April 1
Video Games
Video Games
1993: Lou Gerstner replaces John Akers as chairman and CEO of IBM.
1994: Nintendo releases the Super Metroid video game for the Super NES in the US.
1997: In the lawsuit of Intel versus Cyrix, Cyrix agrees to a settlement, agreeing to acknowledge the term "MMX" as an Intel trademark.
1997: Midway releases the Doom 64 video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
2000: Negotiations for a settlement between Microsoft and the US Department of Justice over the monopoly issue fail.
2000: Nintendo releases the Pokémon Trading Card video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
2002: Sony reduces the price of several PlayStation 2 video game titles in the US, releasing them as "Greatest Hits" for US$24.99 each. First titles are: ATV Offroad Fury, Dark Clouds, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Twisted Metal: Black.
2003: Intel releases the 2.3 and 2.4 GHz Celeron processor, for low-price computers. Prices are US$117 and US$127, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
2003: In Japan, Square and Enix complete merging companies to form Square Enix.
2006: Ubisoft releases the America's Army: Rise of a Soldier video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
Movies
Movies
1990: The Comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting in the US.
1993: Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at age 68.
1995: Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at age 86.
1996: Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy), dies at age 47.
2001: Fox airs the 100th episode of TV show King of the Hill.
2005: Death of Philip J Amelio II of internal infection at age 27; actor (Kevin Life With Lucy, Scott - All My Children).
Music
Music
Sports
Sports
1985: 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75.
1985: European Junior).
1986: Delhi beats Haryana by innings and 141 to win Ranji Trophy.
1989: First New York Mets - New York Yankees game in New York City since 1983, New York Yankees win 4-3.
1989: Former Yale University and National League president Bart Giamatti becomes seventh commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1990: 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King.
1990: 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81.
1990: CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger.
1990: Second Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins.
1991: 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65.
1991: Dwight Goodin signs US$5.15 million three year contract with New York Mets.
1992: NFL decides to stay with 17-week schedule instead of expanded 18 games.
1992: NHL players begin first strike in 75-year history.
1992: Western Australia beats New South Wales by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final.
1992: Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at age 37 in car crash.
1993: Alan Kulwicki, American stock car racer, dies in plane crash at age 38 (born 1954).
1993: Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at age 68.
1995: New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23.
1995: Johnny Nichols, football player, dies at age 63.
1996: 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67.
1996: John McSheery dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at age 51.
1997: 69-year-old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch.
1998: World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Russians Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze win.
2001: The first Major League Baseball game is played in Puerto Rico, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Texas Rangers 8-1.
2002: Maryland defeats Indiana 64-52 to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.
2006: The Chicago White Sox signs Jose Contreras to a $29 million, three-year contract extension.