What Happened on April 3?
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EVENTS ON APRIL 3
Joseph Stalin
Year:
1922
Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Mount Everest
Year:
1933
First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Year:
1920
Attempts are made to carry out the failed assassination attempt on General Mannerheim, led by Aleksander Weckman by order of Eino Rahja, during the White Guard parade in Tampere, Finland.
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Boca Juniors
Year:
1905
Association football club Boca Juniors is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Defamation
Year:
1895
The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Year:
1936
Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
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World War II
Year:
1942
World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
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Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1956
Year:
1956
Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Year:
1955
The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
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Cold War
Year:
1948
Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
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BIRTHS ON APRIL 3
Tony Benn
Year of birth:
1925
Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Industry (died 2014)
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Gus Grissom
Year of birth:
1926
Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1967)
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Marlon Brando
Year of birth:
1924
Marlon Brando, American actor and director (died 2004)
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Roza Shanina
Year of birth:
1924
Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (died 1945)
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Robert Karvelas
Year of birth:
1921
Robert Karvelas, American actor (died 1991)
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Doris Day
Year of birth:
1922
Doris Day, American singer and actress (died 2019)
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Alex Grammas
Year of birth:
1926
Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (died 2019)
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Wesley A. Brown
Year of birth:
1927
Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer (died 2012)
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Poul Schlüter
Year of birth:
1929
Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2021)
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Fazlur Rahman Khan
Year of birth:
1929
Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (died 1982)
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DEATHS ON APRIL 3
Conrad Veidt
Year of death:
1943
Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (born 1893)
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Masaharu Homma
Year of death:
1946
Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (born 1887)
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Carter G. Woodson
Year of death:
1950
Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (born 1875)
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Kurt Weill
Year of death:
1950
Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (born 1900)
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Tachiyama Mineemon
Year of death:
1941
Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (born 1877)
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Pál Teleki
Year of death:
1941
Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1879)
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Richard D'Oyly Carte
Year of death:
1901
Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (born 1844)
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Esther Hobart Morris
Year of death:
1902
Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (born 1814)
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Emma Albani
Year of death:
1930
Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (born 1847)
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Year of death:
1936
Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (born 1899)
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HOLIDAYS ON APRIL 3
April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Richard of Chichester
Christian feast day: Richard of Chichester
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Luigi Scrosoppi
Christian feast day: Luigi Scrosoppi
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Burgundofara
Christian feast day: Burgundofara
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Agape, Chionia, and Irene
Christian feast day: Agape, Chionia, and Irene
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