 | Today's Facts UCD Staff - Monday, April 02, 2001
1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n.
1792 US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime.
1805 Hans Christian Andersen Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales.
1845 H.L. Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun.
1876 Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Philadelphia.
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn.
1902 1st motion picture theater opens (LA)
1917 Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1939 Marvin P Gaye Jr Wash DC, singer was born.
1947 Emmylou Harris Birmingham Alabama, country was born.
1955 Dana Carvey comedian was born.
1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph dies at 80. 1974 Georges Pompidou French president, dies in Paris.
1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon.
1978 TV show "Dallas" premiers on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series).
1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season .
1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule. | |