April 3

Today in History
• 0419 - [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1376 - Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France
• 1645 - English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance
• 1721 - Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury
• 1783 - Sweden and U.S. sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce
• 1790 - Revenue Marine Service, U.S. Coast Guard, created
• 1856 - Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos
• 1910 - Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley climbed


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• American Circus Day
• Armenian Appreciation Day
• Holy Monday
• National Chocolate Mousse Day
• National Grey Day
• NCCA Anniversary
• Pony Express Day
• World Party Day

Birthdays
• 1245 - Philips III, the Stout, King of France, 1270 - 1285
• 1367 - Henry IV, Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England
• 1438 - John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland
• 1715 - John Hanson, 1st US President under Articles of Confederation
• 1783 - Washington Irving, U.S. writer, Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• 1812 - Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians, 1832 - 1850, wife of Leopold I
• 1858 - Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature
• 1866 - James B. Hertzog, South African general/premier, 1914 - 1939