Wednesday, April 02, 2014

History for April 2

History for April 2 - On-This-Day.com
100th birth anniversary of actor Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000).


Birth anniversaries of authors Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) and Émile Zola (1840-1902).


Happy Birthday! Emmylou Harris, Linda Hunt, Camille Paglia

1889 - Charles Hall patented aluminum. 











1917 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson presented a declaration of war against Germany to the U.S. Congress. 


1932 - A $50,000 ransom was paid for the infant son of Charles and Anna Lindbergh. He child was not returned and was found dead the next month. 


1935 - Sir Watson-Watt was granted a patent for RADAR. 


1972 - Burt Reynolds appeared nude in "Cosmopolitan" magazine. 


1982 - Argentina invaded the British-owned Falkland Islands. The following June Britain took the islands back. 


1983 - The New Jersey Transit strike that began on March 1 came to an end.
 



1985 - The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the 45-second shot clock for men’s basketball to begin in the 1986 season. 


1989 - An editorial in the "New York Times" declared that the Cold War was over. 

1995 - The costliest strike in professional sports history ended when baseball owners agreed to let players play without a contract. 


1996 - Lech Walesa resumed his old job as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard. He was the former Solidarity union leader who became Poland's first post-war democratic president. 


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