Today in History - History - April 1st

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

1693Cotton Mather's four-day-old son dies, and witchcraft is blamed

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

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

1930"Blue Angel" starring unknown Marlene Dietrich premieres in America

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

1976Stephen Wozniak & steven jobs found Apple Computer

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

1924Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted

1836Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands

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

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

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