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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008

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  • Published Apr 1, 2008 5:24 pm KST
  • Updated Apr 1, 2008 5:24 pm KST

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