April 3

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April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).

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Events

503 BC – According to the Fasti Triumphales, Roman consul Publius Postumius Tubertus celebrated an ovation for a military victory over the Sabines.

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: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.

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, a British 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 – United States 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.

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.

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.

1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.

1991 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 is adopted.

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.

Births

1016 – Emperor Xingzong of Liao (d. 1055)

1151 – Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)

1245 – King Philip III of France (d. 1285)

1438 – John III of Egmont, Dutch noble (d. 1516)

1439 – Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach, German noble (d. 1457)

1461 – Anne of France, eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and his second wife (d. 1522)

1529 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)

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)

1781 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (d. 1830)

1782 – Alexander Macomb, American general (d. 1841)

1791 – Anne Lister, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d.1840)

1798 – Charles Wilkes, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877)

1783 – Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (d. 1859)

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)

1876 – Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer (d. 1958)

1876 – Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (d. 1932)

1880 – Otto Weininger, 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 – George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1981)

1898 – Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (d. 1967)

1899 – David Jack, English footballer and manager (d. 1958)

1899 – Maria Redaelli, Italian super-centenarian (d. 2013)

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)

1904 – Sally Rand, American dancer (d. 1979)

1904 – Russel Wright, American furniture designer (d. 1976)

1905 – Robert Sink, American general (d. 1965)

1907 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (d. 1999)

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, Minister of Defence (1963–1967), 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 – John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian war criminal (d. 2012)

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)

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 Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 2014)

1926 – Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach

1926 – 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

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

1930 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (d. 2015)

1930 – Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach

1931 – William Bast, American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)

1933 – Bob Dornan, American politician

1933 – Rod Funseth, American golfer (d. 1985)

1934 – 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 producer

1938 – Phil Rodgers, American golfer

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 – Carl Boenish, American BASE jumper and cinematographer (d. 1984)

1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress

1942 – Wayne Newton, American singer

1942 – Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

1943 – Mario 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

1944 – Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic

1944 – Tony Orlando, American singer

1945 – Doon Arbus, American author and journalist

1945 – Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1945 – Catherine Spaak, French actress

1946 – 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 screenwriter

1948 – Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO

1948 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico

1949 – Lyle Alzado, American football player and actor (d. 1992)

1949 – A. C. Grayling, English philosopher and academic

1949 – Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer

1949 – Richard Thompson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1950 – Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist

1951 – Brendan Barber, English trade union leader

1951 – Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator

1951 – Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1952 – Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician

1953 – Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator

1953 – Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna

1953 – Craig Taubman, American singer-songwriter and producer

1954 – Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer

1954 – K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician

1956 – Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician

1956 – Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer

1958 – Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host

1958 – Francesca Woodman, American photographer (d. 1981)

1959 – David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist

1960 – Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1961 – Tim Crews, American baseball player (d. 1993)

1961 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian

1962 – Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager

1962 – Mike Ness, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1963 – Les Davidson, Australian rugby league player

1963 – Ricky Nixon, Australian footballer and manager

1963 – Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter

1963 – Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese guitarist and songwriter

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

1966 – John de Vries, Australian race car driver

1967 – Cat 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

1968 – Sebastian Bach, Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

1968 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)

1968 – Jamie Hewlett, English author and illustrator

1968 – Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player

1969 – Rodney Hampton, American football player

1969 – Peter Matera, Australian footballer and coach

1969 – Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler and trainer

1969 – Seiichi Tanabe, Japanese actor

1971 – Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvian footballer and manager

1971 – Emmanuel Collard, French race car driver

1971 – Picabo Street, American skier

1972 – Jennie Garth, American actress and director

1972 – Catherine McCormack, English actress

1972 – Sandrine Testud, French tennis player

1973 – Nilesh Kulkarni, Indian cricketer

1974 – Marcus Brown, American basketball player

1974 – Drew Shirley, American guitarist and songwriter

1974 – Lee Williams, Welsh model and actor

1975 – Shawn 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

1976 – Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player

1978 – Matthew Goode, English actor

1978 – Tommy Haas, German-American tennis player

1978 – John Smit, South African rugby player

1979 – Grégoire, French singer-songwriter

1979 – Simon Black, Australian footballer and coach

1980 – Andrei Lodis, Belarusian footballer

1981 – Aaron Bertram, American trumpet player

1981 – DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player

1982 – Jared Allen, American football player

1982 – Iain Fyfe, Australian footballer

1982 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress

1983 – Ben Foster, English footballer

1983 – Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player

1984 – Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer

1984 – Maxi López, Argentinian footballer

1985 – Jari-Matti Latvala, Finnish race car driver

1985 – Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter and producer

1986 – Amanda Bynes, American actress

1986 – Stephanie Cox, American soccer player

1986 – Annalisa Cucinotta, Italian cyclist

1986 – Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer

1987 – Jay Bruce, American baseball player

1987 – Yileen Gordon, Australian rugby league player

1987 – Park Jung-min, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor

1987 – Jason Kipnis, American baseball player

1987 – Martyn Rooney, English sprinter

1987 – Julie Sokolow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1988 – Kam Chancellor, American football player

1988 – Brandon Graham, American football player

1988 – Peter Hartley, English footballer

1988 – Tim Krul, Dutch footballer

1989 – Romain Alessandrini, French footballer

1989 – Israel Folau, Australian rugby player and footballer

1990 – Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer

1990 – Madison Brengle, American tennis player

1990 – Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer

1991 – Stanislav Engovatov, Russian footballer

1991 – Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer

1992 – Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer

1992 – Nana Yamada, Japanese singer and actress

1992 – Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer

1993 – Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer

1996 – Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player

Deaths

AD 33 – Jesus Christ of Nazareth, (possible date of the crucifixion) (b. circa 4 BC)

963 – William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)

1203 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1196)

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)

1606 – Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1563)

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)

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)

2005 – François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944)

2007 – Nina Wang, Chinese businesswoman (b. 1937)

2008 – Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)

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)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Agape, Chionia, and Irene

Luigi Scrosoppi

Mary of Egypt (Roman Catholic)

Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 (Anglicanism)

April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

References

April 3 Wikipedia

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