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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1.4.374 | Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth |
| 1.4.527 | Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium |
| 1.4.705 | Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI |
| 1.4.1064 | Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik |
| 1.4.1504 | English guilds/corp goes under state control |
| 1.4.1572 | Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle |
| 1.4.1578 | William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation |
| 1.4.1581 | Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II |
| 1.4.1663 | Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty) |
| 1.4.1724 | Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War |
| 1.4.1724 | Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters |
| 1.4.1748 | Ruins of Pompeii found |
| 1.4.1776 | "Friedrich von Klinger's ""Sturm und Drang,"" premieres in Leipzig" |
| 1.4.1778 | "Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates ""$"" symbol" |
| 1.4.1789 | "House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York City, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker" |
| 1.4.1792 | Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce |
| 1.4.1793 | "Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000" |
| 1.4.1803 | French law rules the use of intention |
| 1.4.1826 | Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine |
| 1.4.1836 | Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands |
| 1.4.1850 | San Francisco County Government established |
| 1.4.1853 | Cincinnati became 1st U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary |
| 1.4.1862 | "Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA" |
| 1.4.1863 | 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect |
| 1.4.1865 | "Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army" |
| 1.4.1866 | U.S. Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US |
| 1.4.1867 | "Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama" |
| 1.4.1867 | International Exhibition opens in Paris |
| 1.4.1867 | "Singapore, Penang and Malakka become British crown colonies" |
| 1.4.1868 | Hampton Institute opens |
| 1.4.1872 | 1st edition of The Standard |
| 1.4.1873 | "British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die" |
| 1.4.1873 | "Mehmed Kemals play ""Vatan"" premeres in Constantinople" |
| 1.4.1876 | "1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)" |
| 1.4.1881 | Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem |
| 1.4.1881 | Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens |
| 1.4.1888 | Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam |
| 1.4.1889 | 1st dishwashing machine marketed in Chicago |
| 1.4.1891 | London-Paris telephone connection opens |
| 1.4.1891 | Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti |
| 1.4.1899 | North Carolina Mutual opens doors for business |
| 1.4.1900 | "1st edition of Dutch newspaper ""The People""" |
| 1.4.1905 | British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya |
| 1.4.1910 | "Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk" |
| 1.4.1914 | UVS Soccer team forms in Lead |
| 1.4.1916 | 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held |
| 1.4.1918 | England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force |
| 1.4.1918 | Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St. New York City |
| 1.4.1920 | Church disforms in Wales |
| 1.4.1920 | "Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), 3 games to 2" |
| 1.4.1924 | Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co |
| 1.4.1924 | Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted |
| 1.4.1924 | Imperial Airways forms in Britain |
| 1.4.1925 | 1st transmission of Danish state radio |
| 1.4.1925 | "Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated" |
| 1.4.1926 | Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren |
| 1.4.1927 | 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice |
| 1.4.1928 | Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse |
| 1.4.1929 | Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls |
| 1.4.1929 | Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens |
| 1.4.1929 | Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo |
| 1.4.1929 | "Luis Bunuel releases ""Un Chien Andalou,"" 24-minute film" |
| 1.4.1929 | "Morehouse College, Spellman College and Atlanta University affiliate" |
| 1.4.1930 | """Blue Angel,"" starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America" |
| 1.4.1931 | "Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000" |
| 1.4.1931 | Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball |
| 1.4.1933 | "Hammond scores 336* vs. NZ at Auckland, 47 fours 10 sixes" |
| 1.4.1933 | Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany |
| 1.4.1933 | Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses |
| 1.4.1934 | Bonnie and Clyde kill 2 police officers |
| 1.4.1935 | "1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York" |
| 1.4.1936 | Orissa constituted a province of British India |
| 1.4.1937 | Aden becomes British crown colony |
| 1.4.1938 | "Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York" |
| 1.4.1938 | Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1.4.1939 | U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain |
| 1.4.1941 | "Lillian Hellman's ""Watch on the Rhine,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 1.4.1941 | "Navy takes over Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay" |
| 1.4.1941 | Nazi's forbid Jews access to cafes |
| 1.4.1941 | Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq |
| 1.4.1942 | Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor |
| 1.4.1942 | Mexico changes from 3 time zones to 2 |
| 1.4.1944 | "German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed" |
| 1.4.1944 | "Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India" |
| 1.4.1945 | 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes |
| 1.4.1945 | "Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo and Eibergen" |
| 1.4.1945 | Ruhrgebied sealed off by U.S. 1st and 9th army |
| 1.4.1945 | Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg |
| 1.4.1945 | U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II |
| 1.4.1946 | "400,000 U.S. mine workers strike" |
| 1.4.1946 | "Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii" |
| 1.4.1946 | Van Acker forms Belgian government (without CVP) |
| 1.4.1946 | Weight Watchers forms |
| 1.4.1947 | 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat |
| 1.4.1948 | H H H Johnson bowls WI to win vs. England 10-96 match on debut |
| 1.4.1952 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1.4.1953 | J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea |
| 1.4.1953 | "KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.4.1953 | Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs. India |
| 1.4.1954 | "1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC" |
| 1.4.1954 | "1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens" |
| 1.4.1954 | "Earthquake and tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed" |
| 1.4.1954 | U.S. Air Force Academy forms |
| 1.4.1954 | "WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.4.1955 | Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam |
| 1.4.1955 | EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus |
| 1.4.1955 | "WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast" |
| 1.4.1956 | 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank and Damn Yankees win |
| 1.4.1956 | "KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.4.1956 | "Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380" |
| 1.4.1957 | Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising |
| 1.4.1957 | World's biggest glass oven used |
| 1.4.1957 | "WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.4.1958 | "KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, California (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.4.1958 | Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank |
| 1.4.1960 | "2nd French atom bomb explodes in the Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria" |
| 1.4.1960 | Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee |
| 1.4.1960 | RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched |
| 1.4.1960 | U Nu elected premier of Burma |
| 1.4.1961 | Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye |
| 1.4.1963 | New York City's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike |
| 1.4.1963 | "New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000" |
| 1.4.1963 | "Soap operas ""General Hospital"" and ""Doctors"" premier on TV" |
| 1.4.1964 | 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April |
| 1.4.1964 | John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years |
| 1.4.1964 | "Robert Lowell's ""Benito Cereno,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 1.4.1965 | South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years |
| 1.4.1965 | "Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control" |
| 1.4.1966 | 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) |
| 1.4.1966 | "China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts ""Cultural revolution""" |
| 1.4.1967 | 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work |
| 1.4.1968 | "KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast" |
| 1.4.1969 | Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp |
| 1.4.1969 | Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals |
| 1.4.1970 | Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1.4.1970 | John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations |
| 1.4.1970 | "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" |
| 1.4.1970 | President Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71 |
| 1.4.1971 | U.S. and Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere |
| 1.4.1971 | United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership |
| 1.4.1972 | "30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico" |
| 1.4.1972 | Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike |
| 1.4.1973 | Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic |
| 1.4.1973 | Japan allows its citizens to own gold |
| 1.4.1973 | "John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence" |
| 1.4.1974 | Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran |
| 1.4.1974 | Pioneer Hall opens |
| 1.4.1974 | "Yourdon, Inc forms" |
| 1.4.1975 | Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer |
| 1.4.1976 | Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer |
| 1.4.1977 | Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails |
| 1.4.1977 | NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games |
| 1.4.1979 | Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah |
| 1.4.1979 | Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open |
| 1.4.1980 | Baseball Players Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games |
| 1.4.1980 | Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz |
| 1.4.1980 | France performs nuclear test |
| 1.4.1980 | Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist |
| 1.4.1981 | CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax) |
| 1.4.1982 | "Anguilla, dependent territory of U.K., adopts constitution" |
| 1.4.1982 | U.S. formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama |
| 1.4.1983 | Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England |
| 1.4.1983 | New York Islander Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons |
| 1.4.1984 | "14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000" |
| 1.4.1984 | 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tenn 72-61 |
| 1.4.1984 | 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours |
| 1.4.1985 | 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75 |
| 1.4.1986 | Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 to win Ranji Trophy |
| 1.4.1986 | U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea |
| 1.4.1986 | World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel |
| 1.4.1989 | "1st New York Mets - New York Yankee game in New York City since 1983, Yanks win 4-3" |
| 1.4.1989 | A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball |
| 1.4.1990 | 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King |
| 1.4.1990 | 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins |
| 1.4.1990 | 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81 |
| 1.4.1990 | CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger |
| 1.4.1990 | "Guns and Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames" |
| 1.4.1990 | """Ha!"" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting" |
| 1.4.1990 | It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers |
| 1.4.1990 | Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour |
| 1.4.1990 | "Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan" |
| 1.4.1991 | 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 |
| 1.4.1991 | Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets |
| 1.4.1991 | Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years |
| 1.4.1991 | Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race |
| 1.4.1991 | U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour |
| 1.4.1991 | Warsaw Pact officially dissolves |
| 1.4.1992 | "5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)" |
| 1.4.1992 | "Battleship USS Missouri, on which, Japan surrendered, decommissioned" |
| 1.4.1992 | Last defendant in St. John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years prob |
| 1.4.1992 | NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games |
| 1.4.1992 | NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history |
| 1.4.1992 | "Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman" |
| 1.4.1992 | WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final |
| 1.4.1992 | World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former U.S.S.R. |
| 1.4.1993 | "Alan Bennett's ""Madness of George III,"" premieres in London" |
| 1.4.1993 | Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais |
| 1.4.1994 | "Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated" |
| 1.4.1995 | Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee |
| 1.4.1995 | New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23 |
| 1.4.1996 | 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67 |
| 1.4.1996 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM |
| 1.4.1997 | 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch |
| 1.4.1997 | Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU) |
| 1.4.1998 | World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn |
| 1.4.2001 | 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St. Louis |
| 1.4.2002 | 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta |
| 2.4.999 | Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope |
| 2.4.1416 | Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon |
| 2.4.1513 | "Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon" |
| 2.4.1550 | Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy |
| 2.4.1559 | England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis |
| 2.4.1590 | "States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht" |
| 2.4.1595 | Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope |
| 2.4.1645 | Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander |
| 2.4.1745 | Austria and Bavaria sign peace |
| 2.4.1792 | Congress establishes Philadelphia mint |
| 2.4.1792 | "U.S. authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime" |
| 2.4.1800 | 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C |
| 2.4.1819 | "1st successful agricultural journal (""American Farmer"") begins" |
| 2.4.1827 | Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils |
| 2.4.1845 | H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun |
| 2.4.1860 | 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin |
| 2.4.1863 | Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia |
| 2.4.1864 | "Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana" |
| 2.4.1864 | "Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas" |
| 2.4.1865 | Battle of Ft. Blakely AL and Selma AL |
| 2.4.1865 | "Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station)" |
| 2.4.1865 | "CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA" |
| 2.4.1866 | "President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia" |
| 2.4.1870 | Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for U.S. pres |
| 2.4.1872 | George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine |
| 2.4.1876 | "Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila" |
| 2.4.1877 | 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn |
| 2.4.1878 | 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper |
| 2.4.1883 | Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack |
| 2.4.1884 | London prison for debtors closed |
| 2.4.1900 | 1st edition of The Volk published in Amsterdam |
| 2.4.1902 | 1st motion picture theater opens in Los Angeles |
| 2.4.1902 | Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht |
| 2.4.1905 | Cairo-Capetown railway opens |
| 2.4.1906 | South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England |
| 2.4.1908 | Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday |
| 2.4.1912 | Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China |
| 2.4.1912 | Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power |
| 2.4.1916 | German troops overtake Bois de Caillette |
| 2.4.1917 | Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives |
| 2.4.1917 | President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany |
| 2.4.1921 | Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity |
| 2.4.1926 | Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta |
| 2.4.1930 | 1st NewYork - Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda |
| 2.4.1931 | "Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee" |
| 2.4.1932 | "Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son" |
| 2.4.1935 | "Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer" |
| 2.4.1935 | Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR |
| 2.4.1939 | "6th Golf Masters Championship: Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279" |
| 2.4.1941 | USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF |
| 2.4.1944 | CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy |
| 2.4.1944 | "Dmitri Shostakovitch' 8th Symphony, premieres in NY" |
| 2.4.1944 | Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania |
| 2.4.1945 | 1st U.S. units reach east coast of Okinawa |
| 2.4.1947 | "Carlo Terron's ""Il diamente del profeta,"" premieres in Rome" |
| 2.4.1950 | "WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 2.4.1953 | Raab forms his 1st government in Austria |
| 2.4.1954 | Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced |
| 2.4.1955 | Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules |
| 2.4.1955 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
| 2.4.1955 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
| 2.4.1956 | "Peter Ustinovs' ""Romanoff and Juliet,"" premieres in Manchester" |
| 2.4.1956 | "Soap operas ""As the World Turns"" and ""Edge of Night"" premieres on TV" |
| 2.4.1958 | "Antillean Brewery, maker of Amstel beer, opens" |
| 2.4.1958 | National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA |
| 2.4.1958 | "Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas (record)" |
| 2.4.1960 | Cuba buys oil from U.S.S.R. |
| 2.4.1960 | "KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast" |
| 2.4.1963 | Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km) |
| 2.4.1963 | "U.S.S.R. launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km" |
| 2.4.1964 | Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria |
| 2.4.1964 | "Military coup in Brazil by Gen Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted" |
| 2.4.1964 | U.S.S.R. launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned |
| 2.4.1965 | "Hochhuths play ""Stellvertreter"" banned in Italy" |
| 2.4.1966 | Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon |
| 2.4.1966 | "WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 2.4.1967 | Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark |
| 2.4.1967 | Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational |
| 2.4.1968 | Beatles form Python Music Ltd. |
| 2.4.1968 | Chad creates Union of Central African States |
| 2.4.1968 | Senator Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin |
| 2.4.1969 | Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) |
| 2.4.1970 | "2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world" |
| 2.4.1970 | Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state |
| 2.4.1970 | Qatar gains independence from Britain |
| 2.4.1971 | "Sci-fi soap opera ""Dark Shadows"" concludes an almost 5 year run" |
| 2.4.1972 | "44th Academy Awards - ""French Connection,"" G Hackman and Jane Fonda win" |
| 2.4.1972 | "Tennessee Williams' ""Small Craft Warnings,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 2.4.1973 | CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day |
| 2.4.1973 | Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal |
| 2.4.1973 | ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean President election |
| 2.4.1974 | "46th Academy Awards - ""Stng,"" Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon win" |
| 2.4.1974 | Arganat Commission publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War |
| 2.4.1974 | Tony Greig takes 8-86 vs. WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn) |
| 2.4.1976 | "A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell" |
| 2.4.1976 | Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier |
| 2.4.1976 | Portuguese constitution assumed |
| 2.4.1977 | "Fleetwood Mac's ""Rumors,"" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks" |
| 2.4.1977 | Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose |
| 2.4.1978 | 7th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post |
| 2.4.1978 | "Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Aust Georgetown" |
| 2.4.1978 | "TV show ""Dallas"" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)" |
| 2.4.1978 | Velcro was 1st put on the market |
| 2.4.1979 | Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits President Sadat in Cairo |
| 2.4.1980 | Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season |
| 2.4.1981 | Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns |
| 2.4.1981 | Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon |
| 2.4.1982 | "Argentina seizes Malvinas, also known as the Falkland Islands" |
| 2.4.1982 | "In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15"" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH" |
| 2.4.1984 | 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75 |
| 2.4.1985 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 2.4.1986 | 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece |
| 2.4.1986 | George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans |
| 2.4.1986 | NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance) |
| 2.4.1987 | Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation |
| 2.4.1987 | IBM introduces PS/2 and OS/2 |
| 2.4.1987 | """Mikado"" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 46 performances" |
| 2.4.1988 | Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45 |
| 2.4.1988 | "Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI vs. Pakistan, Georgetown" |
| 2.4.1989 | 18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster |
| 2.4.1989 | 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60 |
| 2.4.1989 | "Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats ""Macho Man"" Savage" |
| 2.4.1989 | "Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games" |
| 2.4.1990 | 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73 |
| 2.4.1991 | Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing |
| 2.4.1992 | "Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns" |
| 2.4.1992 | """Hamlet"" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances" |
| 2.4.1992 | John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos |
| 2.4.1992 | Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands |
| 2.4.1993 | 1st test flight of Fokker 70 in Amsterdam |
| 2.4.1993 | "Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10" |
| 2.4.1994 | "1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4" |
| 2.4.1995 | 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64 |
| 2.4.1995 | 7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus |
| 2.4.1995 | Baseball season opener delayed until April 26 |
| 2.4.1995 | New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization |
| 2.4.1995 | North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970 |
| 2.4.1995 | "Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26" |
| 2.4.1995 | Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 |
| 2.4.1995 | Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow |
| 2.4.1996 | "Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore" |
| 2.4.1996 | "Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game" |
| 2.4.1997 | """Doll's House,"" opens at Belasco Theater New York City" |
| 2.4.1998 | World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota |
| 2.4.2000 | 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum |
| 2.4.2001 | 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis |
| 3.4.419 | [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 3.4.1043 | Edward the Confessor crowned king of England |
| 3.4.1312 | 2nd council of Vienna |
| 3.4.1376 | "Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France" |
| 3.4.1559 | Spain and France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis |
| 3.4.1582 | French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen |
| 3.4.1645 | English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance |
| 3.4.1657 | English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown |
| 3.4.1679 | Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig |
| 3.4.1721 | Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury |
| 3.4.1764 | Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king |
| 3.4.1776 | Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College |
| 3.4.1783 | Sweden and U.S. sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce |
| 3.4.1790 | "Revenue Marine Service, U.S. Coast Guard, created" |
| 3.4.1848 | Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher |
| 3.4.1856 | "Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos" |
| 3.4.1860 | Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California |
| 3.4.1864 | "Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas" |
| 3.4.1865 | "Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)" |
| 3.4.1865 | Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg |
| 3.4.1868 | "An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave" |
| 3.4.1882 | "Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks" |
| 3.4.1889 | "Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia" |
| 3.4.1893 | "1st NSW vs. Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground" |
| 3.4.1908 | Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs |
| 3.4.1910 | "Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed" |
| 3.4.1911 | "Harry James Smith' ""Mrs. Bumsted-Leigh,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 3.4.1913 | British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail |
| 3.4.1917 | Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd |
| 3.4.1918 | House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler |
| 3.4.1919 | Austria expels all Habsburgers |
| 3.4.1922 | Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party |
| 3.4.1923 | "2 ""Black Sox"" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary" |
| 3.4.1925 | Great Britain goes back to gold standard |
| 3.4.1925 | Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde |
| 3.4.1926 | 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C |
| 3.4.1926 | 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard |
| 3.4.1926 | Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions |
| 3.4.1927 | Interstate Commerce Commission transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone |
| 3.4.1929 | Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact |
| 3.4.1930 | Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
| 3.4.1930 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games |
| 3.4.1933 | 1st airplane flight over Mt. Everest |
| 3.4.1933 | Then longest North American hockey game requires a 1:44:46 overtime as Maple Leaf Ken Doraty scores to beat Canadiens 1-0 |
| 3.4.1935 | Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44) |
| 3.4.1936 | "Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of 1st round" |
| 3.4.1936 | Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds |
| 3.4.1941 | Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion |
| 3.4.1941 | Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq |
| 3.4.1941 | "Waltons overture ""Scapino,"" premieres in Chicago" |
| 3.4.1943 | Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested |
| 3.4.1944 | British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz |
| 3.4.1944 | "Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) ""white primaries"" unconstitutional" |
| 3.4.1945 | Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army |
| 3.4.1945 | Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald |
| 3.4.1945 | U.S. 1st army conquers Hofgeismar |
| 3.4.1947 | """Barefoot Boy with Cheek"" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 108 performances" |
| 3.4.1948 | 1st U.S. figure skating championships held |
| 3.4.1948 | Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) |
| 3.4.1948 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
| 3.4.1948 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
| 3.4.1949 | "KQW-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KCBS" |
| 3.4.1949 | "North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada" |
| 3.4.1949 | "WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 3.4.1951 | "Christopher Fry's ""Sleep of Prisoners,"" premieres in Oxford" |
| 3.4.1952 | Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to U.S. Congress |
| 3.4.1954 | Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) |
| 3.4.1954 | """Me and Juliet"" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 358 performances" |
| 3.4.1955 | Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics) |
| 3.4.1955 | "Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39" |
| 3.4.1955 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open |
| 3.4.1955 | "Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300" |
| 3.4.1956 | Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated |
| 3.4.1956 | German war criminals Hinrichsen/Ruhl/Siebens/Viebahn freed |
| 3.4.1956 | """Silk Stockings"" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 461 performances" |
| 3.4.1957 | "Samuel Beckett's ""Endgame,"" premieres in London" |
| 3.4.1957 | U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test |
| 3.4.1958 | Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana |
| 3.4.1958 | """Say, Darling"" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 332 performances" |
| 3.4.1960 | "Earthquake at Havre, Belgium" |
| 3.4.1961 | Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties |
| 3.4.1961 | """Happiest Girl in the World"" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 97 performances" |
| 3.4.1962 | "Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)" |
| 3.4.1962 | "Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA" |
| 3.4.1964 | Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts |
| 3.4.1964 | U.S. and Panama agree to resume diplomatic relations |
| 3.4.1965 | 1st atomic powered spacecraft launched |
| 3.4.1966 | Luna 10 orbits Moon |
| 3.4.1966 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open |
| 3.4.1966 | "Tom Seaver, signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus" |
| 3.4.1967 | "113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum" |
| 3.4.1967 | "WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 3.4.1968 | North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks |
| 3.4.1970 | Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try |
| 3.4.1974 | 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states |
| 3.4.1974 | Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris |
| 3.4.1975 | Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend it |
| 3.4.1975 | James Rupers kills his family to inherit |
| 3.4.1976 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 3.4.1976 | Philadelphia Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game |
| 3.4.1977 | 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth |
| 3.4.1977 | "Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point" |
| 3.4.1977 | Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter |
| 3.4.1977 | Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time |
| 3.4.1978 | "50th Academy Awards - ""Annie Hall,"" Rich Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton win" |
| 3.4.1978 | European market and China signs trade agreement |
| 3.4.1978 | Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington D.C. |
| 3.4.1979 | Belgium's Martens government forms |
| 3.4.1979 | "Jane Byrne, elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago, Illinois" |
| 3.4.1980 | France performs nuclear test |
| 3.4.1980 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 3.4.1981 | "Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25,"" with 1 leg" |
| 3.4.1981 | Race riots in London's Brixton area |
| 3.4.1982 | "Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point" |
| 3.4.1982 | U.N. Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands |
| 3.4.1983 | 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott |
| 3.4.1983 | 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South California beats LA Tech 69-67 |
| 3.4.1984 | Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy |
| 3.4.1984 | Guinea suspends constitution after coup |
| 3.4.1984 | Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7 |
| 3.4.1985 | French government adopts equal electoral system |
| 3.4.1985 | Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games |
| 3.4.1985 | "Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London" |
| 3.4.1986 | "U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000" |
| 3.4.1987 | Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega |
| 3.4.1987 | Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers |
| 3.4.1987 | "Duchess of Windsors jewels auctioned for 31,380,197 pounds" |
| 3.4.1987 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 3.4.1988 | 17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott |
| 3.4.1988 | 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54 |
| 3.4.1988 | "Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak" |
| 3.4.1988 | "New Jersey Devils beat Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT to join playoffs for 1st time" |
| 3.4.1988 | Somalia and Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert |
| 3.4.1988 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 3.4.1989 | 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT) |
| 3.4.1989 | Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stad |
| 3.4.1989 | """Sunrise"" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx" |
| 3.4.1991 | 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| 3.4.1991 | Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox |
| 3.4.1991 | """Penn and Teller - Refrigerator Tour"" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City" |
| 3.4.1991 | Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3:65.16) |
| 3.4.1991 | U.N. Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution |
| 3.4.1992 | 1st exhibition game at Camden Field-Orioles beat New York Mets |
| 3.4.1994 | 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59 |
| 3.4.1994 | "1st roster of Silver Bullets, all-female pro baseball team, announced" |
| 3.4.1994 | 6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd |
| 3.4.1995 | 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 |
| 3.4.1995 | Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena |
| 3.4.1996 | South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield |
| 3.4.1996 | St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 |
| 3.4.1997 | """Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical,"" opens at Royale New York City for 109 performance" |
| 3.4.1998 | World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota |
| 3.4.2000 | 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis |
| 4.4.1081 | Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne |
| 4.4.1460 | University of Basle in Swizerland forms |
| 4.4.1541 | Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits |
| 4.4.1552 | Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov |
| 4.4.1558 | Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders |
| 4.4.1581 | Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world |
| 4.4.1588 | Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark |
| 4.4.1625 | Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels |
| 4.4.1655 | "Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates" |
| 4.4.1660 | English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion) |
| 4.4.1686 | English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence |
| 4.4.1687 | King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church |
| 4.4.1716 | Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar |
| 4.4.1737 | Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor |
| 4.4.1818 | Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars |
| 4.4.1828 | Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) |
| 4.4.1832 | Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro |
| 4.4.1850 | City of Los Angeles incorporated |
| 4.4.1859 | "Opera ""Dinorah"" is produced (Paris)" |
| 4.4.1862 | Battle of Yorktown begins |
| 4.4.1862 | U.S. begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond |
| 4.4.1864 | "Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas" |
| 4.4.1865 | Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse |
| 4.4.1870 | Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 |
| 4.4.1887 | "Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st U.S. woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas)" |
| 4.4.1896 | Announcement of Gold in Yukon |
| 4.4.1899 | "South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)" |
| 4.4.1900 | Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII |
| 4.4.1900 | British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet |
| 4.4.1902 | Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million |
| 4.4.1905 | "Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000" |
| 4.4.1911 | "Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP" |
| 4.4.1912 | Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia |
| 4.4.1912 | Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet |
| 4.4.1914 | """Perils of Pauline"" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles" |
| 4.4.1916 | U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I |
| 4.4.1918 | "Battle of Somme, ends" |
| 4.4.1918 | Food riot in Amsterdam |
| 4.4.1920 | Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem |
| 4.4.1921 | "Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2" |
| 4.4.1922 | "WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with ""W"" calls" |
| 4.4.1926 | Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president |
| 4.4.1929 | 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held |
| 4.4.1929 | """New Moon"" musical opens in London" |
| 4.4.1930 | Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century |
| 4.4.1930 | Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149) |
| 4.4.1932 | "George Bernard Shaw's ""Too True to be Good,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 4.4.1932 | "Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, University of Pittsburgh" |
| 4.4.1933 | "U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die" |
| 4.4.1937 | "4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283" |
| 4.4.1938 | "5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285" |
| 4.4.1939 | Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq |
| 4.4.1940 | "R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's ""Higher and Higher,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 4.4.1941 | German troops conquer Banghazi |
| 4.4.1944 | British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia |
| 4.4.1944 | "De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists" |
| 4.4.1945 | Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) |
| 4.4.1945 | U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany |
| 4.4.1945 | U.S. tanks and infantry conquer Bielefeld |
| 4.4.1947 | Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect |
| 4.4.1947 | Largest group of sunspots on record |
| 4.4.1947 | U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization forms |
| 4.4.1948 | 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie |
| 4.4.1949 | Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement |
| 4.4.1949 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.) |
| 4.4.1949 | "WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 4.4.1950 | Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES |
| 4.4.1951 | Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan and Eva Peron in Buenos Aires |
| 4.4.1953 | "KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 4.4.1954 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open |
| 4.4.1955 | British government signs military treaty with Iraq |
| 4.4.1956 | "Enid Bagnold's ""Chalk Garden,"" premieres in London" |
| 4.4.1957 | "Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris" |
| 4.4.1958 | 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) |
| 4.4.1958 | "Eugene Ionesco's ""Tueur sans Gages"" premieres in Darmstadt" |
| 4.4.1959 | "Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960)" |
| 4.4.1960 | "32nd Academy Awards - ""Ben-Hur,"" Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win" |
| 4.4.1960 | Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra |
| 4.4.1960 | Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center |
| 4.4.1960 | Senegal declares independence from France |
| 4.4.1964 | """Anyone Can Whistle"" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 9 performances" |
| 4.4.1964 | "Beatles' ""Can't Buy Me Love,"" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks" |
| 4.4.1965 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational |
| 4.4.1966 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 4.4.1967 | "Amsterdam Marines chase out ""nozems"" of Central Station" |
| 4.4.1967 | Dutch De Young government forms |
| 4.4.1967 | "Marines chase ""Nozems"" out of Amsterdam Central Station" |
| 4.4.1968 | Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned |
| 4.4.1968 | """Education of Hyman Kaplan"" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances" |
| 4.4.1969 | Denton Cooley gets 1st temporary artificial heart |
| 4.4.1970 | Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson |
| 4.4.1971 | """Follies"" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances" |
| 4.4.1971 | "Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)" |
| 4.4.1972 | 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating |
| 4.4.1974 | Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th |
| 4.4.1975 | Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes |
| 4.4.1975 | USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155 |
| 4.4.1976 | 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin |
| 4.4.1976 | Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand |
| 4.4.1980 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 4.4.1981 | Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) |
| 4.4.1982 | 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little |
| 4.4.1983 | 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 |
| 4.4.1983 | "6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched" |
| 4.4.1984 | "Michael Frayn's ""Benefactors"" premieres in London" |
| 4.4.1984 | "Winston Smith in Orwell's ""1984"" begins his secret diary" |
| 4.4.1985 | Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal |
| 4.4.1986 | Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season |
| 4.4.1987 | "Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts" |
| 4.4.1988 | 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79 |
| 4.4.1988 | "Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards)" |
| 4.4.1988 | "Last broadcast of ""Crossroads"" on British TV" |
| 4.4.1988 | Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs |
| 4.4.1989 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle |
| 4.4.1989 | "New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2" |
| 4.4.1990 | Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident |
| 4.4.1990 | """Marshall Chronicles"" premieres on ABC-TV" |
| 4.4.1990 | Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody |
| 4.4.1991 | """Lucifer's Child"" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 28 performances" |
| 4.4.1992 | Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad |
| 4.4.1992 | John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca |
| 4.4.1992 | Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case |
| 4.4.1992 | Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania |
| 4.4.1993 | 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 |
| 4.4.1993 | 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw |
| 4.4.1993 | Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament |
| 4.4.1993 | "Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna" |
| 4.4.1994 | "1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn" |
| 4.4.1994 | 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72 |
| 4.4.1994 | "Cubs Karl ""Tuffy"" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening" |
| 4.4.1994 | "KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed" |
| 4.4.1994 | "Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706" |
| 4.4.1994 | Los Angeles Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment |
| 4.4.1994 | Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications |
| 4.4.1994 | Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery |
| 4.4.1996 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM |
| 4.4.1996 | """Inherit the Wind"" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 45 performances" |
| 4.4.1997 | Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth |
| 4.4.1997 | Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs |
| 4.4.1997 | DMSP Titan 2 launched |
| 4.4.1997 | "STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches" |
| 4.4.1998 | "NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season" |
| 5.4.823 | "Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France" |
| 5.4.1058 | "Bishop John ""Minchio,"" [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X" |
| 5.4.1242 | Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights |
| 5.4.1242 | Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia |
| 5.4.1566 | 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition |
| 5.4.1585 | Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch |
| 5.4.1603 | New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London |
| 5.4.1614 | 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) |
| 5.4.1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe |
| 5.4.1621 | Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England |
| 5.4.1648 | Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples |
| 5.4.1722 | Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island |
| 5.4.1739 | French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty |
| 5.4.1751 | Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden |
| 5.4.1753 | British Museum forms and opens in 1759 |
| 5.4.1762 | "British take Grenada, West Indies, from French" |
| 5.4.1768 | 1st U.S. Chamber of Commerce forms (New York City) |
| 5.4.1792 | George Washington casts 1st presidential veto |
| 5.4.1803 | 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D |
| 5.4.1806 | Isaac Quintard patents apple cider |
| 5.4.1812 | "Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish" |
| 5.4.1814 | Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes |
| 5.4.1815 | Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) |
| 5.4.1861 | "Federals abandon Ft. Quitman, Texas" |
| 5.4.1862 | "Siege of Yorktown, Virginia" |
| 5.4.1865 | Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) |
| 5.4.1874 | """Die Fledermaus"" 1st performed, in Vienna" |
| 5.4.1874 | "Johann Strauss Sr's opera ""Die Fledermaus,"" premieres in Vienna" |
| 5.4.1881 | Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty |
| 5.4.1887 | "Anne Sullivan teaches ""water"" to Helen Keller" |
| 5.4.1889 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes ""Adventure of Copper Beeches""" |
| 5.4.1893 | Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks) |
| 5.4.1894 | "11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn" |
| 5.4.1894 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes ""Adventure of Empty House""" |
| 5.4.1895 | "Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices" |
| 5.4.1895 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes' ""Adventure of 3 Students""" |
| 5.4.1896 | 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens |
| 5.4.1900 | "Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails" |
| 5.4.1902 | "Maurice Ravel's ""Pavane pour une infante defunte,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 5.4.1902 | Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25 |
| 5.4.1905 | "James Barrie's ""Alice-sit-by-the-fire,"" premieres in London" |
| 5.4.1906 | "St. Pius X encyclical ""On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland""" |
| 5.4.1908 | British premier Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns |
| 5.4.1911 | MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie |
| 5.4.1911 | Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer |
| 5.4.1915 | French begin Woevre-offensive |
| 5.4.1915 | Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 5.4.1916 | French troops occupy Bois de Caillette |
| 5.4.1919 | Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann |
| 5.4.1919 | Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana |
| 5.4.1919 | Polish Army executes 35 young Jews |
| 5.4.1922 | "KOB-AM in Albuquerque, New Mexico begins radio transmissions" |
| 5.4.1922 | "WDZ-AM in Decatur, Illinois begins radio transmissions" |
| 5.4.1923 | Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production |
| 5.4.1925 | Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election |
| 5.4.1925 | Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer |
| 5.4.1927 | Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style |
| 5.4.1929 | Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact |
| 5.4.1930 | "England out for 849 vs. WI Kingston, Sandham out for 325" |
| 5.4.1932 | Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions |
| 5.4.1935 | Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election |
| 5.4.1936 | "Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die" |
| 5.4.1938 | Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland |
| 5.4.1939 | Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory |
| 5.4.1941 | "In San Francisco, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses" |
| 5.4.1943 | Allies bomb Mortsel |
| 5.4.1943 | Japanese troops conquer Indin |
| 5.4.1943 | Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days |
| 5.4.1944 | 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse |
| 5.4.1945 | Almelo Netherlands freed |
| 5.4.1945 | Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki |
| 5.4.1946 | 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony |
| 5.4.1948 | "WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 5.4.1950 | Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins |
| 5.4.1951 | "Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death" |
| 5.4.1952 | Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title |
| 5.4.1953 | Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open |
| 5.4.1953 | "WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 5.4.1954 | "Elvis Presley records his debut single, ""That's All Right""" |
| 5.4.1955 | "Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him" |
| 5.4.1959 | "23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284" |
| 5.4.1961 | "Barbra Streisand appears on ""Jack Paar Show""" |
| 5.4.1961 | Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council |
| 5.4.1962 | "Herb Gardner's ""Thousand Clowns,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 5.4.1962 | Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp |
| 5.4.1962 | "NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m" |
| 5.4.1962 | "St. Bernard Tunnel finished, Swiss and Italian workers shake hands" |
| 5.4.1963 | Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) |
| 5.4.1963 | Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa |
| 5.4.1964 | 1st driverless trains run on London Underground |
| 5.4.1964 | Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open |
| 5.4.1965 | "37th Academy Awards - ""My Fair Lady,"" Rex Harrison and J Andrews win" |
| 5.4.1965 | Lava Lamp Day celebrated |
| 5.4.1965 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 5.4.1966 | "WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft. Pierce-Vero Beach, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast" |
| 5.4.1967 | 76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds |
| 5.4.1967 | ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit |
| 5.4.1968 | Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens |
| 5.4.1968 | "U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled" |
| 5.4.1970 | "WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 5.4.1971 | Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole |
| 5.4.1971 | Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy |
| 5.4.1971 | U.S. Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life |
| 5.4.1971 | "WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 5.4.1972 | Baseball season is delayed due to a strike |
| 5.4.1972 | Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub |
| 5.4.1973 | "NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19)" |
| 5.4.1973 | Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter |
| 5.4.1974 | Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai |
| 5.4.1974 | "Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories)" |
| 5.4.1975 | """Letter for Queen Victoria"" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances" |
| 5.4.1975 | Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely |
| 5.4.1976 | Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England |
| 5.4.1976 | "Tom Stoppard's ""Dirty Linen,"" premieres in London" |
| 5.4.1977 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 5.4.1979 | "Baltimore manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper" |
| 5.4.1979 | Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia |
| 5.4.1981 | 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez |
| 5.4.1981 | "Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes" |
| 5.4.1982 | British fleet sails to Falkland Islands |
| 5.4.1982 | "Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season" |
| 5.4.1982 | "Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war" |
| 5.4.1983 | France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats |
| 5.4.1983 | New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment |
| 5.4.1984 | """Human Comedy"" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 13 performances" |
| 5.4.1984 | "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)" |
| 5.4.1986 | Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m) |
| 5.4.1986 | U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing |
| 5.4.1987 | 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King |
| 5.4.1987 | Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children |
| 5.4.1987 | Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title |
| 5.4.1988 | Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their President candidate |
| 5.4.1989 | David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo |
| 5.4.1989 | Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak |
| 5.4.1989 | Solidarity grants legal status in Poland |
| 5.4.1990 | John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row |
| 5.4.1990 | New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary |
| 5.4.1990 | "Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity" |
| 5.4.1991 | Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games |
| 5.4.1991 | Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan |
| 5.4.1991 | "Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23" |
| 5.4.1991 | Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched |
| 5.4.1991 | U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq |
| 5.4.1992 | "Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome, Hulk Hogan DQs Sid Justice" |
| 5.4.1992 | 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 |
| 5.4.1992 | 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino |
| 5.4.1992 | Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka |
| 5.4.1992 | Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International |
| 5.4.1992 | Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea |
| 5.4.1992 | Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution and dissolved Congress |
| 5.4.1992 | """Search and Destroy"" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 46 performances" |
| 5.4.1992 | Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president |
| 5.4.1993 | 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71 |
| 5.4.1993 | "73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1" |
| 5.4.1993 | Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to New York Mets 3-0 |
| 5.4.1993 | Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 5.4.1993 | Florida Marlins 1st game - beat Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 |
| 5.4.1993 | Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad |
| 5.4.1994 | """Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect"" opens at Golden New York City for 347 performances" |
| 5.4.1994 | Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak |
| 5.4.1996 | John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days |
| 5.4.1996 | Marlon Brando makes anti-semetic remarks about hollywood on Larry King |
| 5.4.1997 | "Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)" |
| 6.4.402 | Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten |
| 6.4.610 | "Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth" |
| 6.4.774 | Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy |
| 6.4.1327 | Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura |
| 6.4.1362 | Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France |
| 6.4.1516 | A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este |
| 6.4.1634 | "Heeren XIX asks ""to secure Eylands Curaeao""" |
| 6.4.1652 | "Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established" |
| 6.4.1652 | John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown |
| 6.4.1663 | King Charles II signs Carolina Charter |
| 6.4.1664 | France and Saksen sign alliance |
| 6.4.1672 | France declares war on Netherlands |
| 6.4.1712 | Slave revolt in New York |
| 6.4.1722 | Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards |
| 6.4.1724 | Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 6.4.1727 | Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover |
| 6.4.1757 | "English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr." |
| 6.4.1789 | "1st U.S. Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City" |
| 6.4.1815 | "English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed" |
| 6.4.1830 | "Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York" |
| 6.4.1841 | "Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri" |
| 6.4.1848 | Jews of Prussia granted equality |
| 6.4.1849 | "Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera ""Le Prophete,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 6.4.1859 | U.S. recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform |
| 6.4.1862 | "Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee" |
| 6.4.1865 | "Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off" |
| 6.4.1868 | Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife |
| 6.4.1869 | "1st plastic, Celluloid, patented" |
| 6.4.1883 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes ""Adventure of Speckled Band""" |
| 6.4.1886 | City of Vancouver BC incorporated |
| 6.4.1886 | Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga |
| 6.4.1889 | George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time |
| 6.4.1890 | "French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan" |
| 6.4.1893 | Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds) |
| 6.4.1893 | "Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated" |
| 6.4.1896 | "1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history" |
| 6.4.1900 | James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 6.4.1903 | "General railroad strike against ""worgwetten"" (anti-strike laws)" |
| 6.4.1906 | 1st animated cartoon copyrighted |
| 6.4.1909 | 1st credit union forms in US |
| 6.4.1909 | North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson |
| 6.4.1912 | Electric starter 1st appeared in cars |
| 6.4.1916 | German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare |
| 6.4.1917 | "U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I" |
| 6.4.1920 | French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau |
| 6.4.1924 | 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight |
| 6.4.1924 | Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament |
| 6.4.1924 | Volkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern |
| 6.4.1925 | 1st film shown on an British Air flight |
| 6.4.1926 | "Stanley Cup: Montl Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1" |
| 6.4.1930 | 1st transcontinental glider tow completed |
| 6.4.1930 | Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar |
| 6.4.1931 | "1st broadcast of ""Little Orphan Annie"" on NBC-radio" |
| 6.4.1931 | 1st Scottsboro trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape |
| 6.4.1934 | 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany |
| 6.4.1935 | "H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more" |
| 6.4.1936 | "3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285" |
| 6.4.1936 | ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam |
| 6.4.1936 | "Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia" |
| 6.4.1938 | Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett |
| 6.4.1939 | Great Britain and Poland sign military pact |
| 6.4.1939 | U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific |
| 6.4.1941 | "8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280" |
| 6.4.1941 | "Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die)" |
| 6.4.1941 | British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa |
| 6.4.1941 | German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes) |
| 6.4.1941 | Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces |
| 6.4.1943 | British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II |
| 6.4.1943 | "British offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia" |
| 6.4.1943 | "Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested" |
| 6.4.1944 | Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis |
| 6.4.1945 | Coevorden freed from nazis |
| 6.4.1945 | Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa |
| 6.4.1945 | Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa |
| 6.4.1945 | U.S. Marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa |
| 6.4.1947 | "11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281" |
| 6.4.1947 | "1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win" |
| 6.4.1950 | John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson |
| 6.4.1952 | "16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286" |
| 6.4.1954 | Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit |
| 6.4.1954 | TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons |
| 6.4.1954 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island |
| 6.4.1955 | """3 for Tonight"" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances" |
| 6.4.1955 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 6.4.1955 | Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam |
| 6.4.1956 | Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison |
| 6.4.1957 | New York City ends trolley car service |
| 6.4.1957 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) |
| 6.4.1958 | Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters |
| 6.4.1959 | "31st Academy Awards - ""Gigi,"" Susan Hayward and David Niven win" |
| 6.4.1964 | Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations |
| 6.4.1965 | "Intelsat 1 (""Early Bird"") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite" |
| 6.4.1966 | Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India |
| 6.4.1967 | Premier Pompidou forms new French government |
| 6.4.1968 | 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution |
| 6.4.1968 | Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis |
| 6.4.1968 | "Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)" |
| 6.4.1968 | "HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas" |
| 6.4.1972 | Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan |
| 6.4.1973 | "Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium" |
| 6.4.1973 | Indies troops invade Sikkim |
| 6.4.1973 | Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn |
| 6.4.1973 | "Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number" |
| 6.4.1973 | "Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks" |
| 6.4.1974 | "200,000 attend rock concert ""California Jam""" |
| 6.4.1974 | Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16 |
| 6.4.1974 | "Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1" |
| 6.4.1975 | Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) |
| 6.4.1975 | """Night... Made America Famous"" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances" |
| 6.4.1975 | """Rocky Horror Show"" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances" |
| 6.4.1976 | "1st quadrophonic movie track: ""Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones""" |
| 6.4.1977 | Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released |
| 6.4.1977 | "Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0" |
| 6.4.1978 | Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy |
| 6.4.1979 | Rod Stewart and Alana Collins wed |
| 6.4.1980 | 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young |
| 6.4.1980 | Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season |
| 6.4.1980 | "Post It Notes, introduced" |
| 6.4.1981 | Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo |
| 6.4.1982 | Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands |
| 6.4.1982 | "Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279" |
| 6.4.1983 | Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead |
| 6.4.1984 | 1st time 11 people in space |
| 6.4.1985 | Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale |
| 6.4.1985 | Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final |
| 6.4.1985 | Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab |
| 6.4.1985 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 6.4.1986 | 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley |
| 6.4.1986 | Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs |
| 6.4.1987 | 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr |
| 6.4.1987 | "Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy" |
| 6.4.1987 | Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler |
| 6.4.1988 | Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington |
| 6.4.1988 | New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round |
| 6.4.1989 | Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak |
| 6.4.1991 | Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use |
| 6.4.1991 | Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy |
| 6.4.1991 | New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 |
| 6.4.1991 | "Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher" |
| 6.4.1992 | "1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0" |
| 6.4.1992 | 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51 |
| 6.4.1992 | Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses |
| 6.4.1992 | "Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0" |
| 6.4.1992 | "Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0" |
| 6.4.1992 | Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo |
| 6.4.1992 | U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography |
| 6.4.1992 | Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps |
| 6.4.1993 | 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow) |
| 6.4.1993 | Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers) |
| 6.4.1994 | 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out |
| 6.4.1994 | Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home |
| 6.4.1994 | Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns |
| 6.4.1994 | Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself |
| 6.4.1994 | Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records |
| 6.4.1995 | """Having Our Say"" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 308 performances" |
| 6.4.1996 | Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game |
| 6.4.1997 | """3 Sisters"" closes at Criterion Theater New York City" |
| 6.4.1997 | 9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins |
| 6.4.1997 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge |
| 6.4.1997 | Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic |
| 6.4.1997 | Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) |
| 6.4.1997 | Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic |
| 7.4.451 | Attila's Hun's plunder Metz |
| 7.4.1118 | "Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor" |
| 7.4.1348 | "Prague University, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV" |
| 7.4.1456 | Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik |
| 7.4.1498 | "Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy" |
| 7.4.1509 | France declares war on Venice |
| 7.4.1521 | Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books |
| 7.4.1521 | Magelhaes' fleet reaches Cebu |
| 7.4.1625 | Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander |
| 7.4.1645 | Michael Cardozo becomes 1st Jewish lawyer in Brazil |
| 7.4.1652 | "Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa" |
| 7.4.1655 | Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII |
| 7.4.1724 | "Johann S Bach's ""John Passion"" premieres in Leipzig" |
| 7.4.1788 | "1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta" |
| 7.4.1798 | Mississippi Territory organized |
| 7.4.1805 | "Premiere of Beethoven's ""Eroica"" (conducted by himself)" |
| 7.4.1818 | Gen Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks Florida from Seminole indians |
| 7.4.1827 | English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches |
| 7.4.1831 | "Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil" |
| 7.4.1860 | Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe |
| 7.4.1862 | "Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, Island #10 falls" |
| 7.4.1863 | "Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter" |
| 7.4.1865 | "Battle of Farmville, Virginia" |
| 7.4.1888 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure ""Yellow Face""" |
| 7.4.1891 | Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day |
| 7.4.1901 | SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber |
| 7.4.1902 | "Texas Oil Company, Texaco, forms" |
| 7.4.1906 | Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business |
| 7.4.1917 | "De Falla's ballet ""El Sombrero de tres Picos,"" premieres in Madrid" |
| 7.4.1917 | "James Barries' ""Old Lady Shows Her,"" premieres in London" |
| 7.4.1919 | 1st parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks |
| 7.4.1922 | "Naval Reserve #3, ""Teapot Dome,"" leased to Harry F Sinclair" |
| 7.4.1923 | 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney |
| 7.4.1923 | Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official Communist Party |
| 7.4.1926 | "Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California" |
| 7.4.1926 | Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose |
| 7.4.1927 | Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington D.C. to New York City |
| 7.4.1928 | "44-yr old New York Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montreal Maroons 2-1" |
| 7.4.1931 | Seals Stadium opens in San Francisco |
| 7.4.1933 | "1st 2 Nazi anti-Jewish laws, bars Jews from legal and public service" |
| 7.4.1933 | "Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment" |
| 7.4.1933 | "University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic" |
| 7.4.1934 | "In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience" |
| 7.4.1939 | Italy invades Albania |
| 7.4.1940 | "7th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 280" |
| 7.4.1940 | "Booker T. Washington, 1st black to appear on U.S. stamp" |
| 7.4.1941 | British generals O'Connor and Neame captured in North Africa |
| 7.4.1942 | Heavy German assault on Malta |
| 7.4.1943 | Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg |
| 7.4.1943 | "British and U.S. troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia" |
| 7.4.1943 | Lt colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid |
| 7.4.1943 | NFL adopts free substitution rule |
| 7.4.1944 | General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan |
| 7.4.1945 | 1st and last assault of German Rammkommando on U.S. bombers |
| 7.4.1945 | U.S. B-17's bombs range at Luneburg |
| 7.4.1945 | U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk |
| 7.4.1946 | "10th Golf Masters Championship: Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282" |
| 7.4.1946 | Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR |
| 7.4.1948 | World Health Organization forms by U.N. |
| 7.4.1949 | """South Pacific"" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1928 performances" |
| 7.4.1951 | "15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280" |
| 7.4.1951 | American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament |
| 7.4.1951 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak |
| 7.4.1953 | 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight |
| 7.4.1953 | Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden elected 2nd United Nations general-secretary |
| 7.4.1954 | German government refuses to recognize DDR |
| 7.4.1954 | "President Eisenhower fears ""domino-effect"" in Indo-China" |
| 7.4.1954 | "WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 7.4.1956 | "10th NBA Championship: Ph Warriors beat Ft. Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1" |
| 7.4.1956 | Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco |
| 7.4.1957 | "21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283" |
| 7.4.1958 | "Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line" |
| 7.4.1959 | "Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years" |
| 7.4.1959 | "Radar 1st bounced off Sun from Stanford, California" |
| 7.4.1962 | Umrigar slams 172* vs. WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes |
| 7.4.1962 | Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail |
| 7.4.1963 | "27th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286" |
| 7.4.1963 | "Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors" |
| 7.4.1963 | Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic |
| 7.4.1965 | Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man NZ vs. Pakistan |
| 7.4.1966 | U.S. recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor |
| 7.4.1967 | Israeli/Syrian border fights |
| 7.4.1967 | "Tom Donahue, San Francisco dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM)" |
| 7.4.1969 | "Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds" |
| 7.4.1969 | Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material |
| 7.4.1969 | "Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yanks 8-4" |
| 7.4.1970 | "42nd Academy Awards - ""Midnight Cowboy,"" John Wayne and Maggie Smith win" |
| 7.4.1970 | """Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 7.4.1970 | "Milwaukee Brewers (former Seat Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0" |
| 7.4.1971 | Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by |
| 7.4.1971 | President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free |
| 7.4.1971 | "WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals" |
| 7.4.1973 | "Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420" |
| 7.4.1973 | "Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown" |
| 7.4.1974 | "Herb Gardner's ""Thieves,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 7.4.1976 | Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping |
| 7.4.1977 | "Consumer Product Safety Comn bans ""TRIS"" flame-retardant" |
| 7.4.1977 | "Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5" |
| 7.4.1978 | "Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City" |
| 7.4.1978 | President Carter defers production of neutron bomb |
| 7.4.1978 | U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976 |
| 7.4.1979 | "Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8"" of water" |
| 7.4.1979 | "Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0" |
| 7.4.1979 | Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers |
| 7.4.1980 | Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis |
| 7.4.1981 | Belgium Eyskens government forms |
| 7.4.1981 | Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec |
| 7.4.1982 | Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested |
| 7.4.1982 | Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead |
| 7.4.1983 | Caps 4-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-series tied 1-1 |
| 7.4.1983 | "Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt" |
| 7.4.1983 | STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk |
| 7.4.1983 | "WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event" |
| 7.4.1984 | "Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0" |
| 7.4.1985 | 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller |
| 7.4.1985 | 1st live telecast of Easter Parade |
| 7.4.1985 | New Jersey General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards |
| 7.4.1986 | "Wrestlemania II at 3 locations, Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy" |
| 7.4.1987 | "Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on ""Nightline""" |
| 7.4.1987 | National Museum of Female Physician opens in Washington D.C. |
| 7.4.1988 | "Devils 3-2 over Isles, 1st round tied 1-1" |
| 7.4.1988 | "Gerrit John Heijns murderer, arrested" |
| 7.4.1988 | Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan |
| 7.4.1988 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 7.4.1989 | New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules |
| 7.4.1989 | "Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths" |
| 7.4.1990 | BPAA U.S. Open by Ron Palombi Jr |
| 7.4.1990 | Farm Aid IV concert |
| 7.4.1990 | "Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma" |
| 7.4.1990 | John Poindexter (National Security Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal |
| 7.4.1990 | Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations |
| 7.4.1990 | "New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary" |
| 7.4.1991 | 3rd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus |
| 7.4.1991 | """Big Love"" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 41 performances" |
| 7.4.1991 | Chris Johnson wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship |
| 7.4.1991 | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory orbits Earth |
| 7.4.1991 | George Washington Bridge raises toll from $3.00 to $4.00 |
| 7.4.1991 | """Shadowlands"" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 169 performances" |
| 7.4.1991 | "Wrestlemania VII scheduled in LA, actually performed 03/24" |
| 7.4.1993 | Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie HR (Shea Stadium New York) |
| 7.4.1994 | "1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2" |
| 7.4.1994 | """Medea"" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 82 performances" |
| 7.4.1994 | New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6 |
| 7.4.1994 | Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton |
| 7.4.1994 | Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion |
| 7.4.1995 | Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike |
| 7.4.1996 | 8th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus |
| 7.4.1996 | Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic |
| 7.4.1996 | Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore |
| 7.4.1997 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Myers Florida on WRXK 96.1 FM |
| 8.4.1195 | Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor |
| 8.4.1341 | Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome |
| 8.4.1378 | Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI |
| 8.4.1455 | Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III |
| 8.4.1500 | Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza |
| 8.4.1513 | Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain |
| 8.4.1716 | Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece |
| 8.4.1730 | "1st Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, ""Shearith Israel, New York City""" |
| 8.4.1759 | British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India |
| 8.4.1766 | "1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain" |
| 8.4.1781 | Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379 |
| 8.4.1783 | Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim |
| 8.4.1789 | House of Representives 1st meeting |
| 8.4.1801 | "Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews" |
| 8.4.1802 | French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled |
| 8.4.1832 | Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro |
| 8.4.1838 | "Steamship ""Great Western"" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City)" |
| 8.4.1848 | 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians |
| 8.4.1848 | "Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro" |
| 8.4.1861 | "U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy" |
| 8.4.1862 | John D. Lynde patents aerosol dispenser |
| 8.4.1864 | "Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor" |
| 8.4.1865 | General Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in Virginia |
| 8.4.1869 | American Museum of Natural History opens (New York City) |
| 8.4.1876 | "Amiliare Ponchielli's opera ""La Gioconda,"" premieres in Milan" |
| 8.4.1879 | Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers |
| 8.4.1879 | Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time |
| 8.4.1893 | The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink |
| 8.4.1898 | "Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese" |
| 8.4.1904 | Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter |
| 8.4.1908 | Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier |
| 8.4.1912 | "Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200" |
| 8.4.1913 | "17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified" |
| 8.4.1913 | Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) |
| 8.4.1914 | U.S. and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone |
| 8.4.1916 | Norway approves active and passive female suffrage |
| 8.4.1920 | LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg |
| 8.4.1931 | "Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet ""The Arrow,"" premieres" |
| 8.4.1931 | """White Horse Inn"" opens in London" |
| 8.4.1933 | Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror |
| 8.4.1935 | "2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282" |
| 8.4.1935 | Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C. |
| 8.4.1935 | "Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress" |
| 8.4.1939 | ACV soccer team forms in Axes |
| 8.4.1939 | "King Zog I of Albania, flees" |
| 8.4.1940 | Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious |
| 8.4.1941 | Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 8.4.1942 | "A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet ""Pillar of Fire,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 8.4.1943 | "Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma" |
| 8.4.1943 | Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau |
| 8.4.1943 | Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games |
| 8.4.1945 | "Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands" |
| 8.4.1946 | League of Nations assembles for last time |
| 8.4.1947 | "Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed" |
| 8.4.1948 | Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF |
| 8.4.1950 | """Miss Liberty"" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 308 performances" |
| 8.4.1952 | President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike |
| 8.4.1954 | """By the Beautiful Sea"" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 270 performances" |
| 8.4.1956 | "20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke, Jr. wins, shooting a 289" |
| 8.4.1956 | 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC |
| 8.4.1956 | M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon |
| 8.4.1960 | Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties |
| 8.4.1961 | "British liner ""Dara"" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236" |
| 8.4.1961 | """Show Girl"" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 100 performances" |
| 8.4.1962 | Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France |
| 8.4.1963 | "35th Academy Awards - ""Lawrence of Arabia,"" A Bancroft and G Peck win" |
| 8.4.1963 | "Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000" |
| 8.4.1964 | Unmanned Gemini 1 launched |
| 8.4.1966 | AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner |
| 8.4.1966 | Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party |
| 8.4.1966 | "OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched" |
| 8.4.1968 | 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King |
| 8.4.1968 | Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination |
| 8.4.1968 | Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms |
| 8.4.1968 | New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect |
| 8.4.1968 | "WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 8.4.1969 | 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9 |
| 8.4.1969 | "Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games" |
| 8.4.1970 | """Cry for Us All"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 8 performances" |
| 8.4.1970 | Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court |
| 8.4.1971 | 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York) |
| 8.4.1972 | Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. NZ |
| 8.4.1974 | Discovery Island opens |
| 8.4.1974 | "Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record" |
| 8.4.1975 | "47th Academy Awards - ""Godfather II,"" Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win" |
| 8.4.1975 | "Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats New York 5-3)" |
| 8.4.1977 | Israel premier Rabin resigns |
| 8.4.1979 | "204th and final episode of ""All in the Family""" |
| 8.4.1979 | 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post |
| 8.4.1979 | """Carmelina"" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 17 performances" |
| 8.4.1979 | People's Republic of China joins IOC |
| 8.4.1980 | Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period |
| 8.4.1981 | Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs |
| 8.4.1982 | Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead |
| 8.4.1982 | "Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th U.S. swimming title" |
| 8.4.1984 | 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster |
| 8.4.1984 | 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins |
| 8.4.1985 | "Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix" |
| 8.4.1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster |
| 8.4.1985 | """Leader of the Pack"" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances" |
| 8.4.1986 | "Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California" |
| 8.4.1989 | 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn |
| 8.4.1989 | Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman |
| 8.4.1990 | "54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278" |
| 8.4.1990 | """Aspects of Love"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 377 performances" |
| 8.4.1990 | King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties |
| 8.4.1990 | Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
| 8.4.1990 | Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die |
| 8.4.1990 | """Twin Peaks"" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV" |
| 8.4.1991 | """I Hate Hamlet"" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 88 performances" |
| 8.4.1991 | "Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident" |
| 8.4.1991 | Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement |
| 8.4.1991 | Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas |
| 8.4.1991 | Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking |
| 8.4.1992 | """5 Guys Named Moe"" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 445 performances" |
| 8.4.1992 | "After 151 years Britain's ""Punch Magazine"" final issue" |
| 8.4.1993 | Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yanks) |
| 8.4.1993 | STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit |
| 8.4.1994 | "Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0" |
| 8.4.1994 | Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic |
| 8.4.1994 | Japans premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns |
| 8.4.1994 | Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases |
| 8.4.1995 | BPAA U.S. Open won by Dave Husted |
| 8.4.1995 | Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 8.4.1996 | Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title |
| 8.4.1997 | Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 |
| 8.4.1997 | "STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands" |
| 8.4.2001 | 65th Golf Masters Championship: |
| 9.4.715 | Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 9.4.1241 | Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans |
| 9.4.1388 | Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army |
| 9.4.1454 | Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi |
| 9.4.1474 | Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians |
| 9.4.1483 | Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England |
| 9.4.1538 | Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union |
| 9.4.1555 | Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II |
| 9.4.1609 | Spain and Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact |
| 9.4.1621 | Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends |
| 9.4.1667 | "1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)" |
| 9.4.1682 | Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France |
| 9.4.1691 | French troops occupy Mons |
| 9.4.1770 | Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) |
| 9.4.1783 | Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India |
| 9.4.1808 | Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace |
| 9.4.1814 | Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance |
| 9.4.1816 | African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes in Philadelphia |
| 9.4.1829 | "Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200" |
| 9.4.1831 | "Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain" |
| 9.4.1833 | "1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire" |
| 9.4.1838 | National Galley opens in London |
| 9.4.1864 | "Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities" |
| 9.4.1865 | "Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama" |
| 9.4.1865 | "Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox" |
| 9.4.1866 | Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto |
| 9.4.1869 | Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada |
| 9.4.1870 | American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves |
| 9.4.1872 | Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk |
| 9.4.1878 | 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn |
| 9.4.1894 | 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz |
| 9.4.1906 | 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens |
| 9.4.1912 | 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard) |
| 9.4.1912 | "Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York" |
| 9.4.1913 | "Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0" |
| 9.4.1914 | "1st full color film shown ""World, Flesh and Devil"" in London" |
| 9.4.1914 | Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico |
| 9.4.1914 | """World, the Flesh and the Devil,"" 1st color film, shown in London" |
| 9.4.1917 | Battle of Arras begins |
| 9.4.1917 | Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops |
| 9.4.1918 | Latvia proclaims independence |
| 9.4.1923 | "Sean O'Casey's ""Shadow of a Gunman,"" premieres in Dublin" |
| 9.4.1925 | Babe Ruth rushed to hospital |
| 9.4.1927 | Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences |
| 9.4.1928 | "Eugene O'Neill's ""Lazarus Laughed,"" premieres in Pasadena" |
| 9.4.1928 | "Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play ""Diamond Lil""" |
| 9.4.1928 | Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss |
| 9.4.1928 | Turkey passes separation of church and state |
| 9.4.1931 | Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period |
| 9.4.1932 | Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games |
| 9.4.1935 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games |
| 9.4.1939 | "Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial" |
| 9.4.1940 | "German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die" |
| 9.4.1940 | "Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders" |
| 9.4.1941 | PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame |
| 9.4.1942 | "Battle of Bataan, US and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan" |
| 9.4.1944 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae |
| 9.4.1945 | Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier |
| 9.4.1945 | "Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360" |
| 9.4.1945 | NFL requires players to wear long stockings |
| 9.4.1946 | "Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1" |
| 9.4.1947 | Atomic Energy Commission confirmed |
| 9.4.1947 | Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year |
| 9.4.1947 | "Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300" |
| 9.4.1949 | U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages |
| 9.4.1950 | "14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283" |
| 9.4.1950 | 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win |
| 9.4.1950 | Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance |
| 9.4.1952 | Popular uprising in Bolivia |
| 9.4.1953 | Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya |
| 9.4.1953 | """TV Guide"" publishes 1st issue" |
| 9.4.1954 | "WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 9.4.1955 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 9.4.1957 | "Howard Hanson's ""Song of Democracy,"" premieres in Washington D.C." |
| 9.4.1957 | Suez Canal cleared for all shipping |
| 9.4.1959 | 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title |
| 9.4.1959 | Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators) |
| 9.4.1959 | Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot |
| 9.4.1959 | NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury |
| 9.4.1960 | "14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3" |
| 9.4.1960 | South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle |
| 9.4.1962 | "26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280" |
| 9.4.1962 | "34th Academy Awards - ""West Side Story,"" Sophia Loren and Max Schell win" |
| 9.4.1962 | John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium |
| 9.4.1963 | "Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously" |
| 9.4.1965 | "1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun" |
| 9.4.1965 | "Beatles ""Ticket to Ride"" is released in U.K." |
| 9.4.1965 | India and Pakistan engage in border fight |
| 9.4.1966 | Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens |
| 9.4.1966 | Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris |
| 9.4.1967 | 1st Boeing 737 rolls out |
| 9.4.1967 | "31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280" |
| 9.4.1967 | """At the Drop of Another Hat"" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances" |
| 9.4.1967 | Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down |
| 9.4.1968 | German DR adopts constitution |
| 9.4.1968 | "Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta" |
| 9.4.1968 | Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference |
| 9.4.1968 | Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot |
| 9.4.1969 | 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol) |
| 9.4.1969 | Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3 |
| 9.4.1970 | Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles |
| 9.4.1971 | "Ringo releases ""It Don't Come Easy"" in UK" |
| 9.4.1972 | "36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286" |
| 9.4.1972 | Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI |
| 9.4.1972 | """Sugar"" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances" |
| 9.4.1972 | U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty |
| 9.4.1973 | "37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283" |
| 9.4.1973 | Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam |
| 9.4.1973 | "Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme" |
| 9.4.1974 | "Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans ""Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life""" |
| 9.4.1976 | U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use |
| 9.4.1977 | Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years |
| 9.4.1978 | "42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277" |
| 9.4.1978 | "Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam)" |
| 9.4.1978 | David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 |
| 9.4.1978 | Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter) |
| 9.4.1979 | "51st Academy Awards - ""Deer Hunter,"" Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win" |
| 9.4.1979 | "Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins" |
| 9.4.1980 | Belgium's Marten's government resigns |
| 9.4.1980 | Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles |
| 9.4.1980 | Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 |
| 9.4.1981 | "Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0" |
| 9.4.1981 | U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru |
| 9.4.1982 | Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record |
| 9.4.1983 | 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth |
| 9.4.1983 | Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot |
| 9.4.1984 | "56th Academy Awards - ""Terms of Endearment,"" R Duvall and S Maclaine win" |
| 9.4.1985 | White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game |
| 9.4.1986 | """Dallas"" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character" |
| 9.4.1987 | "For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ" |
| 9.4.1988 | Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round |
| 9.4.1988 | """Les Miserables,"" opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka" |
| 9.4.1988 | U.S. imposes economic sanctions on Panama |
| 9.4.1989 | "53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283" |
| 9.4.1989 | Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car |
| 9.4.1989 | Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
| 9.4.1989 | Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev |
| 9.4.1989 | Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament |
| 9.4.1989 | Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision |
| 9.4.1990 | """Capital News"" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV" |
| 9.4.1990 | Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees |
| 9.4.1990 | New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 |
| 9.4.1990 | World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City |
| 9.4.1991 | Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 |
| 9.4.1991 | Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R. |
| 9.4.1992 | "Florida drops rape charges against New York Mets Gooden, Boston and Coleman" |
| 9.4.1992 | "John Majors, (C) elected PM of England" |
| 9.4.1992 | Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges |
| 9.4.1992 | Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) |
| 9.4.1992 | """Redwood Curtain"" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway" |
| 9.4.1992 | U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes |
| 9.4.1992 | "William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA" |
| 9.4.1993 | "Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos" |
| 9.4.1994 | BPAA U.S. Open by Justin Hromek |
| 9.4.1994 | Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30) |
| 9.4.1994 | STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit |
| 9.4.1995 | "59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274" |
| 9.4.1995 | """Translations"" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances" |
| 9.4.1997 | Cleveland Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape |
| 9.4.1997 | Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion |
| 9.4.1997 | "NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible ""World Classic Bowl""" |
| 9.4.2000 | 64th Golf Masters Championship: |
| 10.4.837 | Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth |
| 10.4.847 | St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 10.4.879 | "Louis III, crowned King of France" |
| 10.4.1500 | France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan |
| 10.4.1512 | Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen |
| 10.4.1516 | "1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice" |
| 10.4.1552 | Henri II of France occupies Metz |
| 10.4.1589 | Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg |
| 10.4.1656 | Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon |
| 10.4.1694 | Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale |
| 10.4.1739 | Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing |
| 10.4.1741 | Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz |
| 10.4.1790 | Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth |
| 10.4.1790 | U.S. Patent system forms |
| 10.4.1815 | Austria declares war on realm of Naples |
| 10.4.1816 | 2nd Bank of U.S. chartered |
| 10.4.1825 | 1st hotel in Hawaii opens |
| 10.4.1825 | Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon |
| 10.4.1835 | "Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile" |
| 10.4.1841 | "New York ""Tribune"" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley" |
| 10.4.1845 | "More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa" |
| 10.4.1849 | Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100 |
| 10.4.1863 | "Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tennessee" |
| 10.4.1864 | Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico |
| 10.4.1865 | "At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last" |
| 10.4.1866 | American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms |
| 10.4.1868 | "1st performance of John Brahms' ""Ein german Requiem""" |
| 10.4.1868 | Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala |
| 10.4.1869 | Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 |
| 10.4.1871 | William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted |
| 10.4.1872 | 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans |
| 10.4.1872 | "Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22" |
| 10.4.1877 | 1st human cannonball act performed in London |
| 10.4.1877 | "Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina" |
| 10.4.1878 | California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service |
| 10.4.1882 | Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco and Hawaii) |
| 10.4.1884 | U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo |
| 10.4.1887 | "President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Illinois" |
| 10.4.1887 | Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen |
| 10.4.1896 | Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50) |
| 10.4.1912 | RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage |
| 10.4.1913 | "President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1" |
| 10.4.1913 | Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings |
| 10.4.1916 | 1st professional golf tournament held |
| 10.4.1917 | "Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers" |
| 10.4.1923 | "Hitler demands ""hatred and more hatred"" in Berlin" |
| 10.4.1924 | Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play |
| 10.4.1925 | Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) |
| 10.4.1925 | "Scribners publishes ""The Great Gatsby"" by F Scott Fitzgerald" |
| 10.4.1930 | George Headley scores 223 vs. England at Kingston |
| 10.4.1930 | Synthetic rubber 1st produced |
| 10.4.1932 | Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd) |
| 10.4.1934 | "Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1" |
| 10.4.1935 | Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London |
| 10.4.1936 | "200"" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena" |
| 10.4.1938 | 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France |
| 10.4.1938 | Austria becomes a state of Germany |
| 10.4.1938 | New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license |
| 10.4.1939 | Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews |
| 10.4.1939 | Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania |
| 10.4.1940 | "Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian ""national government""" |
| 10.4.1941 | German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica |
| 10.4.1942 | Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland |
| 10.4.1943 | 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis |
| 10.4.1943 | General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia |
| 10.4.1944 | """Patrolling the Ether"" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously" |
| 10.4.1944 | Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis |
| 10.4.1945 | "Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)" |
| 10.4.1945 | Canadian troops conquer Deventer |
| 10.4.1945 | "General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of ""Fort Holland""" |
| 10.4.1945 | German troops attack Ijsselbrug |
| 10.4.1945 | NFL's Boston Yanks and Brooklyn Tigers merge |
| 10.4.1945 | U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa |
| 10.4.1945 | "U.S. troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany" |
| 10.4.1945 | William Schuman and Antony Tudors ballet premieres in New York City |
| 10.4.1946 | 1st election for Japanese Diet |
| 10.4.1947 | Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) |
| 10.4.1947 | King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned |
| 10.4.1948 | Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek |
| 10.4.1949 | "13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282" |
| 10.4.1953 | "7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1" |
| 10.4.1953 | """House of Wax,"" 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City)" |
| 10.4.1954 | "KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 10.4.1955 | "19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279" |
| 10.4.1955 | "9th NBA Championship: Syrac Nats beat Ft. Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3" |
| 10.4.1955 | Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine |
| 10.4.1955 | Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely |
| 10.4.1956 | Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs |
| 10.4.1956 | "Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1" |
| 10.4.1957 | "John Osborne's ""Entertainer,"" premieres in London" |
| 10.4.1957 | Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns |
| 10.4.1957 | Suez canal reopens for all traffic |
| 10.4.1957 | U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test |
| 10.4.1958 | Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco |
| 10.4.1959 | Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda |
| 10.4.1960 | "24th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282" |
| 10.4.1960 | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open |
| 10.4.1960 | Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill |
| 10.4.1961 | "25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280" |
| 10.4.1961 | Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel |
| 10.4.1961 | Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea |
| 10.4.1961 | New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox |
| 10.4.1962 | "1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds" |
| 10.4.1962 | "1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2" |
| 10.4.1962 | New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR |
| 10.4.1963 | "Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston" |
| 10.4.1963 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 10.4.1964 | Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project |
| 10.4.1964 | Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) |
| 10.4.1967 | "39th Academy Awards - ""Man For All Seasons,"" E Taylor and P Scofield win" |
| 10.4.1968 | "40th Academy Awards - ""Heat of the Night,"" Rod Steiger and K Hepburn win" |
| 10.4.1968 | """George M!"" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 435 performances" |
| 10.4.1968 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 10.4.1971 | "1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1" |
| 10.4.1971 | U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR |
| 10.4.1972 | 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars |
| 10.4.1972 | "U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons" |
| 10.4.1973 | "BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143" |
| 10.4.1973 | "Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers" |
| 10.4.1973 | Pakistan suspends constitution |
| 10.4.1974 | American Boccaccio Association forms |
| 10.4.1974 | Magicians Penn and Teller 1st meet |
| 10.4.1974 | Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir |
| 10.4.1975 | Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs |
| 10.4.1976 | Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7 |
| 10.4.1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title |
| 10.4.1977 | "41st Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276" |
| 10.4.1977 | Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite |
| 10.4.1977 | "Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)" |
| 10.4.1978 | Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced |
| 10.4.1979 | J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome |
| 10.4.1979 | Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian |
| 10.4.1981 | """Caveman"" with Ringo premieres" |
| 10.4.1981 | Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded |
| 10.4.1981 | France performs nuclear test |
| 10.4.1981 | Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament |
| 10.4.1982 | "Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5" |
| 10.4.1982 | Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead |
| 10.4.1983 | "Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit" |
| 10.4.1983 | Caps 3-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isles win series 3-2 |
| 10.4.1983 | Hennie Kuiper (Neth) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race |
| 10.4.1983 | Jordan king Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO |
| 10.4.1983 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament |
| 10.4.1984 | Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle |
| 10.4.1984 | John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games |
| 10.4.1984 | U.S. Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors |
| 10.4.1985 | At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game |
| 10.4.1985 | Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead |
| 10.4.1985 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission |
| 10.4.1986 | Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan |
| 10.4.1986 | """Big Deal"" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 70 performances" |
| 10.4.1986 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 10.4.1988 | "52nd Golf Masters Championship: Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281" |
| 10.4.1988 | 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins |
| 10.4.1988 | Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic |
| 10.4.1988 | Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet |
| 10.4.1988 | Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2 |
| 10.4.1989 | 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| 10.4.1989 | "24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Alabama" |
| 10.4.1989 | "H. J. Heinz, Van Camp Seafood and Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins" |
| 10.4.1989 | Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip |
| 10.4.1990 | "CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan" |
| 10.4.1990 | Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown |
| 10.4.1991 | "Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138" |
| 10.4.1991 | "Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd and 42nd St, New York City)" |
| 10.4.1991 | Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal |
| 10.4.1991 | Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51) |
| 10.4.1992 | 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka |
| 10.4.1992 | "Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague, Netherlands" |
| 10.4.1992 | NHL strike ends after 10 days |
| 10.4.1993 | BPAA U.S. Open by Del Ballard Jr |
| 10.4.1993 | Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses |
| 10.4.1993 | Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak |
| 10.4.1994 | "58th Golf Masters Championship: Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279" |
| 10.4.1994 | """Les Miserables,"" opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka" |
| 10.4.1995 | """Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 24 performances" |
| 10.4.1995 | New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more |
| 11.4.672 | Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 11.4.1471 | King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI |
| 11.4.1512 | Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army |
| 11.4.1551 | English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland |
| 11.4.1564 | England and France sign Peace of Troyes |
| 11.4.1564 | Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns |
| 11.4.1567 | Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda |
| 11.4.1579 | Venlo joins Union of Utrecht |
| 11.4.1580 | Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht |
| 11.4.1677 | "Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III" |
| 11.4.1689 | William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain |
| 11.4.1713 | "Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty" |
| 11.4.1801 | "Johann von Schiller's ""Die Jungfrau von Orleans,"" premieres in Leipzig" |
| 11.4.1814 | 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba |
| 11.4.1830 | Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini |
| 11.4.1848 | Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust |
| 11.4.1856 | Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans |
| 11.4.1862 | "Rebels surrender Ft. Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender" |
| 11.4.1863 | "Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House)" |
| 11.4.1865 | "Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates" |
| 11.4.1865 | Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction |
| 11.4.1876 | Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organizes |
| 11.4.1876 | Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan |
| 11.4.1881 | "River ferry ""Princess Victoria"" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die" |
| 11.4.1881 | Spelman College founded |
| 11.4.1890 | Ellis Island designated as an immigration station |
| 11.4.1891 | "8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews" |
| 11.4.1895 | Anaheim completes it's new electric light system |
| 11.4.1898 | President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration |
| 11.4.1899 | Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US |
| 11.4.1900 | U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut |
| 11.4.1902 | "Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa" |
| 11.4.1906 | Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity |
| 11.4.1907 | New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards |
| 11.4.1911 | "Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village" |
| 11.4.1912 | Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid |
| 11.4.1914 | "George Bernard Shaw's ""Pygmalion,"" premieres" |
| 11.4.1917 | "Babe Ruth beats New York Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox" |
| 11.4.1921 | Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax |
| 11.4.1921 | "KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)" |
| 11.4.1921 | Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR |
| 11.4.1924 | 1st men's college swimming championships begin |
| 11.4.1924 | Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections |
| 11.4.1924 | "WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions" |
| 11.4.1925 | Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco |
| 11.4.1926 | Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent |
| 11.4.1927 | Chilean gen Carlos Ibanez names himself president |
| 11.4.1929 | "KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions" |
| 11.4.1929 | Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam |
| 11.4.1933 | Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia |
| 11.4.1936 | "Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical ""On Your Toes,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 11.4.1936 | "Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1" |
| 11.4.1939 | Hungary leaves League of Nations |
| 11.4.1941 | "Germany blitzes Conventry, England" |
| 11.4.1941 | Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis |
| 11.4.1941 | Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets |
| 11.4.1942 | Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized |
| 11.4.1943 | "Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft" |
| 11.4.1944 | RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague |
| 11.4.1945 | Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum |
| 11.4.1945 | "SS burns and shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen" |
| 11.4.1945 | U.S. captures Tsugen Shima |
| 11.4.1945 | "U.S. soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp ""Buchenwald""" |
| 11.4.1945 | "U.S. troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen" |
| 11.4.1947 | Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball |
| 11.4.1948 | "12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279" |
| 11.4.1950 | Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco |
| 11.4.1950 | U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia |
| 11.4.1951 | President Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur |
| 11.4.1953 | "Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare" |
| 11.4.1954 | Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open |
| 11.4.1955 | Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted |
| 11.4.1956 | "French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria" |
| 11.4.1956 | Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites |
| 11.4.1957 | Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires |
| 11.4.1957 | Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically |
| 11.4.1958 | Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco |
| 11.4.1959 | Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR |
| 11.4.1959 | Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory |
| 11.4.1959 | """Jamaica"" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances" |
| 11.4.1960 | 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) |
| 11.4.1961 | "15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1" |
| 11.4.1961 | Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns |
| 11.4.1961 | Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial |
| 11.4.1962 | New York Mets make a losing debut |
| 11.4.1963 | "John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty" |
| 11.4.1963 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 11.4.1963 | Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty) |
| 11.4.1964 | """Anyone Can Whistle"" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 9 performances" |
| 11.4.1965 | "29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271" |
| 11.4.1965 | "40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000" |
| 11.4.1966 | "30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288" |
| 11.4.1966 | Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire |
| 11.4.1967 | Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr |
| 11.4.1967 | """Illya Darling"" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances" |
| 11.4.1967 | "Tom Stoppard's ""Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,"" premieres" |
| 11.4.1968 | Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president |
| 11.4.1968 | President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act |
| 11.4.1968 | West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration |
| 11.4.1968 | "WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 11.4.1969 | South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse |
| 11.4.1970 | "Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days" |
| 11.4.1970 | "Beatles' ""Let It Be,"" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks" |
| 11.4.1970 | "San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970" |
| 11.4.1971 | "35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279" |
| 11.4.1971 | """Johnny Johnson"" opens/closes at Edison Theater New York City for 1 performance" |
| 11.4.1971 | "WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 11.4.1972 | "Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC" |
| 11.4.1972 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 11.4.1974 | WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested |
| 11.4.1975 | JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers |
| 11.4.1975 | Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer) |
| 11.4.1976 | "40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271" |
| 11.4.1977 | Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile |
| 11.4.1979 | Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala |
| 11.4.1980 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment |
| 11.4.1980 | "Paul McCartney releases ""Coming Up""" |
| 11.4.1981 | Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 11.4.1981 | Race riot in London area of Brixton |
| 11.4.1981 | Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him |
| 11.4.1981 | Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen |
| 11.4.1982 | "46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284" |
| 11.4.1982 | Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2 |
| 11.4.1983 | 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins |
| 11.4.1983 | "47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280" |
| 11.4.1983 | "55th Academy Awards - ""Gandhi,"" Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win" |
| 11.4.1983 | NASA launches RCA-F |
| 11.4.1984 | Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair |
| 11.4.1984 | Chinese troops invade Vietnam |
| 11.4.1984 | Gen Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union |
| 11.4.1984 | Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth |
| 11.4.1984 | U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president |
| 11.4.1985 | Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead |
| 11.4.1986 | "A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in New York City for $22,000" |
| 11.4.1986 | Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days |
| 11.4.1986 | "Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km" |
| 11.4.1986 | "KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM" |
| 11.4.1987 | Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals |
| 11.4.1987 | Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) |
| 11.4.1988 | Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens |
| 11.4.1989 | "1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila" |
| 11.4.1989 | "Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5" |
| 11.4.1990 | "Angels Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0" |
| 11.4.1990 | New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) |
| 11.4.1990 | "New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary" |
| 11.4.1991 | """Miss Saigon,"" opens at Broadway Theater New York City" |
| 11.4.1991 | "New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes ""Museum of Radio and Television""" |
| 11.4.1991 | Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands |
| 11.4.1991 | U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration |
| 11.4.1992 | BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence |
| 11.4.1992 | Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne) |
| 11.4.1992 | Euro-Disney opens near Paris |
| 11.4.1992 | Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hr) |
| 11.4.1992 | "Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3" |
| 11.4.1993 | "57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277" |
| 11.4.1993 | Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) |
| 11.4.1993 | Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie |
| 11.4.1996 | Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season |
| 11.4.1996 | """King and I,"" premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 perform" |
| 11.4.1999 | 63rd Golf Masters Championship: |
| 12.4.1065 | Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem |
| 12.4.1111 | "Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor" |
| 12.4.1204 | 4th Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople |
| 12.4.1229 | Queen Blanche of Castilie and earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace |
| 12.4.1385 | John without Fear marries Margaretha of Brabant |
| 12.4.1385 | Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stouts daughter Margaretha (10) |
| 12.4.1545 | French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed |
| 12.4.1583 | William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny |
| 12.4.1606 | England adopts Union Jack as its flag |
| 12.4.1648 | University of Harderwijk Netherlands solemn opens |
| 12.4.1654 | "England, Ireland and Scotland united" |
| 12.4.1709 | 1st edition of Tattler magazine in England |
| 12.4.1713 | Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom |
| 12.4.1770 | Townsend Acts repealed |
| 12.4.1776 | Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina |
| 12.4.1782 | Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French |
| 12.4.1787 | Philadelphia's Free African Society forms |
| 12.4.1811 | "1st U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA" |
| 12.4.1826 | "Weber's opera ""Oberon,"" premieres in London" |
| 12.4.1844 | Texas became a U.S. territory |
| 12.4.1857 | "Gustave Flaubert's ""Madame Bovary"" published" |
| 12.4.1858 | 1st U.S. billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit) |
| 12.4.1859 | Hibernia Savings and Loan Society of San Francisco incorporates |
| 12.4.1861 | "Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War" |
| 12.4.1862 | "James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, Georgia" |
| 12.4.1862 | Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia |
| 12.4.1864 | Battle of Blair's Landing Louisiana |
| 12.4.1864 | "Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee" |
| 12.4.1869 | North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law |
| 12.4.1872 | "Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500)" |
| 12.4.1877 | "British annex Transvaal, in South Africa" |
| 12.4.1877 | Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game |
| 12.4.1883 | French troops under Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal |
| 12.4.1887 | "Henrik Ibsen's ""Rosmersholm,"" premieres in Oslo" |
| 12.4.1892 | George C. Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter |
| 12.4.1893 | Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi |
| 12.4.1894 | British and Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa |
| 12.4.1896 | Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens) |
| 12.4.1898 | Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay to Navy |
| 12.4.1905 | French Dufaux brothers test helicopter |
| 12.4.1905 | Hippodrome arena opens in New York City |
| 12.4.1907 | "Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns" |
| 12.4.1908 | "Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts" |
| 12.4.1909 | Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens |
| 12.4.1911 | 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m) |
| 12.4.1917 | Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St. New York City (Demolished 1982) |
| 12.4.1917 | Domenico Scarlatti and Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome |
| 12.4.1919 | British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages |
| 12.4.1926 | Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms |
| 12.4.1927 | Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai |
| 12.4.1928 | Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |
| 12.4.1930 | 4th Test Cricket WI vs. England ends in a draw after nine days |
| 12.4.1930 | Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days |
| 12.4.1931 | Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager |
| 12.4.1931 | Spanish voters reject the monarchy |
| 12.4.1932 | Emmanuel Chabriers and Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo |
| 12.4.1933 | Moffatt Field commissioned |
| 12.4.1934 | "Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph" |
| 12.4.1935 | "Germany prohibits publishing ""not-Arian"" writers" |
| 12.4.1935 | Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar |
| 12.4.1935 | """Your Hit Parade,"" debuts on radio" |
| 12.4.1938 | 1st U.S. law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses |
| 12.4.1938 | "Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1" |
| 12.4.1940 | Italy annexes Albania |
| 12.4.1940 | NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards |
| 12.4.1941 | Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
| 12.4.1941 | Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler |
| 12.4.1942 | "9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280" |
| 12.4.1942 | Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan |
| 12.4.1943 | "Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa" |
| 12.4.1943 | Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed |
| 12.4.1944 | "Lillian Hellman's ""Searching Wind,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 12.4.1945 | "Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands" |
| 12.4.1945 | Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres |
| 12.4.1945 | "Richard Strauss completes his ""Metamorphosis""" |
| 12.4.1945 | U.S. liberates Buchenwald concentration camp |
| 12.4.1946 | Syria gains independence from France |
| 12.4.1951 | Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day |
| 12.4.1952 | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament |
| 12.4.1952 | Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government |
| 12.4.1953 | "17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274" |
| 12.4.1953 | "Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston" |
| 12.4.1953 | "KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 12.4.1954 | "18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289" |
| 12.4.1954 | "8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3" |
| 12.4.1954 | Belgian Van Houtte government resigns |
| 12.4.1954 | "Bill Haley and Comets records ""Rock Around Clock""" |
| 12.4.1954 | "Joe Turner releases ""Shake, Rattle and Roll""" |
| 12.4.1955 | "1st game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2" |
| 12.4.1955 | Salk polio vaccine safe and effective; 4 billion dimes marched |
| 12.4.1956 | Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon |
| 12.4.1957 | Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record |
| 12.4.1957 | U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test |
| 12.4.1958 | "12th NBA Championship: St. Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2" |
| 12.4.1958 | Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk |
| 12.4.1959 | 13th Tony Awards: J B and Redhead win |
| 12.4.1959 | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open |
| 12.4.1959 | France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria |
| 12.4.1960 | "Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for ""Glass""" |
| 12.4.1960 | "Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts ""Exploding Scoreboard""" |
| 12.4.1961 | "3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4" |
| 12.4.1961 | Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner |
| 12.4.1961 | Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth in Vostok 1 |
| 12.4.1962 | "San Mateo County withdraws from BART district, San Francisco Bay area" |
| 12.4.1963 | "Beatles ""From Me to You"" is released in UK" |
| 12.4.1963 | Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators |
| 12.4.1964 | "28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276" |
| 12.4.1964 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational |
| 12.4.1965 | 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0) |
| 12.4.1966 | 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam |
| 12.4.1966 | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2 |
| 12.4.1966 | Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck |
| 12.4.1969 | "Simon and Garfunkel releases ""Boxer""" |
| 12.4.1970 | Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio |
| 12.4.1973 | France recognizes North Vietnam |
| 12.4.1973 | Sudan adopts constitution |
| 12.4.1973 | Swaziland suspends constitution |
| 12.4.1975 | "Linda Ronstadt releases ""When Will I Be Loved""" |
| 12.4.1976 | "India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare" |
| 12.4.1979 | Soyuz 33 returns to Earth |
| 12.4.1980 | "BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms" |
| 12.4.1980 | "Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)" |
| 12.4.1981 | "45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280" |
| 12.4.1981 | Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic |
| 12.4.1981 | Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation |
| 12.4.1981 | Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia |
| 12.4.1982 | 3 CBS employees shot to death in New York City parking lot |
| 12.4.1983 | Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor |
| 12.4.1983 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 12.4.1985 | 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn |
| 12.4.1985 | U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games |
| 12.4.1986 | "20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines" |
| 12.4.1987 | "51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285" |
| 12.4.1987 | Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55) |
| 12.4.1987 | Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
| 12.4.1987 | Texaco files for bankruptcy |
| 12.4.1988 | Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round |
| 12.4.1988 | Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Baltimore Orioles |
| 12.4.1988 | Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse |
| 12.4.1988 | Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs California |
| 12.4.1989 | 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker |
| 12.4.1989 | Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through |
| 12.4.1990 | "1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss" |
| 12.4.1990 | Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers |
| 12.4.1990 | James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months |
| 12.4.1991 | "2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs" |
| 12.4.1991 | Nepalese Congress party wins general elections |
| 12.4.1991 | U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases |
| 12.4.1992 | "2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61" |
| 12.4.1992 | 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino |
| 12.4.1992 | "56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275" |
| 12.4.1992 | Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz |
| 12.4.1992 | Earthquake rocks Germany |
| 12.4.1992 | Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of U.N. |
| 12.4.1992 | "Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1" |
| 12.4.1992 | New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962 |
| 12.4.1992 | """Streetcar Named Desire"" opens at Ethel Barrymore New York City for 137 performances" |
| 12.4.1992 | Trump Shuttle becomes U.S. Air Shuttle |
| 12.4.1998 | 62nd Golf Masters Championship: |
| 13.4.837 | Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years |
| 13.4.989 | Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas |
| 13.4.1055 | Bishop Gebhard van Eichstatt named Pope Victor II |
| 13.4.1111 | Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II |
| 13.4.1180 | Republic day of Gelnhausen |
| 13.4.1204 | Crusaders occupy Constantinople |
| 13.4.1241 | Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Bela IV |
| 13.4.1346 | "Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy" |
| 13.4.1367 | Battle at Najera Spain: Castilie and England beat Aragon and France |
| 13.4.1517 | Osmaanse army occupies Cairo |
| 13.4.1556 | Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope |
| 13.4.1598 | Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots |
| 13.4.1640 | English Short Parliament forms |
| 13.4.1668 | John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate |
| 13.4.1741 | Dutch people protest bad quality of bread |
| 13.4.1741 | Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich |
| 13.4.1742 | "George Frederic Handel's ""Messiah"" performed for 1st time (Dublin)" |
| 13.4.1759 | French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen |
| 13.4.1796 | 1st elephant arrives in U.S. from India |
| 13.4.1796 | Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians |
| 13.4.1808 | "William Henry Lane (""Juda"") perfects tap dance" |
| 13.4.1829 | English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics |
| 13.4.1834 | "HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia" |
| 13.4.1842 | "Lord Rosse successfully casts 72"" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope" |
| 13.4.1849 | Hungarian Republic proclaimed |
| 13.4.1860 | "1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento, California" |
| 13.4.1861 | "After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft. Sumter surrenders to Confederates" |
| 13.4.1863 | "Battle of Irish Bend, Louisiana (Ft. Bisland)" |
| 13.4.1863 | Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled in New York is 1st orthopedic hospital |
| 13.4.1865 | "Battle of Raleigh, North Carolina" |
| 13.4.1865 | Sherman's march through Georgia begins |
| 13.4.1869 | Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) |
| 13.4.1870 | Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City |
| 13.4.1873 | Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) |
| 13.4.1882 | Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia |
| 13.4.1883 | Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism |
| 13.4.1895 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes ""Adventure of Solitary Cyclist""" |
| 13.4.1902 | "J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyoming" |
| 13.4.1904 | Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army |
| 13.4.1904 | Congress authorizes Lewis and Clark Expo $1 gold coin |
| 13.4.1906 | Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos and Vasco da Gama |
| 13.4.1908 | Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's and Phillies) |
| 13.4.1911 | Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames |
| 13.4.1912 | Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) |
| 13.4.1914 | 1st Federal League Game: Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2 |
| 13.4.1918 | Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital |
| 13.4.1919 | Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India |
| 13.4.1919 | British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) |
| 13.4.1920 | "1st woman U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed" |
| 13.4.1923 | Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships |
| 13.4.1924 | Greek plebiscite for a republic |
| 13.4.1925 | "Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St. New York City" |
| 13.4.1926 | "At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout" |
| 13.4.1926 | Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam |
| 13.4.1927 | "Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games and 2 ties" |
| 13.4.1928 | 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-U.S. (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Kohl) |
| 13.4.1932 | Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms |
| 13.4.1933 | 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale |
| 13.4.1933 | "Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1" |
| 13.4.1934 | 4.7 million U.S. families report receiving welfare payments |
| 13.4.1934 | U.S. Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act |
| 13.4.1936 | Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece |
| 13.4.1938 | "Clifford Goldsmith' ""What a Life,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 13.4.1939 | "W Saroyan's ""My Heart's in the Highlands,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 13.4.1940 | "2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed" |
| 13.4.1940 | Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft |
| 13.4.1940 | "Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2" |
| 13.4.1941 | Heavy German assault on Tobruk |
| 13.4.1941 | Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect |
| 13.4.1943 | Catholic University Nijegen closes |
| 13.4.1943 | Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Jefferson Memorial |
| 13.4.1943 | Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn |
| 13.4.1944 | South Carolina rejects black suffrage |
| 13.4.1944 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games |
| 13.4.1944 | Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany |
| 13.4.1945 | Canadian army liberates Teuge and Assen Netherlands from Nazis |
| 13.4.1945 | Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna) |
| 13.4.1945 | U.S. Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa |
| 13.4.1946 | Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over |
| 13.4.1946 | "Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama" |
| 13.4.1948 | 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus |
| 13.4.1949 | "3rd NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Washington Capitols, 4 games to 2" |
| 13.4.1953 | "1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0" |
| 13.4.1954 | "Baltimore Orioles 1st game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0" |
| 13.4.1954 | Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game |
| 13.4.1954 | Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist |
| 13.4.1955 | "20.33"" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record)" |
| 13.4.1956 | "KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 13.4.1957 | "11th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3" |
| 13.4.1957 | 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win |
| 13.4.1957 | "Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in U.S. is temp halted" |
| 13.4.1957 | """Shinbone Alley"" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 49 performances" |
| 13.4.1958 | 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win |
| 13.4.1959 | USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit |
| 13.4.1959 | Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) |
| 13.4.1959 | Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists |
| 13.4.1960 | France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara |
| 13.4.1960 | "Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit" |
| 13.4.1961 | """Carnival!"" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 719 performances" |
| 13.4.1961 | U.N. General Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid |
| 13.4.1962 | "Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record" |
| 13.4.1962 | U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases |
| 13.4.1963 | Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit |
| 13.4.1963 | Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game |
| 13.4.1964 | "36th Academy Awards - ""Tom Jones,"" Sidney Poitier and Patricia Neal win" |
| 13.4.1964 | Ian D. Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia |
| 13.4.1964 | New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day |
| 13.4.1965 | "1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Sen Jacob Javits" |
| 13.4.1965 | "Beatles record ""Help""" |
| 13.4.1966 | "Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s" |
| 13.4.1969 | "33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281" |
| 13.4.1970 | "34th Golf Masters Championship: Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279" |
| 13.4.1970 | "Apollo 13 announces ""Houston, we've got a problem!"" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon" |
| 13.4.1970 | Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed |
| 13.4.1970 | Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation |
| 13.4.1972 | 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days |
| 13.4.1975 | "39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276" |
| 13.4.1975 | Chad military coup by General Odingar |
| 13.4.1975 | "Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war" |
| 13.4.1975 | Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead |
| 13.4.1976 | "1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash" |
| 13.4.1976 | Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes |
| 13.4.1978 | "Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, and the field is showered" |
| 13.4.1978 | New York Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day |
| 13.4.1979 | Christian Turks occupy St. Jansbasiliek |
| 13.4.1979 | Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours |
| 13.4.1979 | Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda |
| 13.4.1980 | "44th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275" |
| 13.4.1980 | Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic |
| 13.4.1980 | Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation |
| 13.4.1980 | """Grease"" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 3,388 performances" |
| 13.4.1980 | """Reggae"" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 21 performances" |
| 13.4.1980 | U.S. boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow |
| 13.4.1981 | "Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for ""Crimes of the Heart""" |
| 13.4.1981 | Washington Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax) |
| 13.4.1982 | Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2) |
| 13.4.1983 | Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago |
| 13.4.1983 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 13.4.1983 | Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault |
| 13.4.1984 | 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth |
| 13.4.1984 | India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah |
| 13.4.1984 | "Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career" |
| 13.4.1985 | "Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas" |
| 13.4.1985 | Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead |
| 13.4.1985 | Katrin Dorre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30) |
| 13.4.1985 | Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania |
| 13.4.1985 | """TASS"" denounced U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics" |
| 13.4.1986 | "50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279" |
| 13.4.1986 | Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record |
| 13.4.1986 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
| 13.4.1986 | Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue |
| 13.4.1986 | Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second |
| 13.4.1987 | 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason |
| 13.4.1987 | Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999) |
| 13.4.1988 | Italy government of De Mita forms |
| 13.4.1989 | """Welcome to the Club"" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 12 performances" |
| 13.4.1990 | "4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis" |
| 13.4.1990 | Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS |
| 13.4.1990 | "New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1" |
| 13.4.1991 | BPAA U.S. Open by Pete Weber |
| 13.4.1992 | """2 Trains Running"" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 160 performances" |
| 13.4.1992 | 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands |
| 13.4.1992 | American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50% |
| 13.4.1992 | "Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver and Dallas" |
| 13.4.1992 | Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood |
| 13.4.1992 | Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 |
| 13.4.1992 | Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St. John's basketball team |
| 13.4.1992 | Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie |
| 13.4.1993 | 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| 13.4.1993 | """3 Men on a Horse"" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 40 performances" |
| 13.4.1993 | "Tom Stoppard's ""Arcadia,"" premieres in London" |
| 13.4.1994 | "President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death" |
| 13.4.1994 | "United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India" |
| 13.4.1995 | Yankees beat the Mets 2-0 |
| 13.4.1996 | En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 |
| 13.4.1996 | Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs New Jersey Devils from playoff |
| 13.4.1997 | "48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes" |
| 13.4.1997 | 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par) |
| 13.4.1997 | """American Daughter"" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 88 performances" |
| 13.4.1997 | Hartford Whalers last NHL game |
| 13.4.1997 | NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game |
| 13.4.1997 | Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets and Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY |
| 14.4.193 | Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome |
| 14.4.754 | "Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, [III] and Pippin the Korte" |
| 14.4.972 | Notger becomes bishop of Liege |
| 14.4.979 | Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England |
| 14.4.1028 | "German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king" |
| 14.4.1191 | 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III |
| 14.4.1471 | Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick |
| 14.4.1536 | English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries |
| 14.4.1544 | Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss |
| 14.4.1570 | Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits |
| 14.4.1574 | Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau |
| 14.4.1611 | "Word ""telescope"" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)" |
| 14.4.1614 | "Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe" |
| 14.4.1629 | England and France sign Peace of Susa |
| 14.4.1671 | Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin |
| 14.4.1756 | Gov Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians |
| 14.4.1775 | 1st abolitionist society in U.S. organizes in Philadelphia |
| 14.4.1777 | New York adopts new constitution as an independent state |