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19946th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd
1975Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend it
1882American Old West: Outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
19302nd Academy Awards - "The Broadway Melody", Warner Baxter & Mary Pickford win
1917Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16]
19262nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
1958Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana
1966Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open
1955The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1941Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
1924Marlon Brando, Omaha Neb, actor (Superman, Godfather)
1961Eddie Murphy, Brooklyn New York, American actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw)
1958Alec Baldwin, Amityville NY, actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice)
1783Washington Irving, New York City New York, American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
1882Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford
1991Graham Greene, Brit writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86
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