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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_3" title="April 3">April 3</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1559" title="1559">1559</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France" title="Henry II of France">Henry II of France</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip II of Spain</a> signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Cateau-Cambr%C3%A9sis_(1559)" title="Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559)">second treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis</a></b>, ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_War_of_1551%E2%80%931559" title="Italian War of 1551–1559">Italian War of 15511559</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1721" title="1721">1721</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Robert Walpole</a></b> took office as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Treasury" title="First Lord of the Treasury">First Lord of the Treasury</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a>, becoming the first de facto <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">prime minister of Great Britain</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933" title="1933">1933</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Douglas-Hamilton,_14th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton">Lord Clydesdale</a> and David McIntyre undertook <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%E2%80%93Mount_Everest_flight_expedition" title="Houston–Mount Everest flight expedition">the first successful flight over Mount Everest</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_Korea" title="Division of Korea">Division of Korea</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_uprising" title="Jeju uprising">A communist uprising</a></b> began on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a>, eventually leading to thousands of deaths and atrocities committed by both sides.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a> released the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(1st_generation)" title="IPad (1st generation)">first generation iPad</a></b>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_computer" title="Tablet computer">tablet computer</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Adil_ibn_al-Sallar" title="Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar">Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1154); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Shanina" title="Roza Shanina">Roza Shanina</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cartwright" title="Mary Cartwright">Mary Cartwright</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1998)</p>