31 – 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus.
1668 – 1st horse race in America takes place.
1776 – Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington.
1813 – 1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex.
1863 – 1st US Army Medal of Honor awarded.
1865 – SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400.
1910 – Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues’ batting champ.
1916 – Women are allowed to attend a boxing match.
1934 – 1st Masters Golf Tournament: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284.
1941 – Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon, SC, incorporated.
1954 – 26th Academy Awards: “From Here to Eternity” best film, William Holden & Audrey Hepburn best actor/actress.
1954 – RCA manufactures 1st color TV set (12 1/2″ screen at $1,000)
1961 – “Gypsy” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 702 performances.
1967 – The Turtle’s “Happy Together” goes #1.
1971 – Boston Patriots become New England Patriots.
1982 – 1st broadcast of “Cagney & Lacey” on CBS-TV.
1987 – Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified.
1988 – NASA launches space vehicle S-206.
1996 – US issues newly-redesigned $100 bill.
2013 – Golfer Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking.
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