Today is Tuesday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2013. 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 & J. Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun
1902 ― First motion picture theater opens (Los Angeles)
1912 ― Sun Yet-sen forms Guomindang Party in China
1917 ― President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1921 ― Professor Albert Einstein lectures in NYC on his new theory of relativity
1966 ― Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes first spacecraft to orbit Moon
1970 ― Two men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, the highest final stage in a wall climb in the world
1996 ― Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals first base in 1,097th career game