April 3

April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 272 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
• 1860 – The Pony Express begins its first run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California.
• 1882 – American outlaw Jesse James is shot and killed by Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri.
• 1973 – Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, makes the first publicized call to a handheld mobile phone.
• 1996 – Ted Kaczynski, the so-called "Unabomber", is arrested at his cabin in Lincoln, Montana.
• 2007 – A French V150 high-speed train sets a world record for conventional rail, reaching a top speed of 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph).

Births

• 134 – Pertinax, Roman emperor (d. 193)
• 1860 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and art promoter (d. 1946)
• 1922 – Doris Day, American actress and singer (d. 2019)
• 1924 – Marlon Brando, American actor and director (d. 2004)
• 1961 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian

Deaths

• 1287 – Pope Honorius IV (b. 1210)
• 1882 – Jesse James, American outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1991 – Graham Greene, English author and playwright (b. 1908)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Saint Richard of Chichester
• National Find a Rainbow Day (United States)
• National Read a Road Map Day (United States)