1. 62nd Golf Masters Championship: - 1998
2. 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61 - 1992
3. 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino - 1992
4. 56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275 - 1992
5. Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz - 1992
6. Earthquake rocks Germany - 1992
7. Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of U.N. - 1992
8. Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1 - 1992
9. New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962 - 1992
10. "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore New York City for 137 performances - 1992
11. Trump Shuttle becomes U.S. Air Shuttle - 1992
12. 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs - 1991
13. Nepalese Congress party wins general elections - 1991
14. U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases - 1991
15. 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss - 1990
16. Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers - 1990
17. James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months - 1990
18. 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker - 1989
19. Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through - 1989
20. Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round - 1988
21. Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Baltimore Orioles - 1988
22. Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse - 1988
23. Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs California - 1988
24. 51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285 - 1987
25. Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55) - 1987
26. Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic - 1987
27. Texaco files for bankruptcy - 1987
28. 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines - 1986
29. 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn - 1985
30. U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games - 1985
31. Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor - 1983
32. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1983
33. 3 CBS employees shot to death in New York City parking lot - 1982
34. 45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280 - 1981
35. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic - 1981
36. Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation - 1981
37. Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia - 1981
38. BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms - 1980
39. Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams) - 1980
40. Soyuz 33 returns to Earth - 1979
41. India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare - 1976
42. Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved" - 1975
43. France recognizes North Vietnam - 1973
44. Sudan adopts constitution - 1973
45. Swaziland suspends constitution - 1973
46. Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio - 1970
47. Simon and Garfunkel releases "Boxer" - 1969
48. 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam - 1966
49. Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2 - 1966
50. Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck - 1966
51. 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0) - 1965
52. 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276 - 1964
53. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational - 1964
54. Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK - 1963
55. Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators - 1963
56. San Mateo County withdraws from BART district, San Francisco Bay area - 1962
57. 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4 - 1961
58. Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner - 1961
59. Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth in Vostok 1 - 1961
60. Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass" - 1960
61. Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard" - 1960
62. 13th Tony Awards: J B and Redhead win - 1959
63. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1959
64. France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria - 1959
65. 12th NBA Championship: St. Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2 - 1958
66. Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk - 1958
67. Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record - 1957
68. U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test - 1957
69. Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon - 1956
70. 1st game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2 - 1955
71. Salk polio vaccine safe and effective; 4 billion dimes marched - 1955
72. 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289 - 1954
73. 8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3 - 1954
74. Belgian Van Houtte government resigns - 1954
75. Bill Haley and Comets records "Rock Around Clock" - 1954
76. Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll" - 1954
77. 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274 - 1953
78. Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston - 1953
79. KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
80. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament - 1952
81. Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government - 1952
82. Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day - 1951
83. Syria gains independence from France - 1946
84. Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands - 1945
85. Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres - 1945
86. Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis" - 1945
87. U.S. liberates Buchenwald concentration camp - 1945
88. Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in New York City - 1944
89. Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa - 1943
90. Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed - 1943
91. 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280 - 1942
92. Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan - 1942
93. Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games - 1941
94. Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler - 1941
95. Italy annexes Albania - 1940
96. NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards - 1940
97. 1st U.S. law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses - 1938
98. Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 - 1938
99. Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers - 1935
100. Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar - 1935
101. "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio - 1935
102. Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph - 1934
103. Moffatt Field commissioned - 1933
104. Emmanuel Chabriers and Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo - 1932
105. Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager - 1931
106. Spanish voters reject the monarchy - 1931
107. 4th Test Cricket WI vs. England ends in a draw after nine days - 1930
108. Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days - 1930
109. Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy - 1928
110. Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai - 1927
111. Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms - 1926
112. British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages - 1919
113. Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St. New York City (Demolished 1982) - 1917
114. Domenico Scarlatti and Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome - 1917
115. 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m) - 1911
116. Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens - 1909
117. Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts - 1908
118. Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns - 1907
119. French Dufaux brothers test helicopter - 1905
120. Hippodrome arena opens in New York City - 1905
121. Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay to Navy - 1898
122. Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens) - 1896
123. British and Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa - 1894
124. Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi - 1893
125. George C. Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter - 1892
126. Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo - 1887
127. French troops under Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal - 1883
128. British annex Transvaal, in South Africa - 1877
129. Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game - 1877
130. Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500) - 1872
131. North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law - 1869
132. Battle of Blair's Landing Louisiana - 1864
133. Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee - 1864
134. James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, Georgia - 1862
135. Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia - 1862
136. Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War - 1861
137. Hibernia Savings and Loan Society of San Francisco incorporates - 1859
138. 1st U.S. billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit) - 1858
139. Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published - 1857
140. Texas became a U.S. territory - 1844
141. Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London - 1826
142. 1st U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA - 1811
143. Philadelphia's Free African Society forms - 1787
144. Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French - 1782
145. Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina - 1776
146. Townsend Acts repealed - 1770
147. Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom - 1713
148. 1st edition of Tattler magazine in England - 1709
149. England, Ireland and Scotland united - 1654
150. University of Harderwijk Netherlands solemn opens - 1648
151. England adopts Union Jack as its flag - 1606
152. William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny - 1583
153. French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed - 1545
154. John without Fear marries Margaretha of Brabant - 1385
155. Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stouts daughter Margaretha (10) - 1385
156. Queen Blanche of Castilie and earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace - 1229
157. 4th Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople - 1204
158. Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor - 1111
159. Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem - 1065
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