Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
April 3
| 628 | In Persia, Kavadh sues for peace with the Byzantines. | |
| 1367 | John of Gaunt and Edward the Black Prince win the Battle of Najara, in Spain. | |
| 1559 | Philip II of Spain and Henry II of France sign the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, ending a long series of wars between the Hapsburg and Valois dynasties. | |
| 1860 | The Pony Express connects St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. | |
| 1862 | Slavery is abolished in Washington, D.C. | |
| 1865 | Union forces occupy the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. | |
| 1882 | The American outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by his cousin, Bob Ford. | |
| 1910 | Alaska's Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America is climbed. | |
| 1920 | F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre are married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. | |
| 1936 | Bruno Hauptmann, killer of the Lindbergh baby, is executed. | |
| 1942 | The Japanese begin their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan. | |
| 1944 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens are eligible to vote in all elections, including primaries. | |
| 1948 | President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan, it will revive war-torn Europe. | |
| 1966 | Three-thousand South Vietnamese Army troops lead a protest against the Ky regime in Saigon. | |
| 1972 | Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States after a twenty-year absence. | |
| 1984 | Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University becomes the first African-American coach to win an NCAA basketball tournament. | |
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Born on April 3 |
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| 1783 | Washington Irving, American writer (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle). | |
| 1822 | Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country). | |
| 1823 | William Macy "Boss" Tweed, New York City political boss. | |
| 1837 | John Burroughs, nature writer. | |
| 1842 | Hermann Karl Vogel, German astonomer. | |
| 1888 | Gertrude Bridget "Ma" Rainey, American singer, "the mother of the blues." | |
| 1898 | Henry R. Luce, magazine publisher, founder of Time, Fortune and Life. | |
| 1924 | Marlon Brando, actor (On the Waterfront, The Godfather). | |
| 1924 | Doris Von Kappelhoff [Doris Day], American singer and actress. | |
| 1930 | Helmut Kohl, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. | |
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