CoM Moderators Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 1877 - 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn 1917 - Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Montana) begins her term as 1st woman member of US House of Reps 1932 - "Tarzan the Ape Man" released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films 1944 - Dmitri Shostakovich's 8th Symphony premieres in NY 1960 - Cuba buys oil from USSR 1993 - 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam) 1996 - Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves, 105-103 at General Motors Place Arena to end their NBA single-season record 23-game consecutive loss streak 2017 - 36th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: South Carolina defeats Mississippi State, 67-55; Gamecocks power forward A'ja Wilson, 23 points 2019 - NASA states it wants to send astronauts to Mars by 2033, and land on the Moon again in 2024 2020 - Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro downplays the COVID-19 pandemic saying "its not all its being made out to be" More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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