This Day in History 03/04
APRIL 3RD
1965 – 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched
1973 – The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States
1991 – UN Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution
2009 – Australia formally adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
2012 – US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1866 – J. B. M. Hertzog [Barry Hertzog], Cape Colony, South African General/Premier (1914-39)
1961 – Eddie Murphy, Brooklyn New York, American actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw)
FAMOUS DEATHS
1991 – Graham Greene, Brit writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86
FAMOUS WEDDING
1920 – Novelist and short story writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (23) weds novelist Zelda Sayre (19) at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral
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