THIS DAY IN HISTORY 03/04

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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THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 23/01

This day in #history 23/01
JANUARY 23RD

638 – Start of Islamic calendar

1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President
of the First Philippine Republic.

1908 – US & Great Britain demand end of abuses
in Congo

1961 – Venezuela adopts constitution

1996 – The first version of the Java programming
language was released .

1984 – Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become
WWF champ

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1737 – John Hancock , merchant/statesman , ( 1st
to sign Declaration of Independence) , ( d. 1793 ),
[o .s . 1936 -01 -12 ]

FAMOUS DEATHS

1806 – William Pitt , the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783 ..1806 ), dies at 46

1998 – Hilla Limann , president of Ghana in
(1979 -81) , dies