A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on April 3 throughout history.
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Battle of Navarrete: Alliance of King Peter of Castile, Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt of England, Aquitaine, Majorca and Navarre defeats Count Henry of Castile near Nájera in La Rioja, Castile
English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, a significant step toward the New Model Army
Start of the Pony Express, mail is delivered by horse and rider relay teams between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist.
US President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan to rebuild war-torn Western Europe after World War II, granting an initial $5 billion in aid to 16 European countries
First mobile phone call is made in downtown Manhattan, NY, by Motorola employee Martin Cooper to Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey
Panama Papers are published - 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities, including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion, and the violation of international sanctions by the world's elite in the largest data leak ever
American magazine "TV Guide" publishes its first issue; the cover features a photo of Lucille Ball's newborn baby boy, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV (Desi Arnaz Jr.)
The singles discography of Elvis Presley began in 1954 with the release of his first commercial single, "That's All Right".
Bobby Fischer is stripped of the world chess title for refusing to defend it, and the title is awarded to Russian Anatoly Karpov
Novelist and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (23) weds novelist Zelda Sayre (19) at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
American actress and singer Doris Day (29) weds American film and television producer Martin Melcher (35) in Burbank, California, until his death in 1968
Canadian actress Neve Campbell (21) weds Canadian bartender and actor Jeff Colt; divorce in 1998
Antipope Eulalius loses to Pope Boniface I after both were elected in a dual election and becomes bishop of Napete
The first Parliament of Friuli is created
2nd council of Vienna, Knights Templars suppressed
Spain & France sign 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Francis of Valois, Duke of Anjou honored as Duke of Gelre, Earl of Zutphen
Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor Josef II
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and Sweden (Swedish: Svensk-amerikanska vänskaps- och handelstraktaten), officially A treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded between His...
Theodoros Kolokotronis and Dimitris Plapoutas, both military leaders in the Greek War of Independence, are tried for high treason by the Bavarian Regency
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion, kills 4,000 on island of Rhodes
The Skirmish at Terre Noire Creek, also known as the Skirmish at Wolf Creek or Skirmish at Antoine, an engagement during the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War, was fought on April 2, 1864.
The Battle of Namozine Church was an engagement in Amelia County, Virginia, between Union Army and Confederate States Army forces that occurred on April 3, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign of the...
Hawaiian surfs on the highest wave ever - a 50-foot tidal wave
Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia
1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
Alaska ( ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S.
Harry James Smith's "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh" premieres in NYC
US House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler
Austria expels all Habsburgers
2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary
A gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold.
Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions
Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone
The Litvinov Protocol is the common name of an international peace treaty concluded in Moscow on February 9, 1929.
1st airplane flight over Mt Everest
Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
British dive bombers attack German battleship Tirpitz at Kåfjorden, Norway
World War II: Dutch city of Hengelo freed from Nazi control by the Canadian Army
Iceland took control of its foreign affairs in 1918 when it became a sovereign country, the Kingdom of Iceland, in a personal union with the King of Denmark.
KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
Christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners" premieres in Oxford
Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)
Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated (executed 1949)
Earthquake at Havre, Belgium
Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties
Beatles for Sale is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 4 December 1964 in the United Kingdom on EMI's Parlophone label.
1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched
Luna 10 or Lunik 10 was a 1966 Soviet lunar robotic spacecraft mission in the Luna program.
East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum
N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks
Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of "Vietnamization", reducing American involvement
As part of a new 'get tough' policy in Northern Ireland, Ian Freeland of the British Army, warned that those throwing petrol bombs could be shot dead
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a song by American soul group the Temptations, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong.
Price of gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
Belgium's Martens government forms
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion.
Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumps 6' 8.25," with 1 leg
Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
An electoral system is a set of rules and mechanisms used to determine the results of an election.
Maureen O'Boyle (future host of "A Current Affair") is raped
"Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx
1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets
First roster of Silver Bullets is announced, an all-female professional baseball team
Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas
Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves
Conventional train world speed record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets new official world speed record - 574.8 km/h (357 mph)
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP or DOTROIP) is a legally non-binding United Nations resolution passed by the General Assembly on September 13, 2007, that delineates and...
Moscow fire kills 17 migrant workers
24 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff in Papua New Guinea
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, is a Maltese politician who was president of Malta from 2014 to 2019.
ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Hayley Matthews with 66 from 45 balls leads West Indies to 149/2; beat Australia 148/5 by 4 wickets with 2 balls to spare
Bomb on St Petersburg metro kills 11, 2nd bomb defused
Brunei brings into force new Sharia laws punishing gay sex and adultery with death by stoning, prompting widespread condemnation
Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold was a very powerful tropical cyclone which caused widespread destruction in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga during April 2020.
NASA announces the four astronauts for 2024 Artemis II lunar mission around the Moon - Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen [1]
7.4 magnitude earthquakes hits east coast of Taiwan, south of Hualien, killing at least 9 people and injuring 900 [1]
Henry IV of England is born
Washington Irving, American writer, historian, and diplomat, known for american writer, historian, and diplomat, was born on 1783-04-03.
Boss Tweed, American politician, known for american politician, was born on 1823-04-03.
Jane Goodall, English zoologist, known for english zoologist, was born on 1934-04-03. Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist.
Mellody Hobson, American businesswoman, known for american businesswoman, was born on 1970-04-03.
Marlon Brando actor, known for american actor, was born on 1924-04-03. Marlon Brando Jr.
Alec Baldwin, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1959-04-03. Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an American actor and film producer.
Eddie Murphy, American comedian, actor, and singer, known for american comedian, actor, and singer, was born on 1962-04-03. Edward Regan Murphy is an American comedian, actor, and singer.
Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1970-04-03. Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn is an Australian actor.
Jennie Garth, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1973-04-03. Jennifer Eve Garth is an American actress.
Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress, known for canadian actress, was born on 1983-04-03. Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders is a Canadian actress.
Doris Day, American musician, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1922-04-03. Doris Day was an American actress and singer.
Leona Lewis, British musician, known for british singer, was born on 1986-04-03. Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer, songwriter, and actress.
Young M.A is born
J. B. M. Hertzog, South African african politician, known for south african politician, was born on 1866-04-03.
Helmut Kohl is born
Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer of australia, known for german explorer of australia, died on 1848-04-03.
Jesse James, American outlaw, known for american outlaw, died on 1882-04-03. Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and…
Johannes Brahms, German composer and pianist, known for german composer and pianist, died on 1897-04-03.
Graham Greene, English writer and playwright, known for british writer and playwright, died on 1991-04-03.
Antipope Eulalius loses to Pope Boniface I after both were elected in a dual election and becomes bishop of Napete
The first Parliament of Friuli is created
2nd council of Vienna, Knights Templars suppressed
Battle of Navarrete: Alliance of King Peter of Castile, Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt of England, Aquitaine, Majorca and Navarre defeats Count Henry of Castile near Nájera in La Rioja, Castile
Henry IV of England is born
Spain & France sign 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Francis of Valois, Duke of Anjou honored as Duke of Gelre, Earl of Zutphen
English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, a significant step toward the New Model Army
Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor Josef II
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and Sweden (Swedish: Svensk-amerikanska vänskaps- och handelstraktaten), officially A treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded between His...
Washington Irving, American writer, historian, and diplomat, known for american writer, historian, and diplomat, was born on 1783-04-03.
Boss Tweed, American politician, known for american politician, was born on 1823-04-03.
Theodoros Kolokotronis and Dimitris Plapoutas, both military leaders in the Greek War of Independence, are tried for high treason by the Bavarian Regency
Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer of australia, known for german explorer of australia, died on 1848-04-03.
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion, kills 4,000 on island of Rhodes
Start of the Pony Express, mail is delivered by horse and rider relay teams between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California
The Skirmish at Terre Noire Creek, also known as the Skirmish at Wolf Creek or Skirmish at Antoine, an engagement during the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War, was fought on April 2, 1864.
The Battle of Namozine Church was an engagement in Amelia County, Virginia, between Union Army and Confederate States Army forces that occurred on April 3, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign of the...
J. B. M. Hertzog, South African african politician, known for south african politician, was born on 1866-04-03.
Hawaiian surfs on the highest wave ever - a 50-foot tidal wave
Jesse James, American outlaw, known for american outlaw, died on 1882-04-03. Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and…
Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia
1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Johannes Brahms, German composer and pianist, known for german composer and pianist, died on 1897-04-03.
Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
Alaska ( ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S.
Harry James Smith's "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh" premieres in NYC
US House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler
Austria expels all Habsburgers
Novelist and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (23) weds novelist Zelda Sayre (19) at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist.
Doris Day, American musician, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1922-04-03. Doris Day was an American actress and singer.
2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary
Marlon Brando actor, known for american actor, was born on 1924-04-03. Marlon Brando Jr.
A gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold.
Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions
Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone
The Litvinov Protocol is the common name of an international peace treaty concluded in Moscow on February 9, 1929.
Helmut Kohl is born
1st airplane flight over Mt Everest
Jane Goodall, English zoologist, known for english zoologist, was born on 1934-04-03. Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist.
Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
British dive bombers attack German battleship Tirpitz at Kåfjorden, Norway
World War II: Dutch city of Hengelo freed from Nazi control by the Canadian Army
Iceland took control of its foreign affairs in 1918 when it became a sovereign country, the Kingdom of Iceland, in a personal union with the King of Denmark.
US President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan to rebuild war-torn Western Europe after World War II, granting an initial $5 billion in aid to 16 European countries
KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
American actress and singer Doris Day (29) weds American film and television producer Martin Melcher (35) in Burbank, California, until his death in 1968
Christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners" premieres in Oxford
American magazine "TV Guide" publishes its first issue; the cover features a photo of Lucille Ball's newborn baby boy, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV (Desi Arnaz Jr.)
Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)
Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated (executed 1949)
Alec Baldwin, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1959-04-03. Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an American actor and film producer.
The singles discography of Elvis Presley began in 1954 with the release of his first commercial single, "That's All Right".
Earthquake at Havre, Belgium
Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties
Eddie Murphy, American comedian, actor, and singer, known for american comedian, actor, and singer, was born on 1962-04-03. Edward Regan Murphy is an American comedian, actor, and singer.
Beatles for Sale is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 4 December 1964 in the United Kingdom on EMI's Parlophone label.
1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched
Luna 10 or Lunik 10 was a 1966 Soviet lunar robotic spacecraft mission in the Luna program.
East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum
N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks
Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of "Vietnamization", reducing American involvement
As part of a new 'get tough' policy in Northern Ireland, Ian Freeland of the British Army, warned that those throwing petrol bombs could be shot dead
Mellody Hobson, American businesswoman, known for american businesswoman, was born on 1970-04-03.
Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1970-04-03. Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn is an Australian actor.
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a song by American soul group the Temptations, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong.
First mobile phone call is made in downtown Manhattan, NY, by Motorola employee Martin Cooper to Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey
Jennie Garth, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1973-04-03. Jennifer Eve Garth is an American actress.
Price of gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
Bobby Fischer is stripped of the world chess title for refusing to defend it, and the title is awarded to Russian Anatoly Karpov
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
Belgium's Martens government forms
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion.
Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumps 6' 8.25," with 1 leg
Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress, known for canadian actress, was born on 1983-04-03. Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders is a Canadian actress.
Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
An electoral system is a set of rules and mechanisms used to determine the results of an election.
Maureen O'Boyle (future host of "A Current Affair") is raped
Leona Lewis, British musician, known for british singer, was born on 1986-04-03. Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer, songwriter, and actress.
"Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx
Graham Greene, English writer and playwright, known for british writer and playwright, died on 1991-04-03.
1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets
Young M.A is born
First roster of Silver Bullets is announced, an all-female professional baseball team
Canadian actress Neve Campbell (21) weds Canadian bartender and actor Jeff Colt; divorce in 1998
Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas
Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves
Conventional train world speed record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets new official world speed record - 574.8 km/h (357 mph)
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP or DOTROIP) is a legally non-binding United Nations resolution passed by the General Assembly on September 13, 2007, that delineates and...
Moscow fire kills 17 migrant workers
24 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff in Papua New Guinea
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, is a Maltese politician who was president of Malta from 2014 to 2019.
Panama Papers are published - 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities, including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion, and the violation of international sanctions by the world's elite in the largest data leak ever
ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Hayley Matthews with 66 from 45 balls leads West Indies to 149/2; beat Australia 148/5 by 4 wickets with 2 balls to spare
Bomb on St Petersburg metro kills 11, 2nd bomb defused
Brunei brings into force new Sharia laws punishing gay sex and adultery with death by stoning, prompting widespread condemnation
Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold was a very powerful tropical cyclone which caused widespread destruction in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga during April 2020.
NASA announces the four astronauts for 2024 Artemis II lunar mission around the Moon - Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen [1]
7.4 magnitude earthquakes hits east coast of Taiwan, south of Hualien, killing at least 9 people and injuring 900 [1]