April 1
1778 - Oliver Pollack created the dollar sign ($).
1789 - Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1865 - During the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
1891 - The Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
1924 - Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
1933 - The Nazi persecution of Jews began in Germany with a boycott of Jewish businesses.
1945 - American forces landed on Okinawa during World War II.
1960 - Tiros I, the world's first meteorological satellite, was launched.
1963 - The daytime soap opera "General Hospital" debuted on ABC.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signed a bill into law banning cigarette ads from radio and television.\
1975 - With Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
1976 - Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne founded Apple Computer.
1977 - The U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed Iran to be an Islamic Republic.
2001 - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested on corruption charges.
2003 - Pvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued by U.S. commandos in a raid on an Iraqi hospital.
2004 - President George W. Bush signed the Laci Peterson bill, making it a separate federal crime to harm a fetus during an attack on the mother.
2009 - Sweden became the fifth European country to legalize same-sex marriage, joining the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Spain.
2011 - Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
2013 - Prosecutors announced they would seek the death penalty for James Holmes should he be convicted in the July 2012 Colorado movie theater attack that killed 12 people. (Holmes, found guilty of murder, ended up being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)
2020 - Resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
2022 - New federal rules were unveiled requiring that new vehicles sold in the United States would have to travel an average of at least 40 miles per each gallon of gasoline by 2026.
Birthdays
23 - Milly Alcock (actress)
26 - Asa Butterfield (actor)
28 - Logan Paul (reality star)
36 - Mackenzie Davis (actress)
37 - Hillary Scott (singer)
38 - Josh Zuckerman (actor)
40 - Matt Lanter (actor)
41 - Taran Killam (actor/comedian)
41 - Sam Huntington (actor)
43 - Bijou Phillips (singer)
43 - Randy Orton (professional wrestler)
45 - JJ Feild (actor)
50 - Rachel Maddow (TV host)
52 - Method Man (rapper/actor)
52 - Jessica Collins (actress)
61 - Jose Zuniga (actor)
62 - Susan Boyle (singer)
71 - Annette O'Toole (actress)
73 - Samuel Alito (Supreme Court Justice)
84 - Ali MacGraw (actress)
89 - Don Hastings (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 1
1919 - The final game of the 1919 Stanley Cup was canceled due to the worldwide epidemic of influenza. No winner was declared in the series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans.
1931 - Jackie Mitchell became the first female in professional baseball when she signed with the Chattanooga Baseball Club.
1972 - The first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.
1978 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) became the first NHL rookie to score 50 goals in a season.
1983 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons.
1984 - USC defeats Tennessee 72-61 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1985 - Villanova defeats Georgetown 66-64 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti replaces Peter Ueberroth as commissioner of Major League Baseball. (He would die of a heart attack five months later.)
1990 - Stanford defeats Auburn 88-81 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1990 - WrestleMania VI is held in Toronto, the main event saw The Ultimate Warrior defeat Hulk Hogan for the WWF championship.
1991 - Duke defeats Kansas 72-65 to win their first NCAA Tournament.
1992 - Players began the first strike in the 75-year history of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1996 - Baseball umpire John McSherry died after collapsing during a game between the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.
1996 - Kentucky defeats Syracuse 76-67 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1999 - Philadelphia 76ers head coach Larry Brown wins his 900th pro game with an 88-84 win over Miami Heat; Brown record: 671-547 NBA, 229-107 ABA, combined 900-654.
2000 - Michelle Kwan pushes through all 7 triple jumps at the Palais des Exposition in Nice, France to become the first American since Peggy Flemming to win 3 world figure skating titles.
2001 - WrestleMania X-Seven is held in Houston where Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock for the WWF championship.
2001 - Notre Dame defeats Purdue 68-66 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2002 - Maryland defeats Indiana 64-52 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2007 - WrestleMania 23 is held in Detroit where John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWE championship.
2012 - WrestleMania XXVIII is held in Miami; CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho for the WWE championship and The Rock defeated John Cena.
2016 - The Golden State Warriors' NBA record home winning streak ends at 54 games following a 109-106 loss to the Boston Celtics.
2018 - Notre Dame defeats Mississippi State 61-58 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2020 - The All England Lawn Tennis Club cancels Wimbledon for the first time since World War II due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1778 - Oliver Pollack created the dollar sign ($).
1789 - Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1865 - During the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
1891 - The Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
1924 - Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
1933 - The Nazi persecution of Jews began in Germany with a boycott of Jewish businesses.
1945 - American forces landed on Okinawa during World War II.
1960 - Tiros I, the world's first meteorological satellite, was launched.
1963 - The daytime soap opera "General Hospital" debuted on ABC.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signed a bill into law banning cigarette ads from radio and television.\
1975 - With Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
1976 - Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne founded Apple Computer.
1977 - The U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed Iran to be an Islamic Republic.
2001 - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested on corruption charges.
2003 - Pvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued by U.S. commandos in a raid on an Iraqi hospital.
2004 - President George W. Bush signed the Laci Peterson bill, making it a separate federal crime to harm a fetus during an attack on the mother.
2009 - Sweden became the fifth European country to legalize same-sex marriage, joining the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Spain.
2011 - Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
2013 - Prosecutors announced they would seek the death penalty for James Holmes should he be convicted in the July 2012 Colorado movie theater attack that killed 12 people. (Holmes, found guilty of murder, ended up being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)
2020 - Resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
2022 - New federal rules were unveiled requiring that new vehicles sold in the United States would have to travel an average of at least 40 miles per each gallon of gasoline by 2026.
Birthdays
23 - Milly Alcock (actress)
26 - Asa Butterfield (actor)
28 - Logan Paul (reality star)
36 - Mackenzie Davis (actress)
37 - Hillary Scott (singer)
38 - Josh Zuckerman (actor)
40 - Matt Lanter (actor)
41 - Taran Killam (actor/comedian)
41 - Sam Huntington (actor)
43 - Bijou Phillips (singer)
43 - Randy Orton (professional wrestler)
45 - JJ Feild (actor)
50 - Rachel Maddow (TV host)
52 - Method Man (rapper/actor)
52 - Jessica Collins (actress)
61 - Jose Zuniga (actor)
62 - Susan Boyle (singer)
71 - Annette O'Toole (actress)
73 - Samuel Alito (Supreme Court Justice)
84 - Ali MacGraw (actress)
89 - Don Hastings (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 1
1919 - The final game of the 1919 Stanley Cup was canceled due to the worldwide epidemic of influenza. No winner was declared in the series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans.
1931 - Jackie Mitchell became the first female in professional baseball when she signed with the Chattanooga Baseball Club.
1972 - The first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.
1978 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) became the first NHL rookie to score 50 goals in a season.
1983 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons.
1984 - USC defeats Tennessee 72-61 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1985 - Villanova defeats Georgetown 66-64 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti replaces Peter Ueberroth as commissioner of Major League Baseball. (He would die of a heart attack five months later.)
1990 - Stanford defeats Auburn 88-81 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1990 - WrestleMania VI is held in Toronto, the main event saw The Ultimate Warrior defeat Hulk Hogan for the WWF championship.
1991 - Duke defeats Kansas 72-65 to win their first NCAA Tournament.
1992 - Players began the first strike in the 75-year history of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1996 - Baseball umpire John McSherry died after collapsing during a game between the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.
1996 - Kentucky defeats Syracuse 76-67 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1999 - Philadelphia 76ers head coach Larry Brown wins his 900th pro game with an 88-84 win over Miami Heat; Brown record: 671-547 NBA, 229-107 ABA, combined 900-654.
2000 - Michelle Kwan pushes through all 7 triple jumps at the Palais des Exposition in Nice, France to become the first American since Peggy Flemming to win 3 world figure skating titles.
2001 - WrestleMania X-Seven is held in Houston where Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock for the WWF championship.
2001 - Notre Dame defeats Purdue 68-66 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2002 - Maryland defeats Indiana 64-52 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2007 - WrestleMania 23 is held in Detroit where John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWE championship.
2012 - WrestleMania XXVIII is held in Miami; CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho for the WWE championship and The Rock defeated John Cena.
2016 - The Golden State Warriors' NBA record home winning streak ends at 54 games following a 109-106 loss to the Boston Celtics.
2018 - Notre Dame defeats Mississippi State 61-58 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2020 - The All England Lawn Tennis Club cancels Wimbledon for the first time since World War II due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
