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Monday, April 3, 2017

Today in History

628
In Persia, Kavadh sues for peace with the Byzantines.
1367
John of Gaunt and Edward the Black Prince win the Battle of Najera, in Spain.
1559
Philip II of Spain and Henry II of France sign the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, ending a long series of wars between the Hapsburg and Valois dynasties.
1860
The Pony Express connects St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
1862
Slavery is abolished in Washington, D.C.
1865
Union forces occupy the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1882
The American outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by his cousin, Bob Ford.
1910
Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America is climbed.
1920
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre are married at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
1936
Bruno Hauptmann, killer of the Lindbergh baby, is executed.
1942
The Japanese begin their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.
1944
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens are eligible to vote in all elections, including primaries.
1948
President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan. It will revive war-torn Europe.
1966
Three-thousand South Vietnamese Army troops lead a protest against the Ky regime in Saigon.
1972
Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States after a twenty-year absence.
1984
Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University becomes the first African-American coach to win an NCAA basketball tournament.

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