Daily Calendar for April 3rd, 2020

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1780s

• Born 1783: Washington Irving (author)

1820s

• 1829: James Carrington patented a coffee mill

1830s

• Born 1837: John Burroughs (naturalist)

1860s

• 1860: The Pony Express began postal service

1880s

• Died 1882: Jesse James (outlaw)

• 1882: The outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford, a member of James' gang

1890s

• Born 1893: Leslie Howard (actor)

• Died 1897: Johannes Brahms (composer)

• 1898: During the gold rush, a deadly avalanche occurred along Chilkoot Pass in Alaska

1920s

• 1920: Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre were married

• Born 1922: Doris Day (actress & singer)

• Born 1924: Marlon Brando (actor)

1930s

• 1936: Bruno Hauptmann was executed for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby

1940s

• Born 1942: Wayne Newton (singer)

1950s

• 1953: The first national issue of TV Guide was published

• Born 1958: Alec Baldwin (actor)

• Born 1959: David Hyde Pierce (actor)

1960s

• Born 1961: Eddie Murphy (actor)

1970s

• 1973: First mobile phone call made

• 1978: Woody Allen's film Annie Hall won four Academy Awards, including that for Best Picture

1980s

• Born 1986: Amanda Bynes (actress)

1990s

• Died 1990: Sarah Vaughn (jazz singer)

• Died 1991: Graham Greene (writer)

2000s

• 2007: A French train broke the world speed record for conventional rail trains, reaching 357.2 mph

• 2009: The Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement with Canada and British Columbia went into effect