Joseph Stalin - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Time: Monday Apr 3, 1922
Place: Soviet Union, (Russia)
Details: At the 11th Party Congress in 1922, Lenin nominated Stalin as the party's new General Secretary. Although concerns were expressed that adopting this new post on top of his others would overstretch his workload and give him too much power, Stalin was appointed to the position.
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On This Day - 3 April


Johann Sebastian Bach-Enrolled in the prestigious St. Michael's School in Lüneburg
Saturday Apr 3, 1700 - Lüneburg, Germany


Marlon Brando-Birth
Thursday Apr 3, 1924 - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.


Lucky Luciano-Arrested
Friday Apr 3, 1936 - New York, U.S.


Adolf Hitler-Prepare for Fall Weiss
Sunday Apr 3, 1938 - Germany


Carter G. Woodson-Death
Monday Apr 3, 1950 - Shaw, Washington, D.C., U.S.


Bay of Pigs Invasion-Bomb attack on militia barracks
Monday Apr 3, 1961 - Bayamo, Cuba


Mobile Phones-The First Mobile Telephone Call From Handheld Subscriber Equipment
Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 - Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.


Iran–Iraq War-Attack on H3
Friday Apr 3, 1981 - H-3 Airbase, Iraq


Juan Trippe-Death
Friday Apr 3, 1981 - New York, U.S.


Falklands War-The United Kingdom's United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons put a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council
Saturday Apr 3, 1982 - New York, U.S.


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Estonian Prime Minister
Tuesday Apr 3, 1990 - Estonia


Bosnian War-Battle of Kupres
Friday Apr 3, 1992 - Bosnia and Herzegovina


Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski was arrested by FBI
Wednesday Apr 3, 1996 - California, United States


Microsoft-Judgement Handed Down The Case
Monday Apr 3, 2000 - U.S.


Silvio Berlusconi-Loss in 2005 regional elections
Sunday Apr 3, 2005 - Italy


Mass Shootings in the United States-Binghamton Shootings
Friday Apr 3, 2009 - Binghamton, New York, U.S.


Apple Inc.-iPad Launched
Saturday Apr 3, 2010 - U.S.


James Bond-Second story was adapted by BBC
Saturday Apr 3, 2010 - London, England, United Kingdom


Dwayne Johnson-WrestleMania XXVII
Sunday Apr 3, 2011 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.


Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal returned after missing 27 games due to his Achilles
Sunday Apr 3, 2011 - U.S.


Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Unveiled Facebook Home
Wednesday Apr 3, 2013 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.


Dwayne Johnson-WrestleMania 32
Sunday Apr 3, 2016 - Arlington, Texas, U.S.


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital for a planned hip replacement
Tuesday Apr 3, 2018 - England, United Kingdom


Donald Trump-House Ways and Means Committee made a formal request to the Internal Revenue Service for Trump's personal and business tax returns
Wednesday Apr 3, 2019 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Spain Surpassed Italy
Friday Apr 3, 2020 - Spain


Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Qingming Festival of 2020
Friday Apr 3, 2020 - China

Christian Bernstorff Birth
Monday Apr 3, 1769 - Copenhagen

William Watson Birth
Wednesday Apr 3, 1715 - London

Johann Valentin Birth
Friday Apr 3, 1682 - Oberelsbach

John Hanson Birth
Wednesday Apr 3, 1715 - Maryland

John Abernethy Birth
Tuesday Apr 3, 1764 - London
April 1922


Irish War of Independence-Dunmanway killings
Apr, 1922 - Cork, Ireland


Weimar Republic-Treaty of Rapallo
Sunday Apr 16, 1922 - Germany
1922


Josip Broz Tito-The arrest of the CPY leadership
Jan, 1922 - Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes


BMW-The initial products
1922 - Munich, Germany


Nokia-The partnership
1922 - Finland


Louis Armstrong-To Chicago
1922 - Chicago,Illinois , U.S.


Richard Nixon-Moving To Whittier
1922 - Whittier, California, U.S.


Marie Curie-She became a Fellow of The French Academy of Medicine
1922 - Paris, France


Martin Bormann-Joining The Freikorps Organisation
1922 - Germany


Heinrich Himmler-The Jewish Question
1922 - Munich, Germany


Alan Turing-Education
Jan, 1922 - East Sussex, England


John Maynard Keynes-Keynes continued to advocate reduction of German reparations
1922 - England


Juan Trippe-Long Island Airways
1922 - U.S.


Dwight D. Eisenhower-Second son
1922 - Denver, Colorado, U.S.


Irish War of Independence-Anglo-Irish Treaty was then ratified in triplicate
Saturday Jan 7, 1922 - Ireland


Irish War of Independence-Winston Churchill arranged a meeting between Collins and James Craig
Saturday Jan 21, 1922 - Belfast, Northern Ireland


Marcus Garvey-Garvey was arrested
Jan, 1922 - U.S.


Mamie Till- Mamie's father moved to Argo
1922 - Chicago, Illinois, United States


Irish War of Independence-Ernie O'Malley's IRA unit raided the RIC barracks at Clonmel
Saturday Feb 18, 1922 - Clonmel, Ireland


Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi was arrested
Friday Mar 10, 1922 - India


Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-The Imprisonment
Saturday Mar 18, 1922 - India


Irish War of Independence-Dunmanway killings
Apr, 1922 - Cork, Ireland


Weimar Republic-Treaty of Rapallo
Sunday Apr 16, 1922 - Germany


Irish War of Independence-Collins launched a guerrilla IRA offensive against Northern Ireland
May, 1922 - Northern Ireland


Ho Chi Minh-Criticizing The Use of English Words by French Sportswriters
May, 1922 - Paris, France


World War II-New Roman Empire
1922 - Italy


Irish War of Independence-350 IRA men were arrested
Monday May 22, 1922 - Belfast, Northern Ireland


Irish War of Independence-The largest single clash
Jun, 1922 - Pettigo, Ireland


Irish War of Independence-The cycle of sectarian atrocities against civilians however continued
Jun, 1922 - Dublin, Ireland


Carter G. Woodson-Woodson vowed never to work in academia again
1922 - West Virginia, U.S.


Irish War of Independence-Revenge
Saturday Jun 17, 1922 - Ireland


Marcus Garvey-Garvey met with Edward Young Clarke
Jun, 1922 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.


Heinrich Himmler-Himmler's political Views
Saturday Jun 24, 1922 - Germany


Marcus Garvey-Garvey attracted Hubert Fauntleroy Julian
Jun, 1922 - U.S.


League of Nations-Salomón-Lozano Treaty
Jul, 1922 - Colombia


Mao Zedong-The Second Congress of The Communist Party
Sunday Jul 16, 1922 - Shanghai, China


Nikola Tesla-Tesla moved to the St. Regis Hotel
1922 - New York City, New York, U.S.


Marcus Garvey-Second Marriage
Jul, 1922 - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels met and began a love affair with Else Janke
1922 - Germany


Irish War of Independence-Collin's death
Aug, 1922 - Bealnablath, Ireland


Marie Curie-The International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation
Aug, 1922 - Geneva, Switzerland


Heinrich Himmler-First Job
1922 - Munich, Germany


Marcus Garvey-Garvey called for the impeachment of several senior UNIA figures
Aug, 1922 - U.S.


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-King Constantine I was forced to abdicate
Wednesday Sep 27, 1922 - Athens, Greece


Winston Churchill-Churchill underwent an operation for appendicitis
Oct, 1922 - England, United Kingdom


Irish War of Independence-Last reported killing of the conflict
Thursday Oct 5, 1922 - Ireland


Benito Mussolini-Benito Mussolini took power
Saturday Oct 28, 1922 - Italy


Ottoman Empire-Sultanate was abolished
Wednesday Nov 1, 1922 - Ottoman Empire


Albert Einstein-Nobel Prize
Thursday Nov 9, 1922 - Stockholm, Sweden


Anna May Wong-Wong played her first leading role
Nov, 1922 - U.S.


Ottoman Empire-Last Sultan left the country
Friday Nov 17, 1922 - Malta


Robin Williams-First animation voicing
Saturday Nov 25, 1922 - U.S.


Winston Churchill-Churchill lost his Dundee seat
Nov, 1922 - United kingdom


First Chechen War-Part of USSR
Dec, 1922 - Russia, USSR


Irish War of Independence-First internationally recognized head of an independent Irish government
Wednesday Dec 6, 1922 - Ireland


Irish War of Independence-The Free State if it wished, which it duly did
Friday Dec 8, 1922 - Ireland


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Prince Andrew banished from Greece
Dec, 1922 - Greece


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-British naval vessel HMS Calypso evacuated Prince Andrew's family
1922 - France


Winston Churchill-Fifth child
Friday Dec 15, 1922 - Westerham, Kent, England, United Kingdom


Benito Mussolini-Turin massacre
Dec, 1922 - Italy


Stan Lee-Birth
Thursday Dec 28, 1922 - West 98th Street, Manhattan, New York, U.S.


Vladimir Lenin-U.S.S.R. established
Saturday Dec 30, 1922 - U.S.S.R.