Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 3
April 3, 2024 is the 94th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aries is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 3
- 1559 –The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
- 1834 –The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
- 1888 –The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
- 1929 –RMS Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line.
- 1948 –President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 1973 –Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, though it took ten years for the DynaTAC 8000X to become the first such phone to be commercially released.
- 1974 –The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
- 2004 –Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
- 2008 –ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.
Who were born on April 3?
- 1823 –George Horatio Derby, Early American humorist (d. 1861)
- 1881 –Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954)
- 1913 –Per Borten, Premier of Norway (d. 2005)
- 1921 –Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1930 –Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany
- 1939 –François de Roubaix, French film score composer (d. 1975)
- 1948 –Arlette Cousture, French-Canadian writer
- 1949 –Lyle Alzado, American football player (d. 1992)
- 1962 –Jennifer Rubin, American actress
- 1975 –Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
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