April 3rd, 1942

Born on April 3rd, 1942

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What happened on April 3rd, 1942?

April 3rd, 1942

World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.

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What else happened on April 3rd?

April 3rd, 1984

Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma (pictured) became the first Indian to be launched into space.

April 3rd, 2016

The first news stories on the Panama Papers were published, revealing that shell corporations represented by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca had been used for illegal purposes.

April 3rd, 2013

The northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, experienced several flash floods that killed at least 100 people.

April 3rd, 2010

Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.

April 3rd, 2000

In United States v. Microsoft Corp., Microsoft was found to have violated antitrust law by bundling the web browser Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system.

April 3rd, 1996

A U.S. Air Force CT-43 crashed into a mountainside while attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing all 35 people on board, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.

April 3rd, 1981

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

April 3rd, 1948

Division of Korea: A communist uprising began on Jeju Island, eventually leading to thousands of deaths and atrocities committed by both sides.

April 3rd, 1933

Lord Clydesdale and David McIntyre undertook the first successful flight over Mount Everest.

April 3rd, 1922

Joseph Stalin became the first general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

April 3rd, 1895

The libel trial instigated by Irish author Oscar Wilde (pictured) began, eventually resulting in his arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of gross indecency.

April 3rd, 1888

Emma Elizabeth Smith was killed in the first of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.

April 3rd, 1860

The Pony Express, a mail service that became the most direct means of long-distance communication across the United States before the first transcontinental telegraph, began operation.

April 3rd, 1721

Robert Walpole (pictured) took office as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, becoming the first de facto prime minister of Great Britain.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 3rd

Born on April 3rd, 1942

82

Marsha Mason

American actress

*April 3rd, 1942, St. Louis

73

Billy Joe Royal

American singer (1942-2015)

*April 3rd, 1942, Valdosta †October 6th, 2015, Morehead City

82

Ademir da Guia

Brazilian footballer and manager

*April 3rd, 1942, Rio de Janeiro

82

Adi Godrej

Indian businessman

*April 3rd, 1942, Mumbai

63

Marek Perepeczko

Polish actor (1942-2005)

*April 3rd, 1942, Warsaw †November 17th, 2005, Częstochowa

82

Wayne Newton

American singer and entertainer

*April 3rd, 1942, Norfolk

78

François Debré

French journalist (1942-2020)

*April 3rd, 1942, Toulouse †September 14th, 2020, Montlouis-sur-Loire

82

Rhea Carmi

American artist

*April 3rd, 1942, Jerusalem

82

Frank Gohlke

American photographer (1942- )

*April 3rd, 1942, Wichita Falls

82

Bruce Judge

New Zealand hockey player

*April 3rd, 1942, Timaru

82

Gabriella Cotta Ramusino

Italian canoeist

*April 3rd, 1942, Pallanza

82

Janine Monterrain

French alpine skier

*April 3rd, 1942, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

82

Roger Schurig

American basketball player

*April 3rd, 1942, St. Louis

82

Newell G. Bringhurst

American historian and author

*April 3rd, 1942, Salt Lake City

82

Linda Crutchfield

Canadian alpine skier

*April 3rd, 1942, Shawinigan

82

Don Seccombe

Australian cricketer

*April 3rd, 1942, Goomeri

82

Bernd Pansold

German physician

*April 3rd, 1942, Zwickau

82

Gustavo Nieto Roa

Colombian film director

*April 3rd, 1942, Tunja

82

Ebenezer Obey

Nigerian Juju Musician. He is from owu subgroup of the Egba in Idogo, Ogun State, Nigeria.

*April 3rd, 1942, Idogo

80

Anita Sanders

Swedish actress

*April 3rd, 1942, Sweden †March 31st, 2023, Italy

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91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

34

Dorothea Wierer

Italian biathlete and military athlete

*April 3rd, 1990, Bruneck

80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

*April 3rd, 1924, Omaha †July 1st, 2004, Los Angeles

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

67

Jutta Winkelmann

German film director and author

*April 3rd, 1949, Kassel †February 23rd, 2017, Munich

84

William Bast

Author, screenwriter (1931-2015)

*April 3rd, 1931, Milwaukee †May 4th, 2015, Los Angeles

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

74

Diether Dehm

German politician

*April 3rd, 1950, Frankfurt

90

Jane Goodall

English primatologist and anthropologist (*1934)

*April 3rd, 1934, Hampstead

55

Joanne Muggeridge

British badminton player

*April 3rd, 1969, London

97

Doris Day

American actress and singer (1922–2019)

*April 3rd, 1922, Cincinnati †May 13th, 2019, Carmel Valley

30

Renáta Csiki

Hungarian handball player

*April 3rd, 1994, Budapest

39

Hwang Hye-youn

South Korean badminton player

*April 3rd, 1985, Pocheon

83

Eric Braeden

German actor

*April 3rd, 1941, Bredenbek

65

David Hyde Pierce

American actor and director

*April 3rd, 1959, Saratoga Springs

55

Clotilde Courau

French actress

*April 3rd, 1969, Levallois-Perret

77

Nikita Khrushchev

First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

*April 3rd, 1894, Kalinovka †September 11th, 1971, Moscow

39

Leona Lewis

British singer

*April 3rd, 1985, London

86

Bas Maliepaard

Dutch cyclist

*April 3rd, 1938, Moerdijk

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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