Today is Monday, April 8, the 98th day of 2013. 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
1946 ― League of Nations assembles for last time
1968 ― 40th Academy Awards postponed to April 10th due to death of Martin Luther King Jr.
1968 ― Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
1979 ― People's Republic of China joins IOC
1986 ― Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, Calif.
1994 ― Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases
1997 ― Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0