1827 – US inventor Joseph Dixon of Salem, Massachusetts, begins manufacturing lead pencils.
1866 – US President Andrew Johnson ends civil war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee & Virginia.
1877 – 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn.
1908 – Mills Committee declares baseball was invented in 1839 by future American Civil War General Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York as the ‘Doubleday myth’
1912 – Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power.
1917 – US President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany.
1921 – Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new “Theory of Relativity”
1932 – Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for his kidnapped son.
1939 – 6th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ralph Guldahl wins his only Master’s title with a tournament record 279 (-9), 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Sam Snead.
1954 – Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced.
1968 – “2001 A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
1972 – New York Mets manager Gil Hodges collapses just minutes after completing a round of golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, and dies of a heart attack.
1978 – TV soap show “Dallas” starring Larry Hagman and Barbara Bel Geddes premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
1978 – Velcro was 1st put on the market.
1983 – New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy scores in a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penquins to become the first player in NHL history to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons.
1986 – NYC Mayor Ed Koch signs & brings the Gay Rights Bill into effect.
1990 – 52nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke, 103-73; record largest margin of victory in a championship game.
1995 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: 2-time champion Jack Nicklaus wins with birdie on 3rd playoff hole against Isao Aoki.
2001 – New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens becomes American League all-time strikeout leader, recording his 3,509th K in a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals; Walter Johnson previous record 3,508 Ks.
2010 – Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant signs a three-year contract extension with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers worth $87 million.
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