Today is April 23, the 114th day of 2008. There are 252 days left in the year.
1789 _ President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York
1932 _ Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
1945 _ U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po
1949 _ Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
1956 _ U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses
1965 _ Launch of first Soviet communications satellite
1967 _ Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes first in-flight casualty when its parachute lines became tangled and the parachutes failed to open properly upon return to Earth
1984 _ AIDS-virus identified (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
1993 _ Peter Townshend's musical ``Tommy", premieres in NYC
1995 _ President Bill Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City bombing victims