Today is Tuesday, April 1, the 91st day of 2014. There are 274 days left in the year.
1578 ― William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation
1748 ― Ruins of Pompeii found
1792 ― Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women’s right to divorce
1793 ― Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
1826 ― Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine
1935 ― First radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, N.Y.
1938 ― Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1952 ― Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow
1966 ― China premier Zhou Enlai starts “Cultural revolution”
1979 ― Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah