03 April History


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  • 628    -    In Persia, Kavadh sues for peace with the Byzantines.
  • 1367    -    John of Gaunt and Edward the Black Prince win the Battle of Najara, in Spain.
  • 1559    -    Philip II of Spain and Henry II of France sign the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, ending a long series of wars between the Hapsburg and Valois dynasties.
  • 1860    -    The Pony Express connects St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
  • 1862    -    Slavery is abolished in Washington, D.C.
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  • 1865    -    Union forces occupy the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
  • 1882    -    The American outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by his cousin, Bob Ford.
  • 1910    -    Alaska's Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America is climbed.
  • 1920    -    F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre are married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
  • 1936    -    Bruno Hauptmann, killer of the Lindbergh baby, is executed.
  • 1942    -    The Japanese begin their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.
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  • 1944    -    The U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens are eligible to vote in all elections, including primaries.
  • 1948    -    President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan, it will revive war-torn Europe.
  • 1966    -    Three-thousand South Vietnamese Army troops lead a protest against the Ky regime in Saigon.
  • 1972    -    Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States after a twenty-year absence.
  • 1984    -    Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University becomes the first African-American coach to win an NCAA basketball tournament.

  • 03 April Birthdays

  • 1783    -    Washington Irving, American writer (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle).
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  • 1822    -    Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country).
  • 1823    -    William Macy "Boss" Tweed, New York City political boss.
  • 1837    -    John Burroughs, nature writer.
  • 1842    -    Hermann Karl Vogel, German astonomer.
  • 1888    -    Gertrude Bridget "Ma" Rainey, American singer, "the mother of the blues."
  • 1898    -    Henry R. Luce, magazine publisher, founder of Time, Fortune and Life.
  • 1924    -    Marlon Brando, actor (On the Waterfront, The Godfather).
  • 1924    -    Doris Von Kappelhoff [Doris Day], American singer and actress.
  • 1930    -    Helmut Kohl, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.