WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008

Today is Wednesday, April 16, the 107th day of 2008. There are 259 days left in the year.

1724 _ First Easter observed

1789 _ George Washington heads for first presidential inauguration

1939 _ Stalin requests British, French and Russian anti-nazi pact

1940 _ First televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs. Cubs exhibition)

1948 _ Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris France

1956 _ First solar powered radios go on sale

1962 _ Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News

1966 _ Rhodesian P.M. Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain

1972 _ Two giants pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) arrive in the U.S. from China

1993 _ Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17