Sporting Events on April 01
1956 : 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank & Damn Yankees win
1989 : 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
1876 : 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)
1990 : 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins
1997 : 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
1980 : Baseball Players' Assn votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
1836 : Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands
1986 : Delhi beat Haryana by innings & 141 to win Ranji Trophy
1948 : H H H Johnson bowls WI to win v England 10-96 match on debut
1979 : Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1977 : NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
1992 : NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games
1992 : NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history
1920 : Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1986 : US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
1992 : WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final