April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 272 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
503 BC – According to the Fasti Triumphales , Roman consul Publius Postumius Tubertus celebrated an ovation for a military victory over the Sabines .
686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul .
801 – King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months.
1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England .
1077 – The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
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 United States Pony Express run from St. 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 : Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford .
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
1888 – The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London , occurs.
1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality .
1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .
1933 – First flight over Mount Everest , a British expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale , and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston .
1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. , the baby son of 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 – United States President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan , authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1948 – In Jeju Province , South Korea , a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising .
1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg 's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1956 – Hudsonville–Standale tornado : The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop " speech.
1969 – Vietnam War : United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize " the war effort.
1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs .
1974 – The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak ). 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.
1981 – The Osborne 1 , the first successful portable computer , is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco .
1991 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 is adopted.
1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
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. : 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 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record : A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
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 FLDS 's YFZ Ranch . Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
2009 – Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York , killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
2010 – Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad , a tablet computer .
2013 – More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires , Argentina .
2016 – The Panama Papers , a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies .
1016 – Emperor Xingzong of Liao (d. 1055)
1151 – Igor Svyatoslavich , Russian prince (d. 1202)
1245 – King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
1438 – John III of Egmont , Dutch noble (d. 1516)
1439 – Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach , German noble (d. 1457)
1461 – Anne of France , eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and his second wife (d. 1522)
1529 – Michael Neander , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)
1593 – George Herbert , English poet (d. 1633)
1639 – Alessandro Stradella , Italian composer (d. 1682)
1643 – Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1690)
1682 – Valentin Rathgeber , German organist and composer (d. 1750)
1693 – George Edwards , English ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1773)
1715 – William Watson , English physician, physicist, and botanist (d. 1787)
1764 – 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)
1781 – Swaminarayan , Indian religious leader (d. 1830)
1782 – Alexander Macomb , American general (d. 1841)
1791 – Anne Lister , English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d.1840)
1798 – Charles Wilkes , American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877)
1783 – Washington Irving , American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (d. 1859)
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)
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)
1876 – Margaret Anglin , Canadian actress, director, and producer (d. 1958)
1876 – Tomáš Baťa , Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (d. 1932)
1880 – Otto Weininger , 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 Yokozuna (d. 1956)
1887 – Nishizō Tsukahara , Japanese admiral (d. 1966)
1888 – Neville Cardus , English author and critic (d. 1975)
1888 – Thomas C. Kinkaid , American admiral (d. 1972)
1889 – Grigoraș Dinicu , Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1949)
1893 – 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 – George Jessel , American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1981)
1898 – Henry Luce , American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (d. 1967)
1899 – David Jack , English footballer and manager (d. 1958)
1899 – Maria Redaelli , Italian super-centenarian (d. 2013)
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 (d. 1958)
1904 – Sally Rand , American dancer (d. 1979)
1904 – Russel Wright , American furniture designer (d. 1976)
1905 – Robert Sink , American general (d. 1965)
1907 – Iron Eyes Cody , American actor and stuntman (d. 1999)
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, Minister of Defence (1963–1967), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971) (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 , 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 – John Demjanjuk , Ukrainian war criminal (d. 2012)
1920 – Stan Freeman , American composer and conductor (d. 2001)
1920 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (d. 1977)
1921 – Robert Karvelas , American actor (d. 1991)
1921 – Jan Sterling , American actress (d. 2004)
1922 – Yevhen Bulanchyk , Ukrainian hurdler (d. 1996)
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 (d. 2014)
1926 – Alex Grammas , American baseball player, manager, and coach
1926 – Gus Grissom , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967)
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
1928 – Earl Lloyd , American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1928 – Jennifer Paterson , English chef and television personality (d. 1999)
1929 – Fazlur 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
1930 – Lawton Chiles , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (d. 1998)
1930 – Helmut Kohl , German politician, Chancellor of Germany
1930 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez , Argentinian general and politician (d. 2015)
1930 – Wally Moon , American baseball player and coach
1931 – William Bast , American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)
1933 – Bob Dornan , American politician
1933 – Rod Funseth , American golfer (d. 1985)
1934 – Jane Goodall , English primatologist and anthropologist
1934 – Jim Parker , American football player (d. 2005)
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
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 Berry , American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1941 – Carl Boenish , American BASE jumper and cinematographer (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
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 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
1946 – Dee Murray , English bass player (d. 1992)
1946 – Hanna Suchocka , Polish lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Poland
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 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari , Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico
1949 – Lyle Alzado , American football player and actor (d. 1992)
1949 – A. C. Grayling , English philosopher and academic
1949 – Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck , German footballer
1949 – 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 , American lawyer and politician
1953 – Sandra Boynton , American author and illustrator
1953 – Wakanohana Kanji II , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna
1953 – Craig Taubman , American singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Elisabetta Brusa , Italian composer
1954 – K. Krishnasamy , Indian physician and politician
1956 – Kalle Kulbok , Estonian politician
1956 – Boris Miljković , Serbian director and producer
1958 – Alec Baldwin , American actor, comedian, producer and television host
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
1963 – Les Davidson , Australian rugby league player
1963 – Ricky Nixon , Australian footballer and manager
1963 – Criss Oliva , American guitarist and songwriter
1963 – Tsuyoshi Sekito , Japanese guitarist and songwriter
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
1966 – 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 author and illustrator
1968 – Tomoaki Kanemoto , Japanese baseball player
1969 – Rodney Hampton , American football player
1969 – Peter Matera , Australian footballer and coach
1969 – Lance Storm , Canadian wrestler and trainer
1969 – Seiichi Tanabe , Japanese actor
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
1974 – Marcus Brown , American basketball player
1974 – Drew Shirley , American guitarist and songwriter
1974 – 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 – Grégoire , French singer-songwriter
1979 – Simon Black , Australian footballer and coach
1980 – Andrei Lodis , Belarusian footballer
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 , 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 – Jay Bruce , American baseball player
1987 – Yileen Gordon , Australian rugby league player
1987 – Park Jung-min , South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
1987 – Jason Kipnis , American baseball player
1987 – Martyn Rooney , English sprinter
1987 – Julie Sokolow , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1988 – Kam Chancellor , American football player
1988 – Brandon Graham , American football player
1988 – Peter Hartley , English footballer
1988 – Tim Krul , Dutch footballer
1989 – Romain Alessandrini , French footballer
1989 – Israel Folau , Australian rugby player and footballer
1990 – Karim Ansarifard , Iranian footballer
1990 – Madison Brengle , American tennis player
1990 – Sotiris Ninis , Greek footballer
1991 – Stanislav Engovatov , Russian footballer
1991 – Hayley Kiyoko , American actress and singer
1992 – Simone Benedetti , Italian footballer
1992 – Nana Yamada , Japanese singer and actress
1992 – Yuliya Yefimova , Russian swimmer
1993 – Pape Moussa Konaté , Senegalese footballer
1996 – Mayo Hibi , Japanese tennis player
AD 33 – Jesus Christ of Nazareth , (possible date of the crucifixion )[1] [2] [3] (b. circa 4 BC )
963 – William III , Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)
1203 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1196)
1253 – Saint Richard of Chichester
1287 – Pope Honorius IV (b. 1210)
1325 – Nizamuddin Auliya , Sufi saint (b. 1238)
1350 – Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)
1606 – Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1563)
1680 – Shivaji , 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 , Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
1792 – George Pocock , English admiral (b. 1706)
1804 – Jędrzej Kitowicz , Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
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)
1882 – Jesse James , American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
1897 – Johannes Brahms , German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
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)
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)
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)
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 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 , 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)
Holidays and observances [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Colin J. Humphreys and W. G. Waddington, "Dating the Crucifixion ," Nature 306 (December 22/29, 1983), pp. 743-46. [1]
^ Colin Humphreys , The Mystery of the Last Supper Cambridge University Press 2011 ISBN 978-0-521-73200-0 , page 194
^ Blinzler, J. Der Prozess Jesu , fourth edition, Regensburg, Pustet, 1969, pp101-126
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