This Day…

1927 – Birth of Coretta Scott King, renowned civil rights activist, author, and leader who continued the legacy of her husband, Martin Luther King Jr.

1931 – US gangster film “The Public Enemy” starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow premieres.

1902 – Marie and Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive compound radium chloride

1865 – Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Abraham Lincoln‘s assassination

1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies nine hours after he is shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington

1920  – 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed

April 10, 1884 –  (Dodge City, Kansas): Lawman William “Bill” Tilghman was appointed City Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, taking on the challenge of maintaining order in one of the wildest cow towns of the era.

1832 – The Black Hawk War begins when Native Americans are forced to leave Illinois, a pivotal moment in Midwestern frontier history.

1877  – First human cannonball act performed by 14-year-old Rossa Matilda Richter, known as Zazel, at the Royal Aquarium in London

1946 – 3rd Golden Globes: “The Lost Weekend” and its star Ray Milland, & Ingrid Bergman win.