TODAY IN HISTORY

THURSDAY APR 1, 2021 1954

The United States Air Force Academy was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1789

The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York; Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House speaker.

1933

Nazi Germany staged a daylong national boycott of Jewish-owned businesses.

1945

American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II.

1970

President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.

1972

The first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days.

1975

With Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.

1976

Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.

1977

The U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.

1984

Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father, Marvin Gay, Sr. in Los Angeles, the day before the recording star’s 45th birthday.

1987

In his first speech on the AIDS epidemic, President Ronald Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, “We’ve declared AIDS public health enemy no. 1.”

2003

American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.