Today is Saturday, April 5, the 96th day of 2008. There are 270 days left in the year.
2348 B.C. _ Noah's ark grounded, Mount Ararat (calculated date)
1621 _ Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England
1803 _ First performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D
1894 _ Start of Sherlock Holmes ``Adventure of the Empty House" (BG)
1895 _ Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices
1896 _ First modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens
1954 _ Elvis Presley records his debut single, ``That's All Right"
1955 _ Winston Churchill resigns as British P.M., Anthony Eden succeeds him
1971 _ Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy
1974 _ Then tallest building, World Trade Center, opens in NYC (110 stories)