April 3rd

    April 3rd, 1885

In the early 1880s, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach began developing what would become known as the Grandfather clock engine. On 3 April 1885, Gottlieb Daimler filed a patent application.
Gottlieb Daimler

    April 3rd, 1957

Paul Vallée died unexpectedly on April 3, 1957.
He built rather attractive scooters and microcars, and fielded an F1 team.
Paul Vallée

    April 3rd, 2002

Kawasaki USA and New York designer Leeora Catalan created a Kawasaki ZX-12R encrusted with Swarovski crystals which was displayed in Manhattan.
Swarovski Kawasaki