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April 3: Day of the Week
April 3, 2024 was the 94th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 272 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
April 3 Historical Event(s)
1834
The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
1885
Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
1955
The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg’s book Howl against obscenity charges.
1961
The Leadbeater’s Possum is rediscovered in Australia after 72 years.
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.
1981
The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
1997
The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
2000
United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
2004
Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
2008
Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS’s YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be removed and taken into state custody.
Who were born on April 3?
1783
Washington Irving, American author (d. 1859)
1897
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek officer who served in World War I, the Minor Asia Campaign and World War II (d. 1989)
1905
Robert Frederick Sink, United States Army Officer (d. 1965)
1928
Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003)
1949
Richard Thompson, English musician and songwriter
1950
Sally Thomsett, English actress
1956
Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (d. 1996)
1967
Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
1979
Grégoire, French singer-songwriter
1987
Park Jung Min, Korean singer (SS501)
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters IVDJIBROXU? Check your answers here: Word solver IVDJIBROXU. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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