Today in History - History - April 1st

1980Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist

1936Charles "Lucky" Luciano" is arrested in Arkansas on a criminal warrant from New York

1934Clyde Barrow kills two young highway patrolmen, H. D. Murphy and Edward Bryant Wheeler, at the intersection of Route 114 and Dove Road near Grapevine, Texas. Bonnie Parker's role in the murders was greatly exaggerated, but helped turn public perception against the gang for good

527Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne

199019th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King

1976Stephen Wozniak & steven jobs found Apple Computer

1990Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan

1854Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words.

1918Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St NYC

1964John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years

1920Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun)

1815Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)

1984Marvin Gaye, singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44

1917Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (The Entertainer), dies at 48