“And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.”

James Earl Ray, King’s confessed assassin who later claims he’s innocent, spends the rest of his life behind bars. 1841In Washington, President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, just one month after his inauguration. Harrison is the first US Chief Executive to die in office and his presidency remains the briefest.

1974In Cincinnati, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 714th career home run tying baseball great Babe Ruth’s record. Aaron breaks that record days later.

And 1928,“The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change”

Maya Angelou, poet, writer, actress and African- American activist is born in Saint Louis. Today in History, April 4th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.