In History – “Dallas” premiers

TODAY IN HISTORY - April 2:

1921 - Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new "Theory of Relativity"
1932 - Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
1968 - Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Spacey Odyssey" is released
1974 - 46th Academy Awards - "The Sting", Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win

1978 - TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series).  It ran as a series until 1991.  In 2012, an undated revival series debuted and ran until 2014.

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
1908 - Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
1914 - Alec Guinness, British actor
1947 - Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama,

GOODBYE TO:

2005 - Pope John Paul II, Polish Roman Catholic Pope, dies of heart failure at 84

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