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This is a list of selected April 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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Images

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Martin Cooper, demonstrating an old-style mobile phone
Robert Walpole, painted by Jean-Baptiste van Loo
One of a number of posters created to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe
George Marshall
Osborne 1
One-dollar Pony Express stamp
Seal of Edward the Confessor
Robert Walpole

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
1922 – Joseph Stalin became the first general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.	"Article too long" yellow banner
1936 – Richard Hauptmann was executed in the electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the "Lindbergh baby".	lots of CN tags
1944 – Philippine 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.	Date not mentioned in target article
1946 – Imperial Japanese Army officer Masaharu Homma was executed for war crimes committed during the Bataan Death March.	Citations needed
1948 – The 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.	refimprove section
1948 – Division of Korea: A communist uprising began on Jeju Island, eventually leading to thousands of deaths and atrocities committed by both sides.	POV orange banner
1961 – An individual Leadbeater's possum, thought to have been extinct for over 50 years, was discovered in New South Wales, Australia.	lots of CN tags
1966 – Luna 10 entered orbit around the Moon, becoming the first space probe to orbit an astronomical body other than Earth.	refimprove
1971 – The Japanese tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider premiered, the first property in a long-running media franchise.	refimprove sections
1973 – On a New York City street, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper made the first public call on a handheld mobile phone.	Cooper: refimprove section; Phone: expansion, outdated
1974 – The 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.	needs more footnotes
1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, was unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.	Too much uncited
2008 – Texas law enforcement authorities raided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' YFZ Ranch, eventually removing 533 women and children from the premises.	lead too short

Eligible

1559 – Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain signed the second treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian War of 1551–1559.
1721 – Robert Walpole (pictured) 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.
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.
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.
1895 – The libel trial instigated by Irish author Oscar Wilde (pictured) began, eventually resulting in his arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of gross indecency.
1933 – Lord Clydesdale and David McIntyre undertook the first successful flight over Mount Everest.
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.
2010 – Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
2016 – The first news stories on the Panama Papers were published, revealing that shell corporations represented by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca had been used for illegal purposes.
Born/died: | Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar |d|1154|Richard of Chichester |d|1253| George Herbert |b|1593| Cyrus K. Holliday |b|1826|Ernst Chladni |d|1827| Talbot Baines Reed |b|1852|Thomas C. Kinkaid |b|1888| Roza Shanina |b|1924| Tony Benn |b|1925| Pál Teleki |d|1941|SethBling |b|1987| Graham Greene |d|1991| Mary Cartwright |d|1998

Notes

1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak appears on March 28 and April 2, 2006 tornado outbreak appears on April 2 and 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak appears on April 5, so Super Outbreak should not appear in the same year

April 3

Rakesh Sharma

1043 – Edward the Confessor, usually considered to be the last king of the House of Wessex, was crowned King of England.
1984 – Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma (pictured) became the first Indian to be launched into space.
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.
2009 – A gunman opened fire at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York, U.S., killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
2013 – The northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, experienced several flash floods that killed at least 100 people.

Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (d. 687)
Mary Carpenter (b. 1807)
Reginald Heber (d. 1826)
Gus Grissom (b. 1926)

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+File:2007Computex e21Forum-MartinCooper.jpg|Martin Cooper, demonstrating an old-style mobile phone
-[[Image:Jesse james portrait in colour.jpg|100x100px|Jesse James]]
+File:Robert-Walpole-1st-Earl-of-Orford.jpg|Robert Walpole, painted by [[Jean-Baptiste van Loo]]
-[[Image:Jesse james1 cropped.jpg|100x100px|Jesse James]] <--requires undeletion
+File:Marshall Plan poster.JPG|One of a number of posters created to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe
-[[Image:Jesse james1.jpg|100x100px|Jesse James]]
+File:George Catlett Marshall, general of the US army.jpg|George Marshall
-[[Image:Hauptmann22.jpg|100x100px|Bruno Hauptmann]]
+File:Osborne 1 open.jpg|Osborne 1
-[[Image:Iosif Stalin.jpg|100x100px|Joseph Stalin]]
+File:Pony Express stamp2-1$.jpg|One-dollar Pony Express stamp
+File:EdwardConfesor (transparent).png|Seal of Edward the Confessor
+Robert-Walpole-1st-Earl-of-Orford.jpg|Robert Walpole
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+==Ineligible==
-{{*mp}} [[1922]] &ndash; '''[[Joseph Stalin]]''' became the first [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].<!--Tagged for cleanup
+{|class="wikitable"
-{{*mp}} [[1936]] &ndash; '''[[Bruno Hauptmann]]''' was executed in the [[electric chair]] for the [[kidnapping]] and [[murder]] of the "[[Lindbergh kidnapping|Lindbergh baby]]".<!--Tagged with {{refimprove}}
+|-
-{{*mp}} [[1966]] &ndash; '''[[Luna 10]]''' entered orbit around the [[Moon]], becoming the first [[space probe]] to orbit an astronomical body other than Earth.<!--Tagged with {{unreferenced}}
+!Blurb
+!Reason
+|-
+| [[1922]] – '''[[Joseph Stalin]]''' became the first [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].
+| "Article too long" yellow banner
+|-
+| [[1936]] – '''[[Richard Hauptmann]]''' was executed in the [[electric chair]] for the [[kidnapping]] and murder of the "[[Lindbergh kidnapping|Lindbergh baby]]".
+| lots of CN tags
+|-
+| [[1944]] – '''[[Philippine resistance against Japan]]''': [[Cebuano people|Cebuano fishermen]] discovered the '''[[Operation Z (1944)|Koga papers]]''' after a plane crash killed Admiral [[Mineichi Koga]], [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]'s [[Combined Fleet]].
+|Date not mentioned in target article
+|-
+| [[1946]] – [[Imperial Japanese Army]] officer '''[[Masaharu Homma]]''' was executed for [[war crime]]s committed during the [[Bataan Death March]].
+|Citations needed
+|-
+| [[1948]] – The '''[[Marshall Plan]]'''<!-- ''(poster pictured)''-->, an economic recovery program established by U.S. Secretary of State [[George Marshall]] to assist the post-[[World War&nbsp;II]] re-building of Europe, was signed into law.
+| refimprove section
+|-
+| [[1948]] – [[Division of Korea]]: '''[[Jeju uprising|A communist uprising]]''' began on [[Jeju Island]], eventually leading to thousands of deaths and atrocities committed by both sides<!--, including the violent suppression of the rebellion by South Korean forces-->.
+| POV orange banner
+|-
+| [[1961]] – An individual '''[[Leadbeater's possum]]''', thought to have been extinct for over 50 years, was discovered in [[New South Wales]], Australia.
+| lots of CN tags
+|-
+|[[1966]] – '''[[Luna 10]]''' entered orbit around the Moon, becoming the first [[space probe]] to orbit an astronomical body other than Earth.
+| refimprove
+|-
+| [[1971]] – The Japanese [[tokusatsu]] television series '''''[[Kamen Rider]]''''' premiered, the first property in a long-running media franchise.
+| refimprove sections
+|-
+| [[1973]] – On a New York City street, [[Motorola]] researcher '''[[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]]''' made the first public call on a handheld [[mobile phone]].
+| Cooper: refimprove section; Phone: expansion, outdated
+|-
+| [[1974]] – The '''[[1974 Super Outbreak|Super Outbreak]]''' of 148 [[tornado]]es began, killing at least 315 people and injuring 5,484 in 13 US states at the end of a very strong [[El Niño|La Niña]] event.
+| needs more footnotes
+|-
+| [[1981]] – The '''[[Osborne 1|Osborne&nbsp;1]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''-->, the first successful [[portable computer]], was unveiled at the [[West Coast Computer Faire]] in San Francisco.
+| Too much uncited
+|-
+| [[2008]] – Texas law enforcement authorities raided  the [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]]{{`}} '''[[YFZ Ranch]]''', eventually removing 533 women and children from the premises.
+| lead too short
+|}
+==Eligible==
-{{*mp}} [[1043]] &ndash; '''[[Edward the Confessor]]''' was consecrated [[List of English monarchs|King of England]].
-{{*mp}} [[1971]] &ndash; The [[Japan]]ese [[tokusatsu]] television series ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' premiered, marking the beginning of the long-running '''[[Kamen Rider Series|''Kamen Rider'' franchise]]'''.
-{{*mp}} [[1974]] &ndash; The '''[[Super Outbreak]]''' of 148 [[tornado]]es began, killing at least 315 people and injuring 5,484 in 13 [[U.S. state]]s at the end of a very strong [[El Niño|La Niña]] event.
+* [[1559]] – [[Henry II of France|Henry&nbsp;II of France]] and [[Philip II of Spain|Philip&nbsp;II of Spain]] signed the '''[[Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559)|second treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis]]''', ending the [[Italian War of 1551–1559]].
--->
+* [[1721]] – '''[[Robert Walpole]]''' ''(pictured)'' 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 the United Kingdom|prime minister of Great Britain]].
-'''[[April 3]]''': '''[[Rama Navami]]''' begins ([[Hinduism]], [[2009]])
+* [[1860]] – The '''[[Pony Express]]'''<!-- ''(stamp shown)''-->, 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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+* [[1888]] – [[Emma Elizabeth Smith]] was killed in the first of '''[[Whitechapel murders|eleven unsolved murders of women]]''' that took place in or near the impoverished [[Whitechapel]] district in the [[East End of London]].<!--[[Jack the Ripper]] not mentioned because it is unknown if he was responsible for all of them-->
-[[Image:Marshall Plan poster.JPG|100x100px|One of a number of posters created to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe]]
+* [[1895]] – The [[Defamation#Libel|libel]] trial instigated by Irish author '''[[Oscar Wilde]]''' ''(pictured)'' began, eventually resulting in his arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of [[Labouchere Amendment|gross indecency]].
-</div>
+* [[1933]] – [[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton|Lord Clydesdale]] and David McIntyre undertook '''[[Houston–Mount Everest flight expedition|the first successful flight over Mount Everest]]'''.
-{{*mp}} [[1882]] &ndash; '''[[Jesse James]]''', an [[outlaw]] in the [[American Old West]], was shot in the back and killed for a [[Bounty (reward)|bounty]] of [[United States dollar|US$]]5,000.
+* [[2000]] – In '''''[[United States v. Microsoft Corp.]]''''', [[Microsoft]] was found to have violated [[United States antitrust law|antitrust law]] by [[Product bundling|bundling]] the web browser [[Internet Explorer]] with its [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] operating system.
-{{*mp}} [[1895]] &ndash; The libel trial instigated by [[Irish people|Irish]] author '''[[Oscar Wilde]]''' began, eventually resulting in Wilde's arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of [[homosexuality]].
+* [[2010]] – [[Apple Inc.]] released the '''[[IPad (1st generation)|first generation iPad]]''', a [[tablet computer]].
-{{*mp}} [[1948]] &ndash; The '''[[Marshall Plan]]''' ''(poster pictured)'', an economic recovery program established by [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[George Marshall]] to assist the post-[[World War II]] re-building of [[Europe]], was signed into law.
+* [[2016]] – The first news stories on the '''[[Panama Papers]]''' were published, revealing that [[shell corporation]]s represented by the Panamanian law firm [[Mossack Fonseca]] had been used for illegal purposes<!--, including [[fraud]], [[tax evasion]], and evading [[international sanctions]]-->.
-{{*mp}} [[1973]] &ndash; On a [[New York City]] street, [[Motorola]] researcher '''[[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]]''' made the first public call on a handheld [[mobile phone]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with several {{Sectstub}}-->.
+* Born/died: |  '''[[Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar]]'''<!--Arab official--> |d|1154|'''[[Richard of Chichester]]'''<!--English bishop--> |d|1253| '''[[George Herbert]]'''<!--English poet--> |b|1593| '''[[Cyrus K. Holliday]]'''<!--American businessman--> |b|1826|'''[[Ernst Chladni]]'''<!--German physicist--> |d|1827|   '''[[Talbot Baines Reed]]'''<!--English author--> |b|1852|'''[[Thomas C. Kinkaid]]'''<!--American admiral--> |b|1888|  '''[[Roza Shanina]]'''<!--Russian soldier--> |b|1924| '''[[Tony Benn]]'''<!--English politician--> |b|1925| '''[[Pál Teleki]]'''<!--Hungarian prime minister--> |d|1941|'''[[SethBling]]'''<!--American programmer/gamer--> |b|1987| '''[[Graham Greene]]'''<!--English writer--> |d|1991| '''[[Mary Cartwright]]'''<!--English mathematician--> |d|1998
-{{*mp}} [[1996]] &ndash; A [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[Boeing T-43|CT-43]] '''[[1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash|crashed]]''' into a mountainside while attempting an [[instrument approach]] to [[Dubrovnik Airport]] in [[Dubrovnik]], [[Croatia]], killing [[United States Secretary of Commerce|U.S. Secretary of Commerce]] [[Ron Brown (U.S. politician)|Ron Brown]] and all the other 34 people on board.
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+==Notes==
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+* [[1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 28|March 28]] and [[April 2, 2006 tornado outbreak]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/April 2|April 2]] and [[1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/April 5|April 5]], so Super Outbreak should not appear in the same year
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+'''[[April 3]]'''<!-- ; '''[[Passion Sunday]]''' ([[Western Christianity]], 2022); refimprove section-->
+{{main page image/OTD|File:Rakesh sharma.jpg|Rakesh Sharma}}
+* [[1043]] – '''[[Edward the Confessor]]'''<!-- ''(depicted on seal)''-->, usually considered to be the last king of the [[House of Wessex]], was crowned [[List of English monarchs|King of England]].
+* [[1984]] – Aboard [[Soyuz T-11|Soyuz {{nowrap|T-11}}]], '''[[Rakesh Sharma]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first Indian to be launched into space.
+* [[1996]] – A U.S. Air Force [[Boeing T-43|{{nowrap|CT-43}}]] '''[[1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash|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]].
+* [[2009]] – A gunman '''[[Binghamton shooting|opened fire]]''' at the [[American Civic Association (Binghamton)|American Civic Association]] in [[Binghamton, New York]], U.S., killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
+* [[2013]] – The northeastern section of [[Buenos Aires Province]], Argentina, experienced '''[[2013 Argentina floods|several flash floods]]''' that killed at least 100 people.
+{{Born and died list| '''[[Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]]'''<!--Iraqi leader--> |d|687| '''[[Mary Carpenter]]'''<!--English educator--> |b|1807| '''[[Reginald Heber]]'''<!--English priest--> |d|1826| '''[[Gus Grissom]]'''<!--American astronaut--> |b|1926|}}
+{{SelAnnivFooter|Month=April|Day=3}}