Radio program host Colin Murray

Events in 1977 and 10-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Colin Murray

• Deng Xiaoping, purged Chinese leader, restored to power as Gang of Four is expelled from Communist Party (July 22).
• South African activist Steve Biko dies in police custody (Sept. 12).
• Nuclear-proliferation pact, curbing spread of nuclear weapons, is signed by 15 countries, including US and USSR (Sept. 21). Background: nuclear disarmament

Birthday Colin Murray (10-3) in history

• Day 10-3 year 1629: King Charles I of England dissolved Parliament to prevent an annual reassessment of the King's revenues.
• Day 10-3 year 1785: The founder of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was appointed Minister of France.
• Day 10-3 year 1848: Congress ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War.
• Day 10-3 year 1864: U. S. Grant became commander of the Union armies during the Civil War.
• Day 10-3 year 1876: The first telephone call ("Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.") was made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• Day 10-3 year 1948: The body of Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's anti-Communist foreign minister was found. Officially a suicide, the real cause of death has never been proven.
• Day 10-3 year 1969: James Earl Ray was sentenced in Memphis, Tennessee, to 99 years in prison for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., in April 1968.