2018: YouTube headquarters shooting: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before committing suicide.
2017: A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
2016: The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
2013: More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2010: Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
2009: Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
2008: ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
2008: Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS’s YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
2007: Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph).
2004: Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
2000: United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
1997: The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
1996: Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
1996: A United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crashes near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing 35, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
1993: The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time.
Famous Births 👶
1999: Chanel Harris-Tavita, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
1998: Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer
1997: Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
1997: Zhao Xintong, Chinese snooker player
1996: Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
1994: Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Dylann Roof, American mass murderer
1993: Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
1992: Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
1992: Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
1991: Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer
1990: Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
1990: Madison Brengle, American tennis player
1990: Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer
1990: Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
2025: Theodore McCarrick, American former cardinal (born 1930)
2025: Mick O’Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (born 1936)
2024: Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (born 1942)
2024: Gaetano Pesce, Italian architect and designer (born 1939)
2022: June Brown, English actress (born 1927)
2021: Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (born 1929)
2017: Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (born 1931)
2016: Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (born 1932)
2016: Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author (born 1913)
2016: Koji Wada, Japanese singer and songwriter (born 1974)
2015: Sarah Brady, American activist and author (born 1942)
2015: Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (born 1950)
2015: Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1913)
2014: Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (born 1935)
2014: Fred Kida, American illustrator (born 1920)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
Christian feast day:
Agape, Chionia, and Irene
Christian feast day:
Burgundofara
Christian feast day:
Joseph the Hymnographer
Christian feast day:
Luigi Scrosoppi
Christian feast day:
Piotr Edward Dankowski
Christian feast day:
Richard of Chichester
Christian feast day:
April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
