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.
• 1865 –
  American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• 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.
• 1933 –
  First flight over Mount Everest, a British expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston
• 1936 –
  Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
• 1956 –
  Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• 1981 –
  The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
• 1996 –
  A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
• 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?

• 1770 –
  Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (d. 1843)
• 1887 –
  Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese naval commander (d. 1966)
• 1924 –
  Peter Hawkins, English actor (d. 2006)
• 1941 –
  Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984)
• 1949 –
  Richard Thompson, English musician and songwriter
• 1962 –
  Brenda Ann Spencer, American “I Hate Mondays” murderer
• 1973 –
  Jamie Bamber, English actor
• 1973 –
  Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor
• 1975 –
  Aries Spears, American comedian
• 1975 –
  Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player

Who died on April 3?

• 963 –
  William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)
• 1287 –
  Pope Honorius IV, Pope for two years from 1285 to 1287 (b. c. 1210)
• 1717 –
  Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)
• 1901 –
  Richard D'Oyly Carte, British impresario (b. 1844)
• 1930 –
  Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847)
• 1950 –
  Carter G. Woodson, African-American historian, author, journalist and founder of Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1952 –
  Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (b. 1866)
• 1972 –
  Ferde Grofé, American composer (b. 1882)
• 1975 –
  Mary Ure, Scottish actress (b. 1933)
• 2006 –
  Royce Lint, Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals (b.1921)