What are the important events that happened on April 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 3 is the 94th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 21, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 475,584 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontatetragon’ day.
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 301 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,121 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 3 Historical Events
- 1043 –Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
- 1077 –The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
- 1895 –Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
- 1948 –In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre.
- 1956 –Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
- 1973 –Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, though it took ten years for the DynaTAC 8000X to become the first such phone to be commercially released.
- 1974 –The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
- 2000 –United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
- 2008 –ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.
- 2008 –Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS’s YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be removed and taken into state custody.
Who were born on April 3?
- 1904 –Sally Rand, American burlesque dancer (d. 1979)
- 1930 –Lawton Chiles, U.S. (Florida) Senator and Governor (d. 1998)
- 1938 –Jeff Barry, American songwriter and record producer
- 1943 –Richard Manuel, Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1956 –Boris Miljkovic, Serbian director
- 1956 –Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
- 1964 –Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist
- 1972 –Kenny Logan, Scottish rugby player
- 1982 –Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
- 1987 –Julie Sokolow, American musician
Who died on April 3?
- 1691 –Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1608)
- 1717 –Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)
- 1838 –François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician (b. 1780)
- 1943 –Conrad Veidt, German actor (b. 1893)
- 1978 –Ray Noble, English bandleader and composer (b. 1903)
- 1988 –Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (b. 1907)
- 1990 –Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)
- 1991 –Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (b. 1901)
- 1993 –Pinky Lee, American comic and children’s television host (b. 1907)
- 1996 –Ron Brown, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
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