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   04/01/1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice   
   04/01/1928 Chaing Kai-sheks army crosses Yang-tse   
   04/01/1929 Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls   
   04/01/1929 Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens   
   04/01/1929 Morehouse College, Spelman College & Atlanta University affiliate   
   04/01/1931 Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000   
   04/01/1931 Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball   
   04/01/1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany   
   04/01/1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses   
      
   04/01/1934 Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers   
   04/01/1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY   
   04/01/1935 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta   
   04/01/1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India   
   04/01/1937 Aden becomes British crown colony   
   04/01/1937 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia & #3417 Tamblyn   
   04/01/1937 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera   
   04/01/1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY   
   04/01/1938 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in NYC   
   04/01/1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)   
   04/01/1941 Nazi's forbid Jewish access to caf‚s   
   04/01/1942 M‚xico changes from 3 time zones to 2   
   04/01/1944 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed   
   04/01/1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India   
   04/01/1945 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes   
   04/01/1945 Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen   
   04/01/1945 Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army   
   04/01/1945 US forces invade Okinawa during WW II   
   04/01/1946 400,000 US mine workers strike   
   04/01/1946 Belgian govt of Acker forms (without CVP)   
   04/01/1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii   
   04/01/1946 Underseas earthquake at Aleoeten, flooding in Hawaii, kills 179   
   04/01/1946 Van Acker forms Belgian govt (without CVP)   
   04/01/1946 Weight Watchers forms   
   04/01/1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow   
      
   04/01/1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea   
   04/01/1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting   
   04/01/1954 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens   
   04/01/1954 1st army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC   
   04/01/1954 Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed   
   04/01/1954 US Air Force Academy established   
   04/01/1954 WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting   
   04/01/1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam   
      
   04/01/1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British govt buildings in Cyprus   
   04/01/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter   
   04/01/1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast   
   04/01/1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting   
   04/01/1956 Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380   
   04/01/1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising   
   04/01/1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting   
   04/01/1957 World's biggest glass oven used   
   04/01/1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting   
   04/01/1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank   
   04/01/1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara)   
   04/01/1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee   
   04/01/1960 RCA (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched   
   04/01/1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma   
   04/01/1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye   
   04/01/1963 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike   
   04/01/1963 Soap operas 'General Hospital' & 'Doctors' premier on TV   
   04/01/1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years   
   04/01/1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 year   
      
   04/01/1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal)   
   04/01/1966 China premier Tsjoe en-lai start 'Cultural revolution'   
   04/01/1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadca   
      
   04/01/1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers   
   04/01/1970 John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations   
   04/01/1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara & 1976 Kaver   
      
   04/01/1970 Pres Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71   
   04/01/1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere   
   04/01/1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership   
   04/01/1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico   
   04/01/1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike   
   04/01/1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold   
   04/01/1974 Pioneer Hall opens   
   04/01/1974 Yourdon, Inc forms   
   04/01/1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees to Red Khmer   
   04/01/1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails   
   04/01/1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason game   
      
   04/01/1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah   
   04/01/1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz   
   04/01/1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist   
   04/01/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante   
   04/01/1982 Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution   
   04/01/1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panam    
   04/01/1983 NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons   
   04/01/1984 8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles   
   04/01/1985 Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball title   
   04/01/1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea   
   04/01/1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel   
   04/01/1989 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3   
   04/01/1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseba   
      
   04/01/1990 'Ha!' commedy Channel on cable tv begins transmitting   
   04/01/1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger   
   04/01/1990 Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singger for Lame Flames   
      
   04/01/1990 It becomes illeagal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers   
   04/01/1990 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour   
   04/01/1990 Wrestlemania VI-Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship   
   04/01/1991 Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 for NCAA championship   
   04/01/1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets   
   04/01/1991 Iran releases british hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years   
   04/01/1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour   
   04/01/1991 Warsaw Pact officially disolves   
   04/01/1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)   
   04/01/1992 Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned   
      
   04/01/1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games   
   04/01/1992 Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman   
   04/01/1994 Asteroid #511 Davida (í 337 km) eclipses star GSC 62662121   
      
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