Tomorrow is Special [Archive]

Toto

04-05-2007, 06:08 AM

* 456 - St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary Bishop.
* 1242 - During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
* 1566 - 200 Netherlands noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Inquisition in the Netherlands and demanding its immediate dismantling. Margaret agrees to suspend the Inquisition while a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II himself.
* 1609 - Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma clan in Southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
* 1614 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
* 1621 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to Great Britain.
* 1654 - The Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War, is signed.
* 1792 - U.S. President George Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This was the first time the presidential veto had been used in the United States.
* 1804 - The first recorded meteorite falls in Possil, Scotland (High Possil Meteorite).
* 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Yorktown. The battle begins when Union forces under General George McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia.
* 1874 - Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, was opened in Birkenhead.
* 1897 - The Greco-Turkish War, also called "Thirty Days' War", is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
* 1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts production of balloon-tires.
* 1930 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
* 1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: An F5 tornado slams into the north side of Tupelo, Mississippi, killing 233. It is the 4th deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
* 1942 - World War II: Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
* 1944 - World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
* 1945 - Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR allowing "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."
* 1946 - Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after occupying it for approximately 11 months.
* 1949 - Fireside Theater debuts on television.
* 1949 - A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, United States, kills 77 people resulting in nationwide fire code improvements.
* 1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
* 1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
* 1956 - Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
* 1956 - In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna won the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike sworn in as the Prime Minister.
* 1957 - In India, Communists won the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad sworn in as the first chief minister.
* 1969 - Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations are held in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and other cities around the United States.
* 1971 - In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
* 1972 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces invade Binh Long Province, launching a second front of the Nguyen Hue Offensive.
* 1973 - Pierre Messmer becomes Prime Minister of France.
* 1976 - In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
* 1986 - Bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin, Germany, kills three.
* 1991 - ASA Embraer EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, killing all 23 aboard.
* 1992 - Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
* 1992 - Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic on the Vrbanja Bridge.
* 1993 - The Child Support Act 1991, administered by the Child Support Agency, comes into effect in the United Kingdom.
* 1998 - In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
* 1999 - Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
* 2005 - ABC News anchor Peter Jennings informs his viewers that he has lung cancer. This was his final broadcast.
* 2006 - The first case of H5N1 avian flu was confirmed in the UK after tests on a dead swan found in Cellardyke, Fife.

Either something in there is the special event or, something personal and in that case... I have no idea.