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, 1,743,638,400 seconds 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

• 1559 –
  The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
• 1860 –
  The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
• 1895 –
  Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
• 1946 –
  Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• 1961 –
  The Leadbeater’s Possum is rediscovered in Australia after 72 years.
• 2000 –
  United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
• 2004 –
  Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
• 2007 –
  Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
• 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?

• 1918 –
  Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer, conductor and administrator (d. 2000)
• 1920 –
  John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian-born American auto worker, alleged Nazi
• 1921 –
  Robert Karvelas, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1934 –
  Jane Goodall, English zoologist
• 1942 –
  Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (d. 2005)
• 1946 –
  Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
• 1949 –
  Anthony Grayling, British philosopher
• 1952 –
  K. Krishnasamy, Indian politician and physician
• 1973 –
  Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor
• 1981 –
  Matthew Nash, Australian footballer

Who died on April 3?

• 1606 –
  Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon, English politician (b. 1563)
• 1897 –
  Johannes Brahms, German composer (b. 1833)
• 1936 –
  Bruno Hauptmann, German killer of Charles Lindbergh III (b. 1899)
• 1988 –
  Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (b. 1907)
• 1991 –
  Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (b. 1901)
• 2002 –
  Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
• 2006 –
  Royce Lint, Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals (b.1921)
• 2007 –
  Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
• 2007 –
  Nina Wang, Asia’s richest woman (b. 1937)
• 2008 –
  Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian football player (b. 1983)