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This Day in History: April 3

BORN ON THIS DAY

1924 - Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)
1924 - Doris Day, American actress
1934 - Jane Goodall, English zoologist [pictured above]
1959 - David Hyde Pierce, American actor
1961 - Eddie Murphy, American actor/comedian

WORLD HISTORY

1860 - The Pony Express began, crossing prairies, plains, deserts, and mountains of western USA, usually a 10-day journey.
1882 - Jesse James was killed by Robert Ford.
1885 - Patent was granted to Gottlieb Daimler for his engine design. [First Daimler pictured below]
 

1895 - Oscar Wilde's trial of the libel case began, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech
1973 - The first portable cell phone call was made in New York
1974 - "Super Outbreak", the largest tornado outbreak on record. In 18-hours, 148 tornadoes hit 13 states; 315-330 deaths, 5,484 injuries.
1987 - The jewellery of the late Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Simpson) was sold for £31m ($50m) - six times the expected figure.

1996 - American "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski was arrested at his cabin in Montana. [Unabomber pictured at left] (News link)
2000 - United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft was ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors
2004 - Islamic terrorists committed suicide. A month earlier (11 March 2004) ten coordinated bombs hit Madrid's commuter train system between 7:39am and 7:42am, 191 dead, approx. 1,800 wounded. On 3 April 2004, as police were closing in on the suspects, the terrorists blew themselves up with explosives.