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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011

Today is Thursday, April 28, the 118th day of 2011. There are 247 days left in the year. 1686 ― First volume of Isaac Newton's ``Principia" published 1770 ― Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia 1914 ― W.H. Carrier patents air conditioner 1932 ― Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced 1964 ― Japan joins OECO 1967 ― Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title 1969 ― Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France 1969 ― King Crimson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts 1975 ― Last Americans evacuated from Saigon 1995 ― Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die

Apr 27, 2011

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011

Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 117th day of 2011. There are 248 days left in the year. 4977 B.C. ― Johannes Kepler's date for creation of universe 1565 ― First Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms 1861 ― President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus 1870 ― Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi 1940 ― Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1945 ― Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner 1956 ― Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing 1960 ― South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns 1983 ― Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson 1989 ― Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China

Apr 26, 2011

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011

Today is Tuesday, April 26, the 116th day of 2010. There are 249 days left in the year. 1478 ― Easter is celebrated for the first time 1514 ― Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn 1564 ― William Shakespeare baptized 1721 ― Smallpox vaccination first administrated 1755 ― First Russian university opens (Moscow) 1835 ― Frederic Chopins ``Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris 1913 ― Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China 1986 ― Worst nuclear disaster, fourth reactor at Chernobyl, USSR, explodes, 31 die 1991 ― Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics 1994 ― Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed

Apr 25, 2011

MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011

Today is Monday, April 25, the 115th day of 2011. There are 250 days left in the year. 1507 ― Geographer Martin Waldseemuller first used name America 1719 ― Daniel Defoes publishes ``Robinson Crusoe" 1792 ― Guillotine first used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier 1867 ― Tokyo is opened for foreign trade 1926 ― Giacomo Puccini's opera ``Turandot," premieres in Milan 1928 ― Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes first guide dog for the blind 1957 ― First experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated 1976 ― Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1979 ― Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect 1990 ― Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery

Apr 24, 2011

SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2011

Today is Saturday, April 23, the 113th day of 2011. There are 252 days left in the year. 1348 ― First English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter) 1867 ― Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel 1900 ― First known occurrence of word ``hillbillie" (New York Journal) 1932 ― Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon 1950 ― Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island 1956 ― U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1965 ― Launch of first Soviet communications satellite 1969 ― Over 1,000 square miles flooded in Shandong Province, China 1969 ― Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy 1995 ― President Bill Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City bombing victims

Apr 22, 2011

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011

Today is Friday, April 22, the 112th day of 2011. There are 253 days left in the year. 687 B.C. ― Chinese record a meteor shower in Lyra 1056 ― Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye 1500 ― Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal 1526 ― First slave revolt occurs in South Carolina 1659 ― Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 1876 ― Tchaikovsky completes his ``Swan Lake" ballet 1915 ― First military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI 1944 ― Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg 1969 ― First human eye transplant performed 1989 ― Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)

Apr 21, 2011

THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2011

Today is Thursday, April 21, the 111th day of 2011. There are 254 days left in the year. 753 B.C. ― Traditional date of the foundation of Rome 1785 ― Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges 1828 ― Noah Webster publishes first American dictionary 1865 ― Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington 1904 ― Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1948 ― First Polaroid camera is sold in U.S. 1956 ― Elvis Presley's first hit record, ``Heartbreak Hotel", becomes No. 1 1963 ― Beatles meet Rolling Stones for first time 1995 ― FBI arrests Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing 1996 ― Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)

Apr 20, 2011

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011

Today is Wednesday, April 20, the 110th day of 2011. There are 255 days left in the world. 1653 ― Cromwell routes English parliament to house 1770 ― Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales 1841 ― First detective story (Poe's ``Murders in the Rue Morgue") published 1902 ― Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium 1904 ― George Bernard Shaw's ``Candida," premieres in London 1917 ― Pravda (Lenin names Russia ``Free land of world") 1920 ― Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate 1965 ― People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1992 ― All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium London 1999 ― Deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo., 13 killed, 23 wounded

Apr 19, 2011

TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011

Today is Tuesday, April 19, the 109th day of 2011. There are 256 days left in the year. 607 ― Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth 1529 ― Second Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism 1770 ― Captain James Cook first sees Australia 1919 ― Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes first parachute jump and free fall 1932 ― President Herbert Hoover suggests five-day workweek 1933 ― FDR announces U.S. will leave the gold standard 1951 ― General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career 1967 ― Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't) 1982 ― Sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut 1984 ― Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs, first appears in print (Nature magazine)

Apr 18, 2011

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011

Today is Monday, April 18, the 108th day of 2011. There are 257 days left in the year. 1521 ― Parliament of Worms Cardinal Alexander questions Martin Luther 1834 ― Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia 1902 ― Denmark is first country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals 1909 ― Joan of Arc declared a saint 1924 ― First crossword puzzle book published (Simon & Schuster) 1946 ― League of Nations dissolves (three months after the U.N. starts) 1948 ― International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1954 ― Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes P.M. of Egypt 1955 ― First Bandung Conference ― Afro-Asian conference opens 1994 ― Former President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke and dies four days later

Apr 17, 2011

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