April 3rd, 1953

Born on April 3rd, 1953

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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, 1953

71

Steff Gruber

Swiss filmmaker

*April 3rd, 1953, Zürich

71

Joey Durel

American mayor

*April 3rd, 1953, Lafayette

71

Sandra Boynton

American humorist

*April 3rd, 1953, Orange

69

Pavao Miljavac

Croatian soldier and politician (1953–2022)

*April 3rd, 1953, Maletići †December 6th, 2022

71

James Smith

WBA heavyweight champion

*April 3rd, 1953, Magnolia

71

Wilhelm Sabri Hoffmann

German programmer

*April 3rd, 1953, Neheim-Hüsten

71

Mikhail Rudy

French musician

*April 3rd, 1953, Tashkent

68

Pieter Aspe

Writer from Belgium

*April 3rd, 1953, Bruges †May 1st, 2021, AZ Sint-Jan

69

Wakanohana Kanji II

Japanese Sumo Wrestler(1953-2022)

*April 3rd, 1953, Owani †July 18th, 2022, Osaka

71

Victoria Burgoyne

British actress

*April 3rd, 1953, London

71

Robert Harlan Henry

American politician and jurist

*April 3rd, 1953, Shawnee

71

Thongsuk Sampahungsith

Thai football manager

*April 3rd, 1953, Thailand

71

Dietrich Kampf

Ski jumper

*April 3rd, 1953, Oberwiesenthal

71

Deby LaPlante

American hurdler

*April 3rd, 1953, Trenton

71

Randy Hughes

American football player (born 1953)

*April 3rd, 1953, Oklahoma City

71

Damir Polić

Croatian water polo player

*April 3rd, 1953, Split

71

Akiko Nishina

Japanese actress

*April 3rd, 1953, Tokyo

71

Ross Wetmore

Canadian politician

*April 3rd, 1953, Campbellton

71

Tiziano Sclavi

Italian comic writer (1953-)

*April 3rd, 1953, Broni

71

Abdul Latif Deryan

Lebanese faqih

*April 3rd, 1953, Beirut

71

Mary Ellen Coster Williams

American judge

*April 3rd, 1953, Flushing

71

Laurie Abrahams

Football player (born 1953)

*April 3rd, 1953, Stepney

71

John Laughlin

American actor

*April 3rd, 1953, Memphis

70

Russ Francis

Player of American football

*April 3rd, 1953, Seattle †October 1st, 2023, Lake Placid

68

Mehdi Cerbah

Algerian association football player

*April 3rd, 1953, Algiers †October 29th, 2021

71

George Branche

Sierra Leonean athletics competitor

*April 3rd, 1953, Sierra Leone

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Who's birthday is on April 3rd?

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

34

Dorothea Wierer

Italian biathlete and military athlete

*April 3rd, 1990, Bruneck

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

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

67

Jutta Winkelmann

German film director and author

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

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

74

Diether Dehm

German politician

*April 3rd, 1950, Frankfurt

72

David Carter

New Zealand politician

*April 3rd, 1952, Christchurch

80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

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

87

Helmut Kohl

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

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

65

David Hyde Pierce

American actor and director

*April 3rd, 1959, Saratoga Springs

55

Joanne Muggeridge

British badminton player

*April 3rd, 1969, London

84

William Bast

Author, screenwriter (1931-2015)

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

30

Renáta Csiki

Hungarian handball player

*April 3rd, 1994, Budapest

39

Hwang Hye-youn

South Korean badminton player

*April 3rd, 1985, Pocheon

55

Clotilde Courau

French actress

*April 3rd, 1969, Levallois-Perret

58

Rémi Garde

French association football player and manager

*April 3rd, 1966, L'Arbresle

39

Leona Lewis

British singer

*April 3rd, 1985, London

97

Doris Day

American actress and singer (1922–2019)

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

61

Stevo Pendarovski

President of North Macedonia

*April 3rd, 1963, Skopje

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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