Historical Events for April 1995

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1st - Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee
1st - NY Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
2nd - 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: U of Ct Huskies beats TN 70-64
2nd - 7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
2nd - Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
2nd - NY Police Dept & NY Transit Police merge into one organization
2nd - North & Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
2nd - Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
2nd - Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
2nd - Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
3rd - 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
3rd - Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena
6th - "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
7th - Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
8th - BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted
8th - Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
9th - "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances
9th - 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
10th - "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 perfs
10th - NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
13th - Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
14th - India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
14th - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship
16th - 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins
17th - 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
17th - 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
18th - Houston Post folds after 116 years
18th - Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football
19th - Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
19th - Truck bomb at Federal Building in Okla City, kills 168 & injures 500
21st - Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92
21st - FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Okla City bombing
22nd - General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby
22nd - George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
23rd - Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
23rd - Pres Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Okla City
24th - Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
24th - Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98
24th - Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B Murray
25th - "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 perfs
25th - 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation
26th - Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
26th - Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings
27th - "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 perfs
27th - Coors Field in Colo opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14
28th - Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die
28th - Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die
29th - Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV
29th - KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
29th - Longest sausage ever, at 2877 miles, made in Kitchener Ontario
30th - "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 839 perfs
30th - "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 24 perfs
30th - "Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 80 perfs
30th - After 120 years the last 15 A & S dept stores close
30th - Val Skinner wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship


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