2015 Clues in the crash of a Germanwings flight during clear weather Tuesday suggest that the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cabin before deliberately downing the jet in the French Alps; investigations of the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, are ongoing 2014 U.S. Girl Scout Katie Francis breaks the record for selling cookies for the organization's annual fundraiser, selling 18,107 boxes over a seven-week period 2014 Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announce their intention to divorce after 11 years of marriage; the announcement on Paltrow's website was titled 'Conscious Uncoupling' 2013 In southwest China, environmental and health concerns among residents are raised when 1,000 dead ducks pulled from the Sichuan River 2013 President of China, Xi Jinping addresses leaders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, vowing to strengthen ties with Africa 2012 In Orlando, Golf pro Tiger Woods wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament; this is his first PGA Tour victory since 2009 2012 U.S. President Barack Obama begins a three-day visit to South Korea, as tensions rise over North Korea's proposed missile tests 2011 Iran's Government rejects an investigation into alleged human rights abuses called for by the United Nations Human Rights Council 2011 The Tibetan parliament will seek the Tibetan community's opinion after the Tibetan government in-exile accepts the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics 2010 Somali troops demolish 500 homes near the airport in Mogdishu 2008 160 square mile part of the Antarctic ice shelf disintegrates 2002 Earthquake kills at least 1,000 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan 2001 73rd Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Gladiator wins Best Picture, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts win lead acting awards 1997 "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances 1997 Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice 1996 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win 1996 Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth 1996 Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes 1996 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) 1996 Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS) 1996 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA) 1996 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA) 1996 U.S. issues newly-redesigned $100 bill 1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years 1994 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32) 1994 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37) 1993 "Candida" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI 1992 Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup 1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands 1991 63rd Academy Awards - "Dance with Wolves," Kathy Bates and J Irons win 1991 Allan Border takes 5-68 vs. WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown 1990 "Lettice and Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 284 performances 1990 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins 1990 Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 1990 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-206 1988 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money 1987 Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified 1986 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA) 1986 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes 1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump 1985 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win 1985 Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1983 Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec) 1983 Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000m (1:12.58) 1982 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season 1979 Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1976 "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances 1976 "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City for 48 performances 1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties 1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew 1974 Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly" 1973 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win 1973 Carol Mann wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic 1973 Majid Khan and Mushtaq Mohammad both out for 99 in Test vs. Eng 1972 "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 5 performances 1972 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76 1972 America's LP "America" goes #1 1972 Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals 1972 UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title 1971 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots 1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers 1971 Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold 1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) 1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru 1969 John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) 1969 Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as president 1968 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64 1967 The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1967 Who and Cream make U.S. debut at Murray the K's Easter Show 1966 U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional 1966 Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama 1965 West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution 1964 Britain sets memorial for the late President John F. Kennedy 1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64) 1963 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1962 "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances 1962 French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested 1961 "13 Daughters" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 28 performances 1961 "Gypsy" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 702 performances 1961 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) 1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona 1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) 1961 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered 1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes 1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) 1960 DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York City) 1960 Ford Frick voids Indians - Red Sox deal as Sam White retires 1960 Italian government Tambroni forms 1959 Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate 1959 French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary 1958 Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times 1958 West German parliament desires German atomic weapons 1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule 1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community, known as the Common Market 1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R. 1954 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity," Holden and A Hepburn win 1954 Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity) 1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000 1951 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win 1951 E Purcell and EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab 1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47 1947 Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia 1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111 1947 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. New Zealand, Christchurch) 1946 1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto" 1945 U.S. 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen 1945 U.S. 4th Armored div arrives at Hanau and Aschaffenburg 1945 U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa 1944 RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute 1943 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt nazi registration 1943 Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio 1942 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp 1941 Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon South Carolina, incorporated 1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart 1938 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase 1937 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads 1937 Italy and Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) 1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot 1937 Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page 1936 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground 1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s) 1935 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns 1934 1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284 1931 Hal Kemp and his Orchestra record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis 1931 Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama 1924 Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier 1924 Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in 2 1923 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy 1920 Greek Independence Day 1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City 1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title 1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match 1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21 1915 German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea 1913 Great Dayton Flood 1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn 1911 L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ 1907 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup 1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South 1902 Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa 1900 U.S. Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis 1898 Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in New York City 1896 Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece 1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1894 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon Oh for Wash 1889 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town vs. England 1888 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber 1882 1st demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York City) 1876 Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0) 1865 Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg 1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely) 1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 1864 Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid) 1863 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded 1863 Skirmish at Brentwood Tennessee 1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse 1856 A. 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Burnside patents Burnside carbine 1852 Friedrich Hebbel's "Agnes Bernauer," premieres in Munich 1847 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" 1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) 1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack 1817 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians 1814 Netherlands Bank established 1813 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex 1807 1st railway passenger service began in England 1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade 1807 George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs 1802 France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens 1776 Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington 1774 English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill 1753 Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia 1700 England, France and Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty 1669 Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000 1668 1st horse race in America takes place 1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) 1647 Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay 1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland 1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. 1598 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer 1581 Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal 1571 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland 1409 Council of Pisa opens 1306 Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland 1133 William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England 708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope 421 Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded 31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus 1 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
