Today in history

1912: First Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington, D.C.

1915: Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon] is arrested and returned to quarantine on North Brother Island, New York after spending five years evading health authorities and causing several further outbreaks of typhoid

1948: Just 11 days after being released from prison, Billie Holiday plays in front of a soldout crowd at Carnegie Hall

1977: 583 die in aviation’s worst ever disaster when two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife airport in Spain

1980: Mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years

1991: Scotty Bowman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame