2015 A 6.7-magnitude aftershock sets off new avalanches on Mt. Everest and frightens victims of yesterday's devastating earthquake in Nepal; Google executive Dan Fredinburg was one of at least 17 climbers on Mt. Everest who died in yesterday's disaster 2014 The U.S. and Japan have made progress in their joint efforts on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement; though an agreement has not been reached, both nations are interested in continuing negotiations 2014 Football players at Northwestern University cast votes on whether to form a union; the players were ruled last month to be university employees by the National Labor Relations Board, giving the students the right to organize 2013 Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England announces that the 5 pound bank note, to be circulated in 2016, will feature Winston Churchill 2013 In Birmingham, United Kingdom, eleven members of a terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to exceed the atrocities committed on July 7 and 9/11 2012 During the second day of evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert Murdock reveals there was a 'cover-up' at 'News of the World' but that he had no knowledge of it 2012 Argentina's Senate passes President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bill to nationalize 51% of oil company YPF with overwhelming majority 2011 U.S. nightly news host Katie Couric announces she will will no longer host the 'CBS Evening News' 2011 The 25th anniversary of the disaster in Chernobyl is commemorated by the Ukraine 2010 Timothy Torlot, British ambassador to Yemen, survives an attempted suicide bombing 2005 Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation 1997 "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater New York City 1996 Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H 1996 Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million 1995 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike 1995 Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings 1994 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) 1994 Mad About You actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34) 1994 Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin is 1st black South African to vote 1993 "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances 1993 Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56 1993 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman 1993 STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit 1992 "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances 1992 "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV 1992 "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 569 performances 1992 "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances 1992 "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 13 performances 1992 "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV 1992 Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously 1992 Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic 1992 Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base 1991 "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV 1991 23 killed in Kansas and Oklahoma by tornadoes 1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics 1990 "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 52 performances 1990 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China 1990 Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal and twists his ankle 1990 New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case 1990 Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters 1989 AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201 1989 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany 1988 1st TNN Viewers choice awards - Randy Travis wins in 5 categories 1988 NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season 1988 New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st) 1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances 1986 Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver 1986 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman 1986 France performs nuclear test 1986 Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds 1986 Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl U.S.S.R. explodes, 31 die 1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens 1984 President Reagan visits China 1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead 1983 Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time 1983 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game 1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island 1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio 1982 Gene Michael becomes New York Yankee manager for 2nd time 1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche 1981 "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 13 performances 1981 Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen 1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01) 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Iran begins scattering U.S. hostages from U.S. Embassy 1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' 1980 Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards) 1978 France sends troops to Chad 1978 NASA launches space vehicle S-201 1977 New York's famed disco Studio 54 opens 1976 Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York City - Tokyo 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal 1975 Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3 1975 Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam 1974 Malta adopts constitution 1974 Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw 1973 "2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London 1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hours 1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed 1970 "Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 690 performances 1969 "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 110 performances 1969 "George M!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 435 performances 1969 Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman 1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1968 U.S. underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device 1967 "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 293 performances 1967 KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch) 1966 Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach 1965 Ives' 4th Symphony premieres 1964 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1 1964 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar 1962 1st Lockheed A-12 flies 1962 Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon 1962 Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0 1962 U.S. and U.K. launch Ariel; 1st international payload 1961 French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria 1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961 1959 Cuba invades Panama 1959 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open 1957 Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens 1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva 1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins 1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman 1952 U.S. minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176 1951 Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum 1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run 1950 University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London 1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1944 Papandreou government in Greece forms 1942 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Bath 1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium for the Chicago Cubs 1941 Potatoes rationed in Holland 1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks 1937 German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain 1936 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 4th Symphony 1935 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years 1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany 1932 Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris 1931 Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season 1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands 1928 Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London 1926 Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty 1926 Karachai Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1943) 1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big" 1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1920 H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae 1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia 1913 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco 1913 Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China 1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox) 1907 Jamestown, Virginia Tercentenary Exposition opens 1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii 1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play 1904 Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms 1900 AL opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 1893 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms 1890 Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London 1887 Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity 1865 Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro) 1865 Battle of Ft. Tobacco, Virginia 1865 Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham North Carolina 1855 Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy 1853 Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber 1841 "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk 1835 Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris 1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1819 Odd Fellows Lodge forms 1814 King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England 1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France 1777 Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from New York to Ct rallying her fathers militia 1755 1st Russian university opens (Moscow) 1721 Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated 1709 Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa 1677 Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck 1655 Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam 1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil 1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va 1564 William Shakespeare baptized 1532 Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna 1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn 1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici 1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights 757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I
