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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[686]] – [[Maya civilization|Maya]] king [[Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk']] assumes the crown of [[Calakmul]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Simon|last2=Grube|first2=Nikolai|title=Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya|location=London|publisher=Thames & Hudson|date=2008|isbn=9780500287262|page=110}}</ref> *[[1043]] – [[Edward the Confessor]] is crowned [[King of England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Barlow|first=Frank|title=Edward the Confessor|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=1997|isbn=9780300071566|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSuFAwAAQBAJ|page=61}}</ref> *[[1077]] – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first [[Friuli]]an state, is created.<ref>{{cite book|last=Coluzzii|first=Paolo|title=Minority Language Planning and Micronationalism in Italy: An Analysis of the Situation of Friulian, Cimbrian and Western Lombard With Reference to Spanish Minority Languages|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Peter Lang|date=2007|isbn=9783039110414|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTQnOahQ4T4C|page=171}}</ref> *[[1559]] – The second of two treaties making up the [[Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis]] is signed, ending the [[Italian Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ramcharan|first=Bertrand G.|title=International Peace Conferences|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill Nijhoff|date=2015|isbn=9789004245891|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVOeBQAAQBAJ|pages=19–20}}</ref> *[[1589]] – The [[janissaries]] [[Beylerbeyi event|revolt]] in response to the debasement of coins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somel |first1=Selcuk Aksin |title=Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire |date=13 February 2003 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6606-5 |page=xxxiii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGZQL41tg_oC |access-date=22 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1721]] – [[Robert Walpole]] becomes, in effect, the first [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]], though he himself denied that title.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marples|first=Alice|date=1 April 2021|title=Sir Robert Walpole: Britain's first Prime Minister|url=https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/sir-robert-walpole-britains-first-prime-minister|url-status=live|access-date=3 April 2021|website=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401162823/https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/sir-robert-walpole-britains-first-prime-minister/ |archive-date=2021-04-01 }}</ref> *[[1851]] – [[Mongkut|Rama IV]] is crowned [[Monarchy of Thailand|King]] of [[Thailand]] after the death of his half-brother, [[Rama III]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowman|first=John Stewart|title=Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=2000|isbn=9780231110044|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YkqsAgAAQBAJ|page=515|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last1=Soonthornthum|first1=Boonrucksar|last2=Orchiston|first2=Wayne|chapter=King Rama IV: Astronomer and 'The Father of Thai Science'|title=Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy: A Review of Current Projects and Future Prospects and Possibilities|editor-last1=Soonthornthum|editor-first1=Boonrucksar|editor-last2=Orchiston|editor-first2=Wayne|location=Cham, Switzerland|publisher=Springer|date=2021|isbn=9783030627775|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUw2EAAAQBAJ|page=253}}</ref> *[[1860]] – The first successful United States [[Pony Express]] run from [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], to [[Sacramento, California]], begins.<ref>{{cite book|last=Corbett|first=Christopher|title=Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express|location=New York|publisher=Broadway Books|date=2003|isbn=9780767906920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vGE9DwAAQBAJ|pages=46–48}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces capture [[Richmond, Virginia]], the capital of the [[Confederate States of America]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McPherson|first=James|title=Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780195038637|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXfGuNAvm7AC|page=837}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[American Old West]]: [[Robert Ford (outlaw)|Robert Ford]] kills [[Jesse James]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stiles|first=T.J.|title=Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War|location=New York|publisher=Vintage Books|date=2003|isbn=9780375705588|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQ5FmmamezsC|pages=3–4}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Gottlieb Daimler]] is granted a German [[patent]] for a light, high-speed, four-stroke [[engine]], which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the [[Daimler Reitwagen]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Avery|first=Derek|title=Motorcycles|location=London|publisher=Caxton Editions|date=2003|isbn=9781840673203|page=4|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Mangone|first=Gerard J.|title=Marine Policy for America|location=New York|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=1988|isbn=9780844815374|page=41}}</ref> *[[1888]] – [[Jack the Ripper]]: The first of 11 [[Whitechapel murders|unsolved brutal murders]] of women committed in or near the impoverished [[Whitechapel]] district in the [[East End of London]], occurs.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Keppel|first1=Robert D.|last2=Birnes|first2=William J.|title=Serial Violence: Analysis of Modus Operandi and Signature Characteristics of Killers|location=Boca Raton, Fla.|publisher=CRC Press|date=2009|isbn=9781420066326|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MC_5RNi2Yc0C|pages=41–42}}</ref> *[[1895]] – The trial in the [[libel]] case brought by [[Oscar Wilde]] begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of [[homosexuality]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Grech|first=Leanne|title=Oscar Wilde's Aesthetic Education: The Oxford Classical Curriculum|location=Cham, Switzerland|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2019|isbn=9783030143749|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4niQDwAAQBAJ|page=210}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – Association football club [[Club Atlético Boca Juniors|Boca Juniors]] is founded in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Boca turns 120 years old, these are the 10 best in its history according to AI|url=https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/boca-turns-120-years-old-these-are-the-10-best-in-its-history-according-to-ai|website=La Derecha Diario|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1920]] – Attempts are made to carry out the failed [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim#1920 assassination attempt|assassination attempt on General Mannerheim]], led by Aleksander Weckman by order of [[Eino Rahja]], during the [[White Guard (Finland)|White Guard]] parade in [[Tampere]], Finland.<ref>[http://www.mikkoporvali.fi/index.php?page=1038&lang=1 Mikko Porvali : Murhayritys joka jäi tekemättä] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://walkhelsinki.fi/mannerheimin-murhayrityksen-jalkinaytos-kaytiin-vallilassa/ Mannerheimin murhayrityksen jälkinäytös käytiin Vallilassa] (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Joseph Stalin]] becomes the first [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. *[[1933]] – First flight over [[Mount Everest]], the British [[Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition]], led by the [[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton|Marquis of Clydesdale]] and funded by [[Lucy, Lady Houston]].<ref>{{cite web |title=WINGS OVER EVEREST: The Story of the Houston - Mt. Everest Flight|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/7075#:~:text=Description%3A%20The%20first%20flight%20over,was%20funded%20by%20Lady%20Houston.|website=movingimage.nls.ukwww.parliament.uk |access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Bruno Richard Hauptmann]] is executed for the kidnapping and death of [[Lindbergh kidnapping|Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.]], the infant son of pilot [[Charles Lindbergh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lindbergh Kidnapping|url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping|website=fbi.gov |access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] forces begin an assault on the United States and [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Filipino]] troops on the [[Battle of Bataan|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.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title=Marshall Plan (1948)|url=https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/marshall-plan#:~:text=On%20April%203%2C%201948%2C%20President,economic%20infrastructure%20of%20postwar%20Europe. |website=www.archives.gov |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> * 1948 – In [[Jeju Province]], South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and [[human rights abuses]] known as the [[Jeju uprising]] begins. *[[1955]] – The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] announces it will defend [[Allen Ginsberg]]'s book ''[[Howl (poem)|Howl]]'' against [[obscenity]] charges. *[[1956]] – [[Hudsonville–Standale tornado of April 1956|Hudsonville–Standale tornado]]: The western half of the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan]] is struck by a deadly [[Fujita scale|F5]] tornado. *[[1961]] – [[LAN-Chile Flight 621]] crashes in the [[Andes]] mountains, killing 21 people, including Argentinian football player [[Eliseo Mouriño]].<ref name="Mirror">{{cite web |author=Mackay |first=Don |date=5 February 2015 |title=Football team's plane wreck found in Chile after more than 50 years |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/football-teams-plane-wreck-found-5107420 |accessdate=8 February 2015 |publisher=The Mirror}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] delivers his "[[I've Been to the Mountaintop]]" speech; he was assassinated the next day.<ref>{{cite web |title="I've Been to the Mountaintop" |url=https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/ive-been-mountaintop |website=stanford.edu |publisher=The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Melvin Laird]] announces that the United States will start to "[[Vietnamization|Vietnamize]]" the war effort. *[[1973]] – [[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]] of [[Motorola]] makes the [[History of mobile phones|first handheld mobile phone call]] to [[Joel S. Engel]] of [[Bell Labs]]. *[[1974]] – [[1974 Super Outbreak|The 1974 Super Outbreak]] occurs, the second largest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the [[2011 Super Outbreak]]). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured. *[[1975]] – Vietnam War: [[Operation Babylift]], a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins.<ref>Martin, Allison, ''The Legacy of Operation Babylift'', Adoption Today journal, Volume 2, Number 4 March 2000. "On April 3rd, a combination of private and military transport planes began to fly more children out of Vietnam as part of the operation. Numbers vary, but it appears that at least 2,000 children were flown to the United States and approximately 1,300 children were flown to Canada, Europe and Australia."</ref> * 1975 – [[Bobby Fischer]] [[World Chess Championship 1975|refuses to play]] in a [[chess]] match against [[Anatoly Karpov]], giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. *[[1980]] – [[Us congress|US Congress]] restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the [[Shivwits Band of Paiutes|Shivwits]], Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the [[Paiute]] people of Utah.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Native North American Almanac|last=Champagne|first=Duane|publisher=Gale Group|year=2001|isbn=0787616559|location=Farmington Hills, MI}}</ref> *[[1981]] – The [[Osborne 1]], the first successful [[portable computer]], is unveiled at the [[West Coast Computer Faire]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Osborne launches the first portable computer, the Osborne 1|url=https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/5941/The-first-portable-computer-is-launched/|website=www.computinghistory.org.uk |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> *[[1989]] – The [[US supreme court|US Supreme Court]] upholds the jurisdictional rights of [[tribal court]]s under the [[Indian Child Welfare Act|Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978]] in [[Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield|Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield]].<ref name=":0" /> *[[1993]] – The outcome of the [[Grand National]] horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandnational.org.uk/news/the-grand-national-that-never-was/|title=The Grand National That Never Was|date=27 January 2020 |website=Grand National |first1=John |last1=Hill |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033310/https://www.grandnational.org.uk/news/the-grand-national-that-never-was/ |archive-date= Mar 26, 2023 }}</ref> *[[1996]] – Suspected "Unabomber" [[Theodore Kaczynski]] is captured at his [[Montana]] cabin in the United States. * 1996 – A [[United States Air Force]] [[Boeing T-43]] [[1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash|crashes]] near [[Dubrovnik Airport]] in [[Croatia]], killing 35, including [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] [[Ron Brown]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing T-43A (737-200) 73-1149 Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960403-0 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> *[[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. (2001)|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]] – [[TGV world speed record#Record of 2007|Conventional-Train World Speed Record]]: A French [[TGV]] train on the [[LGV Est]] high speed line sets an official new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph). *[[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 [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|FLDS]]'s [[YFZ Ranch]]. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody. *[[2009]] – Jiverly Antares Wong [[2009 Binghamton shooting|opens fire]] at the [[American Civic Association (Binghamton)|American Civic Association]] immigration center in [[Binghamton, New York]], killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide. *[[2010]] – [[Apple Inc.]] released the [[IPad (1st generation)|first generation iPad]], a [[tablet computer]]. *[[2013]] – More than 50 people die in [[2013 Argentina floods|floods]] resulting from record-breaking rainfall in [[La Plata]] and [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina. *[[2016]] – The [[Panama Papers]], a [[news leak|leak]] of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 [[Offshore financial centre|offshore companies]]. *[[2017]] – A [[2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing|bomb explodes]] in the [[St Petersburg]] metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people. *[[2018]] – [[YouTube headquarters shooting]]: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in [[San Bruno, California]], injuring three people before committing suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=YouTube headquarters shooting: How the attack unfolded |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-youtubes-calif-headquarters-unfolded/story?id=54227873 |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1016]] – [[Emperor Xingzong of Liao|Xing Zong]], Chinese emperor (d. 1055) *[[1151]] – [[Igor Svyatoslavich]], Kievan Rus' prince (d. 1202)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Igor-Svyatoslavich |title=Igor Svyatoslavich |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |edition=Online |access-date=10 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1395]] – [[George of Trebizond]], Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (d. 1486)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qiQbRJw_nLEC&dq=%2B%22George+of+Trebizond%22+%2B%223+april%22&pg=PA4 | title=George of Trebizond: A Biography and a Study of His Rhetoric and Logic | isbn=9004043705 | last1=Monfasani | first1=John | year=1976 | publisher=BRILL }}</ref> *[[1438]] – [[John III of Egmont]], Dutch nobleman (d. 1516) *[[1529]] – [[Michael Neander]], German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581) *[[1540]] – [[Maria de' Medici (1540–1557)|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) ===1601–1900=== *[[1643]] – [[Charles V, Duke of Lorraine|Charles V]], duke of Lorraine (d. 1690) *[[1682]] – [[Valentin Rathgeber]], German organist and composer (d. 1750) *[[1693]] – [[George Edwards (naturalist)|George Edwards]], English ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1773) *[[1715]] – [[William Watson (scientist)|William Watson]], English physician, physicist, and botanist (d. 1787) *[[1764]] – [[John Abernethy (surgeon)|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 (general)|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)<ref>{{cite book|first=Joseph Estlin|last=Carpenter|title=The Life and Work of Mary Carpenter|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1879|page=1|oclc=1043956884}}</ref> *[[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) *[[1852]] – [[Talbot Baines Reed]], English author (d. 1893)<ref>{{cite book|last= Morison|first= Stanley|title= Talbot Baines Reed: Author, Bibliographer, Typefounder|publisher= Published by Stanley Morison: printed privately by the Cambridge University Press|location= Cambridge, England|year= 1960 |pages=1–3}}</ref> *[[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 [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1956) * 1887 – [[Nishizō Tsukahara]], Japanese admiral (d. 1966) *[[1888]] – [[Thomas C. Kinkaid]], American admiral (d. 1972) *[[1889]] – [[Grigoraș Dinicu]], Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1949) *[[1893]] – [[Leslie Howard (actor)|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 (footballer)|David Jack]], English footballer and manager (d. 1958) * 1898 – [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]], American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1981) * 1898 – [[Henry Luce]], American publisher, co-founded ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine (d. 1967) *[[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 and Labrador|Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland]] (d. 1958) ===1901–present=== * [[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]] (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 (actress, born 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 [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|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 Business, Innovation and Skills|Secretary of State for Industry]] (d. 2014) *[[1926]] – [[Alex Grammas]], American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2019) * 1926 – [[Gus Grissom]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=Virgil I. Grissom {{!}} American astronaut |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virgil-I-Grissom |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * [[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 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]] (d. 2021) *[[1930]] – [[Lawton Chiles]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st [[Governor of Florida]] (d. 1998) * 1930 – [[Helmut Kohl]], German politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|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 politician * 1933 – [[Rod Funseth]], American golfer (d. 1985) *[[1934]] – [[Pamela Allen]], New Zealand children's writer and illustrator * 1934 – [[Jane Goodall]], English primatologist and anthropologist<ref>{{cite web |last=Micalizio |first=Caryl-Sue |date=2024-02-28 |title=Jane Goodall|url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/jane-goodall/|website=nationalgeographic.org |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Jim Parker (American football)|Jim Parker]], American football player (d. 2005) *[[1935]] – [[Harold Kushner]], American rabbi and author (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/books/rabbi-harold-s-kushner-dead.html|title=Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Reassuring Best-Selling Author, Dies at 88|last=Roberts|first=Sam|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 28, 2023|access-date=April 28, 2023}}</ref> *[[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 (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 and Dean|Jan Berry]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2004) * 1941 – [[Philippé Wynne]], American soul singer (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 (d. 2021) * 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 [[flag officer|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 (d. 2022) *[[1946]] – [[Nicholas Jones (actor)|Nicholas Jones]], English actor * 1946 – [[Dee Murray]], English bass player (d. 1992) * 1946 – [[Marisa Paredes]], Spanish film actress (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=December 20, 2024 |title=Marisa Paredes, Acclaimed Diva of Spanish Cinema, Is Dead at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/movies/marisa-paredes-dead.html |access-date=December 20, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Hanna Suchocka]], Polish politician, [[Prime Minister of Poland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hanna Suchocka |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/hanna-suchocka |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref> *[[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 – [[Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck]], German footballer * 1948 – [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]], Mexican economist and politician, 53rd [[President of Mexico]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/6092/Carlos%20Salinas%20de%20Gortari|title=Carlos Salinas de Gortari|publisher=Busca Biografias|access-date=May 30, 2019|language=es}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Lyle Alzado]], American football player and actor (d. 1992) * 1949 – [[A. C. Grayling]], English philosopher and academic * 1949 – [[Richard Thompson (musician)|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 (U.S. politician)|Mike Moore]], American lawyer and politician *[[1953]] – [[Sandra Boynton]], American author and illustrator * 1953 – [[Wakanohana Kanji II]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 2022) * 1953 – [[James Smith (boxer)|James Smith]], American boxer *[[1954]] – [[Elisabetta Brusa]], Italian composer * 1954 – [[K. Krishnasamy]], Indian physician and politician *[[1956]] – [[Kalle 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) *[[1958]] – [[Alec Baldwin]], American actor, comedian, producer and television host<ref>{{cite web |last=Piccotti |first=Tyler |date=2024-01-23 |title=Alec Baldwin|url=https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin/|website=biogrpahy.com |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> * 1958 – [[Adam Gussow]], American scholar, musician, and memoirist * 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 * 1962 – [[Jaya Prada]], Indian actress and politician *[[1963]] – [[Les Davidson]], Australian rugby league player * 1963 – [[Ricky Nixon]], Australian footballer and manager * 1963 – [[Criss Oliva]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993) *[[1964]] – [[Marco 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]] *[[1965]] – [[Nazia Hassan]], Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Jai |title=Nazia Hassan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/23/guardianobituaries |access-date=4 April 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=23 August 2000}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[John de Vries (racing driver)|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 director and performer * 1968 – [[Tomoaki Kanemoto]], Japanese baseball player *[[1969]] – [[Rodney Hampton]], American football player * 1969 – [[Peter Matera]], Australian footballer and coach * 1969 – [[Ben Mendelsohn]], Australian actor * 1969 – [[Lance Storm]], Canadian wrestler and trainer *[[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 * 1973 – [[Adam Scott (actor)|Adam Scott]], American actor *[[1974]] – [[Marcus Brown]], American basketball player * 1974 – [[Lee Williams (actor)|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]] – [[Simon Black]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1980]] – [[Andrei Lodis]], Belarusian footballer * 1980 – [[Megan Rohrer]], American pastor and transgender activist *[[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 (footballer)|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]] – [[Rachel 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 * 1987 – [[Yuval Spungin]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=27216|title=Yuval Spungin, international football player|website=eu-football.info}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Kam Chancellor]], American football player * 1988 – [[Brandon Graham]], American football player * 1988 – [[Peter Hartley (footballer)|Peter Hartley]], English footballer * 1988 – [[Tim Krul]], Dutch footballer *[[1989]] – [[Romain Alessandrini]], French footballer * 1989 – [[Israel Folau]], Australian rugby player and footballer * 1989 – [[Joel Romelo]], Australian rugby league player * 1989 – [[Thisara Perera]], Sri Lankan cricketer *[[1990]] – [[Karim Ansarifard]], Iranian footballer * 1990 – [[Madison Brengle]], American tennis player * 1990 – [[Sotiris Ninis]], Greek footballer * 1990 – [[Natasha Negovanlis]], Canadian actress and singer *[[1991]] – [[Hayley Kiyoko]], American actress and singer *[[1992]] – [[Simone Benedetti]], Italian footballer * 1992 – [[Yuliya Yefimova]], Russian swimmer *[[1993]] – [[Pape Moussa Konaté]], Senegalese footballer *[[1994]] – [[Kodi Nikorima]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1994 – [[Dylann Roof]], American mass murderer<ref>{{cite web |title=What We Know About South Carolina Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof |date=18 June 2015 |url=https://time.com/3926263/charleston-church-shooting-dylann-roof/ |publisher=Time Magazine |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Mayo Hibi]], Japanese tennis player *[[1997]] – [[Gabriel Jesus]], Brazilian footballer *[[1998]] – [[Paris Jackson]], American actress, model and singer *[[1999]] – [[Chanel Harris-Tavita]], New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/chanel-harris-tavita/summary.html|title = Chanel Harris-Tavita - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[AD 33|33]] – [[Jesus|Jesus of Nazareth]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Humphreys |first1=Colin J. |last2=Waddington |first2=W. G. |date=22 December 1983 |title=Dating the Crucifixion |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v306/n5945/abs/306743a0.html |journal=Nature |volume=306 |issue=5945 |pages=743–46 |bibcode=1983Natur.306..743H |doi=10.1038/306743a0}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Humphreys |first1=C. J. |last2=Waddington |first2=W. G. |date=1992 |title=The Jewish calendar, a lunar eclipse and the date of Christ's crucifixion |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265114769 |journal=Tyndale Bulletin |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=331–351 |doi=10.53751/001c.30487}}</ref><ref name="Maier, P.L. 1968 3–13">{{cite journal |author=Maier, P.L. |year=1968 |title=Sejanus, Pilate, and the Date of the Crucifixion |journal=Church History |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=3–13 |doi=10.2307/3163182 |jstor=3163182 |s2cid=162410612}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Fotheringham, J.K. |year=1934 |title=The evidence of astronomy and technical chronology for the date of the crucifixion |journal=Journal of Theological Studies |volume=35 |issue=138 |pages=146–162 |doi=10.1093/jts/os-XXXV.138.146 |s2cid=162258391}}</ref><ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">Blinzler, J. ''Der Prozess Jesu'', fourth edition, Regensburg, Pustet, 1969, pp101-126</ref><ref name="humphreyssupper">{{Cite book |last=Humphreys |first=Colin J. |title=The Mystery of the Last Supper |date=2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521732000 |pages=77 and 189}}</ref><ref name="bbcsupper">{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2011 |title=Last Supper 'was on a Wednesday' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-13114124 |publisher=BBC |location=United Kingdom}}</ref> * [[963]] – [[William III of Aquitaine|William III]], Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915) *[[1153]] – [[al-Adil ibn al-Sallar]], vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate *[[1171]] – [[Philip of Milly]], seventh [[Grand Master of the Knights Templar]] (b. {{Circa|1120}}) *[[1203]] – [[Arthur I, Duke of Brittany]] (b. 1187) *[[1253]] – Saint [[Richard of Chichester]] *[[1287]] – [[Pope Honorius IV]] (b. 1210)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorius IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Honorius-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[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) ===1601–1900=== *[[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) *[[1637]] – [[Joseph Yuspa Nördlinger Hahn]], German rabbi<ref>{{Cite Jewish Encyclopedia|title=HAHN, JOSEPH YUSPA NÖRDLINGER (JOSEPH BEN PHINEHAS NÖRDLINGEN)|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7048-hahn-joseph-yuspa-nordlinger-joseph-ben-phinehas-nordlingen|volume=6|page=152}}</ref> *[[1680]] – [[Shivaji|Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj]], 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 (lawyer)|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) *[[1826]] – [[Reginald Heber]], English priest (b. 1783)<ref>{{cite book|last= Hughes|first= Derrick|title= Bishop Sahib: A Life of Reginald Heber|publisher= Churchman Publishing|location= [[Worthing]], UK|year= 1986 | isbn = 978-1-85093-043-3 |pages=178–180}}</ref> *[[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) *[[1880]] – [[Felicita Vestvali]], German actress and opera singer (b. 1831) *[[1882]] – [[Jesse James]], American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847) *[[1897]] – [[Johannes Brahms]], German pianist and composer (b. 1833) ===1901–present=== *[[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) *[[1997]] – [[John Ugelstad]], Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=John Ugelstad |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 26 April 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/John_Ugelstad |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> *[[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)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/09/nyregion/dina-abramowicz-90-librarian-and-yiddish-expert-dies.html|title=Dina Abramowicz, 90, Librarian and Yiddish Expert, Dies|last=Berger|first=Joseph|newspaper=New York Times|date=9 April 2000 |access-date=2018-10-17|language=en}}</ref> *[[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 [[List of Governors of Karnataka|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 (drummer)|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) *[[2021]] – [[Stan Stephens]], Canadian-American politician, 20th [[Governor of Montana]] (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/former-montana-gov-stan-stephens-dies-at-91/article_ab9cf8bd-8dba-5bd0-8f80-bcea6e98d5e9.html|title = Former Montana Gov. Stan Stephens dies at 91| date=5 April 2021 }}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[June Brown]], English actress (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |title=June Brown: EastEnders veteran who became a mainstay of British soaps |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/june-brown-eastenders-dot-cotton-dead-b1994718.html |website=The Independent |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=en |date=4 April 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Bob Lanigan]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news |title=Vale Bob Lanigan |url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/04/04/vale-bob-lanigan/ |access-date=4 April 2024 |publisher=NRL |date=4 April 2024}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Gaetano Pesce]], Italian architect and designer (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aton |first=Francesca |date=2024-04-04 |title=Gaetano Pesce, Italian Architect and Designer Celebrated for Surreal Creations, Has Died at 84 |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italian-architect-and-designer-gaetano-pesce-dead-at-84-1234701769/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Theodore McCarrick]], American former cardinal (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 5, 2025 |title=Defrocked former D.C. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dies at 94 |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/05/nx-s1-5353352/cardinal-theodore-mccarrick-dies-catholic-church-scandal |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[NPR]] |language=en}}</ref> * 2025 – [[Mick O'Dwyer]], Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wrona |first=Adrianna |date=April 4, 2025 |title=Funeral details announced for GAA legend Mick O’Dwyer |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/funeral-details-announced-for-gaa-legend-mick-odwyer/a1190454655.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not add fictional characters to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Agape, Chionia, and Irene]] ** [[Burgundofara]] ** [[Luigi Scrosoppi]] ** [[Richard of Chichester]] ** [[April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/3 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=3}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/3 Historical Events on April 3] {{months}} [[Category:Days of April]]
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