Historical Events for 1st April 2023

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1792 - Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce
1868 - Hampton Institute opens
1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1933 - Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
1942 - Allied air raid on Japanese occupied harbor city Kupang, Timor, Indonesia
1972 - 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
1972 - MLB players stage first ever collective strike; play resumes (13/4/72) when owners and players agree to $500,000 increase in pension fund payments
1993 - Alan Bennett's play "The Madness of George III" premieres in London
2000 - Michelle Kwan pushes through all 7 triple jumps at the Palais des Exposition in Nice, France to become the first American since Peggy Flemming to win 3 world figure skating titles
2016 - The Golden State Warriors NBA record winning home run ends at 54 games with a 109-106 defeat to the Boston Celtics; the loss at Oracle Arena was the Warriors’ first since January 2015

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