348 Historic Events for April 2
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| 1993 |
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1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam)
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| 1993 |
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Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
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| 1993 |
Death |
Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
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| 1994 |
Death |
Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
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| 1994 |
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1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4
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| 1995 |
Death |
Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
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| 1995 |
Death |
Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
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| 1995 |
Death |
Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57
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| 1995 |
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Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
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| 1995 |
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North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
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| 1995 |
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NY Police Dept and NY Transit Police merge into one organization
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| 1995 |
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Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
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| 1995 |
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Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
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| 1995 |
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7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
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| 1995 |
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Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
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| 1995 |
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14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: U of Ct Huskies beats TN 70-64
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| 1996 |
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Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore
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| 1996 |
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Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game
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| 1997 |
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"Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater NYC
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| 1997 |
Death |
Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
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| 1998 |
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World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minn
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| 2000 |
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19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
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| 2001 |
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63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis
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