April 3

It's April 3rd

On this day in 1860 – The first successful US Pony Express run from St. Joseph, MO, to Sacramento, CA, begins.


In 1888 - The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the Whitechapel district in London, occurs.


In 1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins.


In 1955 – The ACLU announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book "Howl" against obscenity charges.

In 1968 - Simon & Garfunkel releases "Bookends".


Birthdays:

Chris Oliva


Mike Ness


Richard Thompson


Catherine Spaak
as Anna Terzi in "The Cat o' Nine Tails"

as Claudia in "A Rather Complicated Girl"


Richard Manuel

as the bearded composer in "Eliza's Horoscope"


William Bast


Tony Orlando


Jeff Barry


Francesca Woodman
"Self Portrait"(1977)

"Untitled"

"Vanishing Act (Space2)"


Harold Vick


Doris Day
as Jennifer Nelson in "The Glass Bottom Boat"


Adam Gussow


Elisabetta Brusa


Jonathan Lynn
Director

as Mr. Petheridge in "The House That Dripped Blood" segment "The Cloak"


Billy Joe Royal


Wayne Newton


François de Roubaix


Mary Anderson
as Molly Rankin in "The Underworld Story"

as Old Lady in the Music Store in "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie"

Nanette Bordeaux
in "So Dark the Night"


Iron Eyes Cody


George Jessel
as Mr. Fessel in "The Busy Body"


Zez Confrey


Leslie Howard
as Alan Squier in "The Petrified Forest"


Dooley Wilson
as Sam in "Casablanca"



Allan Dwan



Minstinguett


Washington Irving
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Valentin Rathgeber


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