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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.
686 – Maya 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.1043 – Edward 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 .1834 – The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason .1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri , to Sacramento, California , begins.1865 – American Civil War : Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia , the capital of the Confederate States of America .1882 – American Old West : Robert Ford kills Jesse James .1885 – Gottlieb 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 .1922 – Joseph 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 .1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. , the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh .1942 – World 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 .1948 – Cold 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 obscenity charges.1956 – Hudsonville–Standale tornado : The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop " speech. He was assassinated the next day.1969 – Vietnam War : United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize " the war effort.1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs .1974 – The 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.1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov , giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.1980 – US 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.2000 – United States v. Microsoft Corp. Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.2004 – Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.2007 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record : A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.2008 – ATA 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.2010 – Apple 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.2018 – YouTube headquarters shooting .1016 – Xing Zong , Chinese emperor (d. 1055)1151 – Igor Svyatoslavich , Russian prince (d. 1202)1438 – John III of Egmont , Dutch nobleman (d. 1516)1529 – Michael Neander , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)1540 – Maria de' Medici , Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (d. 1557)1593 – George Herbert , English poet (d. 1633)1639 – Alessandro Stradella , Italian composer (d. 1682)1643 – Charles V , duke of Lorraine (d. 1690)1682 – Valentin Rathgeber , German organist and composer (d. 1750)1693 – George Edwards , English ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1773)1715 – William Watson , English physician, physicist, and botanist (d. 1787)1764 – John Abernethy , English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1831)1769 – Christian Günther von Bernstorff , Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (d. 1835)1770 – Theodoros Kolokotronis , Greek general (d. 1843)1778 – Pierre Bretonneau , French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (d. 1862)1781 – Swaminarayan , Indian religious leader (d. 1830)1782 – Alexander Macomb , American general (d. 1841)1783 – Washington Irving , American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (d. 1859)1791 – Anne Lister , English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d.1840)1798 – Charles Wilkes , American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877)1807 – Mary Carpenter , English educational and social reformer (d. 1877)1814 – Lorenzo Snow , American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901)1822 – Edward Everett Hale , American minister, historian, and author (d. 1909)1823 – George Derby , American lieutenant and journalist (d. 1861)1823 – William M. Tweed , American politician (d. 1878) 1826 – Cyrus K. Holliday , American businessman (d. 1900)1837 – John Burroughs , American botanist and author (d. 1921)1842 – Ulric Dahlgren , American colonel (d. 1864)1848 – Arturo Prat , Chilean lawyer and captain (d. 1879)1858 – Jacob Gaudaur , Canadian rower (d. 1937)1860 – Frederik van Eeden , Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 1932)1864 – Emil Kellenberger , Swiss target shooter (d. 1943)1875 – Mistinguett , French actress and singer (d. 1956)1876 – Margaret Anglin , Canadian actress, director, and producer (d. 1958)1876 – Tomáš Baťa , Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (d. 1932) 1880 – Otto Weininger , Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author (d. 1903)1881 – Alcide De Gasperi , Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954)1882 – Philippe Desranleau , Canadian archbishop (d. 1952)1883 – Ikki Kita , Japanese philosopher and author (d. 1937)1885 – Allan 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) 1886 – Dooley Wilson , American actor and singer (d. 1953)1887 – Ōtori Tanigorō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (d. 1956)1887 – Nishizō Tsukahara , Japanese admiral (d. 1966) 1888 – Neville Cardus , English author and critic (d. 1975)1888 – Thomas C. Kinkaid , American admiral (d. 1972) 1889 – Grigoraș Dinicu , Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1949)1893 – Leslie Howard , English actor (d. 1943)1895 – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco , Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1968)1895 – Zez Confrey , American pianist and composer (d. 1971) 1897 – Joe Kirkwood Sr. , Australian golfer (d. 1970)1897 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos , Greek general (d. 1989) 1898 – David 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 1900 – Camille 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) 1904 – Iron Eyes Cody , American actor and stuntman (d. 1999)1904 – Sally Rand , American dancer (d. 1979) 1904 – Russel Wright , American furniture designer (d. 1976) 1905 – Robert Sink , American general (d. 1965)1910 – Ted Hook , Australian public servant (d. 1990)1911 – Nanette Bordeaux , Canadian-American actress (d. 1956)1911 – Michael Woodruff , English-Scottish surgeon and academic (d. 2001) 1911 – Stanisława Walasiewicz , Polish-American runner (d. 1980) 1912 – Dorothy Eden , New Zealand-English author (d. 1982)1912 – Grigoris Lambrakis , Greek physician and politician (d. 1963) 1913 – Per Borten , Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2005)1914 – Ray Getliffe , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)1914 – Sam Manekshaw , Indian field marshal (d. 2008) 1915 – Piet de Jong , Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971) (d. 2016)1915 – İhsan Doğramacı , Turkish physician and academic (d. 2010) 1916 – Herb Caen , American journalist and author (d. 1997)1916 – Cliff Gladwin , English cricketer (d. 1988) 1916 – Louis Guglielmi , Catalan composer (d. 1991) 1918 – Mary Anderson , American actress (d. 2014)1918 – Louis Applebaum , Canadian composer and conductor (d. 2000) 1919 – Ervin Drake , American songwriter and composer (d. 2015)1919 – Clairette Oddera , French-Canadian actress and singer (d. 2008) 1920 – Stan Freeman , American composer and conductor (d. 2001)1920 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (d. 1977) 1921 – Robert Karvelas , American actor (d. 1991)1921 – Jan Sterling , American actress (d. 2004) 1922 – Yevhen Bulanchyk , Ukrainian hurdler (d. 1996)1922 – Doris Day , American singer and actress (d. 2019) 1923 – Daniel Hoffman , American poet and academic (d. 2013)1924 – Marlon Brando , American actor and director (d. 2004)1924 – Roza Shanina , Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945) 1925 – Tony Benn , English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Industry (d. 2014)1926 – Alex Grammas , American baseball player, manager, and coach1926 – Gus Grissom , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967) 1927 – Wesley A. Brown , American general and engineer (d. 2012) 1928 – Don 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) 1929 – Fazlur 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 1930 – Lawton 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) 1931 – William Bast , American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)1933 – Bob Dornan , American politician1933 – Rod Funseth , American golfer (d. 1985)1934 – Pamela Allen , New Zealand children's writer and illustrator1934 – Jane Goodall , English primatologist and anthropologist 1934 – Jim Parker , American football player (d. 2005)1936 – Jimmy McGriff , American organist and bandleader (d. 2008)1936 – Harold Vick , American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1987) 1938 – Jeff Barry , American singer-songwriter, and producer1938 – Phil Rodgers , American golfer (d. 2018) 1939 – François de Roubaix , French composer (d. 1975)1939 – Hawk Taylor , American baseball player and coach (d. 2012) 1939 – Paul Craig Roberts , American economist and politician 1941 – Jan Berry , American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)1941 – Philippé Wynne , American soul singer (d. 1984) 1942 – Marsha Mason , American actress1942 – Wayne Newton , American singer 1942 – Billy Joe Royal , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015) 1943 – Mario Lavista , Mexican composer1943 – 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 1944 – Peter Colman , Australian biologist and academic1944 – Tony Orlando , American singer 1945 – Doon Arbus , American author and journalist1945 – Bernie Parent , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1945 – Catherine Spaak , French actress 1946 – Nicholas Jones , English actor1946 – Dee Murray , English bass player (d. 1992) 1946 – Hanna Suchocka , Polish lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Poland 1947 – Anders Eliasson , Swedish composer (d. 2013)1948 – Arlette Cousture , Canadian author and screenwriter1948 – 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 (1998-1994)[2] 1949 – Lyle Alzado , American football player and actor (d. 1992)1949 – A. C. Grayling , English philosopher and academic 1949 – Richard Thompson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 – Indrajit Coomaraswamy , Sri Lankan cricketer and economist1951 – Brendan Barber , English trade union leader1951 – Annette Dolphin , British academician and educator 1951 – Mitch Woods , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1952 – Mike Moore , American lawyer and politician1953 – Sandra Boynton , American author and illustrator1953 – Wakanohana Kanji II , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna 1953 – James Smith , American boxer 1953 – Craig Taubman , American singer-songwriter and producer 1954 – Elisabetta Brusa , Italian composer1954 – K. Krishnasamy , Indian physician and politician 1956 – Kalle Kulbok , Estonian politician1956 – Boris Miljković , Serbian director and producer 1956 – Miguel Bosé , Spanish musician and actor 1956 – Ray Combs , American game show host (d. 1996) 1958 – Alec Baldwin , American actor, comedian, producer and television host1958 – Adam Gussow , American scholar, musician, and memoirist 1958 – Francesca Woodman , Jewish-American photographer (d. 1981) 1959 – David Hyde Pierce , American actor and activist1960 – Arjen Anthony Lucassen , Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1961 – Tim Crews , American baseball player (d. 1993)1961 – Eddie Murphy , American actor and comedian 1962 – Dave Miley , American baseball player and manager1962 – Mike Ness , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1962 – Jaya Prada , Indian actress and politician 1963 – Les Davidson , Australian rugby league player1963 – Ricky Nixon , Australian footballer and manager 1963 – Criss Oliva , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993) 1964 – Marco Ballotta , Italian footballer and manager1964 – 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 1965 – Nazia Hassan , Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (d. 2000)1966 – John de Vries , Australian race car driver1967 – Cat Cora , American chef and author1967 – 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 1968 – Sebastian Bach , Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor1968 – Charlotte Coleman , English actress (d. 2001) 1968 – Jamie Hewlett , English director and performer 1968 – Tomoaki Kanemoto , Japanese baseball player 1969 – Rodney Hampton , American football player1969 – Peter Matera , Australian footballer and coach 1969 – Ben Mendelsohn , Australian actor 1969 – Lance Storm , Canadian wrestler and trainer 1971 – Vitālijs Astafjevs , Latvian footballer and manager1971 – Emmanuel Collard , French race car driver 1971 – Picabo Street , American skier 1972 – Jennie Garth , American actress and director1972 – Catherine McCormack , English actress 1972 – Sandrine Testud , French tennis player 1973 – Nilesh Kulkarni , Indian cricketer1973 – Adam Scott , American actor 1974 – Marcus Brown , American basketball player1974 – Drew Shirley , American guitarist and songwriter 1974 – Lee Williams , Welsh model and actor 1975 – Shawn Bates , American ice hockey player1975 – 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 1976 – Nicolas Escudé , French tennis player1978 – Matthew Goode , English actor1978 – Tommy Haas , German-American tennis player 1978 – John Smit , South African rugby player 1979 – Simon Black , Australian footballer and coach1980 – Andrei Lodis , Belarusian footballer1980 – Megan Rohrer , American pastor and transgender activist 1981 – Aaron Bertram , American trumpet player1981 – DeShawn Stevenson , American basketball player 1982 – Jared Allen , American football player1982 – Iain Fyfe , Australian footballer 1982 – Cobie Smulders , Canadian actress 1983 – Ben Foster , English footballer1983 – Stephen Weiss , Canadian ice hockey player 1984 – Jonathan Blondel , Belgian footballer1984 – Maxi López , Argentinian footballer 1985 – Jari-Matti Latvala , Finnish race car driver1985 – Leona Lewis , English singer-songwriter and producer 1986 – Amanda Bynes , American actress1986 – Stephanie Cox , American soccer player 1986 – Annalisa Cucinotta , Italian cyclist 1986 – Sergio Sánchez Ortega , Spanish footballer 1987 – Rachel Bloom , American actress, writer, and producer1987 – 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 1988 – Kam Chancellor , American football player1988 – Brandon Graham , American football player 1988 – Peter Hartley , English footballer 1988 – Tim Krul , Dutch footballer 1989 – Romain Alessandrini , French footballer1989 – Israel Folau , Australian rugby player and footballer 1989 – Joel Romelo , Australian rugby league player 1989 – Thisara Perera , Sri Lankan cricketer 1990 – Karim Ansarifard , Iranian footballer1990 – Madison Brengle , American tennis player 1990 – Sotiris Ninis , Greek footballer 1990 – Natasha Negovanlis , Canadian actress and singer 1991 – Hayley Kiyoko , American actress and singer1992 – Simone Benedetti , Italian footballer1992 – Yuliya Yefimova , Russian swimmer 1993 – Pape Moussa Konaté , Senegalese footballer1994 – Kodi Nikorima , New Zealand rugby league player1996 – Mayo Hibi , Japanese tennis player1997 – Gabriel Jesus , Brazilian footballer1998 – Paris Jackson , American actress, model and singer963 – William III , Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)1153 – al-Adil ibn al-Sallar , vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate1171 – Philip of Milly , seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1120)1203 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1187)1253 – Saint Richard of Chichester 1287 – Pope Honorius IV (b. 1210)1325 – Nizamuddin Auliya , Sufi saint (b. 1238)1350 – Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)1538 – Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (b. 1480)1545 – Antonio de Guevara , Spanish chronicler and moralist (b. 1481)1606 – Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1563)1630 – Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey , English noble (b. c. 1593)1680 – Shivaji , Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (b. 1630)1682 – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo , Spanish painter and educator (b. 1618)1691 – Jean Petitot , French-Swiss painter (b. 1608)1695 – Melchior d'Hondecoeter , Dutch painter (b. 1636)1717 – Jacques Ozanam , French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)1728 – James Anderson , Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)1792 – George Pocock , English admiral (b. 1706)1804 – Jędrzej Kitowicz , Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)1827 – Ernst Chladni , German physicist and academic (b. 1756)1838 – François Carlo Antommarchi , French physician and author (b. 1780)1844 – Edward Bigge , English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)1846 – William Braine , English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)1849 – Juliusz Słowacki , Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)1868 – Franz Berwald , Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)1882 – Jesse James , American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)1897 – Johannes Brahms , German pianist and composer (b. 1833)1901 – Richard D'Oyly Carte , English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)1902 – Esther Hobart Morris , American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)1930 – Emma Albani , Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)1936 – Richard Hauptmann , German-American murderer (b. 1899)1941 – Tachiyama Mineemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)1941 – Pál Teleki , Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879) 1943 – Conrad Veidt , German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)1946 – Masaharu Homma , Japanese general (b. 1887)1950 – Kurt Weill , German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)1950 – Carter G. Woodson , American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875) 1951 – Henrik Visnapuu , Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)1952 – Miina Sillanpää , Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)1957 – Ned Sparks , Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)1958 – Jaan Kärner , Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)1962 – Manolis Kalomiris , Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)1970 – Avigdor Hameiri , Israeli author (b. 1890)1971 – Joseph Valachi , American gangster (b. 1904)1972 – Ferde Grofé , American pianist and composer (b. 1892)1975 – Mary Ure , Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)1976 – David M. Dennison , American physicist and academic (b. 1900)1976 – Claude-Henri Grignon , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894) 1978 – Ray Noble , English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903)1978 – Winston Sharples , American composer (b. 1909) 1981 – Juan Trippe , American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (b. 1899)1982 – Warren Oates , American actor (b. 1928)1983 – Jimmy Bloomfield , English footballer and manager (b. 1934)1986 – Peter Pears , English tenor and educator (b. 1910)1987 – Tom Sestak , American football player (b. 1936)1988 – Milton Caniff , American cartoonist (b. 1907)1990 – Sarah Vaughan , American singer (b. 1924)1991 – Charles Goren , American bridge player and author (b. 1901)1991 – Graham Greene , English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1904) 1993 – Pinky Lee , American television host (b. 1907)1994 – Frank Wells , American businessman (b. 1932)1995 – Alfred J. Billes , Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (b. 1902)1996 – Ron Brown , American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)1998 – Mary Cartwright , English mathematician and academic (b. 1900)1999 – Lionel Bart , English composer (b. 1930)1999 – Geoffrey Walsh , Canadian general (b. 1909) 2000 – Terence McKenna , American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946)2000 – Dina Abramowicz , Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (b. 1909)[3] 2005 – François Gérin , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944)2007 – Nina Wang , Chinese businesswoman (b. 1937)2008 – Hrvoje Ćustić , Croatian footballer (b. 1983)2010 – Tabibar Rahman Sarder , Bangladeshi politician. (b. 1932)2012 – Mingote , 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) 2013 – Mariví Bilbao , Spanish actress (b. 1930)2013 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1927) 2014 – Régine 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) 2015 – Sarah 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) 2016 – Cesare 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) 2017 – Kishori Amonkar , Indian Classical Vocalist (b. 1931)Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to April 3
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