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Day of the year
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
1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England .1077 - Creation of the first Parliament of Friuli .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 Pony Express run from Saint 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 outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward.1885 - Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.1895 - The libel trial instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in Wilde 's arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of homosexuality .1896 - The first publication of La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper in Italy .1917 - Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia from exile, marking the beginning of Bolshevik leadership in the Russian Revolution .1922 - Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .1929 - RMS Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line .1933 - Unsuccessful boycott of Jewish stores in Nazi Germany .1936 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh II , the baby son of world-famous 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 - President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan which authorizes $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.1948 - In Jeju , South Korea , a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre .
1953 - TV Guide 1955 - The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg 's book Howl obscenity charges.1956 - Elvis Presley sings "Heartbreak Hotel " on the Milton Berle Show United States population viewing.1956 - The western part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado (known as the Hudsonville-Standale Tornado ).
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.1969 - Vietnam War : U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize " the war effort.1971 - Japanese tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider Kamen Rider franchise1973 - The first portable cell phone call is placed in New York City .1974 - The Super Outbreak occurs, with 148 tornadoes affecting 13 U.S. states and 1 Canadian province , the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. 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.1982 - Great Britain dispatched a naval task force to the south Atlantic to reclaim the disputed Falkland Islands from Argentina .1996 - Suspected "Unabomber " Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin.1996 - A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia , killing all 35 on board.
1997 - Thalit massacre begins in Algeria ; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.2000 - United States v. Microsoft : Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.2004 - Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.2007 - An official new world record for conventional-train speed of 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) is set by a French TGV on the LGV Est high speed line east of Paris . (Japan's magnetically levitated train, or maglev train , which hit 581 km/h (361 mph) in 2003, holds the ultimate train speed record.)
Births
1151 - Igor Svyatoslavich , Ukrainian prince (d. 1202 )1245 - King Philip III of France (d. 1285 )1367 - King Henry IV of England (d. 1413 )1529 - Michael Neander , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581 )1593 - George Herbert , English poet and orator (d. 1633 )1639 - Alessandro Stradella , Italian composer (d. 1682 )1643 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine , general of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1690 )1683 - Mark Catesby , English naturalist (d. 1749 )1693 - George Edwards , English naturalist (d. 1773 )1715 - William Watson , English physician and scientist (d. 1787 )1764 - John Abernathy , English surgeon (d. 1831 )1769 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff , Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (d. 1835 )1770 - Theodoros Kolokotronis , Greek general in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1843 )1781 - Bhagwan Swaminarayan (d. 1830 )1783 - Washington Irving , American author (d. 1859 )1806 - Ivan Kireevsky , Russian literary critic and philosopher (d. 1856 )1814 - Lorenzo Snow , 5th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (d. 1901 )1821 - T. Pelham Dale , Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (d. 1892 )1822 - Edward Everett Hale , American writer (d. 1909 )1823 - William Marcy Tweed , American political boss (d. 1878 )1880 - Otto Weininger , Austrian philosopher (d. 1903 )1881 - Alcide De Gasperi , Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954 )1885 - Allan Dwan , Canadian-born American film director (d. 1981 )1885 - Bud Fisher , American cartoonist (Mutt and Jeff ) (d. 1954 )
1889 - Grigoraş Dinicu , Romanian composer and violinist (d. 1949 )1893 - Leslie Howard , English actor (d. 1943 )1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco , Italian composer (d. 1968 )1898 - George Jessel , American comedian (d. 1981 )1898 - Henry Luce , American publisher (d. 1967 )
1904 - Iron Eyes Cody , American actor (d. 1999 )1904 - Russel Wright , American industrial designer (d. 1976 )1905 - Robert Frederick Sink , United States Army Officer (d. 1965 )1913 - Per Borten , Premier of Norway (d. 2005 )1916 - Herb Caen , American newspaper columnist (d. 1997 )1918 - Louis Applebaum , Canadian composer, conductor and administrator (d. 2000 )1920 - John Demjanjuk , Ukrainian-born American auto worker, alleged Nazi1920 - Stan Freeman , American composer and lyricist (d. 2001 )
1921 - Robert Karvelas , American actor (d. 1991 )1921 - Dario Moreno , Turkish-Jewish singer and songwriter (d. 1968 )
1921 - Jan Sterling , American actress (d. 2004 )
1924 - Marlon Brando , American actor (d. 2004 )1924 - Doris Day , American actress
1925 - Tony Benn , British politician1926 - Alex Grammas , American baseball player1926 - Gus Grissom , American astronaut (d. 1967 )
1928 - Don Gibson , American country musician (d. 2003 )1928 - Kevin Hagen , American actor (d. 2005 )
1928 - Jennifer Paterson , English chef and TV personality (Two Fat Ladies 1999 )
1929 - Miyoshi Umeki , Japanese-born actress1930 - Lawton Chiles , U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (d. 1998 )1930 - Helmut Kohl , Chancellor of Germany
1930 - Wally Moon , American baseball player
1934 - Jane Goodall , English zoologist1936 - Scott LaFaro , American musician (d. 1961 )1936 - Jimmy McGriff , American jazz organist
1938 - Jeff Barry , American songwriter and record producer1941 - Jan Berry , American musician (Jan and Dean ) (d. 2004 )1941 - Carl Boenish , American father of BASE jumping (d. 1984 )
1941 - Eric Braeden , German-born actor
1941 - Philippe Wynne , American musician (d. 1984 )
1942 - Marsha Mason , American actress1942 - Wayne Newton , American singer
1942 - Marek Perepeczko , Polish actor (d. 2005 )
1942 - Billy Joe Royal , American singer
1943 - Jonathan Lynn , British actor and comedy writer1943 - Mario Lavista , Mexican composer
1943 - Richard Manuel , Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 1986 )
1943 - Doreen Tracey , English-born Mouseketeer
1944 - Tony Orlando , American musician1945 - Catherine Spaak , French actress1946 - Hanna Suchocka , Poland's first female prime minsiter1946 - Marisa Paredes , Spanish actress
1948 - Arlette Cousture , French-Canadian writer1948 - Carlos Salinas , President of Mexico
1949 - Lyle Alzado , American football player (d. 1992 )1949 - Richard Thompson , English musician and songwriter
1954 - Elisabetta Brusa , Italian composer1956 - Miguel Bosé , Spanish musician and actor1956 - Ray Combs , American game show host and comedian (d. 1996 )
1958 - Alec Baldwin , American actor1959 - David Hyde Pierce , American actor1960 - Arjen Anthony Lucassen , Dutch musician (Ayreon )1960 - Marie-Denise Pelletier , Quebec singer
1961 - Eddie Murphy , American actor and comedian1962 - Mike Ness , American musician (Social Distortion )1963 - Criss Oliva , American musician (Savatage ) (d. 1993 )1963 - Jack Del Rio , American football coach
1964 - Bjarne Riis , Danish cyclist1966 - Miina Tominaga , Japanese seiyu (voice actress)1966 - John de Vries , Australian racing driver
1967 - Brent Gilchrist , Canadian ice hockey player1967 - Mark Skaife , Australian racing driver
1968 - Sebastian Bach , Canadian musician (Skid Row )1968 - Charlotte Coleman , English actress (d. 2001 )
1968 - Jamie Hewlett , English illustrator (Tank Girl and Gorillaz )
1969 - Lance Storm , Canadian professional wrestler1970 - Sticky Fingaz , American rapper and actor1972 - Jennie Garth , American actress1972 - Sandrine Testud , French Top-10 tennis player
1973 - Matthew Ferguson , Canadian actor1973 - Jamie Bamber , English Actor
1975 - Michael Olowokandi , Nigerian basketball player1975 - Aries Spears , American comedian
1975 - Mickey Beyer-Clausen , Danish entrepreneur and philanthropist
1975 - Shawn Bates , American ice hockey player
1976 - Drew Shirley , American musician (Switchfoot )1976 - Will Mellor , English actor
1978 - Tommy Haas , German tennis player1978 - Matthew Goode , English actor
1981 - Heath Ramsay , Australian Olympic swimmer1981 - Aaron Bertram , American musician, Suburban Legends
1982 - Fler , German rapper1982 - Iain Fyfe , Australian soccer player
1982 - Kasumi Nakane , Japanese gravure idol
1982 - Cobie Smulders , Canadian actress
Deaths
963 - William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915 )1287 - Pope Honorius IV 1350 - Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295 )1606 - Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon , English politician (b. 1563 )1680 - Shivaji , founder of the Maratha Empire (b. 1630 )1682 - Bartolomé Estéban Murillo , Spanish painter (b. 1618 )1691 - Jean Petitot , Swiss enamel painter (b. 1608 )1695 - Melchior d'Hondecoeter , Dutch painter1717 - Jacques Ozanam , French mathematician (b. 1640 )1728 - James Anderson , Scottish lawyer (b. 1662 )1792 - George Pocock , British admiral (b. 1706 )1792 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich , English statesman (b. 1718 )
1804 - Jędrzej Kitowicz , Polish priest (b. 1727 /1728 )1827 - Ernst Chladni , German physicist (b. 1756 )1849 - Juliusz Słowacki , Polish poet (b. 1809 )1868 - Franz Berwald , Swedish composer and inventor (b. 1796 )1882 - Jesse James , American outlaw (b. 1847 )1897 - Johannes Brahms , German composer (b. 1833 )1901 - Richard D'Oyly Carte , British impresario (b. 1844 )1930 - Emma Albani , Canadian soprano (b. 1847 )1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853 )1936 - Bruno Hauptmann , German killer of Charles Lindbergh III (b. 1899 )1943 - Conrad Veidt , German actor (b. 1893 )1950 - Carter G. Woodson , African American historian, author, journalist and founder of Black History Month (b. 1875 )1950 - Kurt Weill , German composer (b. 1900 )
1952 - Miina Sillanpää , Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (b. 1866 )1965 - Ernst Kirchweger , Austrian communist and resistance fighter1971 - Joseph Valachi , American gangster (b. 1904 )1972 - Ferde Grofé , American composer (b. 1882 )1975 - Mary Ure , Scottish actress (b. 1933 )1978 - Ray Noble , English bandleader and composer (b. 1903 )1981 - Juan Trippe , Airline entrepreneur and pioneer, Pan Am founder (b. 1899 )1982 - Warren Oates , American character actor (b. 1928 )1986 - Peter Pears , English tenor (b. 1910 )1987 - Tom Sestak , American football player (b. 1936 )1990 - Sarah Vaughan , American singer (b. 1924 )1991 - Charles Goren , American bridge player, writer, and columnist (b. 1901 )1991 - Graham Greene , English writer (b. 1904 )
1993 - Pinky Lee , American comic and children's television host (b. 1907 )1994 - Frank Wells , American entertainment businessman (b. 1932 )1995 - Alfred J. Billes , Canadian businessman (Canadian Tire ) (b. 1902 )1996 - Ron Brown , U.S. Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941 )1996 - Carl Stokes , Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1927 )
1998 - Mary Cartwright , English mathematician (b. 1900 )1999 - Lionel Bart , English composer (Oliver! ) (b. 1930 )2000 - Terence McKenna , American writer and philosopher (b. 1946 )2002 - Fad Gadget , English singer and musician (b. 1956 )2003 - Michael Kelly , American journalist (b. 1957 )2005 - Tony Croatto , Italian-born singer (b. 1940 )2007 - Marion Eames , Welsh novelist (b. 1921 )2007 - Eddie Robinson , American football coach (b. 1919 )
2007 - Nina Wang , Asia's Richest Woman (b. 1937 )
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