please enjoy your travel through time on the 3rd day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history
3rd April History Timeline
1800s / the 19th century on the 3rd of April
1882 : Jesse James was killed by Robert Ford in the American Old West.
1885 : Gottlieb Daimler was granted a German patent for his engine design.
1922 : Joseph Stalin became the 1st General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1900s / the 20th century on the 3rd of April
1922 : Doris Day the American singer and actress was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (died in 2019 aged 97).
1924 : Marlon Brando the American actor was born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA (died in 2004 aged 80).
1933 : First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, which was led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
1934 : Jane Goodall the English primatologist and anthropologist was born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall in London, England.
1942 : Wayne Newton the American singer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
1944 : Tony Orlando the American singer was born in New York City, New York, USA.
1958 : Alec Baldwin the American actor was born Alexander Rae Baldwin III in Amityville, New York, U.S.
1961 : Eddie Murphy the American actor and comedian was born Edward Regan Murphy in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
1968 : Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. He was assassinated on the following day.
1969 : Ben Mendelsohn the Australian actor was born Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1973 : The 1st handheld mobile phone call was made, by Martin Cooper of Motorola to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
1974 : The 1974 Super Outbreak of tornadoes occurred. It was the 2nd biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history for a 24 hour period. A total of 148 tornadoes were confirmed within 18 hours, which resulted in 315 deaths, 5,484 injuries, and $4.5 billion of damage.
1975 : Bobby Fischer refused to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, which resulted in the title of World Champion going to Karpov by default.
1981 : The Osborne 1, the 1st successful portable computer, was unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
1998 : Paris Jackson the daughter of Michael Jackson was born in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
2000s / the 21st century on the 3rd of April
2000 : United States v. Microsoft Corp. : Microsoft was ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly position in the personal computer market, through the legal and technical restrictions it put on the abilities of PC manufacturers, and users to uninstall Internet Explorer and use other programs such as Netscape and Java.
2010 : Apple Inc. released the 1st generation iPad tablet computer.
Today in History for April 3rd by Associated Press
Video features : Martin Luther King gave his last speech, execution in Lindbergh baby case, Truman signed the Marshall plan, Jesse James was killed, Pony Express began its service, and Marlon Brando was born…
We hope you enjoyed your travel through time on the 3rd day of April
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This page was last updated on the 3rd April 2021
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