What happend on 3rd April

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04.04
2004

Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves with explosives.

2000

United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.

1997

Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.

1996

An Air Force 737 carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing 35 of the 36 on-board, including Brown.

1996

Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin.

1987

The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople.

1986

IBM unveils the PC Convertible, their first laptop computer.

1976

In The Hague, Netherlands, Brotherhood of Man wins the twenty-first Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom singing "Save Your Kisses For Me".

1975

Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title.

1974

The Super Outbreak occurs, with 148 tornadoes affecting 13 states and 1 Canadian province in 18 hours, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.