Today in History for April 1997

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 75 of 75

1st - 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
1st - Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
2nd - "Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater NYC
3rd - "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance
3rd - Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
4th - Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
4th - Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
4th - DMSP Titan 2 launched
4th - STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
5th - Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
6th - "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
6th - 9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins
6th - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge
6th - Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
6th - Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
6th - Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic
7th - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Myers FL on WRXK 96.1 FM
8th - Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
8th - STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands
9th - Cleve Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
9th - Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
9th - NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl"
13th - "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
13th - 48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
Golfer Tiger Woods 13th - 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par)
13th - Hartford Whalers last NHL game
13th - NHL Pitts Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
13th - Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets & Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY
15th - America On Line, begins service in Japan
15th - Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
15th - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM
15th - Fire sweeps through a campsite of Muslims making the Hajj pilgrimage; the official death toll is 343.
16th - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM
17th - John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
17th - NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
19th - Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
19th - SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
20th - "Gin Game," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances
20th - "Present Laughter," closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
20th - 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
20th - 27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682
20th - 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
20th - Cubs beat NY Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games
20th - Karrie Webb wins LPGA Susan G Komen International
20th - Myrtle Beach LPGA Classic
20th - Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic
20th - PGA Seniors Championship
20th - Mark McGwire, is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, & Cecil Fielder)
21st - 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
21st - 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
21st - Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
22nd - Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria - 93 villagers killed.
22nd - The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
23rd - "Titanic," opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
23rd - 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines & Brooks & Dunn
23rd - Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
24th - "Steel Peer," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 76 performances
25th - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR
26th - "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater NYC
27th - "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances
27th - "Stanley," closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
27th - Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks
27th - Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn
27th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
28th - "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
29th - "Candide," opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances
29th - KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
29th - The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.
30th - "London Assurance," opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 72 performances
30th - 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay
30th - Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April
30th - Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes
30th - Pres Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College
30th - Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt
30th - Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 1 of 1

13th - Sloane Momsen, American actress

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

19th - Tennis player champion Andre Agassi (26) weds actress and model Brooke Shields (31) in Monterey, California

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 39 of 39

1st - Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97
1st - Nancy Woodhull, news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52
2nd - Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
3rd - Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56
5th - Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80
5th - Alparslan Turkes, Turkish politician (MHP), dies
6th - Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Wash Redskins), dies at 84
7th - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
7th - Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
8th - Laura Nyro, singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49
9th - Helene Hanff, author (84 Charing Cross Road), dies at 80
11th - Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52
12th - George Wald, scientist, dies at 90
13th - Ann Craft, researcher/writer, dies at 53
13th - George Wald, scientist (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina), dies at 80
13th - Dorothy Frooks, American author and military figure (b. 1896)
13th - Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
15th - Sam Moskowitz, SF fandom historian, dies at 76
15th - Zdenek Mlynar, Sec of Czech Communist Central Committee (1968), dies
Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg (5th) 16th - Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, media tycoon, dies at 66
16th - Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82
16th - Michael Stroka, actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 57
16th - Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
17th - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
17th - Allan Francovich, American documentarian
18th - Edward Barker, cartoonist, dies at 46
19th - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. 1958)
21st - Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
21st - Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine president (1961-65), dies
23rd - Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
24th - Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69
26th - Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86
26th - Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies
26th - Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies
27th - Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73
28th - Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer at 45
29th - Keith Ferguson, blues (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose at 50
29th - Mike Royko, columnist, dies of stroke at 64
29th - Peter Tali Coleman, gov of Americ Samoa (1956-61, 78-85, 89-93), dies