It happened on a… April 3

2016

Panama Papers published – 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion and the violation of international sanctions by the world’s elite in the world’s largest ever data leak.

2014

Pope Francis canonizes François de Laval, first bishop of Quebec, as a Catholic saint.

1988

Penguin Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Wayne Gretzky’s 7 year streak.

1968

“Planet of the Apes” United States wide premiere.

1960

During recording sessions at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Elvis Presley recorded It’s Now Or Never’, Fever’ and Are You Lonesome Tonight’.

1948

US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)

1933

1st airplane flight over Mt Everest.

1930

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup for the first time in the new Montreal Forum, beating Boston Bruins 4-3 in game 2 of a two-game series sweep.

1882

American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home in St Joseph

1829

James Carrington patented the coffee mill.