About April 3
April 3, 2024 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.
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Aries is the sun 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.
What Happened On April 3
- 33 –Generally agreed-upon date for the historical crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Christianity.
- 1559 –The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
- 1834 –The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
- 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.
- 1933 –First flight over Mount Everest, a British expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston
- 1946 –Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
- 1948 –President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 1961 –The Leadbeater’s Possum is rediscovered in Australia after 72 years.
- 1974 –The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
- 1975 –Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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