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TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008

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  • Published Apr 7, 2008 5:27 pm KST
  • Updated Apr 7, 2008 5:27 pm KST

Today is Tuesday, April 8, the 99th day of 2008. There are 267 days left in the year.

1766 _ First fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain

1781 _ Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379

1879 _ Milk is sold in glass bottles for first time

1913 _ Opening of China's first parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)

1916 _ Norway approves active and passive female suffrage

1953 _ Dag Hammarskjold chosen as secretary-general of U.N.

1964 _ Unmanned Gemini 1 launched

1968 _ Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King Jr. assassination

1985 _ India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster performances

1989 _ One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 innings