On This Day: 3 April

3 April in Indian history

• 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.India
• 1984Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to be launched into space.India
• 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.India

3 April in world history

• 2010Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
• 2008Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
• 2000In United States v. Microsoft Corp., Microsoft was found to have violated antitrust law by bundling the web browser Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system.
• 1996A U.S. Air Force CT-43 crashed into a mountainside while attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing all 35 people on board, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
• 1996Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
• 1975Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
• 1974The Super Outbreak of 148 tornadoes began, killing at least 315 people and injuring 5,484 in 13 US states at the end of a very strong La Niña event.
• 1969Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
• 1956Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
• 1948The Marshall Plan, an economic recovery program established by U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall to assist the post-World War II re-building of Europe, was signed into law.
• 1944Philippine resistance against Japan: Cebuano fishermen discovered the Koga papers after a plane crash killed Admiral Mineichi Koga, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.
• 1942World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
• 1936Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
• 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.
• 1721Robert 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.

Born on 3 April

• 1992Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
• 1978Matthew Goode, English actor
• 1962Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politicianIndia
• 1954K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politicianIndia
• 1914Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (died 2008)India
• 1883Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937)

Died on 3 April

• 2017Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (born 1931)India
• 2000Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (born 1946)
• 1950Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (born 1875)
• 1680Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (born 1630)India

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 3 April in history?

2010: Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer. 2008: Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody. 2000: In United States v. Microsoft Corp., Microsoft was found to have violated antitrust law by bundling the web browser Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system. 1996: A U.S. Air Force CT-43 crashed into a mountainside while attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing all 35 people on board, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.

What happened on 3 April in Indian history?

1989: The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield. 1984: Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to be launched into space. 1980: US 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.

Which famous people were born on 3 April?

Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer (1992); Matthew Goode, English actor (1978); Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician (1962); K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician (1954).