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