Topic of the Day 4/3

On this Day in History.  I like this idea for Sundays - reviewing the week ahead and what events occured in history on this day.  I may keep it up beyond my two weeks.

• On this day in 1860, the very first Pony Express delivery team left St. Joseph's Missouri en route to Sacramento CA.  It arrived 10 days later.
• Richmond, VA was captured during the Civil War in 1865
• Harry Truman signed the Foreign Assistance Act and the Marshall Plan during the Cold War in 1948
• Jesse James was murdered in 1882
• The Unabomber was arrested in 1996

This week in History:

• Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated 4.4.1968
• Pocahontas marries John Rolfe 4.5.1614
• First modern Olympic Games begins 4.6.1896
• Civil War erupts in Rwanda 4.7.1994
• Robert E. Lee surrenders 4.9.1865