Final Four: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, Arlington, TX. Apr 5 and 7.
Birth anniversary of Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915).
Birth anniversaries of actors Spencer Tracy (1900-67), Bette Davis (1908-89), and Gregory Peck (1916-2003).
Birth anniversary of Judith Resnick (1949-1986), the second American woman in space (1984). She perished with all those aboard the space shuttle Challenger on Jan 28, 1986.
Happy Birthday! Max Gail, Mitch Pileggi, and Colin Powell
1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
1621 - The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, MA, on a return trip to England.
1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began the first regular production of balloon tires.
1930 - Mahatma Ghandi defied British law by making salt in India.
1951 - Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for committing espionage for the Soviet Union.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.
1987 - FOX Broadcasting Company launched "Married....With Children" and "The Tracey Ullman Show". The two shows were the beginning of the FOX lineup.
1998 - The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost about $3.8 billion.
1999 - In Laramie, WY, Russell Henderson pled guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in the death of Matthew Shepard.
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