Today is April 2, the 93rd day of 2008. There are 273 days left in the year.
1800 _ First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's first Symphony in C
1827 _ Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
1902 _ First motion picture theater opens (Los Angeles CA)
1905 _ Cairo-Capetown railway opens
1912 _ Sun Yet Sen forms Kuomintang Party in China
1917 _ President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1945 _ First U.S. units reach east coast of Okinawa
1979 _ Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo and meets Egyptian President Sadat
1992 _ Edith Cresson, France's first female premier, resigns
1995 _ Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50