April 3
Today in America's Present Past
1715 | Founder John Hanson was born.
1776 | Harvard College awarded George Washington an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree.
1783 | Sweden and the U.S. sign the treaty of Amity & Commerce.
1783 | Author Washington Irving was born.
1798 | Explorer Charles Wilkes was born.
1860 | The Pony Express started operations (between Missouri and California, for 19 months).
1823 | Boss Tweed was born.
1837 | Author John Burroughs was born.
1858 | Politician Matthew Ricketts was born.
1865 | Civil War: Union forces liberated Richmond, Virginia.
1882 | Outlaw Jesse James was murdered.
1898 | Publisher Henry Luce was born.
1918 | Congress adopted the American Creed written by William Tyler Page.
1920 | Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald wed Zelda Sayre at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC.
1922 | Singer Doris Day was born.
1924 | Actor Marlon Brando was born.
1927 | Navel Officer Wesley Brown was born.
1928 | Basketball Pro Earl Lloyd was born.
1944 | SCOTUS: The Court decided Smith v Allwright.
1950 | Historian Carter G. Woodson died.
1953 | TV: The first “TV Guide” was published.
1958 | Actor Alec Baldwin was born.
1961 | Actor Eddie Murphy was born.
1968 | Civil Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his final speech in Memphis, Tennessee.
1969 | Entrepreneur Mellody Hobson was born.
1982 | POTUS: Republican President Reagan started a 5-minute weekly radio broadcast.
2000 | Philosopher Terence McKenna died.
2018 | Entrepreneur David Edgerton died.