THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014

Today is Thursday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2014. There are 272 days left in the year.

1657 ― English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown

1910 ― Highest mountain in North America, Alaska’s Mt. McKinley climbed

1922 ― Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party

1933 ― First airplane flight over Mt. Everest

1948 ― Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5 billion aid to 16 European countries)

1949 ― North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada

1958 ― Fidel Castro’s rebels attacked Havana

1964 ― Beatles hold the top six spots on the Sydney Australia record charts

1965 ― First atomic powered spacecraft (SNAP) launched

1986 ― U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000