TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2014

Today is Tuesday, April 1, the 91st day of 2014. There are 274 days left in the year.

1578 ― William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation

1748 ― Ruins of Pompeii found

1792 ― Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women’s right to divorce

1793 ― Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000

1826 ― Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine

1935 ― First radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, N.Y.

1938 ― Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, N.Y.

1952 ― Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow

1966 ― China premier Zhou Enlai starts “Cultural revolution”

1979 ― Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah