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 94^th 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.

April 3 Historical Events

• 1043 –
  Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
• 1860 –
  The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1974 –
  The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
• 1981 –
  The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
• 1996 –
  Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana, United States.
• 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.

Who were born on April 3?

• 1930 –
  Lawton Chiles, U.S. (Florida) Senator and Governor (d. 1998)
• 1942 –
  Wayne Newton, American singer
• 1943 –
  Richard Manuel, Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 1986)
• 1946 –
  Hanna Suchocka, Poland’s first female prime minister
• 1953 –
  Sandra Boynton, American greeting-card designer, illustrator, and author
• 1958 –
  Alec Baldwin, American actor
• 1963 –
  Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer
• 1967 –
  Mark Skaife, Australian racing driver
• 1969 –
  Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler
• 1987 –
  Sal Zizzo, American soccer player

Who died on April 3?

• 1287 –
  Pope Honorius IV, Pope for two years from 1285 to 1287 (b. c. 1210)
• 1695 –
  Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. c. 1636)
• 1882 –
  Jesse James, American outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 –
  Johannes Brahms, German composer (b. 1833)
• 1930 –
  Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847)
• 1971 –
  Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1987 –
  Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
• 1996 –
  Ron Brown, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
• 2006 –
  Royce Lint, Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals (b.1921)
• 2007 –
  Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)