Historical Events on April 3

Pony Express

Here are some historical events that happened on April 3rd:

1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.

1860 - The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.

1882 - American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri.

1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, an American initiative to aid Europe after World War II.

1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech in Memphis, Tennessee, one day before he is assassinated.

1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City.

1974 - The Super Outbreak, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, begins. Over 148 tornadoes strike 13 states, killing approximately 330 people.

1996 - The "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested in Montana after a nearly 20-year investigation.

2000 - United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.

2010 - Apple Inc. releases the first-generation iPad, marking the beginning of a new era in tablet computing.

2013 - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies at the age of 87.

2018 - YouTube headquarters shooting: A woman opens fire at the headquarters of YouTube in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before taking her own life.

These are just a few events from history that have taken place on April 3rd throughout the years.

Historical Events on April 2

F-117 Nighthawk

Here are some historical events that happened on April 2:

1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sighted Florida, which he believed to be an island. He named it "Pascua Florida" (Feast of Flowers) because it was Easter Sunday.

1792 - The Coinage Act was passed by the United States Congress, establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the production of coins.

1801 - During the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Copenhagen took place. The British Royal Navy, under Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, attacked the Danish fleet in Copenhagen harbor.

1863 - During the American Civil War, the Battle of Washington, North Carolina, began. It was part of the larger Union campaign to control North Carolina's coastal areas.

1917 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, stating "The world must be made safe for democracy."

1972 - The first successful flight of the Lockheed Martin F-117 Nighthawk, a stealth ground-attack aircraft, took place in the United States.

1982 - Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory. This action led to the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

2005 - Pope John Paul II died in Vatican City after serving as the head of the Roman Catholic Church for over 26 years.

2012 - A mass shooting occurred at Oikos University in Oakland, California, United States. Seven people were killed and three others were injured.

2015 - Four gunmen attacked the Garissa University College in Kenya, resulting in the deaths of 148 people, mostly students. The extremist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.

These are just a few events that took place on April 2 throughout history.

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Historical Events on April 1

April Fools' Day

Here are some historical events that took place on April 1st:

1700 - English pranksters begin popularizing April Fools' Day by playing practical jokes on each

other.

1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives holds its first full meeting in New York City and declares that the Constitution is in effect.

1853 - Cincinnati, Ohio, is chartered as a city.

1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks - In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.

1873 - The British White Star steamship RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in the worst marine disaster of the 19th century.

1889 - The first dishwashing machine is marketed (in Chicago).

1918 - The Royal Air Force is established by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch." However, he serves only eight months, during which time he writes "Mein Kampf."

1933 - The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.

1945 - World War II: U.S. troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.

1946 - An earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands, resulting in over 170 deaths.

1954 - The U.S. Air Force Academy is established in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1970 - President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette advertising on television and radio.

1976 - Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.

1984 - Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., a day before his 45th birthday.

2001 - Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to grant this right.

2004 - Google Inc. introduces Gmail to the public.

2013 - Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.

2022 - France outlaws sex with children under age 15, with penalties including up to 20 years in prison for sex with a minor under age 13.

These are just a few events from history that occurred on April 1st!