Saturday, April 11, 2009

First Month of Life

March 25
West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution
March 28
Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational
March 31
U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
April 1
South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
April 1
Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
April 2
Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy
April 3
1st atomic powered spacecraft launched
April 4
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
April 5
37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win
April 5
Lava Lamp Day celebrated
April 5
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 6
Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite
April 7
Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs. Pakistan
April 9
1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
April 9
Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in U.K.
April 9
India and Pakistan engage in border fight
April 11
29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271
April 11
40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000
April 12
1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
April 13
1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits
April 13
Beatles record "Help"
April 14
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 15
James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in New York City
April 15
NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold
April 16
Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
April 19
1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating
April 19
69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33
April 19
At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die
April 19
T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
April 20
People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
April 21
New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season
April 23
Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
April 24
"Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden New York City after 192 performances
April 24
Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic
April 24
New York Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager
April 25
19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1
April 25
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational
April 26
Ives' 4th Symphony premieres
April 27
"I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 7 performances
April 27
RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper
April 28
Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
April 28
Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
April 28
Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA
April 28
U.S. Marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
April 28
William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA
April 29
Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam

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