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Results 1 - 73 of 73

1st - 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3rd - French government adopts equal electoral system
3rd - Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games
3rd - Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London
4th - Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
6th - Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
6th - Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
6th - Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
6th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
7th - 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller
7th - 1st live telecast of Easter Parade
7th - NJ General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards
8th - "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 perfs
8th - Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
8th - India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
9th - White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
10th - At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
10th - Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead
10th - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
11th - Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead
12th - 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
12th - US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
13th - "TASS" denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
13th - Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
13th - Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead
13th - Katrin Dörre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30)
13th - Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania
14th - "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
14th - 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
14th - Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
14th - Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
14th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
14th - Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Wash Caps 1st playoff penalty shot
14th - Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
14th - Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart
15th - 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06
15th - 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
15th - Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing
15th - S Africa will repeal sex & marriage laws against whites & non-whites
16th - "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
16th - Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2
18th - Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
19th - 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
19th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
19th - Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
20th - Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
20th - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams
20th - Karyn Marshall of NYC lifted 303 lbs in a clean & jerk lift
20th - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
21st - Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
21st - Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
21st - Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
21st - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
23rd - Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
23rd - Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
23rd - Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
23rd - New Coke debuts
24th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin"
25th - "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances
25th - Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
25th - For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
25th - Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC
25th - West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
28th - Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
28th - Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time
28th - Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
29th - 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
29th - Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 HRs in a game in both leagues
29th - Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
30th - Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th & 29th runs of April
30th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
30th - Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa