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London April 8, 1931 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "The Arrow," premieres April 8, 1920 LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg April 8, 1916 Norway approves active and passive female suffrage April 8, 1914 U.S. and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone April 8, 1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified April 8, 1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) April 8, 1912 Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 April 8, 1908 Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier April 8, 1904 Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter April 8, 1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese April 8, 1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink April 8, 1879 Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers April 8, 1879 Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time April 8, 1876 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan April 8, 1869 American Museum of Natural History opens (New York City) April 8, 1864 Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor April 8, 1862 John D. Lynde patents aerosol dispenser April 8, 1861 U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy April 8, 1848 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians April 8, 1848 Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro April 8, 1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City) April 8, 1832 Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro April 8, 1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled April 8, 1801 Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews April 8, 1789 House of Representives 1st meeting April 8, 1783 Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim April 8, 1781 Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379 April 8, 1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain April 8, 1759 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India April 8, 1730 1st Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, New York City" April 8, 1716 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece April 8, 1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain April 8, 1500 Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza April 8, 1455 Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III April 8, 1378 Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI April 8, 1341 Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome April 8, 1195 Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor |