628 – Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son
1287 – Honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies
1581 – Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
1747 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter, dies at 89
1941 – Pal Teleki-von Szek, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), committed suicide at 61
1969 – Rex Evans, British actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker), dies after surgery at 65
1982 – Warren Oates, American actor (Dillinger, East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies of a heart attack at 53
1994 – Frank G Wells, US company director (Walt Disney Co.), dies in a helicopter crash at 62
2003 – Michael Kelly, American journalist (b. 1957)
2008 – Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian football player (b. 1983)
Author: gil7
Historical Events for 3rd April 2020
1721 – Robert Walpole becomes Britain’s 1st Lord of the Treasury – effective Prime Minister, although that term was never officially used (indeed, it was considered an insult) until much later
1913 – British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail
1926 – Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
1949 – KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
1955 – Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
1962 – American jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
1966 – Soviet Luna 10 completes its first orbit of the Moon
1978 – Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington, D.C.
1982 – 136th Grand National: 48 year old Dick Saunders wins aboard 7/1 favourite Grittar; oldest jockey to win the event
2012 – US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination
Today in History for 3rd April 2020
Historical Events
1935 – Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
1955 – Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
1971 – 125th Grand National: John Cook aboard 28/1 chance Specify wins a close finish between the leading 5 in the final furlong
1989 – 51st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Michigan beats Seton Hall, 80-79 (OT); Wolverines first title; small forward Glen Rice named tournament MOP
1994 – 1st roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced
1997 – Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas
Famous Birthdays
1907 – Iron Eyes Cody [Espera Oscar de Corti], Italian-American actor (Keep America Beautiful, Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 1999)
1929 – Dennis Farr, Museum director (Courtauld Institute Galleries) and art historian, born in Luton, Bedfordshire (d. 2006)
1934 – Jim Parker, American football player, NFL guard and tackle (Baltimore Colts), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2005)
1950 – Curtis Stone, American singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry), born in Hollywood, California
1960 – Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer and songwriter, born in Hilversum, Netherlands
1965 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist known as “Queen of Pop” in South Asia, born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan (d. 2000)
Famous Deaths
1822 – Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies
1826 – Reginald Heber, bishop and hymn writer, dies
1972 – Ferde Grofé American composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
1989 – Norman Wooland, German actor (Ivanhoe, Quo Vadis, Hamlet), dies at 79
2007 – Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
2010 – Dusan Radic, Serbian composer, dies at 80