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, 1,712,102,400 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 ‘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
- 1077 –The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
- 1559 –The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
- 1895 –Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
- 1933 –First flight over Mount Everest, a British expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston
- 1942 –World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
- 1948 –In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre.
- 1948 –President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 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.
- 1997 –The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
Who were born on April 3?
- 1593 –George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633)
- 1683 –Mark Catesby, English naturalist (d. 1749)
- 1821 –T. Pelham Dale, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (d. 1892)
- 1823 –William Magear “Boss” Tweed, American political boss (d. 1878)
- 1929 –Lee Leonard, American television personality
- 1941 –Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping (d. 1984)
- 1941 –Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984)
- 1969 –Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler
- 1986 –Amanda Bynes, American actress
- 1988 –Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
Who died on April 3?
- 1682 –Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (b. 1618)
- 1868 –Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and inventor (b. 1796)
- 1941 –Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
- 1943 –Conrad Veidt, German actor (b. 1893)
- 1950 –Kurt Weill, German composer (b. 1900)
- 1952 –Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (b. 1866)
- 1971 –Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
- 1993 –Pinky Lee, American comic and children’s television host (b. 1907)
- 1994 –Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (b. 1932)
- 1998 –Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (b. 1900)
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