1. Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks - 1997
2. Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn - 1997
3. "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 56 performances - 1997
4. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship - 1997
5. "Stanley," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City - 1997
6. Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont - 1996
7. Coors Field in Colorado opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14 - 1995
8. "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 221 performances - 1995
9. 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) - 1994
10. 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 min 43 sec) - 1994
11. Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km) - 1994
12. "Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 454 performances - 1994
13. President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California - 1994
14. Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0 - 1994
15. Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76 - 1993
16. New York Jets finish perfect 5-0 pre-season for 1st time - 1992
17. New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent - 1992
18. "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances - 1992
19. Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio - 1991
20. "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 28 performances - 1991
21. 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich) - 1990
22. Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery - 1990
23. Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 - 1990
24. Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China - 1989
25. Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500 - 1989
26. Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy - 1989
27. "Starmites" opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City for 60 performances - 1989
28. U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II - 1987
29. Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupts HBO - 1986
30. Pat Bradley wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic - 1986
31. "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 368 performances - 1986
32. Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings - 1984
33. Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana - 1984
34. Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson - 1983
35. Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead - 1982
36. Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted assassin of Reagan, begins - 1982
37. 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL - 1981
38. Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach] - 1981
39. Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic - 1980
40. George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone" - 1979
41. 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11 - 1978
42. Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup - 1978
43. Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa - 1977
44. HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands - 1977
45. Arabic Monetary Fund established in Abu Dhabi - 1976
46. "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 16 performances - 1976
47. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic - 1975
48. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1975
49. Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 - 1974
50. Kansas City Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 - 1973
51. Apollo 16 returns to Earth - 1972
52. New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported - 1972
53. Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark - 1971
54. Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational - 1969
55. Baltimore Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0 - 1968
56. Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands - 1968
57. "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances - 1968
58. Expo '67 opens in Montreal - 1967
59. Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ - 1967
60. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1967
61. Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd cello concert - 1966
62. "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 7 performances - 1965
63. RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper - 1965
64. John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in U.S. - 1964
65. Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow - 1963
66. "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname - 1963
67. Arnold Wesker's "Chips with Everything," premieres in London - 1962
68. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island - 1962
69. NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays - 1961
70. NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio - 1961
71. Sierra Leone declares independence from U.K. - 1961
72. 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee - 1960
73. South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns - 1960
74. Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French adm - 1960
75. Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR - 1959
76. "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) - 1959
77. Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election - 1956
78. Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing - 1956
79. 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP - 1953
80. Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek" - 1953
81. "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 15 performances - 1952
82. Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia - 1951
83. South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races - 1950
84. "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 245 performances - 1950
85. Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River - 1948
86. Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out US - 1947
87. 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed - 1946
88. 2nd Republic of Austria forms - 1945
89. Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner - 1945
90. U.S. 5th army enters Genua - 1945
91. Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 - 1944
92. Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland - 1943
93. Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London - 1943
94. Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars - 1942
95. Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 - 1942
96. German troops occupy Athens Greece - 1941
97. Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp - 1940
98. U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment - 1937
99. Brussel's World Expo opens - 1935
100. Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play and beat Philadelphia A's 9-8 - 1935
101. Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington D.C. - 1933
102. 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record) - 1931
103. In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance - 1926
104. Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1 - 1924
105. Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige - 1923
106. Fritz Langs "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin - 1922
107. Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR - 1922
108. Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam - 1921
109. Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence - 1920
110. Giants' 9-0 winning start and Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped - 1918
111. Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands - 1912
112. Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights - 1910
113. Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown - 1909
114. 4th modern Olympic games opens in London - 1908
115. World Exposition opens in Luik - 1905
116. 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia A's win 6-0 - 1903
117. Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens - 1903
118. Grant's Tomb (famed of song and legend) dedicated - 1897
119. French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan - 1890
120. Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad - 1881
121. Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris) - 1877
122. President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends - 1877
123. White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms - 1874
124. Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi - 1870
125. Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris) - 1867
126. Cornell University in Ithaca,New York is chartered - 1865
127. Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up - 1865
128. Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL - 1863
129. President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus - 1861
130. West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from U.S. - 1861
131. Thomas J. Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry - 1860
132. "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard - 1859
133. Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited - 1857
134. Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D. T. Suzuki, found the awakening - 1841
135. Fire destroys half of Charleston - 1838
136. Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens - 1828
137. Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed - 1813
138. U.S. Marines attack shores of Tripoli - 1805
139. British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) - 1773
140. Battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII and III" - 1746
141. Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen - 1694
142. Netherlands and France sign military covenant - 1662
143. Scottish general Montrose defeated - 1650
144. King Charles I flees Oxford - 1646
145. Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez," premieres in Madrid - 1643
146. Peace of Beaulieu and Paix de Monsieur - 1576
147. 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms - 1565
148. Mogol King Babur beats sultan of Delhi - 1526
149. Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France - 1522
150. Treaty of St. Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors/Bourgondisch covenant - 1518
151. Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice - 1509
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