On this day

1913 - English suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst was sentenced to 3 years in prison for inciting supporters to place explosives at the London home of British politician David Lloyd George. The Home Secretary banned all future public meetings of suffragettes.

1933 - Everest was conquered for the first time by plane when 2 specially built British planes made aviation history by flying over the summit. The pilots were the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale and Fl. Lt. David McIntyre.

1882 - Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward. There was later controversy over whether it was actually Jesse James that had been killed.


1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.

April 3rd Birthdays

Alec Baldwin-52
Mick Mars-55(motley crue guitarist)
Melissa Etheridge-49(rock guitarist/vocalist)

April 4th historical events.

1581 – Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.

1850 – Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.

1873 – The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.

1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated

1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

A couple more events.

1994-OASIS released their first single"supersonic"which peaked at a lowly No31 in the uk charts.

1995-Radio DJ and TV funnyman Kenny Everett,who created such characters as Cupid Stunt and Gizzard Puke in his telly shows,died aged 50.

Birthdays.

Gary Moore-58
Robert Downey Jr-45
David Blaine-37
Alicia Silverstone-34
Heath Ledger-b 1979-d 2008(R.I.P)

April 5th events

1955-Winston churchill resigns as Prime Minister amid fears of failing health.

1956-Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.

1992-The Siege of Sarajevo begins.

Birthdays

Mike McCready-44..Pearl Jam guitarist.
Tommy Smith-65..English footballer.
Jane Asher-64..British actress.

1614 - Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.

1887 - British historian Lord Acton wrote in a letter, "All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

More Birthdays

Lisa Zane-49..American actress.
Christopher"Kid"Reid-46...American Rapper...Kid n Play.
Emperor Go Fushimi of Japan-b 1288-d 1336.
Harcourt Fenton"Harry"Mudd-New Amsterdam,Arcturus(2173) Star trek.