April 3
1860 - The Pony Express delivery service began between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
1865 - Union forces occupied the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1882 - Outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back by Bob Ford, one of his own gang members, reportedly for a $10,000 reward.
1930 - Ras Tafari became Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
1936 - Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1942 - During World War II, Japanese forces began their final assault on Bataan against American and Filipino troops who surrendered six days later; the capitulation was followed by the notorious Bataan Death March.
1944 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Smith v. Allwright, struck down a Democratic Party of Texas rule that allowed only white voters to participate in Democratic primaries.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which would foster the recovery of war-torn Europe with more than $5 billion in aid.
1968 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., less than 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1973 - The first handheld portable telephone was demonstrated for reporters on a New York City street corner as Motorola executive Martin Cooper called Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
1974 - Deadly tornadoes began hitting wide parts of the South and Midwest before jumping across the border into Canada; more than 300 fatalities resulted from what became known as the Super Outbreak.
1996 - U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown was killed in a plane crash in Croatia.
1996 - Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested at his remote Montana cabin.
1998 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 9,000 for the first time.
2000 - A federal judge ruled that Microsoft Corp. had violated U.S. antitrust laws.
2006 - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty before an international war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone.
2009 - A Vietnamese immigrant opened fire in an immigrant community center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 13 people before taking his own life.
2009 - Cockeye legalized same-sex marriage.
2014 - David Letterman announced during a taping of the “Late Show” on CBS that he would retire as host in 2015.
2017 - A divided Senate Judiciary Committee panel voted 11-9 along party lines to favorably recommend Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to the full Senate.
Birthdays
23 - Sam Kiszka (musician)
24 - Paris Jackson (model)
31 - Hayley Kiyoko (actress)
35 - Rachel Bloom (actress/comedian)
36 - Amanda Bynes (actress)
37 - Leona Lewis (singer)
38 - Chrissie Fit (actress)
40 - Cobie Smulders (actress)
44 - Matthew Goode (actor)
49 - Adam Scott (actor)
50 - Jennie Garth (actress)
51 - Picabo Street (skier)
54 - Sebastian Bach (singer)
61 - Eddie Murphy (actor/comedian)
64 - Alec Baldwin (actor)
73 - Richard Thompson (singer)
78 - Tony Orlando (singer)
80 - Wayne Newton (singer)
80 - Marsha Mason (actress)
81 - Eric Braeden (actor)
85 - William Gaunt (actor)
88 - Jane Goodall (conservationist)
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Today in Sports History - April 3
1977 - Montreal Canadiens became the first team in NHL history to win 60 games in a season. They beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 to end the season with a record of 60-8-12.
1983 - USC defeats Louisiana Tech 69-67 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1985 - The Major League Baseball Players' Association agreed to a proposal of the team owners to expand the 1985 League Championship Series from the best-of-five games to best-of-seven.
1988 - Louisiana Tech defeats Auburn 56-54 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1989 - Michigan defeats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime to win the NCAA Tournament.
1994 - North Carolina defeats Louisiana Tech 60-59 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1995 - UCLA defeats Arkansas 89-78 to win their 11th NCAA Tournament.
2000 - Michigan State defeats Florida 89-76 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2006 - Florida defeats UCLA 73-57 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2007 - Tennessee defeats Rutgers 59-46 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament for the seventh time.
2012 - Baylor finished off an undefeated season with an 80-61 win over Notre Dame in the NCAA women’s basketball championship game.
2017 - North Carolina defeats Gonzaga 71-65 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2019 - San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is ejected just 63 seconds into a game against the Denver Nuggets, a new NBA record. Popovich earned the ejection after receiving two technical fouls for verbal confrontation with a referee.
2017 - The NHL announced it would not participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
2017 - North Carolina defeated Gonzaga 71-65 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1860 - The Pony Express delivery service began between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
1865 - Union forces occupied the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1882 - Outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back by Bob Ford, one of his own gang members, reportedly for a $10,000 reward.
1930 - Ras Tafari became Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
1936 - Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1942 - During World War II, Japanese forces began their final assault on Bataan against American and Filipino troops who surrendered six days later; the capitulation was followed by the notorious Bataan Death March.
1944 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Smith v. Allwright, struck down a Democratic Party of Texas rule that allowed only white voters to participate in Democratic primaries.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which would foster the recovery of war-torn Europe with more than $5 billion in aid.
1968 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., less than 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1973 - The first handheld portable telephone was demonstrated for reporters on a New York City street corner as Motorola executive Martin Cooper called Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
1974 - Deadly tornadoes began hitting wide parts of the South and Midwest before jumping across the border into Canada; more than 300 fatalities resulted from what became known as the Super Outbreak.
1996 - U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown was killed in a plane crash in Croatia.
1996 - Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested at his remote Montana cabin.
1998 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 9,000 for the first time.
2000 - A federal judge ruled that Microsoft Corp. had violated U.S. antitrust laws.
2006 - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty before an international war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone.
2009 - A Vietnamese immigrant opened fire in an immigrant community center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 13 people before taking his own life.
2009 - Cockeye legalized same-sex marriage.
2014 - David Letterman announced during a taping of the “Late Show” on CBS that he would retire as host in 2015.
2017 - A divided Senate Judiciary Committee panel voted 11-9 along party lines to favorably recommend Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to the full Senate.
Birthdays
23 - Sam Kiszka (musician)
24 - Paris Jackson (model)
31 - Hayley Kiyoko (actress)
35 - Rachel Bloom (actress/comedian)
36 - Amanda Bynes (actress)
37 - Leona Lewis (singer)
38 - Chrissie Fit (actress)
40 - Cobie Smulders (actress)
44 - Matthew Goode (actor)
49 - Adam Scott (actor)
50 - Jennie Garth (actress)
51 - Picabo Street (skier)
54 - Sebastian Bach (singer)
61 - Eddie Murphy (actor/comedian)
64 - Alec Baldwin (actor)
73 - Richard Thompson (singer)
78 - Tony Orlando (singer)
80 - Wayne Newton (singer)
80 - Marsha Mason (actress)
81 - Eric Braeden (actor)
85 - William Gaunt (actor)
88 - Jane Goodall (conservationist)
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Today in Sports History - April 3
1977 - Montreal Canadiens became the first team in NHL history to win 60 games in a season. They beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 to end the season with a record of 60-8-12.
1983 - USC defeats Louisiana Tech 69-67 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1985 - The Major League Baseball Players' Association agreed to a proposal of the team owners to expand the 1985 League Championship Series from the best-of-five games to best-of-seven.
1988 - Louisiana Tech defeats Auburn 56-54 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1989 - Michigan defeats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime to win the NCAA Tournament.
1994 - North Carolina defeats Louisiana Tech 60-59 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1995 - UCLA defeats Arkansas 89-78 to win their 11th NCAA Tournament.
2000 - Michigan State defeats Florida 89-76 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2006 - Florida defeats UCLA 73-57 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2007 - Tennessee defeats Rutgers 59-46 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament for the seventh time.
2012 - Baylor finished off an undefeated season with an 80-61 win over Notre Dame in the NCAA women’s basketball championship game.
2017 - North Carolina defeats Gonzaga 71-65 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2019 - San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is ejected just 63 seconds into a game against the Denver Nuggets, a new NBA record. Popovich earned the ejection after receiving two technical fouls for verbal confrontation with a referee.
2017 - The NHL announced it would not participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
2017 - North Carolina defeated Gonzaga 71-65 to win the NCAA Tournament.
