History Events on April 03

The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
#Parliament

The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
#Whitechapel_murders

The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
#American_Civil_Liberties_Union

In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
#Jeju_Province

Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
#Joseph_Stalin

Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
#Texas

Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
#Gottlieb_Daimler

Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
#Cold_War

The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
#Pony_Express

ATA 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.
#ATA_Airlines

Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
#Edward_the_Confessor

First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
#Mount_Everest

Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
#Apple_Inc.

YouTube headquarters shooting.
#YouTube_headquarters_shooting

Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
#Bobby_Fischer

Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
#Vietnam_War

Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
#Maya_civilization

The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
#Osborne_1

Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
#Martin_Cooper_(inventor)

The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
#Thalit_massacre

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
#Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
#World_War_II

King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months.
#Louis_the_Pious

Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
#TGV_world_speed_record

The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
#Panama_Papers

The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
#1974_Super_Outbreak

The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
#Greek_War_of_Independence

American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
#American_Civil_War