On this day, April 1st
1789–House of Representatives has its first full session.
1826–Samuel Mory patents internal-combustion engine.
1836–Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands.
1865–Battle of the Five Forks, Virginia, signals the end of Lee’s Army.
1876–1st official National League baseball game: Boston 6, Phiadelphia 5.
1889–1st dish-washing machine marketed in Chicago. (2 early versions.)
1927–1st automatic record changer introduced by “His Master’s Voice”–Victor Records.
1930–Leo Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs caught a baseball dropped from a Goodyear Blimp 550-feet up in the air over Los Angeles. He broke both the record…and his jaw.
"Lookout Below!"
1930– “Blue Angel” starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America.
1931–Jackie Mitchell becomes 1st female in professional baseball.
1934–Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers.
1938–Baseball Hall-Of-Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY.
1938–Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 to retain title.
1945–U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WWII.
1946–Weight Watchers forms.
1952–Big Bang Theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow.
1954–1st Army Helicopter Battalion forms.
1956–10th Tony Awards; “Diary of Anne Frank,” and “Damn Yankees” win.
1970–President Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements.
1973–John & Yoko form a new country, “Nutopia” with no borders or laws. It’s national anthem is silence.
1976–Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs found Apple Computer.
1984–8 men record longest distance ever rowed in 24 hours…(13 miles).
1987–Steve Newman became the first person to walk solo around the world (15,000 miles and 4 years to complete).
1990–CBS fires sportscaster Brent Musberger.
1990–It becomes illegal in Salem, Oregon to be within 2′ of nude dancers.
Oops...looks like we have a couple of lawbreakers!
1990–Wrestlemania VI; Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan.
