TODAY IN HISTORY – 3rd April, 2026 – Africa World News
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
History is a reminder of the life we have suddenly left behind while the study of history is a conscious effort to take a careful look at the things that were.
On this day in history, kindly buy into the idea of scrolling down to behold some moments on today in history.
On this day in 1933, the world recorded the first flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
Still on this day in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech; he was assassinated the next day.
It was on this day in 1981 that the Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
Sadly in 2004, on this day, Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
It was on this day in 2010 that Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
In 1975 on this day, Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian-American basketball player was born.
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