- 1882] 'Happy Trails': Outlaw Jesse James, 34, is shot dead in St. Joseph (MO) by Robert Ford, a member of his gang (4/3)...2008] Charlton Heston dies from pneumonia at 84 (4/5)...
- 1936] Death by electrocution: Bruno Hauptmann is electrocuted in Trenton (NJ) for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby (4/3)...
- 1953] Debuted on this date: TV Guide is published for the first time with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jr. on the cover (4/3)...
- 1968] Curtains: Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his 'mountaintop' speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis. It will be his final speech (4/3)...The very next day King is gunned down while standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel (4/4)...
- 1966] The Mets win the lottery: The New York Mets win the rights to "The Franchise" aka. Tom Seaver in a lottery drawing after the Atlanta Braves violated rules by signing the pitcher after the college season had started. Three years later Seaver helps the Mets win their first World Series (4/3)...
- 1982] Chapter 11: Record World Magazine, which was founded in 1946 as Music Vendor and changed its name to Record World in 1964, folds (4/5)...
- 1985] Baseball rolls a seven: Baseball owners and players agree to expand the post-season championship series from a best-of-five format to 'best-of-seven' (4/3)...
- 1996] Gotcha: Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski is arrested by FBI agents, accused of sending 16 mail bombs that killed 3 and injured 23 during an 18-year period. Kaczynski is sentenced to 4 life sentences plus 30 years (4/3)...
- 2001] No mo hits: Red Sox pitcher Hideo Nomo no-hits Baltimore to become only the 4th major league pitcher to pitch no-hitters in both leagues (4/4)...
- 2007] Nappy-headed Imus: Don Imus makes offensive on-air remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team (4/4). Despite a subsequent apology, Imus is fired by CBS Radio and MSNBC...For more on April 3 - 5:
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