TUESDAY, April 2, 2024

1863-Bread revolt in Richmond, Va.

1912-Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power

1912-Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China

1917-Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman member of U.S. House of Representatives

1921-Professor Albert Einstein lectures in NYC on his new theory of relativity

1935-Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR

1945-First US units reach east coast of Okinawa

1958-Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens

1960-Cuba buys oil from USSR

1968-Chad creates Union of Central African States

1972-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt

1978-TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)

1978-Velcro was first put on the market

1981-Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon

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

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

1995 -New York Police Department & New York Transit Police merge into one organization

1995-Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50

1995-Wrestlemania XI in Connecticut-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow