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April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 272 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 686Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
  • 801 – King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months.
  • 1043Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
  • 1077 – The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
  • 1559 – The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
  • 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
  • 1865American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • 1882American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
  • 1885Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • 1888 – The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
  • 1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • 1922Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • 1933 – First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
  • 1936Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
  • 1942World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
  • 1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
  • 1948Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
  • 1948 – In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
  • 1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
  • 1956Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
  • 1968Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
  • 1969Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
  • 1973Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
  • 1974The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
  • 1975Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
  • 1980US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shvwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah.[1]
  • 1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
  • 1989 – The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.[1]
  • 1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
  • 1997 – The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
  • 2000United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
  • 2004Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
  • 2007Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
  • 2008ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
  • 2008 – Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
  • 2009 – Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
  • 2010Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
  • 2013 – More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • 2016 – The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
  • 2017 – A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
  • 2018YouTube headquarters shooting.

Births[]

  • 1016Xing Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1055)
  • 1151Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)
  • 1438John III of Egmont, Dutch nobleman (d. 1516)
  • 1529Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)
  • 1540Maria de' Medici, Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (d. 1557)
  • 1593George Herbert, English poet (d. 1633)
  • 1639Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
  • 1643Charles V, duke of Lorraine (d. 1690)
  • 1682Valentin Rathgeber, German organist and composer (d. 1750)
  • 1693George Edwards, English ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1773)
  • 1715William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (d. 1787)
  • 1764John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1831)
  • 1769Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (d. 1835)
  • 1770Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (d. 1843)
  • 1778Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (d. 1862)
  • 1781Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (d. 1830)
  • 1782Alexander Macomb, American general (d. 1841)
  • 1783Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (d. 1859)
  • 1791Anne Lister, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d.1840)
  • 1798Charles Wilkes, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877)
  • 1807Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (d. 1877)
  • 1814Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901)
  • 1822Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (d. 1909)
  • 1823George Derby, American lieutenant and journalist (d. 1861)
  • 1823 – William M. Tweed, American politician (d. 1878)
  • 1826Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (d. 1900)
  • 1837John Burroughs, American botanist and author (d. 1921)
  • 1842Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (d. 1864)
  • 1848Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and captain (d. 1879)
  • 1858Jacob Gaudaur, Canadian rower (d. 1937)
  • 1860Frederik van Eeden, Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 1932)
  • 1864Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (d. 1943)
  • 1875Mistinguett, French actress and singer (d. 1956)
  • 1876Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer (d. 1958)
  • 1876 – Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (d. 1932)
  • 1880Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author (d. 1903)
  • 1881Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954)
  • 1882Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1952)
  • 1883Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author (d. 1937)
  • 1885Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
  • 1885 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954)
  • 1885 – Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (d. 1944)
  • 1885 – St John Philby, English colonial and explorer (d. 1960)
  • 1886Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (d. 1953)
  • 1887Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (d. 1956)
  • 1887 – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966)
  • 1888Neville Cardus, English author and critic (d. 1975)
  • 1888 – Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral (d. 1972)
  • 1889Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1949)
  • 1893Leslie Howard, English actor (d. 1943)
  • 1895Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1968)
  • 1895 – Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
  • 1897Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian golfer (d. 1970)
  • 1897 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (d. 1989)
  • 1898David Jack, English footballer and manager (d. 1958)
  • 1898 – George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1981)
  • 1898 – Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (d. 1967)
  • 1900Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987)
  • 1900 – Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958)
  • 1903 – Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter (d. 1988)
  • 1904Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (d. 1999)
  • 1904 – Sally Rand, American dancer (d. 1979)
  • 1904 – Russel Wright, American furniture designer (d. 1976)
  • 1905Robert Sink, American general (d. 1965)
  • 1909Stanislaw Ulam, Polish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1984)[2]
  • 1910Ted Hook, Australian public servant (d. 1990)
  • 1911Nanette Bordeaux, Canadian-American actress (d. 1956)
  • 1911 – Michael Woodruff, English-Scottish surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
  • 1911 – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (d. 1980)
  • 1912Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982)
  • 1912 – Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (d. 1963)
  • 1913Per Borten, Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2005)
  • 1914Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
  • 1914 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (d. 2008)
  • 1915Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2016)
  • 1915 – İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish physician and academic (d. 2010)
  • 1916Herb Caen, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
  • 1916 – Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (d. 1988)
  • 1916 – Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer (d. 1991)
  • 1918Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014)
  • 1918 – Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 2000)
  • 1919Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (d. 2015)
  • 1919 – Clairette Oddera, French-Canadian actress and singer (d. 2008)
  • 1920Stan Freeman, American composer and conductor (d. 2001)
  • 1920 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (d. 1977)
  • 1921Robert Karvelas, American actor (d. 1991)
  • 1921 – Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004)
  • 1922Yevhen Bulanchyk, Ukrainian hurdler (d. 1996)
  • 1922 – Doris Day, American singer and actress (d. 2019)
  • 1923Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1924Marlon Brando, American actor and director (d. 2004)
  • 1924 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945)
  • 1925Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Industry (d. 2014)
  • 1926Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2019)
  • 1926 – Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967)
  • 1927 – Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer (d. 2012)
  • 1928Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
  • 1928 – Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
  • 1928 – Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television personality (d. 1999)
  • 1929Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (d. 1982)
  • 1929 – Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark
  • 1930Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (d. 1998)
  • 1930 – Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 2017)
  • 1930 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (d. 2015)
  • 1930 – Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)
  • 1931William Bast, American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)
  • 1933Bob Dornan, American politician
  • 1933Rod Funseth, American golfer (d. 1985)
  • 1934Pamela Allen, New Zealand children's writer and illustrator
  • 1934 – Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist
  • 1934Jim Parker, American football player (d. 2005)
  • 1936Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (d. 2008)
  • 1936 – Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1987)
  • 1938Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer
  • 1938 – Phil Rodgers, American golfer (d. 2018)
  • 1939François de Roubaix, French composer (d. 1975)
  • 1939 – Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
  • 1939 – Paul Craig Roberts, American economist and politician
  • 1941Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1941 – Philippé Wynne, American soul singer (d. 1984)
  • 1942Marsha Mason, American actress
  • 1942 – Wayne Newton, American singer
  • 1942 – Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
  • 1943Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
  • 1943 – Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1943 – Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1986)
  • 1943 – Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
  • 1944Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic
  • 1944 – Tony Orlando, American singer
  • 1945Doon Arbus, American author and journalist
  • 1945 – Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1945 – Catherine Spaak, French actress
  • 1946Nicholas Jones, English actor
  • 1946 – Dee Murray, English bass player (d. 1992)
  • 1946 – Hanna Suchocka, Polish lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Poland
  • 1947Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (d. 2013)
  • 1948Arlette Cousture, Canadian author and screenwriter
  • 1948 – Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO
  • 1948 – Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer
  • 1948 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico[3]
  • 1949Lyle Alzado, American football player and actor (d. 1992)
  • 1949 – A. C. Grayling, English philosopher and academic
  • 1949 – Richard Thompson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1950Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist
  • 1951Brendan Barber, English trade union leader
  • 1951 – Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator
  • 1951 – Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1952Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician
  • 1953Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator
  • 1953 – Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna
  • 1953 – James Smith, American boxer
  • 1953 – Craig Taubman, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1954Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
  • 1954 – K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician
  • 1956Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician
  • 1956 – Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer
  • 1956 – Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
  • 1956 – Ray Combs, American game show host (d. 1996)
  • 1958Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host
  • 1958 – Adam Gussow, American scholar, musician, and memoirist
  • 1958 – Francesca Woodman, Jewish-American photographer (d. 1981)
  • 1959David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist
  • 1960Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1961Tim Crews, American baseball player (d. 1993)
  • 1961 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
  • 1962Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager
  • 1962 – Mike Ness, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1962 – Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician
  • 1963Les Davidson, Australian rugby league player
  • 1963 – Ricky Nixon, Australian footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993)
  • 1964Marco Ballotta, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Nigel Farage, English politician
  • 1964 – Claire Perry, English banker and politician
  • 1964 – Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist and manager
  • 1964 – Andy Robinson, English rugby player and coach
  • 1964 – Jay Weatherill, Australian politician, 45th Premier of South Australia
  • 1965Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (d. 2000)
  • 1966John de Vries, Australian race car driver
  • 1967Cat Cora, American chef and author
  • 1967 – Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
  • 1967 – Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1967 – Cristi Puiu, Romanian director and screenwriter
  • 1967 – Mark Skaife, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
  • 1968Sebastian Bach, Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1968 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)
  • 1968 – Jamie Hewlett, English director and performer
  • 1968 – Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player
  • 1969Rodney Hampton, American football player
  • 1969 – Peter Matera, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1969 – Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
  • 1969 – Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler and trainer
  • 1971Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvian footballer and manager
  • 1971 – Emmanuel Collard, French race car driver
  • 1971 – Picabo Street, American skier
  • 1972Jennie Garth, American actress and director
  • 1972 – Catherine McCormack, English actress
  • 1972 – Sandrine Testud, French tennis player
  • 1973Nilesh Kulkarni, Indian cricketer
  • 1973 – Adam Scott, American actor
  • 1974Marcus Brown, American basketball player
  • 1974 – Drew Shirley, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1974 – Lee Williams, Welsh model and actor
  • 1975Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian-American basketball player
  • 1975 – Aries Spears, American comedian and actor
  • 1975 – Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player
  • 1975 – Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball player
  • 1976Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player
  • 1978Matthew Goode, English actor
  • 1978 – Tommy Haas, German-American tennis player
  • 1978 – John Smit, South African rugby player
  • 1979Simon Black, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1980Andrei Lodis, Belarusian footballer
  • 1980 – Megan Rohrer, American pastor and transgender activist
  • 1981Aaron Bertram, American trumpet player
  • 1981 – DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player
  • 1982Jared Allen, American football player
  • 1982 – Iain Fyfe, Australian footballer
  • 1982 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
  • 1983Ben Foster, English footballer
  • 1983 – Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1984Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer
  • 1984 – Maxi López, Argentinian footballer
  • 1985Jari-Matti Latvala, Finnish race car driver
  • 1985 – Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1986Amanda Bynes, American actress
  • 1986 – Stephanie Cox, American soccer player
  • 1986 – Annalisa Cucinotta, Italian cyclist
  • 1986 – Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer
  • 1987Rachel Bloom, American actress, writer, and producer
  • 1987 – Jay Bruce, American baseball player
  • 1987 – Yileen Gordon, Australian rugby league player
  • 1987 – Jason Kipnis, American baseball player
  • 1987 – Martyn Rooney, English sprinter
  • 1987 – Julie Sokolow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1988Kam Chancellor, American football player
  • 1988 – Brandon Graham, American football player
  • 1988 – Peter Hartley, English footballer
  • 1988 – Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
  • 1989Romain Alessandrini, French footballer
  • 1989 – Israel Folau, Australian rugby player and footballer
  • 1989 – Joel Romelo, Australian rugby league player
  • 1989 – Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
  • 1990Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
  • 1990 – Madison Brengle, American tennis player
  • 1990 – Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer
  • 1990 – Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer
  • 1991Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer
  • 1992Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
  • 1992 – Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
  • 1993Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
  • 1994Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1996Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
  • 1997Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
  • 1998Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer

Deaths[]

  • 963William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)
  • 1153al-Adil ibn al-Sallar, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
  • 1171Philip of Milly, seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1120)
  • 1203Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1187)
  • 1253 – Saint Richard of Chichester
  • 1287Pope Honorius IV (b. 1210)
  • 1325Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint (b. 1238)
  • 1350Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)
  • 1538Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (b. 1480)
  • 1545Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (b. 1481)
  • 1606Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1563)
  • 1630Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English noble (b. c.  1593)
  • 1680Shivaji, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (b. 1630)
  • 1682Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1618)
  • 1691Jean Petitot, French-Swiss painter (b. 1608)
  • 1695Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. 1636)
  • 1717Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
  • 1728James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
  • 1792George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)
  • 1804Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
  • 1827Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
  • 1838François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
  • 1844Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
  • 1846William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
  • 1849Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
  • 1868Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
  • 1880Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
  • 1882Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
  • 1897Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
  • 1901Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
  • 1902Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
  • 1930Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
  • 1936Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
  • 1941Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
  • 1941 – Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
  • 1943Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
  • 1946Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
  • 1950Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
  • 1950 – Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
  • 1951Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
  • 1952Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
  • 1957Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
  • 1958Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
  • 1962Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
  • 1970Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (b. 1890)
  • 1971Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
  • 1972Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
  • 1975Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)
  • 1976David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (b. 1900)
  • 1976 – Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894)
  • 1978Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903)
  • 1978 – Winston Sharples, American composer (b. 1909)
  • 1981Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (b. 1899)
  • 1982Warren Oates, American actor (b. 1928)
  • 1983Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
  • 1986Peter Pears, English tenor and educator (b. 1910)
  • 1987Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
  • 1988Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (b. 1907)
  • 1990Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)
  • 1991Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (b. 1901)
  • 1991 – Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1904)
  • 1993Pinky Lee, American television host (b. 1907)
  • 1994Frank Wells, American businessman (b. 1932)
  • 1995Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (b. 1902)
  • 1996Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
  • 1998Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
  • 1999Lionel Bart, English composer (b. 1930)
  • 1999 – Geoffrey Walsh, Canadian general (b. 1909)
  • 2000Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946)
  • 2000 – Dina Abramowicz, Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (b. 1909)[4]
  • 2005François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
  • 2007Nina Wang, Chinese businesswoman (b. 1937)
  • 2008Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
  • 2012Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (b. 1919)
  • 2012 – Richard Descoings, French civil servant (b. 1958)
  • 2012 – Govind Narain, Indian politician, 8th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1917)
  • 2012 – Chief Jay Strongbow, American wrestler (b. 1928)
  • 2012 – José María Zárraga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
  • 2013Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
  • 2013 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
  • 2014Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1935)
  • 2014 – Fred Kida, American illustrator (b. 1920)
  • 2014 – Prince Michael of Prussia (b. 1940)
  • 2014 – Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1936)
  • 2014 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (b. 1921)
  • 2015Sarah Brady, American activist and author (b. 1942)
  • 2015 – Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
  • 2015 – Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1913)
  • 2016Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1932)
  • 2016 – Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author (b. 1913)
  • 2016 – Koji Wada, Japanese singer and songwriter (b. 1974)
  • 2017Kishori Amonkar, Indian Classical Vocalist (b. 1931)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Agape, Chionia, and Irene
    • Burgundofara
    • Luigi Scrosoppi
    • Richard of Chichester
    • April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Champagne, Duane (2001). The Native North American Almanac. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. ISBN 0787616559.
  2. Sullivan, Walter (15 May 1984). "Stanislaw Ulam, Theorist on Hydrogen Bomb". New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. "Carlos Salinas de Gortari" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  4. Berger, Joseph. "Dina Abramowicz, 90, Librarian and Yiddish Expert, Dies". Retrieved 2018-10-17.

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