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MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015

Today is Monday, April 6, the 96th day of 2015. There are 269 days left in the year. 648 B.C. ― Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks  610 ― Lailat-ul Qadar, the night the Koran descended to Earth  1869 ― First plastic, Celluloid, patented  1889 ― George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for first time  1896 ― First modern Olympic Games begin in Athens Greece; American, James Connolly, wins first Olympic gold medal in modern history  1917 ― U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I  1945 ― Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa  1958 ―  Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters  1974 ― 200,000 attend rock concert “California Jam”  1980 ― “Post It” notes are introduced  1986 ― Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours 

Apr 5, 2015

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2015

Today is Saturday, April 4, the 94th day of 2015. There are 271 days left in the year.1541 ― Ignatius of Loyola becomes first superior-general of the Jesuits 1581 ― Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world and is knighted  1912 ― Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet  1932 ― Vitamin C first isolated, C. C. King, University of Pittsburgh  1944 ― De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists  1947 ― U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization established  1949 ― North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington, D.C.)  1958 ― Eugene Ionesco’s “Tueur sans Gages” premieres in Darmstadt  1960 ― 32nd Academy Awards; “Ben-Hur,” Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win  1986 ― Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season  1989 ― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s last NBA game in Seattle 

Apr 3, 2015

FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015

Today is Friday. April 3, the 93rd day of 2015. There are 272 days left in the year. 1657 ― English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown  1868 ― A Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50-feet tidal wave  1910 ― Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt. McKinley climbed  1922 ― Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party  1948 ― Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5 billion aid to 16 European countries)  1949 ― North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada1958 ― Fidel Castro's rebels attack Havana  1964 ― Beatles hold the top six spots on the Sydney Australia record charts1978 ― European market and China signs trade agreement 1982 ― U.N. Security Council demands Argentina's withdrawal from Falkland Islands  1986 ― U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000 

Apr 2, 2015

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015

Today is Thursday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2015. There are 273 days left in the year.1800 ― First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C  1902 ― First motion picture theater opens (Los Angeles, Calif.)  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  1977 ― Fleetwood Mac's “Rumors", album goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 31 weeks  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 

Apr 1, 2015

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015

Today is Wednesday, April 1, the 91st day of 2015. There are 274 days left in the year. 1578 ― William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation 1748 ― Ruins of Pompeii found 1793 ― Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 1889 ― First dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago) 1938 ― Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, N.Y. 1945 ― U.S. forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WWII 1952 ― Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow 1963 ― NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114-day strike 1966 ― China premier Zhou Enlai starts "Cultural revolution" 1974 ― Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran 1992 ― World's seven wealthiest nations agree on $24-billion aid for former USSR

Mar 31, 2015

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015

Today is Tuesday, March 31, the 90th day of 2015. There are 275 days left in the year.1657 ― English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1841 ― First performance of Robert Schumann's First Symphony in B  1889 ― 300-meter Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution)  1921 ― Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity  1933 ― German Republic gives power to Hitler  1945 ― Tennessee Williams' ``Glass Menagerie" premieres in New York City  1959 ― Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India  1965 ― U.S. ordered the first combat troops to Vietnam  1967 ― Jimi Hendrix begins his tradition of burning his guitar  1980 ― President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry  1991 ― Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves 

Mar 30, 2015

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015

Today is Saturday, March 28, the 87th day of 2015. There are 278 days left in the year.1794 ― Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) 1859 ― First performance of John Brahms’ first Serenade for orchestra  1866 ― First ambulance goes into service  1885 ― U.S. Salvation Army officially organized  1922 ― First microfilm device introduced  1930 ― Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara  1959 ― 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama  1979 ― Major nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, Middletown, Pa. (no deaths)1993 ― Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)   1994 ― Italy’s right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election  1995 ― World’s largest bank-Japan’s Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge 

Mar 27, 2015

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015

Today is Friday, March 27, the 86th day of 2015. There are 279 days left in the year.1625 ― Charles I, king of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends to throne 1790 ― The shoelace invented  1914 ― First successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)  1931 ― Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor  1933 ― Japan leaves League of Nations  1933 ― Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett  1945 ― Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese and 6,000 .U.S killed  1958 ― Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and first secretary of Communist Party  1966 ― Anti Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia  1988 ― Ku Ok-hee wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament  1995 ― 67th Academy Awards: "Forest Gump", Tom Hanks and Jessica Lange win

Mar 26, 2015

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015

Today is Thursday, March 26, the 85th day of 2015. There are 280 days left in the year.1668 ― England takes control of Bombay, India 1780 ― First British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor)  1812 ― Earthquake destroys 90 percent of Caracas; about 20,000 die  1824 ― First performance of Beethoven's ``Missa Solemnis"  1845 ― Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band aid  1871 ― Paris Commune founded  1872 ― Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher  1885 ― Eastman Film Co manufactures first commercial motion picture film  1913 ― Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the first Balkan War  1973 ― Susan Shaw is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange  1979 ― Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt  

Mar 25, 2015

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015

Today is Wednesday, March 25, the 84th day of 2015. There are 281 days left in the year.1 ― Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the World 31 ― First Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus  1133 ― William the Conqueror orders first Doomsday Survey of England  1669 ― Mt. Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000  1807 ― British Parliament abolishes slave trade  1821 ― Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)  1896 ― Modern Olympics begin in Athens, Greece  1916 ― Women are allowed to attend a boxing match  1958 ― Sugar Ray Robinson is first boxing champion to win five times  1967 ― Who and Cream make U.S. debut at Murray the K’s Easter Show  1970 ― Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)  1995 ― Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving three years  

Mar 24, 2015

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