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04/02/1982
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Several thousand Argentine troops seized disputed Falkland Islands
Type: Event
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04/02/1984
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46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
Type: Event
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04/02/1985
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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04/02/1986
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NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
Type: Event
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04/02/1986
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George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
Type: Event
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04/02/1986
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4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
Type: Event
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04/02/1987
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Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
Type: Death
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04/02/1987
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"Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 46 performances
Type: Event
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04/02/1987
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Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation
Type: Event
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04/02/1987
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IBM introduces PS/2 and OS/2
Type: Event
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04/02/1988
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Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI v Pakistan, Georgetown
Type: Event
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04/02/1988
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Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
Type: Event
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04/02/1989
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Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats "Macho Man" Savage
Type: Event
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04/02/1989
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18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
Type: Event
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04/02/1989
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8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60
Type: Event
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04/02/1989
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Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games
Type: Event
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04/02/1990
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Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
Type: Death
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04/02/1990
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52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
Type: Event
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04/02/1991
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Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
Type: Event
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04/02/1992
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"Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
Type: Event
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04/02/1992
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Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
Type: Event
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04/02/1992
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John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
Type: Event
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04/02/1992
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Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
Type: Event
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04/02/1992
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Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72
Type: Death
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04/02/1993
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Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
Type: Death
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04/02/1993
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1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam)
Type: Event
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04/02/1993
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Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
Type: Event
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04/02/1993
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Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
Type: Death
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04/02/1994
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Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
Type: Death
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04/02/1994
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1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4
Type: Event
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04/02/1995
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Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
Type: Death
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04/02/1995
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Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
Type: Death
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04/02/1995
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Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57
Type: Death
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04/02/1995
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Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
Type: Event
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04/02/1995
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North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
Type: Event
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04/02/1995
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NY Police Dept and NY Transit Police merge into one organization
Type: Event
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04/02/1995
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Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
Type: Event
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04/02/1995
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Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
Type: Event
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04/02/1995
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7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
Type: Event
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04/02/1995
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Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
Type: Event
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04/02/1995
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14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: U of Ct Huskies beats TN 70-64
Type: Event
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04/02/1996
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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
Type: Event
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04/02/1996
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Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game
Type: Event
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04/02/1997
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"Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater NYC
Type: Event
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04/02/1997
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Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
Type: Death
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04/02/1998
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World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minn
Type: Event
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04/02/2000
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19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
Type: Event
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04/02/2001
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63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis
Type: Event
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