Historical Events 📜

  • 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)

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