Palm Sunday/Orthodox Palm Sunday-Holy Week begins.
Birth anniversary of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the US
Birth anniversaries of authors Samuel Beckett (1906-89) and Eudora Welty (1909-2001).
Happy Birthday! Tony Dow, Garry Kasparov, Rick Schroder
1860 - The first mail was delivered via Pony Express when a westbound rider arrived in Sacremento, CA from St. Joseph, MO. 
1949 - Philip S. Hench and associates announced that cortizone was an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.
1959 - A Vatican edict prohibited Roman Catholics from voting for Communists.
1964 - Sidney Poitier became the first black to win an Oscar for best actor. It was for his role in the movie "Lilies of the Field."
1972 - The first strike in the history of major league baseball ended. Players had walked off the field 13 days earlier.
1981 - Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke received a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy." Cooke relinquished the prize two days later after admitting she had fabricated the story.
1997 - Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par.
1999 - Jack Kervorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, MI, to 10 to 25 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Thomas Youk. Youk's assisted suicide was videotaped and shown on "60 Minutes" in 1998.
2002 - Venezuela's interim president, Pedro Carmona, resigned a day after taking office. Thousands of protesters had supported over the ousting of president Hugo Chavez.
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