Beatification ceremony for Joan of Arc held in Rome, Italy –
Old Yankee stadium opened in N.Y.C. –
First U.S. public laundromat opened, Fort Worth, Texas –
League of Nations dissolved –
Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco in a civil ceremony –
Lighted fishing pole patented –
The longest professional baseball game started on this night. The 33-inning game spanned 3 days, beginning on April 18, extending into April 19, and ending on June 23. The Pawtucket (Rhode Island) Red Sox beat the Rochester (New York) Red Wings 3-2. Cal Ripken was playing 3rd base for the Red Wings –
Beauty and the Beast was the first Disney animated film to become a Broadway musical. It opened on this day at New York’s Palace Theater –
Cardinals gathered in Rome to select Pope John Paul II’s successor –
Catherine Ndereba, of Kenya, won the 109th Boston Marathon for an unprecedented fourth time in the women’s division –
Aaron Caissie set a world record by balancing 17 spoons on his face –
Weather
The temperature soared to 90 degrees F in New York City –
Logan Airport in Boston reported a temperature of 2 degrees F –
The Red River in the Fargo-Moorhead region of North Dakota rose more than 20 feet above flood stage. –
The temperature reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit in Del Rio, Texas –
