Today is Wednesday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2014. There are 273 days left in the year.
1800 ― First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
1845 ― H. L. Fizeau and J. Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun
1912 ― Sun Yet-sen forms Kuomintang 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
1931 ― Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tenn.
1932 ― Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
1980 ― Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season
1992 ― Edith Cresson, France's first female premier, resigns
1996 ― Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals first base in 1,097th career game