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
- 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.
- 1936 –Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
- 1948 –President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 1956 –Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
- 1969 –Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to “Vietnamize” the war effort.
- 1975 –Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
- 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.
- 2007 –Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
Who were born on April 3?
- 1895 –Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (d. 1968)
- 1900 –Albert Walsh, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958)
- 1924 –Peter Hawkins, English actor (d. 2006)
- 1936 –Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961)
- 1965 –Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d. 2000)
- 1971 –Picabo Street, American alpine ski champion
- 1972 –Kenny Logan, Scottish rugby player
- 1975 –Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian basketball player
- 1987 –Jason Kipnis, American baseball player
- 1989 –Thomas Kurz, German footballer
Who died on April 3?
- 1804 –Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest
- 1882 –Jesse James, American outlaw (b. 1847)
- 1897 –Johannes Brahms, German composer (b. 1833)
- 1936 –Bruno Hauptmann, German killer of Charles Lindbergh III (b. 1899)
- 1965 –Ernst Kirchweger, Austrian communist and resistance fighter (b. 1898)
- 1978 –Ray Noble, English bandleader and composer (b. 1903)
- 1988 –Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (b. 1907)
- 1991 –Graham Greene, English writer (b. 1904)
- 2002 –Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
- 2005 –Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)
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