Historical Events
- 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 70-64; Huskies' first NCAA title, completing first undefeated season since 1986 Texas
- Longest strike in American major league sports history (232 days) ends as MLB owners accept players’ offer to return to work without a contract; MLB is first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles
- North & Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
- NY Police Department & NY Transit Police merge into one organization
- Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
Golf Tournament
The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: 2-time champion Jack Nicklaus wins with birdie on 3rd playoff hole against Isao Aoki
WrestleMania
WrestleMania XI, Hartford Civic Centre, CT: NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
Famous Deaths
- Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
- Harvey Penick, American golfer, coach, author (World Golf Hall of Fame), dies of degenerative arthritis at 90
- Julius Hemphill, American jazz saxophonist, and composer, dies from complications of diabetes at 57
- Leo LeBlanc, American country musician and pianist who was legally blind, dies of cancer at 55
Died in 1995 1995 Highlights
About April 2, 1995
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 29 years and 23 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Aries
Music Charts
#1 Song: Take A Bow - Madonna
#1 Song: Back For Good - Take That
