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April 3 in recent years

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2007 (Tuesday)

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April 3 is the Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th day of the year (Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[" days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
- 4.1 Liturgical feasts
5 External links

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 his 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.
1948 - First run of the Texas Chief passenger train.
1953 - TV Guide debuts.
1955 - The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1956 - Elvis Presley sings "Heartbreak Hotel" on the Milton Berle Show, with an estimated 25% of the 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 premieres, marking the beginning of the long-running Kamen Rider franchise.
1973 - The first portable cell phone call is placed in New York City.
1974 - The Super Outbreak occurs, 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.

Births

1151 - Igor Svyatoslavich, Ukrainian prince (d. 1202)
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)
1643 - Charles V, 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 Günther 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)
1893 - Princess Maud of Fife (d. 1945)
1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (d. 1968)
1898 - George Jessel, American comedian (d. 1981)
1898 - Henry Luce, American publisher (d. 1967)
1899 - David Jack, English footballer (d. 1958)
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 Nazi
1920 - Stan Freeman, American composer and lyricist (d. 2001)
1921 - Robert Karvelas, American actor (d. 1991)
1921 - Darío 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 politician
1926 - Alex Grammas, American baseball player
1926 - 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) (d. 1999)
1929 - Lee Leonard, American television personality
1930 - 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 zoologist
1936 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961)
1936 - Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist
1938 - Jeff Barry, American songwriter and record producer
1941 - 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 - Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984)
1942 - Marsha Mason, American actress
1942 - Wayne Newton, American singer
1942 - Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (d. 2005)
1942 - Billy Joe Royal, American singer
1943 - Jonathan Lynn, British actor and comedy writer
1943 - Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
1943 - Richard Manuel, Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 1986)
1943 - Doreen Tracey, English-born Mouseketeer
1944 - Tony Orlando, American musician
1945 - Catherine Spaak, French actress
1946 - Hanna Suchocka, Poland's first female prime minister
1946 - Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
1948 - Arlette Cousture, French-Canadian writer
1948 - Carlos Salinas, President of Mexico
1949 - Lyle Alzado, American football player (d. 1992)
1949 - Richard Thompson, English musician and songwriter
1950 - Sally Thomsett, English actress
1953 - Craig Taubman, Jewish singer
1954 - Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
1956 - Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
1956 - Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (d. 1996)
1958 - Alec Baldwin, American actor
1959 - David Hyde Pierce, American actor
1960 - Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician (Ayreon)
1960 - Marie Denise Pelletier, Quebec singer
1961 - Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
1962 - Mike Ness, American musician (Social Distortion)
1963 - Criss Oliva, American musician (Savatage) (d. 1993)
1963 - Jack Del Rio, American football coach
1963 - Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer
1964 - Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist
1966 - Mina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
1966 - John de Vries, Australian racing driver
1967 - Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - 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 wrestler
1971 - Picabo Street, American alpine ski champion
1972 - Jennie Garth, American actress
1972 - Sandrine Testud, French Top-10 tennis player
1973 - Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor
1973 - Jamie Bamber, English actor
1975 - Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian basketball player
1975 - Aries Spears, American comedian
1975 - Mickey Beyer Clausen, Danish entrepreneur and philanthropist
1975 - Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
1975 - Koji Uehara, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
1975 - Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese professional baseball player
1976 - Drew Shirley, American musician (Switchfoot)
1976 - Will Mellor, English actor
1978 - Tommy Haas, German tennis player
1978 - Matthew Goode, English actor
1978 - John Smit, South African rugby player
1981 - Heath Ramsay, Australian Olympic swimmer
1981 - Aaron Bertram, American musician, Suburban Legends
1981 - Matthew Nash, Australian soccer player
1982 - Fler, German rapper
1982 - Iain Fyfe, Australian soccer player
1982 - Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol
1982 - Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
1983 - Errol Barnett, English reporter
1984 - Maxi López, Argentine footballer
1985 - Leona Lewis, English singer
1986 - Amanda Bynes, American actress
1986 - Sergio Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1987 - Julie Sokolow, American musician
1988 - Peter Hartley, English footballer
1988 - Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
1993 - Dakoda Dowd, American golfer