CoM Moderators Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1953 - WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins1956 - Cole Porter's final Broadway musical "Silk Stockings", loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel's "Ninotchka", closes at the Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 478 performances1961 - 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union1962 - Georges Pompidou becomes Prime Minister of France after the resignation of Michel Debré1969 - First regular-season MLB game played outside the United States; Montreal Expos beat St. Louis Cardinals, 8-7 at Parc Jarry, Montreal1971 - US President Richard Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China1996 - 60th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Englishman Nick Faldo wins his 3rd Masters and 6th and final major title, 5 strokes ahead of Greg Norman of Australia1999 - NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees - Yugoslav officials say 75 people are killed2012 - J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, launches her website "Pottermore"2018 - US, UK and French forces carry out airstrikes on sites associated with Syria's chemical weapons program, in response to Douma gas attack More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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