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1712 Slave revolt (New York NY)
1788 First settlement in Ohio, at Marietta
1888 P.F. Collier publishes a weekly periodical
1896 Tolbert Lanston was issued a patent for monotype.
1902 Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms
1926 Irishwoman breaks Mussolini's nose
1927 First successful long-distance television demonstration
1940 Booker T Washington became the first Black
to appear on US stamp
1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule
1948 World Health Organization established by UN
1949 Rogers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific"
opens at Majestic Theater
1951 "Wheel of Fortune" by Kay Starr
topped the charts
1953 Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden elected 2nd
UN General-Secretary
1954 "Gee" by The Crows became the first
rhythm and blues single to gain attention on pop music charts.
1956 "Rock 'n Roll Dance Party" debuted
on the CBS Radio Network.
1956 "The Poor People of Paris" by Les
Baxter topped the charts
1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field
1959 Radar first bounced off sun, Stanford CA
1959 Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
1962 "Johnny Angel" by Shelley Fabares
topped the charts
1963 Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer
to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.
1966 US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean
floor
1967 KMPX-FM, San Francisco unveiled "Progressive Rock" format
1969 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with first
official save, against Reds
1969 Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators
1970 "Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon
Marigolds," premieres in NYC
1971 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball
is upheld by Supreme Court
1973 "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
by Vicki Lawrence topped the charts
1977 Toronto Blues Jays win first game
1978 Gutenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in NYC
1979 Henri LaMothe dives 28' into 12 3/8"
of water
1979 "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
topped the charts
1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root
of a 100-digit # in 89 seconds
1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years,
discovered in Egypt
1984 "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins topped
the charts
1985 First live telecast of Easter Parade
1990 "Love Will Lead You Back" by Taylor
Dayne topped the charts
1991 George Washington Bridge raises toll from
$3.00 to $4.00
1995 Baseball exhibition season begins late due
to strike
