Notable Historical Events on April 3rd
April 3rd Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
419 |
[Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
1043 |
Edward the Confessor crowned king of England |
1077 |
The first Parliament of Friuli is created. |
1312 |
2nd council of Vienna |
1376 |
Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat French |
1559 |
Spain & France sign 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis |
1582 |
French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen |
1645 |
English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, significant step toward New Model Army |
1657 |
English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown |
1679 |
Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig |
1721 |
Robert Walpole becomes Britain's 1st Lord of the Treasury - effective Prime Minister, although that term was never officially used (indeed, it was considered an insult) until much later. |
1764 |
Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor Josef II |
1776 |
George Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College |
1783 |
Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce |
1790 |
Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard) created |
1834 |
The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason. |
1848 |
Thomas Douglas becomes 1st SF public teacher |
1848 |
German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt is seen for the last time at McPherson's Station, Coogoon, before he disappears on the same expedition to reach the Swan River |
1856 |
Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos |
1860 |
Pony Express began between St Joseph Mo & Sacramento Calif |
1864 |
Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas |
1865 |
Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) |
1865 |
Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Va & Petersberg |
1868 |
A Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever - a 50-foot tidal wave |
1882 |
Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks |
1882 |
American Old West: Outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford. |
1889 |
Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Va |
1893 |
1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground |
1908 |
Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs |
1910 |
Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed |
1911 |
Harry James Smith's "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh" premieres in NYC |
1913 |
British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail |
1917 |
Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16] |
1918 |
US House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler |
1919 |
Austria expels all Habsburgers |
1922 |
Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party |
1923 |
2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary |
1925 |
Great Britain goes back to gold standard |
1925 |
Netherlands & Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde |
1926 |
1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C |
1926 |
2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard |
1926 |
Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions |
1927 |
Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone |
1929 |
Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact |
1929 |
RMS Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line. |
1930 |
Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
1930 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games |
1930 |
2nd Academy Awards - "The Broadway Melody", Warner Baxter & Mary Pickford win |
1933 |
1st airplane flight over Mt Everest |
1933 |
Then longest North American hockey game requires a 1:44:46 overtime as Maple Leaf Ken Doraty scores to beat Canadiens 1-0 |
1935 |
Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44) |
1936 |
Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of 1st round |
1936 |
Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds |
1941 |
Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion |
1941 |
Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq |
1941 |
Walton's overture "Scapino" premieres in Chicago |
1943 |
Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested |
1944 |
British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz |
1944 |
US Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional |
1945 |
Hengelo freed from Nazi control by Canadian army |
1945 |
Nazis begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald |
1945 |
US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar |
1946 |
Netherlands-German postal relations resume |
1947 |
"Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 perfs |
1948 |
1st US figure skating championships held |
1948 |
US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) |
1948 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
1948 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
1949 |
KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS |
1949 |
North Atlantic Treaty signed by US, Britain, France & Canada |
1949 |
WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1951 |
Christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners" premieres in Oxford |
1952 |
Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress |
1954 |
"Me & Juliet" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 358 performances |
1954 |
Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) |
1955 |
Balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics) |
1955 |
Fire in cinema in Sclessin, Belgium, kills 39 |
1955 |
Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open |
1955 |
Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300 |
1955 |
The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges. |
1956 |
"Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances |
1956 |
Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated |
1956 |
German war criminals Hinrichsen/Ruhl/Siebens/Viebahn freed |
1956 |
Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado. |
1957 |
Samuel Beckett's "Endgame" premieres in London |
1957 |
USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test |
1958 |
"Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances |
1958 |
Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana |
1960 |
Earthquake at Havre, Belgium |
1961 |
"Happiest Girl in the World" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 97 perfs |
1961 |
Connie Mack Stadium in Phila is sold to J Schleifer Properties |
1962 |
Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races) |
1962 |
Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA |
1964 |
Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts |
1964 |
US & Panama agree to resume diplomatic relations |
1965 |
1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched |
1966 |
Luna 10 orbits Moon |
1966 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open |
1966 |
Tom Seaver signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus |
1967 |
WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1967 |
113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum |
1968 |
N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks |
1969 |
Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort. |
1970 |
Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th attempt |
1970 |
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 |
1973 |
The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States. |
1974 |
148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states |
1974 |
Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris |
1974 |
The Super Outbreak : tornadoes in the east, south & midwest United States killed approximately 315 people, with nearly 5,500 injured |
1975 |
Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend it |
1975 |
James Rupers kills his family to inherit |
1976 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1976 |
Phila Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game |
1977 |
6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth |
1977 |
Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point |
1977 |
Egyptian Pres Anwar Sadat's 1st meeting with US President Jimmy Carter |
1977 |
Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time |
1978 |
50th Academy Awards - "Annie Hall", Richard Dreyfuss & Diane Keaton win |
1978 |
European market & China signs trade agreement |
1978 |
Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC |
1979 |
Belgium's Martens government forms |
1979 |
Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago, Illinois |
1980 |
France performs nuclear test |
1980 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1981 |
Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25," with 1 leg |
1981 |
Race riots in London's Brixton area |
1982 |
Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point |
1982 |
UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands |
1983 |
12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott |
1983 |
2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South Cal beats LA Tech 69-67 |
1984 |
Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy |
1984 |
Guinea suspends constitution after coup |
1984 |
Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7 |
1985 |
French government adopts equal electoral system |
1985 |
Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games |
1985 |
Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London |
1986 |
Maureen O'Boyle (future host of Current Affair) is raped |
1986 |
US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000 |
1987 |
Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega |
1987 |
Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers |
1987 |
Duchess of Windsor's jewels auctioned for £31,380,197 |
1987 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1988 |
17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott |
1988 |
7th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54 |
1988 |
Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak |
1988 |
NJ Devils beat Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT to join playoffs for 1st time |
1988 |
Somalia & Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert |
1988 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1989 |
"Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx |
1989 |
51st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT) |
1989 |
Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St Louis at Shea Stad |
1991 |
"Penn & Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC |
1991 |
12th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
1991 |
Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox |
1991 |
Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3:65.16) |
1991 |
UN Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution |
1992 |
1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets |
1994 |
13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: NC beats Louisiana Tech 60-59 |
1994 |
1st roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced |
1994 |
6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd |
1995 |
57th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 |
1995 |
Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena |
1996 |
South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield |
1996 |
St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 |
1997 |
"Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical" opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance |
1997 |
Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. |
1998 |
World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minn |
2000 |
62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis |
2004 |
Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves. |
2006 |
Steve Yzerman scores his final NHL goal (#692) against the Calgary Flames |
2007 |
Conventional train world speed record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record. |
2009 |
Australia formally adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
2012 |
Spanish unemployment reaches record high, youth unemployment stands at 50% |
2012 |
Moscow fire kills 17 migrant workers |
2012 |
US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination |
2013 |
46 people are killed and 100 are injured by a court-house suicide bombing in Farah, Afghanistan |
2013 |
50 people are killed by flooding across Argentina |
2013 |
24 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff in Papa New Guinea |
2014 |
Marie Louise Coleiro Preca is elected President of Malta |
2016 |
Trump again slams NATO allies despite Obama plea |
2016 |
One dead as plane hits car on California freeway |
2016 |
Turkey violence: Five soldiers, one police dead in Nusaybin bomb |
2017 |
Rikers Island Commission Unveils Plan to Shut Down Jail Complex |
2017 |
14-Year-Old Charged In Sexual Assault Broadcast On Facebook Live |
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