1. "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater New York City - 1997
2. Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H - 1996
3. Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million - 1996
4. Baseball season begins after lengthy strike - 1995
5. Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings - 1995
6. 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin in NZ is 1st black South African to vote - 1994
7. 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) - 1994
8. Mad About You actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34) - 1994
9. Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed - 1994
10. Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56 - 1993
11. NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman - 1993
12. "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances - 1993
13. STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit - 1993
14. Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously - 1992
15. "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances - 1992
16. "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV - 1992
17. "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 569 performances - 1992
18. Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic - 1992
19. "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances - 1992
20. "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 13 performances - 1992
21. Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base - 1992
22. "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV - 1992
23. 23 killed in Kansas and Oklahoma by tornadoes - 1991
24. "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV - 1991
25. Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics - 1991
26. 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China - 1990
27. "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 52 performances - 1990
28. Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal and twists his ankle - 1990
29. New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case - 1990
30. Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters - 1990
31. AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201 - 1989
32. Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany - 1989
33. 1st TNN Viewers choice awards - Randy Travis wins in 5 categories - 1988
34. NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season - 1988
35. New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st) - 1988
36. "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances - 1987
37. Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver - 1986
38. Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman - 1986
39. France performs nuclear test - 1986
40. Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds - 1986
41. Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl U.S.S.R. explodes, 31 die - 1986
42. Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens - 1984
43. President Reagan visits China - 1984
44. Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead - 1983
45. Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time - 1983
46. San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game - 1983
47. Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island - 1982
48. CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio - 1982
49. Gene Michael becomes New York Yankee manager for 2nd time - 1982
50. Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche - 1982
51. Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic - 1981
52. "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 13 performances - 1981
53. Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen - 1981
54. Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01) - 1980
55. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1980
56. Iran begins scattering U.S. hostages from U.S. Embassy - 1980
57. Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' - 1980
58. Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards) - 1980
59. France sends troops to Chad - 1978
60. NASA launches space vehicle S-201 - 1978
61. New York's famed disco Studio 54 opens - 1977
62. Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York City - Tokyo - 1976
63. Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal - 1975
64. Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3 - 1975
65. Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April - 1975
66. Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam - 1974
67. Malta adopts constitution - 1974
68. Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw - 1974
69. "2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London - 1973
70. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1973
71. Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs - 1971
72. Turkey state of siege proclaimed - 1971
73. "Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 690 performances - 1970
74. "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 110 performances - 1969
75. Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman - 1969
76. "George M!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 435 performances - 1969
77. Students seize administration building at Ohio State - 1968
78. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1968
79. U.S. underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device - 1968
80. "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 293 performances - 1967
81. KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
82. San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch) - 1967
83. Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach - 1966
84. Ives' 4th Symphony premieres - 1965
85. 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1 - 1964
86. Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1964
87. Tanganyika and Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar - 1964
88. 1st Lockheed A-12 flies - 1962
89. Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon - 1962
90. Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0 - 1962
91. U.S. and U.K. launch Ariel; 1st international payload - 1962
92. French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria - 1961
93. Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961 - 1961
94. Cuba invades Panama - 1959
95. Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open - 1959
96. Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens - 1957
97. Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva - 1954
98. Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins - 1954
99. Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman - 1952
100. U.S. minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176 - 1952
101. Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum - 1951
102. Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run - 1950
103. University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 - 1950
104. "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London - 1947
105. Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason - 1945
106. 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down - 1944
107. Papandreou government in Greece forms - 1944
108. Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria - 1942
109. Luftwaffe bombs Bath - 1942
110. A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium for the Chicago Cubs - 1941
111. Potatoes rationed in Holland - 1941
112. Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks - 1938
113. German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain - 1937
114. Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony - 1936
115. Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years - 1935
116. Jewish students are barred from school in Germany - 1933
117. Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris - 1932
118. Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season - 1931
119. 1st non-stop England to India flight lands - 1929
120. Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London - 1928
121. Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty - 1926
122. Karachai Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1943) - 1926
123. Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big" - 1925
124. English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - 1923
125. H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae - 1920
126. Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia - 1915
127. Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco - 1913
128. Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China - 1913
129. 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox) - 1912
130. Jamestown, Virginia Tercentenary Exposition opens - 1907
131. 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii - 1906
132. 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 - 1905
133. Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms - 1904
134. AL opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 - 1900
135. 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms - 1893
136. Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London - 1890
137. Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity - 1887
138. Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro) - 1865
139. Battle of Ft. Tobacco, Virginia - 1865
140. Confederate Gen J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham North Carolina - 1865
141. Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy - 1855
142. Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber - 1853
143. "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk - 1841
144. Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris - 1835
145. Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence - 1828
146. Odd Fellows Lodge forms - 1819
147. King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England - 1814
148. Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France - 1803
149. Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from New York to Ct rallying her fathers militia - 1777
150. 1st Russian university opens (Moscow) - 1755
151. Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated - 1721
152. Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa - 1709
153. Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck - 1677
154. Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam - 1655
155. Jews are expelled from Brazil - 1654
156. 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va - 1607
157. William Shakespeare baptized - 1564
158. Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna - 1532
159. Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn - 1514
160. Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici - 1478
161. German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights - 1220
162. Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I - 0757
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