Monday, April 07, 2014

History for April 7

History for April 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Final Four: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Final, Arlington, TX.


Birth anniversary of Billie Holiday (1915-59).

Happy Birthday! Jackie Chan, Francis Ford Coppola, Wayne Rogers

1945 - The Japanese battleship Yamato, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk during the battle for Okinawa. The fleet was headed for a suicide mission. 

1948 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway. 


1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament. 


1969 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material. 


1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit." He had been in over 200 films. 

1998 - Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term. 


2000 - U.S. President Clinton signed the Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000. The bill reversed a Depression-era law and allows senior citizens to earn money without losing Social Security retirement benefits. 

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