Today in History
Listings for Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
Birthdays:
- 1783 Washington Irving, writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
- 1904 Sally Rand, actress, ecdysiast, fan dancer
- 1916 Herb Caen
- 1924 Marlon Brando, godfather
- 1924 Doris Day, whatever become of her?
- 1942 Marsha Mason
- 1942 Wayne Newton
- 1944 Tony Orlando
- 1958 Alec Baldwin, actor
- 1961 Eddie Murphy, played Saturday Night Live and Beverly Hills Cop
- 1971 Picabo Street
- 1972 Jennie Garth
Events:
- 1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed
- 1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan (Aid to Europe)
- 1966 USSR's Luna 10 becomes the first craft to orbit the Moon
- 1973 Dr. Martin Cooper places first cellular phone call.
- 1982 UN Security Council demands Argentina withdraw from Falklands.
- 1986 IBM unveils PC Convertible, the first laptop computer.
That's all for today.
