Today in History
Listings for Saturday, April 2, 2022.
Birthdays:
- 742 Emperor Charlemagne
- 1805 Hans Christian Andersen
- 1875 Walter Chrysler, founded a car company.
- 1908 Buddy Ebsen
- 1914 Sir Alec Guiness, thespian
- 1914 Alec Guinness
- 1920 Jack Webb, "Just the facts ma'am."
- 1924 Doris Day, girl next door
- 1939 Marvin Gaye
- 1945 Linda Hunt
- 1947 Emmylou Harris
- 1954 Ron "Horshack" Palillo
- 1955 Dana Carvey, Saturday Night Live actor
Events:
- International Children's Book Day
- 1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n
- 1792 Congress establishes Coin denominations and authorizes US Mint
- 1935 Watson Watt granted a patent for RADAR.
- 1953 Watson and Crick publish discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA.
- 1958 NACA renamed NASA
- 1972 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on the moon and hot-rod with the Boeing Lunar Rover #2
That's all for today.
