^B{^#!16!3 April^N! Feast day of Saints Agape, Chionia, and Irene, St Pancras of Taormina, St Richard of Chichester, St Nicetas, St Burgundofara, and St Sixtus I, pope.
^B{1721^B} Robert Walpole became the first prime minister of Britain. ^B{1860^B} In the US, the Pony Express came into operation, with despatch riders regularly making the 3,000-km /2,000-mi trip from St Joseph, Missouri to San Francisco, California. ^B{1922^B} In the USSR, Stalin was appointed as general secretary of the Communist Party. ^B{1930^B} Haile Selassie became emperor of Ethiopia. ^B{1987^B} At an auction in Geneva, jewelry belonging to the late Duchess of Windsor raised over ú31 million.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}King Henry IV, first Lancastrian king of England, ^B{1367^B}; Washington Irving, US historian and short-story writer, ^B{1783^B}; Doris Day, US film actress and singer, ^B{1924^B}; Marlon Brando, US actor, ^B{1924^B}; Helmut Kohl, German politician, ^B{1930^B}; Eddie Murphy, US film actor, ^B{1961^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}BartolomΘ Murillo, Spanish painter, ^B{1682^B}; James Clark Ross, English explorer, ^B{1862^B}; Johannes Brahms, German composer, ^B{1897^B}; Jesse James, US outlaw, ^B{1882^B}; Graham Greene, English novelist, ^B{1991^B}; Martha Graham, US dancer and choreographer, ^B{1991^B}; Dieter Plage, German wildlife photographer, ^B{1993^B}.
