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Gravdigr · 04-03-2017, 03:30 PM

April 3

1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.

1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.

1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.

1882 – American Old West: The coward Robert Ford murders Jesse James.

1888 – The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders (possibly by Jack The Ripper) of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.

1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.

1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1933 – First flight over Mount Everest.

1936 – In a possible miscarriage of justice, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.

1948 – United States President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.

1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.

1956 - Elvis Presley appeared on ABC-TV's 'The Milton Berle Show' live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, California. He performed 'Heartbreak Hotel' 'Shake Rattle And Roll' and 'Blue Suede Shoes.' It was estimated that one out of every four Americans saw the show.

1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.

1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.

1974 – The 1974 Super Outbreak (<--Interesting read.) occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). From April 3 to April 4, 1974, there were 148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 U.S. states and the Canadian province of Ontario, with 30 F4/F5 tornadoes confirmed. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.

1975 - Steve Miller was charged with setting fire to the clothes of a friend, Benita Diorio. When police arrived at Miller's house, Diorio was putting out the flames, Miller then got into a fight with some of the policemen and was charged with resisting arrest.

1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.

1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.

2010 – Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.

2016 – The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.

Births

1783 – Washington Irving, 1822 – Edward Everett Hale, 1886 – Dooley Wilson, 1898 – George Jessel, 1898 – Henry Luce, 1907 – Iron Eyes Cody, 1922 – Doris Day, 1924 – Marlon Brando, 1926 – Gus Grissom, 1928 – Don Gibson♪ ♫, 1930 – Helmut Kohl, 1934 – Jane Goodall (monkey girl), 1941 – Jan Berry♪ ♫(Jan & Dean), 1941 – Philippé Wynne♪ ♫(The Spinners), 1942 – Marsha Mason, 1942 – Wayne Newton♪ ♫, 1942 – Billy Joe Royal♪ ♫, 1943 – Richard Manuel

(The Band), 1944 – Tony Orlando♪ ♫(Tony Orlando & Dawn), 1946 – Dee Murray

(Elton John), 1949 – Lyle Alzado, 1958 – Alec Baldwin, 1959 – David Hyde Pierce (Frasier), 1961 – Eddie Murphy, 1963 – Criss Oliva

(Savatage), 1967 – Cat Cora, 1968 – Sebastian Bach♪ ♫(Skid Row), 1971 – Picabo Street, 1972 – Jennie Garth (90210), 1972 – Catherine McCormack (Braveheart), 1982 – Cobie Smulders (HIMYM, The Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), 1985 – Leona Lewis♪ ♫, 1986 – Amanda Bynes

Deaths

1882 – Jesse James, 1897 – Johannes Brahms

, 1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann, 1943 – Conrad Veidt (Casablanca), 1950 – Kurt Weill

, 1971 – Joseph Valachi (subject of the novel and movie The Valachi Papers), 1975 – Mary Ure (Where Eagles Dare), 1982 – Warren Oates, 1988 – Milton Caniff (created Steve Canyon comic strip), 1990 – Sarah Vaughan♪ ♫, 1991 – Graham Greene (the writer, not the actor), 1993 – Pinky Lee, 2012 – Chief Jay Strongbow (wrestler), 2014 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith

, 2015 – Sarah Brady (wife of James Brady), 2015 – Bob Burns

(Lynyrd Skynyrd), 2016 – Joe Medicine Crow

04-03-2017, 03:30 PM	#693
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	April 3 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins. 1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. 1882 – American Old West: The coward Robert Ford murders Jesse James. 1888 – The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders (possibly by Jack The Ripper) of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs. 1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality. 1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 1933 – First flight over Mount Everest. 1936 – In a possible miscarriage of justice, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh. 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. 1948 – United States President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. 1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges. 1956 - Elvis Presley appeared on ABC-TV's 'The Milton Berle Show' live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, California. He performed 'Heartbreak Hotel' 'Shake Rattle And Roll' and 'Blue Suede Shoes.' It was estimated that one out of every four Americans saw the show. 1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. 1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. 1974 – The 1974 Super Outbreak (<--Interesting read.) occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). From April 3 to April 4, 1974, there were 148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 U.S. states and the Canadian province of Ontario, with 30 F4/F5 tornadoes confirmed. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured. 1975 - Steve Miller was charged with setting fire to the clothes of a friend, Benita Diorio. When police arrived at Miller's house, Diorio was putting out the flames, Miller then got into a fight with some of the policemen and was charged with resisting arrest. 1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. 1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States. 2010 – Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer. 2016 – The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies. Births 1783 – Washington Irving, 1822 – Edward Everett Hale, 1886 – Dooley Wilson, 1898 – George Jessel, 1898 – Henry Luce, 1907 – Iron Eyes Cody, 1922 – Doris Day, 1924 – Marlon Brando, 1926 – Gus Grissom, 1928 – Don Gibson♪ ♫, 1930 – Helmut Kohl, 1934 – Jane Goodall (monkey girl), 1941 – Jan Berry♪ ♫(Jan & Dean), 1941 – Philippé Wynne♪ ♫(The Spinners), 1942 – Marsha Mason, 1942 – Wayne Newton♪ ♫, 1942 – Billy Joe Royal♪ ♫, 1943 – Richard Manuel(The Band), 1944 – Tony Orlando♪ ♫(Tony Orlando & Dawn), 1946 – Dee Murray(Elton John), 1949 – Lyle Alzado, 1958 – Alec Baldwin, 1959 – David Hyde Pierce (Frasier), 1961 – Eddie Murphy, 1963 – Criss Oliva(Savatage), 1967 – Cat Cora, 1968 – Sebastian Bach♪ ♫(Skid Row), 1971 – Picabo Street, 1972 – Jennie Garth (90210), 1972 – Catherine McCormack (Braveheart), 1982 – Cobie Smulders (HIMYM, The Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), 1985 – Leona Lewis♪ ♫, 1986 – Amanda Bynes Deaths 1882 – Jesse James, 1897 – Johannes Brahms, 1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann, 1943 – Conrad Veidt (Casablanca), 1950 – Kurt Weill, 1971 – Joseph Valachi (subject of the novel and movie The Valachi Papers), 1975 – Mary Ure (Where Eagles Dare), 1982 – Warren Oates, 1988 – Milton Caniff (created Steve Canyon comic strip), 1990 – Sarah Vaughan♪ ♫, 1991 – Graham Greene (the writer, not the actor), 1993 – Pinky Lee, 2012 – Chief Jay Strongbow (wrestler), 2014 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, 2015 – Sarah Brady (wife of James Brady), 2015 – Bob Burns(Lynyrd Skynyrd), 2016 – Joe Medicine Crow __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.