April 3 facts for kids

April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 272 days remain until the end of the year.

Welcome to the page about April 3rd! This day has seen many important events throughout history, from the crowning of kings and queens to amazing inventions and discoveries. Many famous people were also born or passed away on this date. Let's explore some of the most interesting moments that happened on April 3rd!

Events

Early History (Before 1600)

• 686 – Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ, a powerful Maya king, became the ruler of Calakmul.
• 1043 – Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England.
• 1077 – The first state of Friuli, called the Patriarchate of Friûl, was created.
• 1559 – The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis was signed. This treaty helped end the long Italian Wars.

From 1601 to 1900

• 1721 – Robert Walpole became a very important leader in Great Britain. He is often seen as the first Prime Minister, even though he didn't use that title himself.
• 1851 – Rama IV became the King of Thailand. This happened after his half-brother, Rama III, passed away.
• 1860 – The very first successful Pony Express mail delivery started. It went from St. Joseph, Missouri, all the way to Sacramento, California.
• 1865 – During the American Civil War, Union soldiers took control of Richmond, Virginia. This city was the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler received a German patent for a new type of engine. Seven months later, he used it to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.

From 1901 to Today

• 1922 – Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union.
• 1933 – The British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition made the first flight over Mount Everest. It was led by the Marquis of Clydesdale.
• 1942 – During World War II, Japanese forces began an attack on American and Filipino troops. This happened on the Bataan Peninsula.
• 1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma was held responsible for the difficult Bataan Death March.
• 1948 – During the Cold War, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan. This plan provided a lot of help to 16 countries.
• 1956 – A very powerful F5 tornado, known as the Hudsonville–Standale tornado, hit Michigan.
• 1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
• 1969 – During the Vietnam War, United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced a plan. The United States would start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
• 1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first handheld mobile phone call. He called Joel S. Engel at Bell Labs.
• 1974 – The 1974 Super Outbreak happened. This was the second largest tornado outbreak ever recorded.
• 1975 – The Vietnam War was ending. Operation Babylift began, which was a large effort to evacuate children.
• 1975 – Bobby Fischer chose not to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov. This meant Karpov became the World Champion.
• 1980 – The US Congress restored a special relationship with several Paiute Native American groups in Utah.
• 1981 – The Osborne 1, which was the first successful portable computer, was shown to the public.
• 1989 – The US Supreme Court supported the rights of tribal courts. This was under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
• 1993 – For the first and only time, the famous Grand National horse race was declared void.
• 1996 – Theodore Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," was captured in Montana.
• 1996 – A United States Air Force plane crashed near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia. Sadly, 35 people died, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
• 2000 – In the case United States v. Microsoft Corp., Microsoft was found to have acted unfairly against its competitors.
• 2007 – A French TGV train set a new official world speed record for conventional trains.
• 2008 – ATA Airlines, a large U.S. airline, stopped all its flights.
• 2010 – Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a new tablet computer.
• 2013 – More than 50 people died in floods in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was due to record-breaking rainfall.
• 2016 – The Panama Papers, a large leak of legal documents, revealed information about many offshore companies.

Births

Famous People Born Before 1900

• 1783 – Washington Irving, an American writer known for "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
• 1807 – Mary Carpenter, an English social reformer who worked to improve education.
• 1822 – Edward Everett Hale, an American minister and author.
• 1837 – John Burroughs, an American naturalist and author.
• 1875 – Mistinguett, a famous French actress and singer.
• 1876 – Tomáš Baťa, a Czech businessman who founded Bata Shoes.
• 1881 – Alcide De Gasperi, an Italian politician who became Prime Minister of Italy.
• 1885 – Allan Dwan, a Canadian-American film director and producer.
• 1893 – Leslie Howard, a well-known English actor.
• 1898 – Henry Luce, an American publisher who helped start Time magazine.

Famous People Born After 1900

• 1904 – Iron Eyes Cody, an American actor.
• 1909 – Stanislaw Ulam, a Polish-American mathematician.
• 1915 – Piet de Jong, a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
• 1922 – Doris Day, a beloved American singer and actress.
• 1924 – Marlon Brando, a very famous American actor.
• 1926 – Gus Grissom, an American astronaut.
• 1929 – Fazlur Rahman Khan, a Bangladeshi engineer and architect. He helped design the Willis Tower.
• 1929 – Poul Schlüter, a Danish lawyer and politician who became Prime Minister of Denmark.
• 1930 – Helmut Kohl, a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany.
• 1934 – Jane Goodall, a famous English primatologist and anthropologist. She is known for her work with chimpanzees.
• 1942 – Wayne Newton, a popular American singer.
• 1948 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, a Mexican economist and politician who became President of Mexico.
• 1956 – Miguel Bosé, a Spanish musician and actor.
• 1958 – Alec Baldwin, a well-known American actor and comedian.
• 1961 – Eddie Murphy, a very famous American actor and comedian.
• 1964 – Nigel Farage, an English politician.
• 1965 – Nazia Hassan, a Pakistani pop singer and social activist.
• 1968 – Sebastian Bach, a Bahamian-Canadian singer and actor.
• 1969 – Ben Mendelsohn, an Australian actor.
• 1972 – Jennie Garth, an American actress.
• 1978 – Matthew Goode, an English actor.
• 1978 – Tommy Haas, a German-American tennis player.
• 1985 – Leona Lewis, a popular English singer-songwriter.
• 1986 & Amanda Bynes, an American actress.
• 1997 – Gabriel Jesus, a Brazilian footballer.
• 1998 – Paris Jackson, an American actress, model, and singer.

Deaths

Notable People Who Passed Away Before 1900

• 1203 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany.
• 1287 – Pope Honorius IV.
• 1325 – Nizamuddin Auliya, a respected Sufi saint.
• 1680 – Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, an Indian emperor who founded the Maratha Empire.
• 1682 – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, a Spanish painter.
• 1882 – Jesse James, a famous American outlaw.
• 1897 – Johannes Brahms, a very important German pianist and composer.

Notable People Who Passed Away After 1900

• 1930 – Emma Albani, a Canadian-English opera singer.
• 1943 – Conrad Veidt, a German actor.
• 1950 – Kurt Weill, a German-American composer.
• 1950 – Carter G. Woodson, an American historian who started Black History Month.
• 1957 – Ned Sparks, a Canadian-American actor.
• 1975 – Mary Ure, a Scottish-English actress.
• 1990 – Sarah Vaughan, a famous American singer.
• 1991 – Graham Greene, a well-known English novelist.
• 1996 – Ron Brown, an American politician who served as United States Secretary of Commerce.
• 1998 – Mary Cartwright, an English mathematician.
• 1999 – Lionel Bart, an English composer.
• 2012 – Chief Jay Strongbow, an American wrestler.
• 2013 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a German-American author and screenwriter.
• 2016 – Cesare Maldini, an Italian footballer and manager.
• 2022 – June Brown, an English actress.

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Agape, Chionia, and Irene
  • Burgundofara
  • Luigi Scrosoppi
  • Richard of Chichester
  • April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

See also

In Spanish: 3 de abril para niños