Today in history April 1: Soul singer Marvin Gaye shot to death by father
There’s a lot to look back on in history for April 1. Here are a couple of notable moments.
2001: Slobodan Milosevic arrested after a standoff outside his villa. The former Yugoslav leader was then transported to the Netherlands to face charges before a UN war crime tribunal. Milosevic died in custody five years later while still on trial.
1945: American forces invade Japanese islands of Okinawa during the final months of World War II. The U.S. secures the island after nearly 12 weeks of fighting among the war’s fiercest in the Pacific.
1933: Nazi Germany begins persecuting Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses. Discrimination and violence against Jews increases under the Nazi rule culminating in the Holocaust.
2003: American troops rescue Army private first-class Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Iraq. She was held prisoner there after her unit was ambushed nine days earlier.
1984: Soul singer Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father in Los Angeles. He was just one day short of turning 45 years old at the time.