April 3rd, 1947

Born on April 3rd, 1947

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What 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.

April 3rd, 1559

Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain signed the second treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian War of 1551–1559.

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

Born on April 3rd, 1947

77

Giuseppe Penone

Italian artist and sculptor

*April 3rd, 1947, Garessio

76

Theo Pahlplatz

Dutch football player (1947–2023)

*April 3rd, 1947, Oldenzaal †July 2nd, 2023

66

Anders Eliasson

Swedish composer

*April 3rd, 1947, Borlänge †May 20th, 2013, Stockholm

77

Jorge Siega

American soccer player

*April 3rd, 1947, Cotiporã

77

Peter Hell

German bobsledder

*April 3rd, 1947, Munich

77

Lawrence Schaeffer

Canadian professor of animal breeding and genetics

*April 3rd, 1947, Chicago

77

Gerald Van Woerkom

American politician

*April 3rd, 1947, Grand Haven

77

Pat Proft

American screenwriter

*April 3rd, 1947, Columbia Heights

77

Billy Hayes

American writer, actor and film director

*April 3rd, 1947, New York City

75

Rabbie Namaliu

Papua New Guinea politician

*April 3rd, 1947, East New Britain Province †March 31st, 2023, Rabaul

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Who's birthday is on April 3rd?

67

Jutta Winkelmann

German film director and author

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

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

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

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

34

Dorothea Wierer

Italian biathlete and military athlete

*April 3rd, 1990, Bruneck

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

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

74

Diether Dehm

German politician

*April 3rd, 1950, Frankfurt

87

Helmut Kohl

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1930–2017)

*April 3rd, 1930, Friesenheim †June 16th, 2017, Oggersheim

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

76

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Dutch politician

*April 3rd, 1948, Amsterdam

84

William Bast

Author, screenwriter (1931-2015)

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

78

Nicholas Jones

English actor

*April 3rd, 1946, London

55

Joanne Muggeridge

British badminton player

*April 3rd, 1969, London

76

Carlos Salinas de Gortari

President of Mexico (1988–1994)

*April 3rd, 1948, Mexico City

65

David Hyde Pierce

American actor and director

*April 3rd, 1959, Saratoga Springs

30

Renáta Csiki

Hungarian handball player

*April 3rd, 1994, Budapest

39

Hwang Hye-youn

South Korean badminton player

*April 3rd, 1985, Pocheon

97

Doris Day

American actress and singer (1922–2019)

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

90

Jane Goodall

English primatologist and anthropologist (*1934)

*April 3rd, 1934, Hampstead

72

David Carter

New Zealand politician

*April 3rd, 1952, Christchurch

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Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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