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What Happened On April 3

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1885: Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen. 1888: Emma Elizabeth Smith was killed in the first of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London. 1860: The Pony Express, a mail service that became the most direct means of long-distance communication across the United States before the first transcontinental telegraph, began operation. 1721: Robert Walpole took office as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, becoming the first de facto prime minister of Great Britain. 1975: Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. 1559: Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain signed the second treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian War of 1551–1559. 1043: Edward the Confessor, usually considered to be the last king of the House of Wessex, was crowned King of England. 1888: Jack the Ripper: The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs. 1860: The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins. 1721: Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title.

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1885 First ever
Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1888 First ever
Emma Elizabeth Smith was killed in the first of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1860 First ever
The Pony Express, a mail service that became the most direct means of long-distance communication across the United States before the first transcontinental telegraph, began operation.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1721 First ever
Robert Walpole took office as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, becoming the first de facto prime minister of Great Britain.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1975 Weird
Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1559 Oddly true
Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain signed the second treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian War of 1551–1559.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1043 Oddly true
Edward the Confessor, usually considered to be the last king of the House of Wessex, was crowned King of England.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1888 First ever
Jack the Ripper: The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
Read more →
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1860 First ever
The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
Read more →
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1721 First ever
Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2018YouTube headquarters shooting: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before committing suicide. Wikipedia →
2017A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people. Wikipedia →
2016The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies. Wikipedia →
2013More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wikipedia →
2010Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer. Wikipedia →
2009Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide. Wikipedia →
2008ATA 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. Wikipedia →
2008Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody. Wikipedia →
2007Conventional-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). Wikipedia →
2004Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves. Wikipedia →
2000United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. Wikipedia →
1997The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. Wikipedia →
1996Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States. Wikipedia →
1996A United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crashes near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing 35, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown. Wikipedia →
1993The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time. Wikipedia →
1989The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield. Wikipedia →
1981The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. Wikipedia →
1980US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shivwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah. Wikipedia →
1975Vietnam War: Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins. Wikipedia →
1975Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. Wikipedia →
1974The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second largest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured. Wikipedia →
1973Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. Wikipedia →
1969Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort. Wikipedia →
1968Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day. Wikipedia →
1961LAN-Chile Flight 621 crashes in the Andes mountains, killing 21 people, including Argentinian football player Eliseo Mouriño. Wikipedia →
1956Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado. Wikipedia →
1955The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges. Wikipedia →
1948Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. Wikipedia →
1948In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses known as the Jeju uprising begins. Wikipedia →
1946Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. Wikipedia →
1936Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh. Wikipedia →
1933First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston. Wikipedia →
1922Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia →
1920Attempts 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. Wikipedia →
1905Association football club Boca Juniors is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina Wikipedia →
1895The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality. Wikipedia →
1888Jack the Ripper: The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs. Wikipedia →
1885Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen. Wikipedia →
1882American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James. Wikipedia →
1865American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. Wikipedia →
1860The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins. Wikipedia →
1851Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III. Wikipedia →
1721Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title. Wikipedia →
1589The janissaries revolt in response to the debasement of coins. Wikipedia →
1559The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars. Wikipedia →
1077The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. Wikipedia →
1043Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Wikipedia →
956Polyeuctus of Constantinople is elected as patriarch of Constantinople. Wikipedia →
686Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. Wikipedia →

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