Historical Events In April - 03

1947  On April - 03 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 performances  

1947  On this day in history "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 perfs  

1948  On this day in history 1st US figure skating championships held  

1948  Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) on April - 03.  

1948  On April - 03 harry Truman signs Marshall Plan to restore Europe  

1948  On April - 03 the first US figure skating championships held  

1948  US female Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button  

1949  KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS on this day in history.  

1949  North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by US, Britain, France & Canada on this day in history.  

1949  On this day in history wLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus OH (NBC) begins broadcasting  

1949  On April - 03 basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89  

1950  On this day in history adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 70  

1951  On this day in history christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners", premieres in Oxford  

1951  On April - 03 christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners," premieres in Oxford  

1951  Johannes C Kielstra, Dut economist/gov (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72 on April - 03.  

1952  Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress on April - 03.  

1954  On this day in history "Me & Juliet" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 358 performances  

1954  On this day in history don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)  

1955  On this day in history baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics)  

1955  Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39 on April - 03.  

1955  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open on this day in history.  

1955  On this day in history night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300  

1955  On April - 03 balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)  

1956  On this day in history "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances  

1956  Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated on this day in history.  

1956  German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rhl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed on this day in history.  

1956  On April - 03 t Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed  

1957  Samuel Beckett's "Endgame", premieres in London on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history uSSR performs atmospheric nuclear test  

1957  Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," premieres in London on April - 03.  

1958  "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances on April - 03.  

1958  On this day in history fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana  

1958  Theodor Kramer, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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1151  Igor Svyatoslavich, Ukrainian prince (d. 1202) was born on this day in history.  

1245  Philips III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85) was born on this day in history.  

1367  On this day in history birth of henry IV, Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England (1399-1413)  

1438  On April - 03 birth of john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland  

1485  Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherland poet was born on this day in history.  

1529  On April - 03 birth of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)  

1569  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer  

1593  On this day in history birth of george Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs)  

0033  Death of Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington) on this day in history.  

0628  Death of Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son on April - 03.  

0963  Death of William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915) on this day in history.  

1287  On April - 03 honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies  

1350  On April - 03 death of eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)  

1512  On this day in history richard Pafraet, Dutch printer, dies  

1525  On April - 03 giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api), dies at 49  

1581  On April - 03 huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies