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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2011

Today is Monday, April 4, the 94th day of 2011. There are 271 days left in the year. 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 1949 ― North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington, D.C.) 1958 ― First march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) 1960 ― 32nd Academy Awards ― ``Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win 1969 ― Dr. Denton Cooley implants first temporary artificial heart 1972 ― First electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating 1986 ― Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season

Apr 3, 2011

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2011

Today is Saturday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2011. There are 273 days left in the year. 1800 _ First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C 1827 _ Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils 1845 _ H. L. Fizeau and J. Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun 1902 _ First motion picture theater opens (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1908 _ The Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday 1912 _ Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power 1912 _ Sun Yat-sen forms the Nationalist party Kuomintang (KMT) in China 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 1935 _ Sir Watson-Watt patents radar

Apr 1, 2011

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011

Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2011. There are 274 days left in the year. 1578 ― William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation 1748 ― Ruins of Pompeii found 1778 ― Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates ``$” symbol 1793 ― Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 1826 ― Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine 1866 ― U.S. Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in U.S. 1933 ― Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses 1938 ― Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, N.Y. 1952 ― Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow 1974 ― Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic

Mar 31, 2011

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011

Today is Thursday, March 31, the 90th day of 2011. There are 275 days left in the year. 1657 ― English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1796 ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ``Egmont" premieres in Weimar 1868 ― Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China 1889 ― Three hundred-meter-high Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution) 1909 ― Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time 1933 ― German Republic gives power to Hitler 1959 ― Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1980 ― President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry 1988 ― Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for ``Beloved" 1996 ― First Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle, Wash.

Mar 30, 2011

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011

Today is Wednesday, March 30, the 89th day of 2011. There are 276 days left in the year. 239 B.C. ― First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1778 ― Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath 1814 ― Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1842 ― Ether was used as an anesthetic for first time by Dr. Crawford Long (Jefferson, Ga.) 1856 ― Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1858 ― Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L. Lipmann of Philadelphia) 1867 ― U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre-Seward's Folly) 1953 ― Einstein announces revised unified field theory 1982 ― John Pielmeier's ``Agnes of God" premieres in New York City 1992 ― 64th Academy Awards (Silent of the Lambs sweeps with Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins as Best Actor and Jodie Foster as Best Actress)

Mar 29, 2011

TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2011

Today is Tuesday, March 29, the 88th day of 2011. There are 277 days left in the year. 1798 ― Republic of Switzerland forms 1827 ― 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethoven’s burial in Vienna 1886 ― Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Cola (with cocaine) 1936 ― Nazi propaganda claims 99 percent of Germans voted for Nazi candidates 1951 ― ``King & I" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 1246 performances 1961 ― After a four-year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge 1971 ― Chile President Allende nationalizes banks, copper mines 1973 ― Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam, nine years after Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1985 ― Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist 1994 ― Serbs and Croats signed a ceasefire to end the war in Croatia

Mar 28, 2011

MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011

Today is Monday, March 28, the 87th day of 2011. There are 278 days left in the year. 1556 _ Origin of Fasli Era (India) 1794 _ Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) 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 _ Eleven 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) 1990 _ President Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal 1995 _ World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge

Mar 27, 2011

SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2011

Today is Saturday, March 26, the 85th day of 2011. There are 280 days left in the year. 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" 1871 ― Paris Commune founded 1872 ― Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher 1937 ― Spinach growers of Crystal City, Texas, erect statue of Popeye 1970 ― 500th nuclear explosion announced by the U.S. since 1945 1971 ― Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence 1979 ― Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt 1982 ― Ground-breaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Mar 25, 2011

FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011

Today is Friday, March 25, the 84th day of 2011. There are 281 days left in the year. 1 ― Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word 1133 ― William the Conqueror orders first Domesday Survey of England 1669 ― Mt. Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000 1896 ― Modern Olympics begin in Athens, Greece 1944 ― RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute 1960 ― D.H. Lawrence' ``Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York City) 1961 ― Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered 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) 1976 ― Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties

Mar 24, 2011

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011

Today is Thursday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2011. There are 282 days left in the year. 1721 ― Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts 1898 ― First automobile sold 1924 ― Greece becomes a republic 1934 ― U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 1949 ― Walter & John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor and director of ``Treasure of Sierra Madre") 1952 ― Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa 1955 ― Tennessee Williams, ``Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances 1972 ― Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1989 ― Worst U.S. oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 million gallons off Alaska 1997 ― Australian parliament overturns world's first and only euthanasia law

Mar 23, 2011

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