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Events from History on April 15

1971 : "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances
1996 : "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 1 performance
1987 : "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador NYC for 13 perfs
1970 : "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 8 performances
1984 : "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances
1990 : "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV
1961 : "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1375 performances
1991 : "Secret Garden" opens at St James Theater NYC for 706 performances
1963 : "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 8 performances
1967 : "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 perfs
1996 : 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9
1958 : 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt
1985 : 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06
1817 : 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn)
1975 : 1st appearance of San Diego Chicken
1952 : 1st B-52 prototype test flight
1784 : 1st balloon flight in Ireland
1901 : 1st British motorized burial
1941 : 1st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration, Stratford, Ct
1948 : 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated
1923 : 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC)
1877 : 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Mass
1931 : 1st walk across American backwards begins
1493 : -20/4 Barcelona] Columbus meets with King Ferdinand & Isabella
1991 : 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18
1996 : 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6
1973 : 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1974 : 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of Calif in 2:47:11
1978 : 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy
1974 : 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39
1985 : 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
1989 : 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
1991 : 95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06
1981 : a lie, Wash Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story
1939 : Albert Lebrun elected president of France
1987 : Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in NYC
1928 : Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf (SF) forms
1997 : America On Line, begins service in Japan
1900 : An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
1982 : Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, & landscape display
1972 : at a benefit for George McGovern for President
1927 : Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 HRs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke)
1793 : Bank of England hands out 1st œ5-note
1922 : Banting, MacLeod & Best discover insulin
1972 : Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King & Quincy Jones perform
1205 : Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
1858 : Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists
1992 : Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion
1921 : Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails
1738 : Bottle opener invented
1945 : British & Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen
1045 : British Army liberates Belsen concentration camp
1940 : British troops land at Narvik, Norway
1985 : Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing
1697 : Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden
1964 : Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest)
1850 : City of San Francisco incorporated
1918 : Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents
1957 : Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
1581 : Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal
1851 : Earl G Andr ssy sentenced to death in Hungary
1991 : East-Europe Bank forms in London
1654 : England & Netherlands signs peace treaty
1788 : England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty
1991 : Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against S Afr
1984 : Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India
1945 : FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
1861 : Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by Pres Lincoln
1959 : Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour
1594 : Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague)
1924 : Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead
1991 : Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary
1952 : Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
1450 : French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War
1689 : French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain
1975 : Gabon amends constitution
1892 : General Electric Company, forms & is incorporated in NY
1864 : General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
1942 : George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta
1978 : Great Britain performs nuclear test
1990 : Greenidge & Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best
1878 : Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap
1968 : Houston Astros beat NY Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings
1997 : Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM
1621 : Hugo the Great arrives in France
1964 : Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
1948 : Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created
1923 : Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics
1900 : International Exposition opens in Paris
1911 : Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St NYC
1947 : Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut
1800 : James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole
1981 : Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is
1992 : Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight
1729 : Johann S Bachs "Matth„us Passion" premieres in Leipzig
1895 : Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record)
1954 : KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948 : KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1966 : KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 : KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1870 : Last day US silver coins allow to circulate in Canada
1970 : Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution"
1992 : Lincoln Hospital in Bronx loses its accreditation
1991 : Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assistswith 9,898
1915 : Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid
1991 : Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week
1988 : Meteorite explode above Indonesia
1943 : Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase
1951 : Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Cura‡ao
1909 : Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo
1974 : Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed
1992 : National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame
1920 : New Canadian small cent coin is released
1969 : North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea
1909 : NY Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers
1915 : NY Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0
1874 : NY legislature passes compulsory education law
1947 : Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
1865 : Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl
1975 : Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead
1922 : Poodle Dog Restaurant closes
1250 : Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue
1902 : Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US"
1945 : Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum
1949 : Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri
1865 : Pres Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
1853 : Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops
1983 : Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1955 : Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants (Illinois)
1994 : Robert F Kennedy Jr (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson
1966 : Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"
1985 : S Africa will repeal sex & marriage laws against whites & non-whites
1957 : Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million
1960 : Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U
1989 : Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests
1632 : Swedish & Saxon army beat Earl Tilly
1927 : Switzerland & USSR agree to diplomatic relations
1989 : Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois
1912 : Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on
1983 : Tokyo Disneyland opens
1595 : Tour d'Auvergne of Broth
1715 : Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina
1986 : US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
1962 : US national debt above $300,000,000,000
1959 : US Sect of States John Foster Dulles resigns
1945 : US troops occupy concentration camp Colditz
1986 : Viv Richards century off 56 balls v England in Antigua Test Cricket
1973 : Walt Disney Story opens
1911 : Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
1988 : Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in NYC
1954 : WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1924 : WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
1953 : WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1595 : Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la
1992 : William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy & DeForest Kelley inducted into
1970 : WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, PR ([M]) begins broadcasting
1994 : WMMS-FM's Jeff & Flash, & entire station staff, are fired
1970 : WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, PR ([P]) begins broadcasting
1954 : Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
2003 : New Delhi,India : The selling price of petrol and diesel decreased by Rs 1.08 and Rs. 1.18
2003 : Iraq : The looting continues in Baghdad and Tikrit.
2003 : New Delhi,India : The Air India and Indian Airlines are taken off from the list of the disinvestment.
2003 : Lucknow, India: Samajwadi party workers set three jeeps on fire to protest the filing of cases against Mulayam Singh Yadav.
2003 : Patna, India : Eight jawans of Govindpur police station were killed when their patrol jeep was blown by the land mines.
2003 : Bangalore , India : Bangalore Bio 2003 started by the Chief Minister S.M .Krishna.
2003 : Jaipur, India: The Rajasthan bandh brings out a poor response across the state.
2003 : Mumbai , India: India will launch the its stealth warship of the project 17 New Nilgiris on Friday.
2003 : Mumbai, India : Crime branch arrested Aatib Nasir Mullah as he was accused in the Mulund bomb blast case.
2003 : London : Alan Shearer and Eric Cantona were voted the best players of the first decade of the English Premier League.
2003 : Chennai , India : Viswanathan Anand will play with the Judit Polgar of Hungary in August.

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