 Today in History: April 8th
Historical Events on this Day in History ...
1195 - Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isa„k II as Byzantine emperor
1341 - Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome
1378 - Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI
1455 - Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
1500 - Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza
1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain
1716 - Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece
1730 - 1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, NYC"
1759 - British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
1766 - 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain
1781 - Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379
1783 - Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim
1789 - House of Representives 1st meeting
1801 - Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews
1802 - French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled
1832 - Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro
1838 - Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC)
1848 - 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
1848 - Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro
1861 - US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy
1862 - John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser
1864 - Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
1865 - General Robert E Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in Virginia
1869 - American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC)
1876 - Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan
1879 - Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time
1879 - Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers
1893 - The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink
1898 - Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1904 - Gr Brit and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter
1908 - Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier
1912 - Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200
1913 - Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
1913 - 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
1914 - US and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
1916 - Norway approves active and passive female suffrage
1920 - LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg
1931 - "White Horse Inn" opens in London
1931 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "The Arrow," premieres
1933 - Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror
1935 - Works Progress Administration approved by Congress
1935 - Bart¢ks 5th String quartet premieres in Wash DC
1935 - 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282
1939 - ACV soccer team forms in Axes
1939 - King Zog I of Albania, flees
1940 - Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
1941 - Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1942 - A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in NYC
1943 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
1943 - Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau
1943 - Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma
1945 - Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
1946 - League of Nations assembles for last time
1947 - Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
1948 - Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF
1950 - "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
1952 - Pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike
1953 - Dag Hammarskj”ld chosen as secretary-general of UN
1954 - "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 perfs
1956 - 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289
1956 - 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC
1956 - M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon
1960 - Neth and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties
1961 - British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
1961 - "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 perfs
1962 - Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France
1963 - 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win
1963 - Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000
1964 - Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
1966 - OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched
1966 - Leonid Brezhnev elected secretary-general of communist party
1966 - AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
1968 - WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
1968 - Czechoslovakia Cernik govt forms
1968 - Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of M L King assassination
1968 - 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King
1969 - 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats NY Mets 10-9
1969 - Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games
1970 - Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
1970 - "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances
1971 - 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
1972 - Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
1974 - Discovery Island opens
1974 - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1975 - Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats NY 5-3)
1975 - 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win
1977 - Israel premier Rabin resigns
1979 - People's Republic of China joins IOC
1979 - 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post
1979 - 204th and final episode of "All in the Family"
1979 - "Carmelina" opens at St James Theater NYC for 17 performances
1980 - Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
1981 - Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
1982 - Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1982 - Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title
1984 - 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins
1984 - 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
1985 - "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 perfs
1985 - Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
1985 - India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1986 - Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel California, Make his day
1989 - Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman
1989 - 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn
1990 - Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die
1990 - Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1990 - King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
1990 - 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
1990 - "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV
1990 - "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances
1991 - Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking
1991 - Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas
1991 - Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement
1991 - Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident
1991 - "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 88 performances
1992 - "5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 445 perfs
1992 - After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
1993 - Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit HRs in same inn (vs Yanks)
1993 - STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1994 - Smoking banned in Pentagon and all US military bases
1994 - Japans premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns
1994 - Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic
1994 - Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0
1995 - BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted
1995 - Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1996 - Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
1997 - Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
1997 - STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands
2001 - 65th Golf Masters Championship:
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