FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2010

Today is Friday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2010. There are 273 days left in the year.

1800 _ First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C

1902 _ First motion picture theater opens (Los Angeles, Calif.)

1905 _ Cairo-Capetown railway opens

1917 _ President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany

1932 _ Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son

1958 _ National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA

1970 _ Two men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, the highest final stage in a wall climb in the world

1973 _ CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day

1982 _ Several thousand Argentine troops seize disputed Falkland (Malvinas) Islands

1992 _ Edith Cresson, France's first female premier, resigns