This Day in History

April 3

1043  
Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
1865  
American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
1942  
World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
1968  
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountain top" speech.
1969  
Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
1997  
The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of  Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
2004  
Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.