April 3

April 3

1862		Slavery is abolished in Washington, D.C.
1882		The American outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by his cousin, Bob Ford.
1910		Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America is climbed.
1920		F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre are married at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
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1944		The U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens are eligible to vote in all elections, including primaries.
1948		President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan. It will revive war-torn Europe.
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1972		Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States after a twenty-year absence.
Born on April 3
1783		Washington Irving, American writer (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle).
1837		John Burroughs, nature writer.
1888		Gertrude Bridget “Ma” Rainey, American singer, “the mother of the blues.”
1898		Henry R. Luce, magazine publisher, founder of Time, Fortune and Life.
1924		Marlon Brando, actor (On the Waterfront, The Godfather).
1924		Doris Von Kappelhoff [Doris Day], American singer and actress.
1930		Helmut Kohl, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
1934		Jane Goodall, British anthropologist, known for her work with African chimpanzees. Volume 26, Issue 3, 8 February 2016, Pages R83–R85 Feature Chimpanzees, our cultured cousins Michael Gross doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.043 Get rights and content Summary Recent research shows that a large number of behavioural elements in chimpanzees are specific to each community. These are passed on through social learning and can thus be described as cultural. As both chimpanzee and bonobo are endangered in the wild, the opportunity to study such cultures in our nearest relatives in their natural habitat is also under threat. Michael Gross reports. Copyright © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.