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Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. Born into a naval family, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1908. He saw action during the 1916 occupation of the Dominican Republic, and in World War I, when he was attached to the Royal Navy. During World War II, his cruisers defended the aircraft carriers USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea and USS Hornet during the Battle of Midway. He then took command of Task Force 16, built around the carrier USS Enterprise, during the long and difficult Solomon Islands campaign. He commanded the North Pacific Force during operations that regained control of the Aleutian Islands. In November 1943, he became Commander Allied Naval Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area, and Commander of the Seventh Fleet, directing U.S. and Australian forces supporting the New Guinea and the Philippine campaigns, during which he conducted numerous amphibious operations. He commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the last naval battle between battleships. He continued in service after the war until his retirement in 1950. (Full article...)

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India's Supreme Court denies patent protection for a modified version of the cancer drug imatinib.

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Soyuz TMA-08M (mission patch pictured) transports three astronauts to the International Space Station via a new route, reducing the journey's duration from two days to six hours.

Madagascar experiences its worst locust infestation since the 1950s.

Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal rules that foreign domestic workers are not allowed to become Hong Kong permanent residents.

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April 3

1888 – The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurred.

1936 – Richard Hauptmann was executed in the electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the "Lindbergh baby".

1948 – An uprising began on Jeju Island, eventually leading to the deaths of between 14,000 and 30,000 individuals due to fighting between its various factions, and the violent suppression of the rebellion by the South Korean army.

1973 – On a New York City street, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper made the first public call on a handheld mobile phone.

1981 – The Osborne 1 (pictured), the first successful portable computer, was unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.

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A 12th century painting of Guanyin, on a silk hanging scroll. In East Asian Buddhism, Guanyin (Kannon in Japan) is the bodhisattva associated with compassion. The painting is a National Treasure of Japan and is stored at the Nara National Museum.

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