April 8th events

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  • Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination

  • 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9

  • Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3)

  • Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking

  • "5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 445 performances

  • Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases

  • Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0

  • 65th Golf Masters Championship:

  • One hour before the deadline, the U.S. Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 U.S. federal budget, avoiding a government shutdown

  • Microsoft ends support for its Windows XP operating system; the system was first released in 2001