The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out live sport all around the globe, but history will never be erased.
While you contemplate streaming yet another Netflix drama or re-watching the Cricket World Cup semi-final from 2011, here are some stories that were making news in years past on April 3.
1935
Japanese long-distance runner Yasuo Ikenada breaks the record for the fastest marathon in 2h 26m 44s, more than a minute faster than the previous record, set by fellow countryman Fusashige Suzuki three days earlier.
The current official record is held by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge with 2h 1m 39s at the 2018 Berlin Marathon, although Kipchoge also ran a specially staged 1h 59m 40s time trial that can't be counted.
1993
The 147th Grand National race is declared void, after 30 of 39 runners carried on racing, despite a false start. Bookmakers are forced to refund an estimated £75 million (NZ$150m) in bets.
2006
Manu Vatuvei scores his first NZ Warriors try in a 46-14 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
He would go onto score a record 152 tries for the club, 75 more than Stacey Jones in second place.
2016
Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko wins her second golfing Major - the ANA Inspiration at the Mission Hills Country Club, California - beating Charley Hull and Chun In-gee by one shot.
2019
The Blackcaps name their squad to compete at the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.
They would go on to lose by boundary countback to the host nation in the final, when the match was tied after a 'super over'.
Birthdays
1884 - Former Australian cricketer Jimmy Matthews, the only player to take two hat-tricks in a test
1969 - Former New Zealand Olympic beach volleyballer Reid Hayston
1978 - Former Springboks captain John Smit, who led South Africa to 2007 World Cup glory
1889 - Australian dual-code international Israel Folau
1994 - NZ Warriors and Kiwis halfback Kodi Nikorima
1999 - Warriors halfback Chanel Harris-Tavita
Newshub's top story 12 months ago
Crusaders, NZ Rugby probe brand after Christchurch shootings
The Crusaders Super Rugby brand seemed set to change, after the previous month's tragic Christchurch mosque shootings.
NZ Rugby and the Crusaders franchise had engaged outside consultants to oversee the changes, with NZR chief executive Steve Tew describing the imagery as "no longer tenable".
After a lone gunman killed 50 victims at two mosques in the Crusaders' home city, pressure mounted to drop a name that may have seemed like a good idea when the competition began in 1996, but now appeared inappropriate.
Twelve months later, the name remains the same, but the imagery has changed, with the medieval knights no longer part of the logo or pre-game ritual.
