History Blog

April 3

Happy Birthday RIP Leslie Howard Steiner(1893–1943) Marlon Brando Jr(1924–2004) Doris Kappelhoff(“Doris Day” 1922–2019) ; Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall–87 Marsha Mason–79 Carson Wayne Newton–79 Michael Orlando Cassavitis(“Tony Orlando”)–77 Alexander “Alec” Baldwin III–63 David Hyde Pierce–62 Edward “Eddie” Murphy–60 Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn–52 Jamie Bamber Griffith–48 ; 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins ; 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis