1789 – First Meeting of the US House of Representatives.
1838 – Steamship “Great Western” maiden voyage (Bristol, England, to NYC)
1862 – John D. Lynde patents aerosol dispenser.
1869 – American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC)
1879 – Milk was sold in glass bottle for 1st time.
1893 – The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink.
1935 – 2nd Masters Golf Tournament: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282.
1943 – U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the was effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilities.
1950 – “Miss Liberty” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances.
1956 – 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Island, SC.
1963 – 35th Academy Awards – “Lawrence of Arabia”, Anne Bancroft & Gregory Peck win.
1969 – Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres & Pilots win their 1st games.
1979 – 204th & final episode of “All in the Family”
1989 – 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut bus lasts only 4 2/3 innings.
1997 – Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4 Beta.
1991 – Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas.
1994 – Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases.
2000- Nineteen US Marines are killed when a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona.
2001 – 65th Masters Golf Tournament: Tiger Woods wins, shooting a 272.
2004 – U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 Commission.
2012 – 76th Masters Golf Tournament: Bubba Watson wins, shooting a 278.
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