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Powered by Azrael Creatives Powered by Azrael Creatives HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 8TH APRIL 2020

__April 8, 2020

1149 – Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of

Tusculum

1904 – British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law 1953 – Jomo Kenyatta convicted of involvement with the Mau Mau rebellion and sentenced to 7 years jail in Kenya 1966 – AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner 1967 – 121st Grand National: John Buckingham aboard rank 100/1 outsider Foinavon avoids famous carnage to win by 15 lengths from

favourite Honey End

1974 – Discovery Island opens at Walt Disney World, Florida 1980 – Islander Potvin’s 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period 1994 – Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0 2003 – 22nd NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 73-68; UConn guard Diana Taurasi is named Most

Outstanding Player

2019 – 600 million birds die each year in the US after striking tall buildings with Chicago the worst city, according to Cornell Lab of

Ornithology

HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 7TH APRIL 2020

__April 7, 2020

1625 – Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander 1890 – Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal, Japan 1906 – The world’s 1st animated cartoon “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” by J. Stuart Blackton is released 1943 – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference

in Salzburg

1946 – 10th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: American Herman Keiser wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of tour money-leader Ben Hogan; first Masters in 4 years because of World War

II

1977 – German Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. 1991 – Compton Gamma Ray Observatory orbits Earth 1996 – Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore 2012 – Joyce Banda becomes President of Malawi 2017 – US President Donald Trump orders missile strike on Syrian airfield after chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 6TH APRIL 2020

__April 6, 2020

1886 – City of Vancouver BC incorporated 1909 – North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew

Henson

1912 – Electric starter 1st appeared in cars 1936 – 3rd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Horton Smith wins his second Masters, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen 3rd 1941 – Italian forces holding Addis Ababa surrender to British and

Ethiopian forces

1952 – 16th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Sam Snead wins his second green jacket by 4 strokes over Jack Burke Jr 1982 – Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279 1986 – Nabisco Dinah Shore Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Pat Bradley wins the 4th of her 6 major titles, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Val Skinner 1994 – Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself 1994 – Rwandan Genocide begins with the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira with their plane being shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations. Those responsible have never been identified. HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 5TH APRIL 2020

__April 5, 2020

456 – Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop 1764 – British Parliament passes the Sugar Tax on the American colonies, introduced by Prime Minister George Grenville 1901 – Under threats from the Ottoman Turkish Government, Bulgaria is forced to arrest the leaders of the Macedonian Committee 1952 – 106th Grand National: Jockey Arthur Thompson and trainer Neville Crump combine for their second GN with Teal winning at odds of

100/7

1962 – Herb Gardner’s “Thousand Clowns” premieres in NYC 1975 – Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return

safely

1992 – Serbian troops begin besieging Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, which would become the longest siege in modern warfare 1992 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Lee Trevino win his second Champions Tour major by 1 stroke from Jack

Nicklaus

2005 – 24th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Baylor beats Michigan State, 84-62; Bears’ small forward Sophia Young is named Most Outstanding Player 2063 – Earth’s 1st contact with the extra-terrestrial Vulcan species in the Star Trek universe HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 4TH APRIL 2020

__April 4, 2020

1866 – Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of St. Petersburg 1900 – Assassination attempt on Prince of Wales, later British King Edward VII when shot by Jean-Baptiste Sipido in protest over Boer war 1917 – US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI 1938 – 5th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Henry Picard wins his only Masters, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and

Ralph Guldahl

1958 – The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time

in London

1970 – Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson 1990 – Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal

custody

1994 – Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706 2007 – 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President. 2012 – Boris Tadić, President of Serbia, resigns HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 3RD APRIL 2020

__April 3, 2020

1721 – Robert Walpole becomes Britain’s 1st Lord of the Treasury – effective Prime Minister, although that term was never officially used (indeed, it was considered an insult) until much later 1913 – British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years

in jail

1926 – Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard 1949 – KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS 1955 – Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC

Athletics)

1962 – American jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092

races)

1966 – Soviet Luna 10 completes its first orbit of the Moon 1978 – Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington,

D.C.

1982 – 136th Grand National: 48 year old Dick Saunders wins aboard 7/1 favourite Grittar; oldest jockey to win the event 2012 – US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 2ND APRIL 2020

__April 2, 2020

1864 – Skirmish at Spoonville, Antoine, Arkansas 1865 – Battle of Selma, Alabmaa, Union forces break Confederates defenses to secure the town 1908 – Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York; known as ‘the Doubleday myth’ 1932 – Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for his

kidnapped son

1942 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Dorothy Kirby retains title by 5 strokes ahead of Eileen Stulb 1995 – WrestleMania XI, Hartford Civic Centre, CT: NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow 1995 – Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 1996 – Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves, 105-103 at General Motors Place Arena to end their NBA single-season record 23-game consecutive loss streak 2012 – 74th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky defeats Kansas, 67-59; Wildcats guard Doron Lamb, 22 points 2018 – 80th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Villanova defeats Michigan, 79–62; Wildcats guard Donte DiVincenzo 31 points HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 1ST APRIL 2020

__April 1, 2020

1778 – New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the “$”

symbol

1873 – British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia,

547 die

1927 – 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master’s

Voice

1934 – Bonnie and Clyde kill 2 police officers 1936 – Charles “Lucky” Luciano” is arrested in Arkansas on a criminal warrant from New York 1942 – Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor 1948 – Fast bowler Hines Johnson has match figures of 10-96 on debut in West Indies 4th cricket Test win v England in Kingston, Jamaica; first fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a single Test for West Indies 1955 – EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in

Cyprus

1957 – Trial begins in Budapest against participants october

uprising

1990 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Jack Nicklaus wins his first start on the Senior PGA Tour by 4 strokes

from Gary Player

HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 31ST MARCH 2020

__March 31, 2020

1504 – France and Spain sign truce 1667 – France and England sign anti-Dutch military accord 1905 – 67th Grand National: Frank Mason victorious aboard Kirkland; first Welsh-trained horse to win the event 1923 – French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13

die

1969 – George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined £250 each for

illegal drugs

1980 – President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry 1985 – WrestleMania I, Madison Square Garden, NYC: Hulk Hogan and Mr T beat Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorf 1985 – 4th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia, 70-65; Monarchs’ Tracy Claxton, MOP 1986 – 48th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke, 72-69; first tournament to use a shot clock (initially set at 45

seconds)

2001 – German brothers Michael and Ralf Schumacher become first siblings to share front row of the grid in a Formula 1 World Championship event; qualify 1st and 2nd respectively for Brazilian GP

in São Paulo

HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR 30TH MARCH 2020

__March 30, 2020

1909 – New York’s Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and

Queens

1942 – 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau 1954 – Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston 1963 – France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1981 – US President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley, three others are also wounded 1983 – New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) begins trading in crude

oil future

1991 – 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium

(Yanks-Orioles)

2003 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Davis Love III shoots a final round 64 to win his 2nd Players title, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Jay Haas and Pádraig Harrington 2008 – WrestleMania XXIV, Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL: Kane defeats Chavo Guerrero; Randy Orton beats Triple H and John Cena in a title Triple Threat match; The Undertaker downs Edge 2017 – Ex-South Korean president Park Geun-hye arrested in corruption investigation

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