Attempts 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. Date: April 3, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This…
Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: April 3, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston. Date: April 3, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh. Date: April 3, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. Date: April 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March. Date: April 3, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses known as the Jeju uprising begins. Date: April 3, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. Date: April 3, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges. Date: April 3, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado. Date: April 3, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)