Today is Thursday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2009. There are 273 days left in the year.
1800 _ First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
1827 _ Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
1845 _ H. L. Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun
1872 _ George B. Brayton patents gasoline powered engine
1912 _ Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang Party in China
1917 _ President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1954 _ Plans to build Disneyland first announced
1958 _ National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
1970 _ Two men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, the highest final stage in a wall climb in the world
1982 _ Several thousand Argentine troops seize disputed Falkland (Malvinas) Islands