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 93^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 21, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 484,344 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 ‘enneacontatrigon’ 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 320 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 4,486 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 3 Historical Events

• 33 –
  Generally agreed-upon date for the historical crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Christianity.
• 1885 –
  Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• 1888 –
  The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
• 1895 –
  Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
• 1922 –
  Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1961 –
  The Leadbeater’s Possum is rediscovered in Australia after 72 years.
• 1996 –
  A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
• 1996 –
  Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana, United States.
• 2004 –
  Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
• 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.

Who were born on April 3?

• 1783 –
  Washington Irving, American author (d. 1859)
• 1926 –
  Alex Grammas, American Major League Baseball coach
• 1928 –
  Kevin Hagen, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1936 –
  Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961)
• 1942 –
  Billy Joe Royal, American singer
• 1950 –
  Sally Thomsett, English actress
• 1962 –
  Jennifer Rubin, American actress
• 1968 –
  Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)
• 1981 –
  Aaron Bertram, American musician
• 1992 –
  Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer

Who died on April 3?

• 1950 –
  Carter G. Woodson, African-American historian, author, journalist and founder of Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1965 –
  Ernst Kirchweger, Austrian communist and resistance fighter (b. 1898)
• 1971 –
  Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1972 –
  Ferde Grofé, American composer (b. 1882)
• 1981 –
  Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur and pioneer, Pan Am founder (b. 1899)
• 1990 –
  Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)
• 1991 –
  Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (b. 1901)
• 2004 –
  Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942)
• 2007 –
  Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
• 2007 –
  Nina Wang, Asia’s richest woman (b. 1937)