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Updated 04/03/2013 01:00 AM

April 3rd In NYC History

By: NY1 News

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On this date in...

1936...Bruno Hauptmann, a carpenter from the Bronx, dies in the electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.

1978...Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" wins four Oscars, including Best Picture.

1996...U.S. Secretary of Commerce and one-time Harlem resident Ron Brown dies in a plane crash while on a business development mission in Croatia.