CoM Moderators Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Historical Events 1834 - The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason. 1860 - Start of the Pony Express, delivers mail by horse and rider relay teams between St Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California 1965 - 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched 1976 - 130th Grand National: John Burke wins aboard Rag Trade; equal record 4th winner trained by Fred Rimell and 2nd winner owned by Pierre Raymond Bessone 2000 - 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Florida, 89-76; Spartans only top-4 seed to advance to the Final Four 2004 - Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1485 - Lieven van der Maude [Livius Ammonius], South Netherland poet and Carthusian monk, born in Ghent, Habsburg Netherlands (d. 1556) 1918 - Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2005) 1926 - Andrew Keir, Scottish character actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics), born in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1997) 1963 - Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese video game composer, born in Osaka, Japan 1988 - Peter Hartley, English footballer (Motherwell), born in Hartlepool, England 2003 - Elsie Fisher, American actress (Eighth Grade), born in Riverside, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1990 - Sarah Vaughan, American jazz and pop singer ("Body and Soul; "Broken Hearted Melody"), often known as "Sassy" and "The Divine One", dies of lung cancer at 66 1990 - Katharine Balfour, American actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69 2007 - Marion Eames, Welsh novelist, dies at 86 2007 - Eddie Robinson, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Grambling 408 wins), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 88 2015 - Andrew Porter, British organist, opera director, music critic, and librettist, dies at 86 2020 - Tom Dempsey, American NFL kicker (Pro Bowl, First-team All-Pro 1969; New Orleans Saints; longest winning field goal, 63 yards), dies of COVID-19 complications at 73 More Famous Deaths »
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