The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality. In 1895, Oscar Wilde, then…
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3 April 2010
Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer. The iPad, developed by Apple Inc., was first introduced by Steve Jobs on January 27,…
3 April 1721
Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title. Robert Walpole is widely considered to be…
3 April 1981
The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. The Osborne 1 is a historic…
3 April 2016
The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
3 April 2018
YouTube headquarters shooting. On April 3, 2018, a tragic shooting unfolded at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California. The assailant, 38-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam, entered…
3 April 1997
The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalit_massacre’]
3 April 1968
Martin Luther King gives his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation…
3 April 1922
Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party…
3 April 2016
The Panama Papers leaks information on 214 488 offshore companies. The Panama Papers are 11.5 million leaked documents that detail financial and attorney–client information for…