TODAY IN HISTORYTodayis Monday, April 8, the 98th day of 2002. There are 267 days left in the year.On this dateIn 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.

In 1946, the League of Nations assembled in Geneva for the last time.

In 1973, artist Pablo Picasso died at his home near Mougins, France, at age 91.

In 1990, Ryan White, the teenage AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance gained national attention, died in Indianapolis at age 18.Thought for Today

<*“He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.” — Susan Sontag, American author and critic.