CAD - April 3 Traditional Cache
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Cache A Day – April 3rd
April 3rd is the 93rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining until the end of the year.
The entire month of April is Cancer Control and Car CareMonth.
This first week of the month of April is Golden Rule Week.
Today is National Pony Express Day, Tangible Karma Day, and Tweed Day.
N 42* 37.695
W 083* 00.576
Historical events occurring on April 3rd include:
1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before.
1776 - Harvard College conferred the first honorary Doctor of Laws degree to George Washington.
1829 - James Carrington patented the coffee mill.
1860 - The Pony Express connected St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
1862 - Slavery was abolished in Washington, DC.
1865 - Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1866 - Rudolph Eickemeyer and G. Osterheld patented a blocking and shaping machine for hats.
1882 - The American outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward. There was later controversy over whether it was actually Jesse James that had been killed.
1910 - Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America was climbed.
1933 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House. This followed the March 22 legislation that legalized "3.2" beer.
1936 - Richard Bruno Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and death of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.
1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1949 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted on radio on the "Martin and Lewis Show". The NBC program ran until 1952.
1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1986 - The U.S. national debt hit $2 trillion.
1996 - An Air Force jetliner carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in Croatia, killing all 35 people aboard.
1996 - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole.
1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 9,000 for the first time.
2000 - The Nasdaq set a one-day record when it lost 349.15 points to close at 4,233.68.
2010 - The Apple iPad went on sale.
Born on April 3rd
Washington Irving 1783 - Author ("Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
Edward Everett Hale 1822
William M. (Marcy) "Boss" Tweed 1823 - Political boss, known for his Tweed "Ring" that stole millions of dollars from New York City
John Burroughs 1837 - Author
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey 1888
George Jessel 1898 - Comedian, actor
Sally Rand 1904
Herb Caen 1916
Jan Sterling (Adriance) 1923 - Actress
Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff) 1924 - Singer, actress
Marlon Brando 1924 - Actor ("The Godfather", "Apocalypse Now")
Don Gibson 1928 - Songwriter, singer
Miyoshi Umeki 1923 - Actress
Helmut Kohl 1930 - Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1982-1998
Rod Funseth 1933 - Golfer
Jane Goodall 1934 - Anthropologist, author
Jimmy McGriff 1936
Sandra Spuzich 1937 - Golfer
Jeff Barry 1938
Jan Barry 1941 - Songwriter, singer (Jan and Dean)
Marsha Mason 1942 - Actress
Wayne Newton 1942 - Singer
Jonathan Lynn 1943 - Actor, director, writer
Tony Orlando (Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis) 1944 - Singer
Barry Pritchard 1944 - Musician (The Fortunes)
Bernie (Bernard) Parent 1945 - Hockey goalie
Richard Manuel 1945 - Musician (The Band)
Dee Murray 1946 - Musician (Elton John's band)
Donny Anderson 1949 - Football player
Richard Thompson 1949 - Musician (Fairport Convention)
Mel Schacher 1951 - Musician (Grand Funk Railroad)
Mick Mars 1956 - Musician (Motley Crue), Motley Crue Official Store
Alec Baldwin (Alexander Rae Baldwin III) 1958 - Actor
David Hyde Pierce 1959 - Actor ("Frasier")
Eddie Murphy 1961 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live"), actor ("48 Hrs.", "Beverly Hills Cop", "Doctor Doolittle")
Sebastian Bach 1968 - Singer (Skid Row)
Wes Berggren 1971 - Musician (Tripping Daisy)
Jennie Garth 1972 - Actress ("Beverly Hills 90210")
Leona Lewis 1985 - Singer
Amanda Bynes 1986 - Actress
This Cache a Day Series will run all year for 2010. Caches will remain active for one year from date of placement (unless the site becomes otherwise unsuitable for a cache prior to that time).
Bonus points for finding the cache on the day it is released.
Double bonus points if it is your birthday! (Send me a note with your date of birth and I will include it in the cache listing.)
Triple bonus points for finding the entire series. (Ok, so that should be worth a lot more. We’ll figure out some suitable award for any survivors left at the end of the year)
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