April 8
Today is the 98th day of 2017, there are 267 days left in the year.
1513 - Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.
1820 - The Venus de Milo statue was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos.
1864 - The United States Senate passed, on a 38-6 vote, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it in January of 1865; the amendment was ratified and adopted in December of 1865.)
1913 - The 17th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, requiring the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote rather than by state legislators.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson became the first chief executive since John Adams to address Congress in person as he asked lawmakers to enact tariff reform.
1935 - The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was approved by Congress to help alleviate joblessness during the Great Depression.
1946 - The League of Nations assembled for the final time.
1952 - President Harry Truman seized the American steel industry to avert a nationwide strike. (The Supreme Court later ruled that Truman had overstepped his authority, opening the way for a seven-week strike by steelworkers.)
1970 - The Senate rejected President Richard Nixon's nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court.
1973 - Artist Pablo Picasso died in France at age 91.
1986 - Actor Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, California.
1990 - Ryan White, the teenage AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance had gained national attention, died in Indianapolis at age 18.
1990 - The cult TV series "Twin Peaks" premiered on ABC.
1994 - Western nations prepare evacuation efforts as Hutu extremists in Rwanda conduct a genocidal massacre that kills hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis.
1994 - Rock singer-musician Kurt Cobain of Nirvana was found dead in Seattle at age 27 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
2005 - World leaders joined pilgrims and prelates in St. Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
2009 - Somali pirates hijacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama. (The crew retook the cargo ship, and Navy sharpshooters killed two pirates holding the ship's American captain.)
2011 - Congressional and White House negotiators struck a last-minute budget deal ahead of a midnight deadline, averting a federal shutdown and cutting billions in spending.
Birthdays
26 - Dej Loaf (rapper)
28 - Matthew Healy (singer)
28 - Gabriella Wilde (actress)
31 - Desiree Siegfried (reality star)
31 - Felix Hernandez (baseball player)
33 - Kirsten Storms (actress)
34 - Allu Arjun (actor)
36 - Taylor Kitsch (actor)
45 - Sung Kang (actor)
47 - JR Bourne (actor)
49 - Patricia Arquette (actress)
51 - Robin Wright (actress)
57 - John Schneider (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 8
1935 - Gene Sarazen wins the Masters.
1943 - The Detroit Red Wings sweep the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1956 - Jake Burke Jr. wins the Masters.
1966 - The AFL chooses 36-year-old Al Davis as their commissioner.
1969 - The first Major League Baseball game is played in Canada. The Montreal Expos defeat the New York Mets 10-9.
1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's major league career record.
1975 - Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians became first black manager of a major league baseball team.
1981 - New York Islanders score nine goals against Toronto Maple Leafs in playoffs.
1986 - Facing Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants' rookie Will Clark homers in his first major league at-bat.
1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigned over remarks he had made. While on ABC's "Nightline" Campanis said that blacks "may not have some of the necessities" to hold managerial jobs in major-league baseball.
1990 - Nick Faldo wins the Masters.
1991 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker is paralyzed in a car accident.
1992 - Tennis ace Arthur Ashe announced that he had AIDS, having contracted the virus during a heart operation in 1983.
1993 - Cleveland Indians' Carlos Baerga is first to switch hit homeruns in same inning (vs New York Yankees).
2007 - Zach Johnson wins the Masters.
2013 - Louisville defeats Michigan 82-76 to win the NCAA Tournament.
Today is the 98th day of 2017, there are 267 days left in the year.
1513 - Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.
1820 - The Venus de Milo statue was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos.
1864 - The United States Senate passed, on a 38-6 vote, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it in January of 1865; the amendment was ratified and adopted in December of 1865.)
1913 - The 17th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, requiring the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote rather than by state legislators.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson became the first chief executive since John Adams to address Congress in person as he asked lawmakers to enact tariff reform.
1935 - The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was approved by Congress to help alleviate joblessness during the Great Depression.
1946 - The League of Nations assembled for the final time.
1952 - President Harry Truman seized the American steel industry to avert a nationwide strike. (The Supreme Court later ruled that Truman had overstepped his authority, opening the way for a seven-week strike by steelworkers.)
1970 - The Senate rejected President Richard Nixon's nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court.
1973 - Artist Pablo Picasso died in France at age 91.
1986 - Actor Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, California.
1990 - Ryan White, the teenage AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance had gained national attention, died in Indianapolis at age 18.
1990 - The cult TV series "Twin Peaks" premiered on ABC.
1994 - Western nations prepare evacuation efforts as Hutu extremists in Rwanda conduct a genocidal massacre that kills hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis.
1994 - Rock singer-musician Kurt Cobain of Nirvana was found dead in Seattle at age 27 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
2005 - World leaders joined pilgrims and prelates in St. Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
2009 - Somali pirates hijacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama. (The crew retook the cargo ship, and Navy sharpshooters killed two pirates holding the ship's American captain.)
2011 - Congressional and White House negotiators struck a last-minute budget deal ahead of a midnight deadline, averting a federal shutdown and cutting billions in spending.
Birthdays
26 - Dej Loaf (rapper)
28 - Matthew Healy (singer)
28 - Gabriella Wilde (actress)
31 - Desiree Siegfried (reality star)
31 - Felix Hernandez (baseball player)
33 - Kirsten Storms (actress)
34 - Allu Arjun (actor)
36 - Taylor Kitsch (actor)
45 - Sung Kang (actor)
47 - JR Bourne (actor)
49 - Patricia Arquette (actress)
51 - Robin Wright (actress)
57 - John Schneider (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 8
1935 - Gene Sarazen wins the Masters.
1943 - The Detroit Red Wings sweep the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1956 - Jake Burke Jr. wins the Masters.
1966 - The AFL chooses 36-year-old Al Davis as their commissioner.
1969 - The first Major League Baseball game is played in Canada. The Montreal Expos defeat the New York Mets 10-9.
1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's major league career record.
1975 - Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians became first black manager of a major league baseball team.
1981 - New York Islanders score nine goals against Toronto Maple Leafs in playoffs.
1986 - Facing Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants' rookie Will Clark homers in his first major league at-bat.
1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigned over remarks he had made. While on ABC's "Nightline" Campanis said that blacks "may not have some of the necessities" to hold managerial jobs in major-league baseball.
1990 - Nick Faldo wins the Masters.
1991 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker is paralyzed in a car accident.
1992 - Tennis ace Arthur Ashe announced that he had AIDS, having contracted the virus during a heart operation in 1983.
1993 - Cleveland Indians' Carlos Baerga is first to switch hit homeruns in same inning (vs New York Yankees).
2007 - Zach Johnson wins the Masters.
2013 - Louisville defeats Michigan 82-76 to win the NCAA Tournament.
