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 Today's
highlight in history:
On April 1, 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II.
On this date:
In 1853, Cincinnati established a fire department of paid city employees.
In 1918, the Royal Air Force was established in Britain.
In 1933, Nazi Germany began persecuting Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses.
In 1946, tidal waves struck the Hawaiian islands, resulting in more than 170 deaths.
In 1958, President Eisenhower signed a $1.85 billion emergency housing measure.
In 1960, the first weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
In 1963, most of New York City's daily newspapers resumed publishing after settlement was reached in a 114-day strike.
In 1970, President Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
In 1983, tens of thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators linked arms in a 14-mile human chain spanning three defense installations in rural England, including the Greenham Common U.S. Air Base.
In 1987, in his first major speech on the AIDS epidemic, President Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1."
Ten years ago: U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright dismissed Paula Jones' lawsuit against President Clinton, saying her claims of sexual harassment fell "far short" of being worthy of trial. (Clinton later settled with Jones without apology or admission of guilt.)
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Five years ago: American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, and rescued Army Pvt. 1st Class Jessica Lynch, who'd been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23. A Cuban plane hijacked the day before with 32 people aboard landed at Key West, Fla., where the hijacker surrendered.
One year ago: Iran's state television aired new video showing two of the 15 captured British sailors pointing to a spot on a map of the Persian Gulf where they were seized and saying it was in Iranian territorial waters; Britain's Foreign Office immediately denounced the video. Morgan Pressel became the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history with a game well beyond her 18 years, closing with a 3-under-par 69 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
Today's birthdays: Actress Jane Powell is 80. Actress Grace Lee Whitney is 78. Actress Debbie Reynolds is 76. Country singer Jim Ed Brown is 74. Actor Don Hastings is 74. Blues singer Eddie King is 70. Actress Ali MacGraw is 70. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rudolph Isley is 69. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 60. Jazz musician Gil Scott-Heron is 59. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 58. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 58. Actress Annette O'Toole is 56. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 55. Country singer Woody Lee is 40. Rapper-actor Method Man is 37. Movie directors Allen and Albert Hughes are 36. Tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 33. Actor David Oyelowo is 32. Singer Bijou Phillips is 28. Actor Sam Huntington is 26. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum) is 24. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 23.
Thought for today: "Life is short. Live it up." --
Nikita S. Khrushchev, Soviet leader (1894-1971)
[Associated Press]
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