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What happened in history on this day: April 3?
On April 3 in ...
- 1978 - The 50th Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
Best Picture: Annie Hall;
Best Actor: Richard Dreyfuss;
Best Actress: Diane Keaton.
- 1980 - The final episode of US TV show Barnaby Jones airs.
- 1999 - The US Network debuts the variety show Happy Hour, hosted by Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa.
- 2015 - Universal releases the film Furious 7 to theaters.
Births on April 3
- 1893 - Birth of Leslie Howard [Stainer] in London, England; actor (Ashley Wilkes - Gone With the Wind).
- 1894 - Birth of Dooley Wilson in Tyler, Texas; actor (Bill - Beulah, Sam - Casablanca).
- 1899 - Birth of Cees Lasseur; Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy).
- 1902 - Birth of Henri Garat in Paris, France; actor (Congress Dances).
- 1904 - Birth of Iron Eyes Cody in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp).
- 1921 - Birth of Harry Landers in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ted Hoffman - Ben Casey).
- 1921 - Birth of Marilyn Maxwell in Clarinda, Iowa, USA; actress (Grace - Bus Stop).
- 1923 - Birth of Jan Sterling in New York City, New York, USA; actress (First Monday in October, High School Confidential).
- 1924 - Birth of Doris Day in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Pillow Talk).
- 1924 - Birth of Marlon Brando in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actor (Superman, Godfather) (dies 2004).
- 1926 - Birth of Andrew Keir; actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics).
- 1929 - Birth of Miyoshi Umeki Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan; actress (Best Supporting Actress Oscar-1957 - Sayonara, Mrs Livingston - Courtship of Eddie's Father).
- 1931 - Birth of Alex Cord in Floral Park, New York, USA; actor (Jack - WEB, Michael - Airwolf).
- 1937 - Birth of William Gaunt in Leeds, England; actor (The Champions).
- 1941 - Birth of Eric Braeden in Kiel, Germany; actor (Victor Newman - The Young and the Restless).
- 1942 - Birth of Marsha Mason in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty).
- 1945 - Birth of Catherine Spaak in Boulogne-Billancourt, France; actress (Empty Canvas, Hotel, Libertine, Circle of Love).
- 1947 - Birth of Pat[rick] Proft in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; comedy writer (The Naked Gun, Airplane!).
- 1949 - Birth of Anne De Salvo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Compromising Positions).
- 1949 - Birth of Lyle Alzado; NFL player (Los Angeles Raiders), actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire) (dies 1992).
- 1951 - Birth of Gwen Welles; American actress (Desert Hearts, Nashville).
- 1956 - Birth of Miguel Bosé in Aries, Panamá; Spanish singer ("Lo Mejor del Año") / actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot).
- 1958 - Birth of Alec Baldwin in Amityville, New York, USA; actor (Joshua - Knots Landing, Beetlejuice).
- 1959 - Birth of David Hyde Pierce in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA; actor (Niles Crane - Fraiser).
- 1961 - Birth of Eddie Murphy in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Saturday Night Live, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw).
- 1965 - Birth of Laura Bryan Birn; actress (Lynne - The Young and the Restless).
- 1966 - Birth of Shelley Michelle in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Golden Eye).
- 1972 - Birth of Jennie Garth in Urbana, Illinois, USA; actress (Kelly Taylor - Beverly Hills 90210).
Deaths on April 3
- 1943 - Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies at age 50.
- 1969 - Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at age 65.
- 1975 - Mary Ure, actress (Sons and Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at age 42.
- 1980 - Luella Gear, actress (Joe and Mabel), dies at age 82.
- 1982 - Death of Warren Oates at age 53 from a heart attack; supporting actor in 1950s westerns (East of Eden, Stoney Burke).
- 1989 - Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul and David, Medeleine), dies at age 79.
- 1990 - Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at age 69.
- 1992 - Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies.
- 1992 - Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at age 83.
- 1993 - Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at age 83.
- 1993 - Death of Pinky Lee AKA Pincus Leff at age 85 after a heart attack; American children's television host (The Pinky Lee Show).
- 2013 - Death of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-born British novelist and screenwriter (born 1927).
- 2022 - Death of June Brown at age 95; actor (Dot Cotton - East Enders TV show).
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