Birthdates Which Occur on April 1:
1283 Ludwig IV of Baveria Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)
1578 William Harvey England, physician (discovered blood circulation)
1582 Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter
and Thomas Simpson composer
1643 Christian Demelius composer
1697 Abb‚ Pr‚vost French novelist/journalist (Manon Lescaut)
1721 Pieter Hellendaal Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees)
1725 Fran‡ois Bainville composer
1732 Franz Josef Haydn Austria, composer (Die Sch”pfung)
1755 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto)
1772 Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer
1785 J H Ferdinand Olivier German painter
1793 Edouard CorbiŠre French captain/writer (Le negrier)
1802 Hubert Reis composer
1807 Fredrik Cygnaeus Finnish poet/literature critic
1809 Willem Ruys J Dz Dutch ship owner
1815 Otto Von Bismarck Germany, chancellor (1866-90)
1817 Johannes J van Oosterzee Dutch theologist
1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914
1834 Isidore Edouard Legouix composer
1843 Ludwig Enneccerus German jurist
1847 Gavriil Musicescu composer
and Jules-Nicolas Crevaux French explorer (South America)
1852 Edward Austin Abbey US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)
1858 Arnold Aletrino Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)
and Gaetano Mosca Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite)
1864 Marie Jungius Dutch fairy tale writer
1865 Richard Zsigmondy Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925)
1866 Ferruccio B Busoni Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino)
and Johannes C H de Me˜ere Dutch zoologist
1868 Edmond Rostand France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1869 Peter A Egge Norwegian writer (De Droom)
1871 F Melius Christiansen composer
1872 Tadeusz Joteyko composer
1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff Novgorod Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)
1875 Edgar Wallace England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror)
1878 Carl Sternheim German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)
1883 Aleksander V Aleksandrov Russian composer/conductor
and Lon Chaney CO, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera)
1884 Laurette Taylor [Helen LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway)
1885 Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier) British barones
1886 Casimir von Paszthory composer
and Wallace Beery KC MO, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8)
1887 Leonard Bloomfield US linguist
1893 Cicely Courtneidge Sydney Australia, actress (Double Exposure)
1895 Alberta Hunter blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues)
1897 Willem H van de Pol Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)
1898 Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley] NYC, actress (Blood & Sand)
and Pola Gojawiczynska Polish writer (Stolica)
and Roger Bastide French sociologist
19-- Bryan Buffinton actor (Bill-Guding Light)
and Jessica Collins actress (Dinah Lee-Loving)
1901 Boris Koutzen composer
1905 Clara "Mother" Hale US social worker (Hale House)
and Gaston Eyskens PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72)
and Winfried PI Zillig German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica)
1906 Ned Glass Poland, actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie)
and Sigve Lie Norway, yachtsmans (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1907 Walter Kaufmann composer
1908 Abraham H Maslow US psychologist (humanistic psychology)
1909 Abner Biberman Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak)
and Eddie Duchin Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch)
1911 Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys Dutch soccer star/writer
and Ferdinand J Kranenburg Dutch Secretary of Defense (soc dem)
1914 Carla van Neste Belgian violinist
1915 Art Lund Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show)
and Willy Dixon rocker
1917 Johnny Andrews Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight)
and Leon Janney Ogden Ut, actor (Hawk)
1920 Toshiro Mifune Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun)
1921 Douglas Allenbrook composer
and William L Bergsma Oakland California, composer (Fortunate Island)
1922 William Manchester historian (Death of a President)
1923 Bobby Jordan NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild)
1924 Gunther Becker composer
1925 Sala Burton (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1926 Anne [Inez] McCaffrey US, sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums)
and Lyndon Brook actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky)
1927 Amos Milburn rocker
1928 Dimitri Frenkel Frank Dutch writer/director (Hadimassa)
and George Grizzard NC, actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica)
and Herbert Klein newscaster/press secretary
and Jane Powell Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
1929 Milan Kundera Czech poet/writer (The Joke)
1930 Grace Lee Whitney Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek)
and Joan Franks-Williams composer
1931 George Baker Bulgaria, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly)
and Rolf Hochhuth German playwright (Deputy)
1932 Debbie Reynolds El Paso Texas, actress (Singin' in the Rain)
and Gordon Jump Dayton Ohio, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains)
and Jiri Smutny composer
1933 Dan Flavin US speed artist (minimal art)
1934 Don Hastings Bkln NY, actor (Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns)
1935 Hans H Boswinkel actor/director (Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love)
1939 Ali MacGraw Pound Ridge NY, actress (Love Story, Goodbye Columbus)
and Phil Niekro knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves)
and Rudolph Isley Cincinnati Ohio, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout)
1942 Alan Blakley rocker (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
and Danny Brooks rocker (Dovells)
and Phil Margo Bkln, rock vocalist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
and Samuel R[ay] Delany Jr US, sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Neveryona)
1944 Carol White England, actress (Daddy's Gone a Hunting)
1945 Heather Young Bremerton Wash, actress (Betty-Land of Giants)
1946 Arthur Conley US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music)
and John Barbata drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
and Ronnie "Plonk" Lane London, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl)
and William F Fisher Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I)
1947 David Eisenhower grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon
1948 Simon Cowe rocker
and YY Williams Welsh rugby player
1949 Gill Scott-Heron US, writer/poet/singer (Whities on the Moon)
1950 Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
and Leonard van Spirit Dutch/British fruit/food magnate
1952 Annette O'Toole Houston Texas, actress (Cat People, Superman III)
and Billy Currie rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
and Rey Robinson US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-1972)
1953 Barry Sonnenfeld director
1954 Jeff Porcaro LA Calif, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa)
1955 Stan Ridway rocker (Wall Of Voodoo)
1956 Peter O'Toole Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People)
1957 David Gower English cricket player
and Peter Deutsch (Rep-D-Florida)
1958 Anton Innauer Austria, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 Shanna McCullough [Shauna], XXX actress (Chest Fever, Adultery)
1961 Jennifer Runyon actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas)
and Mark White rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart)
1962 Phillip Schofield TV personality^
1965 John "Jumbo" Elliot NFL tackle (NY Giants)
1969 Arnaud Boetsch Meulam France, tennis star (1985 European Junior)
and John Forest soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
and Traci Lin-Tavi NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2)
1971 Daniel Vacek Prague Czech, tennis star
1973 Ferdy Vierklau soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1975 Magdalena Maleeva Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star
1976 Clarence Seedorf soccer player (Ajax)
1962 Sandy Blair famous moderator of ILink's Rock'n'Roll conference.
Deaths Which Occured April 1:
1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine Louis VII & wife of Henry II, dies at about 81
1205 Amalrik II King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
1548 Sigismund I the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
1611 Gillis van Valkenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 72
1734 Louis Lully composer, dies at 69
1799 Narciso Casanovas composer, dies at 52
1807 Louis Fran‡ois Chambray composer, dies at 69
Mikl¢s R‚vai Hungarian linguistic/poet, dies at 57
Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner composer, dies at 61
1814 Jozef de Ferraris French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87
1830 Carl Borromaus Neuner composer, dies at 51
1832 Robert the Hermit US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies
1866 Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer, dies at 98
Johannes C H de Me˜ere Dutch zoologist
1869 Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard Minister of Reformed Worship, dies
1870 Patrick Gass sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
1878 Eugene Gautier composer, dies at 56
1901 Fran‡ois M Raoult French physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies
1910 Andreas Aschenbach German painter/engraver, dies at 94
1915 Johann Joseph Abert composer, dies at 82
1916 Gabrielle Petit executed
Sjoerd van de Schaaf Fries journalist/writer (Abbingawƒld)
1917 Scott Joplin ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48
1918 Karl Fritjof Valentin composer, dies at 64
1922 Charles I emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
1925 Francis William Davenport composer, dies at 77
1930 Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies
Zawditu 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
1933 Frederick Lord Chelmsford viceroy of British-Indies (1916-21), dies
1936 Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky composer, dies at 62
1941 Hippolyte Delehaye Flemish historian, dies
1946 Noah Beery actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 64
1947 George II king of Greece, dies at 56
1950 Charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
1951 Clement D'Hooghe composer, dies at 51
1952 Ferenc Moln…r Hungarian playwright (Farkas, Tester)
1955 Silvio d'Amico Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68
1957 Gheorge Tatarescu premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies
1960 Piet[er O] Bakker Dutch journalist (Telegraph, Free People), dies
1964 Bozidar Kunc composer, dies at 60
1965 Henry DG Crerar Canadian general (WW I/Normandy/Neth), dies at 76
Henry DG Crerar Canada general (WW I, Normandy), dies
1966 Karl B Adam German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
1968 Lev D Landau Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies
1969 Helena Rubinstein US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89
1974 Alfred Ernest Whitehead composer, dies at 86
1975 Eugeen Yoors Flemish cartoonist, dies at 95
1976 Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63
Max Earnest German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
Miroslav Ponc composer, dies at 73
S Constantine Timoshenko Russian marshal, dies at 75
1979 Marinus Peijnenburg politician, dies at 51
1981 D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65
1984 Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44
1988 Jim Jordan actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91
Marius W Holtrop economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85
1989 Henk Gortzak Dutch 2nd chamber member (CPN/PSP), dies
1991 Martha Graham US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
Richard Thorpe director (MGM), dies at 95
1992 Juanito soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
1993 Alan Kulwicki stock car driver, dies at 38
Ihsan Mohamed Salem [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
Wayne Mack sportscaster/actor dies of cancer at 68
1994 Robert Doisneau French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
1996 John McSheery dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51
Holidays Which Occur April 1:
Burma Bank Holiday
Iran Islamic Republic Day (1979)
San Marino National Day
0402 Sri Lanka Sinhal/Tamil New Year
Religious Observances on April 1:
Christian Commemoration of St Lasarus, patron of girls
RC Hugo, bishop of Grenoble/monk
RC Theodora, Roman martyr
RC Walaricus, hermit in Picardi‰/patron of skippers
1872 Ang Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, priest
Things to Remember for April 1:
Flower-Sweet Pea & Daisy Gem-Diamond
America's Heartland Development Month-Cancer Control Month
International Guitar Month-Pets are Wonderful Month
National Cable Month (1987)-Keep America Beautiful-Math Month
National Frozen Food-Weight Loss-Humor-Child Abuse-Month
April Fool's Day/Intolerance Day
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Aprilis
[SF] St Stupid's Day (tradition since 1980)
[US] Taxes in 2 weeks!
[Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,] Fiscal Year begins
[Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burma, Canada,] Fiscal Year begins
[Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Equatorial Guinea,] Fiscal Year begins
[Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Gaza Strip,] Fiscal Year begins
[Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Isle of Man, Israel,] Fiscal Year begins
[Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Lesotho, Malawi, Malta,] Fiscal Year begins
[Montserrat, Namibia, Niue, Pitcairn Islands,] Fiscal Year begins
[Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, St Helena,] Fiscal Year begins
[St Lucia, Swaziland, Tokelau, United Kingdom,] Fiscal Year begins
[West Bank of Israel] Fiscal Year begins
18 Days Astrological sign: Aires
Highlights in History Which Occur April 1:
527 Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium
705 Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI
---- Dr Charles Richard Drew, scientist, discovers blood plasma
1064 Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik
1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control
1572 Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle
1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation
1581 Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II
1663 Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty)
1724 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
and Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
1748 Ruins of Pompeii found
1776 Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang," premieres in Leipzig
1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
1789 House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
1792 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce
1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
1803 French law rules the use of intention
1836 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands
1850 SF County Govt established
1853 Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary
1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA
1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
1865 -9] Battle at Blakely Alabama
and Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army
1866 US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US
1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
and International Exhibition opens in Paris
and Singapore, Penang & Malakka become British crown colonies
1868 Hampton Institute opens
1872 1st edition of The Standard
1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die
and Mehmed Kemals play "Vatan" premeres in Constantinople
1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)
1881 Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem
and Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens
1888 Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam
1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
1891 London-Paris telephone connection opens
and Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti
1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #331 Etheridgea
1899 NC Mutual opens doors for business
1900 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People"
1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya
1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
1914 UVS Soccer team forms in Lead
1916 1st US national women's swiming championships held
1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
1920 Church disforms in Wales
and Ottawa Senators beat Seat Metropolitans 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa
1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
and Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted
and Imperial Airways forms in Britain
1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio
and Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]
1926 Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren
1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
1928 Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse
1929 Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls
and Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens
and Morehouse College, Spellman College & Atlanta University affiliate
1931 Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
and Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball
1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
and Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
1934 Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers
1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
and L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta
1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India
1937 Aden becomes British crown colony
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia & #3417 Tamblyn
and M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera
1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY
and Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in NYC
1939 US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war
Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain
1941 Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in NYC
and Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)
and Nazi's forbid Jews access to caf‚s
and Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq
1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor
and M‚xico changes from 3 time zones to 2
1944 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
and Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
1945 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes
and Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen
and Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
and Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg
and US forces invade Okinawa during WW II
1946 400,000 US mine workers strike
and Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii
and Van Acker forms Belgian govt (without CVP)
and Weight Watchers forms
1947 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
and KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
and 1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC
and Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed
and US Air Force Academy forms
and WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
and EOKA-bomb attacks against British govt buildings in Cyprus
and Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter
and WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast
1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
and Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380
1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising
and WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting
and World's biggest glass oven used
1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
and Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara)
and France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
and Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
and RCA TIROS (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
and U Nu elected premier of Burma
1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
1963 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike
and Soap operas "General Hospital" & "Doctors" premier on TV
1964 10øF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April
and John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
and Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in NYC
1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
and Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from
civilian to military control
1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal)
and China premier Tsjoe en-lai start "Cultural revolution"
1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp
1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
and John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
and L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara & 1976 Kaverin
and Pres Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71
1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
and United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
and Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold
and John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called
Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
and Pioneer Hall opens
and Yourdon, Inc forms
1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees to Red Khmer
1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2206 Gabrova, #2312 Duboshin,
#2361 Gogol, #2606 Odessa, #2722 Abalakin, #2734 Hasek,
and #2769 Mendeleev, #2849 Shklovskij, #2922 Dikan'ka, #3246 & #3723
1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
and NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
and France performs nuclear test
and Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante
CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that
and Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
1982 Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
and US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panam
1983 NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons
1984 8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles
1985 Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball title
1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
and World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
1989 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
and A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
1990 "Ha!" commedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
and CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
and Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
and It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers
and Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
and Wrestlemania VI-Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship
1991 Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 for NCAA championship
and Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets
and Iran releases british hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
and US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
and Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)
and Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned
and NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games
and Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman
1993 Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III," premieres in London
1994 Asteroid #511 Davida (í 337 km) eclipses star GSC 62662121
and Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated
1995 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee
and NY Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
1873 Steamer 'Atlantic' sank off Nova Scotia drowning 481.
1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in the Aleutian Trench strike
Hilo, Hawaii at 07:00 A.M. with waves over 50 feet high.
Your Special Reminders for April 1:
1917 83øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1923 12øF lowest temperature for April in NYC
and 91st day of year with 274 days left (Numerology = 5)
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