Today in History - History - April 1st

1836Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands

1981CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)

1857Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.

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

1938Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

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

1976Stephen Wozniak & steven jobs found Apple Computer

1939US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war. Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain

1983NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons

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

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

1950Charles R. Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45