Events from History on April 01

1930 : "Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America
1990 : "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1984 : 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
1990 : 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1954 : 1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC
1927 : 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
1967 : 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work
1889 : 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
1954 : 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
1900 : 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People"
1945 : 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes
1872 : 1st edition of The Standard
1947 : 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
1935 : 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
1925 : 1st transmission of Danish state radio
1916 : 1st US national women's swimming championships held
1863 : 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
1966 : 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal)
2001 : 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St Louis
1960 : 2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara)
1972 : 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
1984 : 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern Cal beats Tenn 72-61
1946 : 400,000 US mine workers strike
1985 : 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
1991 : 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65
1996 : 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67
1992 : 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)
2002 : 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta
1984 : 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
1865 : -9] Battle at Blakely Alabama
1990 : 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
1989 : A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
1937 : Aden becomes British crown colony
1993 : Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III," premieres in London
1942 : Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor
1982 : Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
1881 : Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem
1983 : Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
1955 : Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
1977 : Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
1929 : Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls
1974 : Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
1938 : Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY
1865 : Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army
1992 : Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned
1952 : Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
1867 : Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
1572 : Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle
1994 : Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated
1064 : Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik
1934 : Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers
1905 : British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya
1873 : British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die
1970 : Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
1975 : Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer
1945 : Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen
1995 : Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee
1990 : CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
1928 : Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse
1966 : China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution"
1920 : Church disforms in Wales
1853 : Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary
1965 : civilian to military control
1981 : CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that
1997 : Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
1924 : Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1929 : Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens
1910 : Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
1991 : Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets
1931 : Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
1954 : Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed
1918 : England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
1504 : English guilds/corp goes under state control
1955 : EOKA-bomb attacks against British govt buildings in Cyprus
1980 : Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
1980 : France performs nuclear test
1960 : France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
1803 : French law rules the use of intention
1776 : Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang," premieres in Leipzig
1663 : Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty)
1944 : German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
1792 : Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce
1990 : Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
1926 : Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren
1933 : Hammond scores 336* v NZ at Auckland, 47 fours 10 sixes
1868 : Hampton Institute opens
1925 : Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]
1933 : Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
1918 : Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St NYC
1724 : Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
1924 : Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted
1789 : House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
1996 : Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn)
1924 : Imperial Airways forms in Britain
1867 : International Exhibition opens in Paris
1991 : Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
1990 : It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers
1953 : J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
1931 : Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball
1973 : Japan allows its citizens to own gold
1944 : Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
1961 : Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
1938 : Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1973 : John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called
1970 : John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
1964 : John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
1724 : Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
1968 : KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
1881 : Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens
1956 : KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 : KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 : KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1992 : Last defendant in St John sex assault case sentenced to 3 yrs prob
1941 : Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in NYC
1891 : London-Paris telephone connection opens
1929 : Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo
1929 : Luis Bu¤uel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film
1942 : Mexico changes from 3 time zones to 2
1960 : Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
1972 : Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
1958 : Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
1873 : Mehmed Kemals play "Vatan" premeres in Constantinople
1970 : Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank
1929 : Morehouse College, Spellman College & Atlanta University affiliate
1941 : Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)
1933 : Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
1941 : Nazi's forbid Jews access to caf‚s
1899 : NC Mutual opens doors for business
1973 : Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
1983 : NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons
1963 : NY Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000
1963 : NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike
1778 : Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
1936 : Orissa constituted a province of British India
1891 : Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti
1974 : Pioneer Hall opens
1939 : Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain
1581 : Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II
1970 : Pres Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71
1941 : Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq
1960 : RCA TIROS (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
1981 : Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
1964 : Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in NYC
1992 : Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman
1969 : Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp
1945 : Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
1748 : Ruins of Pompeii found
1826 : Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine
1969 : Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals
1850 : SF County Govt established
1862 : Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA
1867 : Singapore, Penang & Malakka become British crown colonies
1963 : Soap operas "General Hospital" & "Doctors" premier on TV
1888 : Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam
1945 : Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg
1965 : South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
1993 : Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais
1976 : Stephen Wozniak & Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer
1991 : Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race
1965 : Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from
1957 : Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising
1946 : Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii
1960 : U Nu elected premier of Burma
1971 : United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
1954 : US Air Force Academy forms
1866 : US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US
1945 : US forces invade Okinawa during WW II
1982 : US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panam
1991 : US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
1952 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1939 : US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war
1971 : US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1914 : UVS Soccer team forms in Lead
1946 : Van Acker forms Belgian govt (without CVP)
1956 : Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380
1793 : Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
1953 : Walcott Worrell & Weekes all make centuries in innings v India
1991 : Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
1980 : Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
1946 : Weight Watchers forms
1578 : William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation
1998 : World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn
1986 : World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
1992 : World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former USSR
1957 : World's biggest glass oven used
1954 : WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1990 : Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan
1955 : WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast
1957 : WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 : Yourdon, Inc forms
2003 : Coalition party missiles hit Presidential Palace of Iraq for the second time.
2003 : Briton Prime Minister Tony Blair calls up War Cabinet to discuss on developments of War and Britons outlook internationally.
2003 : Mumbai International Airport put on alert following chances of possible affect of communicable diseases.




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