On this day in 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0404.html#article"target="_blank">shot to death</a> in Memphis, Tenn. Today's birthdays include: Maya Angelou, Elmer Be

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00am on April 4, 2001 ☆ ⚑