April 4, 2020

560 years ago
1460

Academia
The University of Basel was founded as Switzerland's first university.

380 years ago
1640

Born on this date
Gaspar Sanz. Spanish musician and composer. Mr. Sanz, born Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma, was a poet and organist, but was best known for his three volumes of pedagogical works for baroque guitar, forming an important part of classical guitar repertory. He died in 1710 at the age of 69 or 70.

360 years ago
1660

Law
King Charles II of England issued the Declaration of Breda, promising, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.

260 years ago
1760

Born on this date
Juan Manuel Olivares. Venezuelan musician and composer. Mr. Olivares was a church organist and teacher in Caracas who wrote vocal works and chamber music. His Dúo de violines is the only work of chamber music composed in colonial Venezuela which is preserved in its entirety. Mr. Olivares died on March 1, 1797 at the age of 32.

170 years ago
1850

Americana
Los Angeles was incorporated as a city.

Disasters
A large part of the English village of Cottenham burned to the ground under suspicious circumstances.

150 years ago
1870

Born on this date
George Albert Smith. U.S. religious leader. Mr. Smith, was a direct descendant of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. George Albert Smith was a salesman befor being appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1903. He became President of the Quorum in 1943, and succeeded Heber J. Grant as Mormon Church President in 1945. Mr. Smith suffered from poor eyesight, lupus erythematosus, and chronic depression and anxiety. He died on April 4, 1951, his 81st birthday, shortly after suffering a stroke, and was succeeded as President by David O. McKay.

130 years ago
1890

Died on this date
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, 69. Canadian politician. Mr. Chauveau, a Conservative, was a member of the Legislative Assembly in the Province of Canada from 1844-1867 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867-1873. While sitting in the House of Commons he served as the first Premier of Quebec from 1867-1873. Mr. Chauveau was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1873, but resigned a year later to return to electoral politics, where he failed to be re-elected to the House of Commons.

125 years ago
1895

Born on this date
Arthur Murray. Austro-Hungarian-born U.S. dance instructor. Mr. Murray, born Moses Teichman, immigrated to the United States in 1897, and began teaching ballroom dancing while still a teenager. In the 1920s he began the business that eventually became the dance studio franchise that bears his name. Mr. Murray died on March 3, 1991 at the age of 95.

110 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Barthélemy Boganda. Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, 1958-1959. Rev. Boganda, a Roman Catholic priest, was first elected to the French National Assembly in 1946, opposing the French colonial regime in what was then known as Oubangui-Chari. He left the priesthood to get married, remaining active in politics. On December 1, 1958, the Central African Republic was declared as an autonomous region within the French Community, and Mr. Boganda took office as Prime Minister a week later, with the intention of becoming the C.A.R.'s first President. He and everyone else aboard a plane en route from Berbérati to Bangui were killed on March 29, 1959 when it exploded in mid-air; sabotage was widely suspected, and traces of explosives were reportedly discovered in the wreckage. Suspects included the French secret service and Mrs. Boganda, from whom Mr. Boganda had become estranged. Mr. Boganda, who was killed six days before his 49th birthday, was succeeded as Prime Minister by his cousin, Interior Minister David Dacko.

100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Ignatius IV. Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1979-2012. Ignatius IV, born Habib Hazim in Syria, graduated from seminary in 1945; was ordained a bishop in 1961; and succeeded Elias IV as Patriarch of Antioch. He desired to use the teachings and traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy to address the problems of modern life. Patriarch Ignatius IV died on December 5, 2012 at the age of 92, and was succeeded by John X.

80 years ago
1940

World events
The Supreme Soviet approved a record defense budget and the incorporation of the Karelian-Finnish region as the 12th republic of the Soviet Union.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull sharply criticized Ontario Attorney General Gordon Conant for saying that Canada should do everything possible to bring the United States into the European war.

Defense
The United States War Department announced the sale of war munitions to Finland.

Representatives of the Communist and Kuomintang Parties in China opened conciliatory negotiations in Chungking with the aim of achieving greater assistance from the U.S.S.R.

Politics and government
The United States House of Representatives Rules Committee approved and sent to the floor the House Census Committee reapportionment bill.

Alf Landon, the unsuccessful 1936 Republican Party candidate for President of the United States, charged the Democratic Party with being "boss-ridden," and called for the election of a Republican as President in 1940 in order to return government to the people.

Economics and finance
U.S. Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins announced that the economic recession continued into March, but at a slower rate than January and February, offsetting gains registered after the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939.

As a means to economic recovery, potential Republican Party U.S. presidential candidate Wendell Willkie proposed that federal regulatory boards be modified and tax laws altered to encourage investment.

75 years ago
1945

War
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King said that Canadian troops would go to fight in the Pacific on a voluntary basis only. Argentina signed the Act of Chapultepec, providing for cooperation among Western Hemisphere nations in the war against the Axis. Allied troops captured Osnabrueck, Siegen, Gotha, Suhl, Wuerzburg, Kraisruhe, and Bruchsal in advances along the western front. American troops liberated the Ohrdruf forced labour camp in Germany and captured Kassel. Soviet troops liberated from German occupation and/or occupied Hungary. U.S. troops were reportedly in secure control of about 80 square miles of Okinawa. U.S. troops in the Philippines made a 200-mile amphibious movement from Zamboanga, Mindanao Island, to seize the islands of Sanga and Bongao, against very little opposition.

Diplomacy
U.S. Ambassador to China Patrick Hurley arrived in London for talks with British and American officials on Far Eastern war policy.

Defense
U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King said that the United States must maintain a large postwar Navy and keep its new Pacific bases safe from future aggression.

Politics and government
The United States Senate confirmed Fred Vinson as Director of War Mobilization, succeeding James Byrnes, who had resigned two days earlier.

Labour
The United Mine Workers of America asked hard coal operators for a 25% wage increase and a 10c-per-ton welfare fund royalty for 72,000 miners.

70 years ago
1950

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Mimic Murder Case

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: 1000 to One, starring Paul Stewart, Betty Garde, Robert H. Harris, and Cara Williams



Theatre
The New York Drama Critics Circle announced its awards for the 1949-1950 season. The winners were: American Play--The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers); Foreign Play--The Cocktail Party (T.S. Eliot); Musical--The Consul (Gian Carlo Menotti).

Diplomacy
U.S. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom John McCloy, speaking in London, urged Western Europe to take West Gemany into a full partnership at once to thwart Soviet designs on all of Germany.

Defense
U.S. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson ordered the Joint Chiefs of Staff to reexamine the 1951 military budget to determine if more money was needed for aircraft.

Politics and government
The United Nations Trusteeship Council approved a statute providing for UN control of Jerusalem. The Council rejected an Egyptian demand to put the statute into effect immediately, asking instead that both Israel and Jordan study it.

U.S. President Harry Truman nominated New York lawyer Thomas Knight Finletter, 56, to succeed Stuart Symington as Secretary of the Air Force.

Economics and finance
Mexican President Miguel Aleman approved measures granting peasant women the same rights as men in land ownership and credit facilities.

Labour
Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray proposed the creation of a joint American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations committee to consolidate action on immediate economic, legislative, and political objectives and work toward ultimate "organic" merger of the two organizations.

A jury in San Francisco convicted International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union leader Harry Bridges of perjury for denying in a 1945 citizenship hearing that he was ever a Communist. The verdict ended an 11-year government effort to prove that Mr. Bridges was a Communist.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
New York 2 @ Montreal 3 (OT) (New York led best-of-seven series 3-1)
Detroit 2 @ Toronto 1 (2 OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Maurice "Rocket" Richard scored on a powerplay at 9:34 of the 3rd period to tie the score, and Elmer Lach scored at 15:19 of the 1st overtime period as the Canadiens averted a sweep by the Rangers at the Montreal Forum.

Leo Reise scored a powerplay goal 38 seconds into the 2nd overtime period as the Red Wings edged the Maple Leafs at Maple leaf Gardens.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ansiedad--Nat King Cole (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)
2 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
3 Wild One--Bobby Rydell
4 He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves
5 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee
6 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
7 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence
8 Harbor Lights--The Platters
9 Mama--Connie Francis
10 Baby (You've Got What it Takes)--Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

Singles entering the chart were Doggin' Around by Jackie Wilson (#81); Rockin' Red Wing by Sammy Masters (#83); Stuck on You by Elvis Presley (#84); Love You So by Ron Holden with the Thunderbirds (#85); The Madison by Al Brown's Tunetoppers featuring Cookie Brown (#89); Think Me a Kiss by Clyde McPhatter (#90); Cherry Pie by Skip & Flip (#92); Adam and Eve by Paul Anka (#94); Mr. Lucky by Henry Mancini and his Orchestra (#95); and What Do You Want? by Bobby Vee (#96). Doggin' Around was the other side of Night, charting at #53.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
2 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
3 Wild One/Little Bitty Girl--Bobby Rydell
4 Angela Jones--Johnny Ferguson
5 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
6 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence
7 White Silver Sands--Bill Black's Combo
8 The Old Lamplighter/Teen-Ex--The Browns
9 Mama/Teddy--Connie Francis
10 Greenfields--The Brothers Four

Singles entering the chart were What am I Living For by Conway Twitty (#38); The Madison by Al Brown's Tunetoppers featuring Cookie Brown (#52); Rosemary by Brian Hyland (#53); Old Black Joe by Jerry Lee Lewis (#54); Someone Loves You, Joe by the Singing Belles (#55); Pledging My Love by Johnny Tillotson (#56); Hither and Thither and Yon by Brook Benton (#57); Beautiful Obsession by Sir Chauncey and his Exciting Strings (#58); Nobody Loves Me Like You by the Flamingos (#59); and Got a Girl by the Four Preps (#60).

Movies
The Academy Awards for 1959 were presented at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California. Ben-Hur set a record with 11 Oscars, including Picture; Director (William Wyler); Actor (Charlton Heston); and Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith). Other winners included: Actress--Simone Signoret (Room at the Top); Supporting Actress--Shelley Winters (The Diary of Anne Frank); Foreign Language Film--Black Orpheus.



Politics and government
France agreed to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.

50 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Laisse-moi t'aimer--Mike Brant (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La prima cosa bella--Nicola Di Bari (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
2 Venus--Shocking Blue
3 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
4 All I Have to Do is Dream--Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
5 Don't Cry Daddy/Rubberneckin'--Elvis Presley
6 Honey Come Back--Glen Campbell
7 Temma Harbour--Mary Hopkin
8 I Thank You--Lionel Rose
9 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set

Singles entering the chart were Let it Be by the Beatles (#17); A Little Ray of Sunshine by Axiom (#25); Down in the Alley by Ronnie Hawkins (#31); You're Such a Good Looking Woman by Joe Dolan (#32); Juliette by the Valentines (#34); House of the Rising Sun by Frijid Pink (#36); Years May Come and Years May Go by Herman's Hermits (#39); and Where Has All the Love Gone by Matt Flinders (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Lay Down--Melanie en the Edwin Hawkins Singers (2nd week at #1)
2 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas)
3 Let it Be--The Beatles
4 Dear Ann--George Baker Selection
5 Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
7 No Dogs Allowed--José Feliciano
8 El Cóndor Pasa--Los Incas
9 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
10 Instant Karma!--Lennon

Singles entering the chart were Knock, Knock Who's There by Mary Hopkin (#23); I.O.I.O. by the Bee Gees (#25); Sympathy by Steve Rowland & the Family Dogg (#27); Tout est Rose by Eric Charden (#34); Grootvaders Klok/Trompet Polka by Marty (#37); Good Morning Freedom by Blue Mink (#38); and Let it All Hang Out by Jonathan King (#39). El Cóndor Pasa by Los Incas, originally released in 1963, was the original version, and was the identical track used as the background in the version by Simon & Garfunkel.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel (6th week at #1)
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
4 ABC--The Jackson 5
5 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
6 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
7 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
8 The Rapper--The Jaggerz
9 Come and Get It--Badfinger
10 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman

Singles entering the chart were The Girls' Song by the 5th Dimension (#69); Deeper (In Love with You) by the O'Jays (#71); Cryin' in the Streets (Part 1) by George Perkins and the Silver Stars (#72); Everything is Beautiful by Ray Stevens (#74); Come Running by Van Morrison (#78); Chicken Strut by the Meters (#82); Can You Feel It by Bobby Goldsboro (#84); Love Minus Zero - No Limit by Turley Richards (#86); Miss America by Mark Lindsay (#87); Buffalo Soldier by the Flamingos (#88); Make Me Smile by Chicago (#89); Don't Stop Now/Since I Don't Have You by Eddie Holman (#90); Mississippi Queen by Mountain (#92); Hang on Sloopy by the Lettermen (#93); My Wife, the Dancer by Eddie & Dutch (#94); Cole, Cooke and Redding by Wilson Pickett (#95); Lucifer by the Bob Seger System (#98); Lay Lady Lay by Ferrante & Teicher (#99); and My Soul's Got a Hole in It by Howard Tate (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
4 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
5 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
6 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
7 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
8 He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother--Hollies
9 Come and Get It--Badfinger
10 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman

Singles entering the chart were Hey Lawdy Mama by Steppenwolf (#72); You Make Me Real by the Doors (#78); Demonstration by Otis Redding (#82); Miss America by Mark Lindsay (#84); Open Up My Heart by the Dells (#89); Cinnamon Girl by the Gentrys (#95); Viva Tirado (Part 1) by El Chicano (#99); and My Wife, the Dancer by Eddie & Dutch (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 ABC--The Jackson 5
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
4 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
5 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
6 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
7 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
8 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother--Hollies
9 The Rapper--The Jaggerz
10 Come and Get It--Badfinger

Singles entering the chart were You Make Me Real by the Doors (#65); Since I Don't Have You by Eddie Holman (#67); What is Truth by Johnny Cash (#76); Come Running by Van Morrison (#81); Make Me Smile by Chicago (#88); Hey Lawdy Mama by Steppenwolf (#89); Airport Love Theme by Vincent Bell (#91); Can You Feel It by Bobby Goldsboro (#92); Love on a Two-Way Street by the Moments (#94); Sympathy by Rare Bird (#97); and Which Way You Goin' Billy? by the Poppy Family (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel (4th week at #1)
2 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
3 The Rapper--The Jaggerz
4 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
5 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
6 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
7 Evil Ways--Santana
8 Celebrate--Three Dog Night
9 Let it Be--The Beatles
10 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman

Singles entering the chart were Vehicle by the Ides of March (#91); Don't Leave Me by Eddie Rambeau (#92); Everybody's Out of Town by B.J. Thomas (#94); After St. Francis by Barbara McNair (#95); Oh Darling by the Meadow (#96); Angelica by Oliver (#97); Upon the Earth by the Illustrations (#98); Mama Said by Little Eva (#99); and All Powerful Man by Natural Gas (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 Come and Get It--Badfinger
3 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
4 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
5 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
6 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
7 Every Man Hears Different Music--Gainsborough Gallery
8 Give Me Just a Little More Time--The Chairmen of the Board
9 Sparkle and Shine--The Clique
10 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
Pick hit of the week: ABC--The Jackson 5

Protest
A "March for Victory" organized by Rev. Carl McIntire, pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church in Collingswood, New Jersey and President of the International Council of Christian Churches, took place in Washington, D.C. The crowd--estimated at 50,000 by police, and claimed to be 250,000 by Dr. McIntire--was demonstrating for victory by U.S. forces in the Vietnam War.

Hockey
NHL
Chicago 4 @ Montreal 1
Boston 4 @ Toronto 2
New York 2 @ Detroit 6
Minnesota 1 @ Philadelphia 0
St. Louis 3 @ Pittsburgh 1
Oakland 1 @ Los Angeles 4

Chico Maki, Doug Jarrett, Dennis Hull, and Brian Campbell scored for the Black Hawks in their win at the Montreal Forum and kept alive Chicago’s hopes of finishing first in the East Division. Yvan Cournoyer scored for the Canadiens as the defending Stanley Cup champions failed to clinch the fourth and final playoff spot in the East Division.

Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Bobby Orr, and Derek Sanderson scored in the 1st period to give the Bruins a 4-0 lead at Maple Leaf Gardens; Ron Ellis and Jim Dorey replied for the Maple Leafs in the 3rd period.

Gordie Howe, who had turned 42 years of age four days earlier, scored his 29th and 30th goals of the season for the Red Wings, while Garry Unger added his 40th in Detroit’s win over the Rangers at Olympia Stadium.

Barry Gibbs’ 3rd goal of the season held up as the only goal in the North Stars’ win over the Flyers at The Spectrum.

Auto racing
USAC
Dan Gurney won a 150-mile race at Sears Point, California. Mario Andretti was second, and Al Unser third.

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Brass in Pocket--Pretenders

#1 single in France (IFOP): One Step Beyond--Madness (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band (3rd week at #1)
2 Do That to Me One More Time--Captain & Tennille
3 Tired of Toein' the Line--Rocky Burnette
4 Ballad of Lucy Jordan--Marianne Faithfull
5 Rapper's Delight--Sugarhill Gang
6 Carrie--Cliff Richard
7 You're Only Lonely--J.D. Souther
8 Babe--Styx
9 Don't Bring Me Down--Electric Light Orchestra
10 Gloria--Umberto Tozzi

Singles entering the chart were I'm in the Mood for Dancing by the Nolans (#12); Fly Too High by Janis Ian (#13); and Message in a Bottle by the Police (#20). Fly Too High was from the movie Foxes (1980).

Died on this date
Red Sovine, 62. U.S. musician. Woodrow Wilson Sovine was a country singer-songwriter best known for "truck driving" songs such as Giddyup Go (1965) and the nauseating Teddy Bear (1976). He died when he had a heart attack while driving his van and crashed into another vehicle, suffering fatal injuries.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department announced that the Unemployment rate had increased to 6.2% in March.

Hockey
NHL
Colorado 2 @ Edmonton 6

The Oilers, in their first year in the National Hockey League, clinched the 16th and final playoff spot with the win.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Nothing Compares 2 U--Sinéad O'Connor (7th week at #1)

Environment
New York State passed a law requiring environmental impact statements on Canadian projects before buying additional power from Hydro-Quebec.

Economics and finance
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that Canada paid $117,000 for every farm job it saved by subsidizing agriculture, and that farm support programs raised output 17%.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals
Toronto 2 @ St. Louis 4 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 1-0)
Minnesota 2 @ Chicago 1 (Minnesota led best-of-seven series 1-0)
Winnipeg 7 @ Edmonton 5 (Winnipeg led best-of-seven series 1-0)
Los Angeles 5 @ Calgary 3 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 1-0)

25 years ago
1995

Died on this date
Priscilla Lane, 79. U.S. actress and singer. Miss Lane, born Priscilla Mullican, sang with bandleader Fred Waring before becoming an actress. Her movies included Four Daughters (1938); Brother Rat (1938); The Roaring Twenties (1939); Four Wives (1939); Saboteur (1942); and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Crime
Francisco Duran, 26, a resident of Colorado Springs, was convicted in federal court in Washington, D.C. of attempting to assassinate U.S. President Bill Clinton. In October 1994 Mr. Duran had fried shots at the White House with an assault rifle. He was also convicted of assault against Secret Service officers who had approached him; of weapons charges; and of damaging federal property. Defense lawyers had contended that Mr. Duran was insane and had not intended to shoot anyone.

20 years ago
2000

Medicine
Surgeons in London, Ontario transplanted the first liver donation in Canada between two living relatives, as a 27-year-old man donated more than half of his own liver to his 50-year-old mother.

Weather
Severe weather forced the closure of one of Britain's main airports--Luton, near London--as much of the country experienced its coldest April day on record.

Economics and finance
The NASDAQ exchange, which had peaked at $6.71 trillion on March 10, dropped to $5.61 trillion. The drop was due mainly to the decline in technology stocks, a day after a U.S. District Court judge had ruled that Microsoft Corporation had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act in moving to limit competition.

Baseball
The Los Angeles Dodgers scored 7 runs in the 3rd inning as they defeated the Montreal Expos 10-4 at before 12,143 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Montreal relief pitcher Ugueth Urbina tied a record in the 9th inning by striking out the side on 9 pitches.