SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008

Today is Saturday, April 5, the 96th day of 2008. There are 270 days left in the year.

2348 B.C. _ Noah's ark grounded, Mount Ararat (calculated date)

1621 _ Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England

1803 _ First performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D

1894 _ Start of Sherlock Holmes ``Adventure of the Empty House" (BG)

1895 _ Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices

1896 _ First modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens

1954 _ Elvis Presley records his debut single, ``That's All Right"

1955 _ Winston Churchill resigns as British P.M., Anthony Eden succeeds him

1971 _ Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy

1974 _ Then tallest building, World Trade Center, opens in NYC (110 stories)