1. 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay - 1997
2. Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April - 1997
3. Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes - 1997
4. "London Assurance," opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 72 performances - 1997
5. President Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College - 1997
6. Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt - 1997
7. Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April05270801 - 1997
8. "Buried Child," opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 77 performances - 1996
9. Dutch/Itallian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral - 1996
10. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM - 1996
11. After 120 years the last 15 A and S department stores close - 1995
12. "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 839 performances - 1995
13. "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 24 performances - 1995
14. "Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater New York City for 80 performances - 1995
15. Val Skinner wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship - 1995
16. Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36) - 1994
17. 208th and final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV - 1992
18. In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless - 1991
19. As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score - 1990
20. Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th - 1990
21. U.S. 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space - 1990
22. U.S. hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians - 1990
23. Critics Siskel and Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show - 1989
24. Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic - 1989
25. Pope John Paul II beatifies Victoire Rasoamanarivo of Madagascar - 1989
26. U.S. beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup - 1989
27. Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season - 1988
28. New Jersey Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final - 1988
29. New York Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in Los Angeles) - 1988
30. New York Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April - Sets AL and ties ML Record - 1988
31. World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia - 1988
32. Lou Lamoriello is named New Jersey Devils President - 1987
33. New York Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game - 1987
34. Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles - 1986
35. Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games - 1986
36. Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th and 29th runs of April - 1985
37. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1985
38. Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa - 1985
39. 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden - 1984
40. Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game - 1984
41. Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead - 1983
42. Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador - 1982
43. Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season - 1982
44. Iranian offensive in Khusistan - 1982
45. 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell and George Jones - 1981
46. "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 5 performances - 1981
47. "Barnum" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 854 performances - 1980
48. Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands - 1980
49. Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates - 1980
50. Ronald Harwood's "Dresser," premieres in London - 1980
51. Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London - 1980
52. Mary Therese Friel, New York, crowned 28th Miss USA - 1979
53. "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace New York City after 101 performances - 1978
54. Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic - 1978
55. Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ - 1977
56. "Party with Comden and Green" closes at Morosco New York City after 92 performances - 1977
57. Ron Cey sets record of 29 RBIs in April - 1977
58. Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1976
59. Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba - 1976
60. Wings release "Silly Love Songs" - 1976
61. Last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders - 1975
62. President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings - 1974
63. Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al - 1973
64. Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love" - 1973
65. Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments - 1973
66. "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio - 1972
67. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Open - 1972
68. 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games - 1971
69. Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games - 1970
70. Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0 - 1969
71. WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1969
72. 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 New York Yankees in a 9 inning game - 1968
73. Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (U.S.S.R.) - 1967
74. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational - 1967
75. New York Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game - 1967
76. Orioles' Stu Miller and Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers - 1967
77. NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m - 1962
78. Willie Mays hits 4 HRs - 1962
79. 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern) - 1961
80. Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk U.S.S.R. - 1961
81. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1961
82. Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize - 1961
83. San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game - 1961
84. Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits - 1958
85. Element 101, Mendelevium, announced - 1955
86. Imperial Bank of India nationalized - 1955
87. Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks - 1955
88. West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages - 1955
89. Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orch premieres in Haifa - 1954
90. Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League - 1953
91. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Stockton Golf Open - 1952
92. Mr. Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television - 1952
93. Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane - 1950
94. "Inside USA" opens at Century Theater New York City for 339 performances - 1948
95. Org of American States charter signed at Bogota, Colombia - 1948
96. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak - 1948
97. Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover - 1947
98. Cleveland Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats New York Yankees, 1-0 - 1946
99. "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio - 1945
100. Concentration camp Munchen-Allag freed - 1945
101. Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks - 1945
102. Red Army occupies Demmin - 1945
103. Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin - 1945
104. Russian Army frees Ravensbruck concentration camp - 1945
105. U.S. troops attack the Elbe - 1945
106. New York Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs - 1944
107. New York Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time - 1944
108. Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms - 1943
109. Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry - 1943
110. Noel Coward's "This Happy Breed," premieres in London - 1943
111. 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi - 1942
112. Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia - 1941
113. Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0 - 1940
114. NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair - 1939
115. Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms - 1939
116. Bradman scores 258 Aust vs. Worcs, 293 mins, 33 fours 1 five - 1938
117. General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth - 1937
118. World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul - 1935
119. Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution - 1934
120. Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria - 1929
121. Cherkess Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1957) - 1928
122. Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State - 1927
123. Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 - 1922
124. American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron - 1921
125. Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante" - 1921
126. Phillies beat Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings - 1919
127. Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen - 1918
128. Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds - 1916
129. Portugal approves woman suffrage - 1911
130. Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox - 1910
131. 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4) - 1905
132. Ice cream cone makes its debut - 1904
133. New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2 - 1903
134. Debussy's opera "Pelleas et Melissande," premieres in Paris - 1902
135. 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match - 1900
136. U.S. annexes Hawaii - 1900
137. Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl - 1898
138. 1st U.S. national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration - 1889
139. George Washington Bridge linking New York City and New Jersey opens - 1889
140. Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi - 1888
141. 1st game played at Broad and Huntingdon St. Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 - 1887
142. Boston Pops Orchestra forms - 1885
143. Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die - 1871
144. Hawaiian YMCA organized - 1869
145. Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia - 1865
146. Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed - 1864
147. New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee - 1864
148. Swift Run Gap, West Virginia skirmishes - 1862
149. President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory - 1861
150. Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby) - 1860
151. Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires - 1859
152. San Jose State University forms - 1857
153. Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St. Petersburg - 1852
154. Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation - 1838
155. Eastern Louisiana admitted as 18th U.S. state - 1812
156. 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri - 1808
157. Hague's Theater opens - 1804
158. U.S. doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase - 1803
159. Department of Navy forms - 1798
160. Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village - 1790
161. George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of US - 1789
162. Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee - 1774
163. John Clais patents 1st scale - 1772
164. London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower - 1763
165. Ceasefire at Aken ends - 1748
166. French troops occupy Maastricht - 1748
167. Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna - 1725
168. Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant - 1722
169. William Congreve's "Love for Love," premieres in London - 1695
170. Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa - 1661
171. French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain - 1650
172. English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen - 1616
173. 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande) - 1598
174. Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI - 1563
175. 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC - 1562
176. England and France sign treaty of Westminster - 1527
177. Philip of Bourgondy and England sign trade agreement - 1506
178. Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet - 1492
179. Spain announces it will expels all Jews - 1492
180. Crusaders and earl of Nevers depart from Dijon - 1396
181. Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated - 1349
182. German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland - 1064
183. Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire - 0311
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