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Berlin.The current calendar page for Sunday April 3, 2022: What happened today, who was born, who died? The events at a glance.
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Calendar sheet: Sunday, April 3, 2022
- 13th calendar week, 272 days until the end of the year
- Zodiac sign: Aries
- Name day: Franz, Maria
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History: What happened on April 3rd?
A look back into history can sharpen the view of the present. What events took place on April 3?
2021 – Baden-Württemberg’s state capital Stuttgart is criticized after a “lateral thinker” demo with 15,000 participants because the police failed to prevent massive violations of the pandemic requirements.
2020 – US President Donald Trump fires Inspector General of Intelligence Michael Atkinson. This had triggered impeachment proceedings against the US President over a controversial phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which was unsuccessful.
2016 – The Panama Papers reveal that politicians and celebrities have hidden their fortunes through tens of thousands of shell companies in Panama. An anonymous source initially leaked information from a Panamanian law firm to journalists from the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”.
2000 – The United Nations peacekeeping force SFOR arrests the wanted former Bosnian Serb Speaker of Parliament Momcilo Krajisnik in Bosnia. He is accused of war crimes.
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1973 – Motorola engineer Martin Cooper makes the first call using a cell phone in New York.
1955 – A cinema fire in the Liège suburb of Sclessin kills 38 people, including 22 children.
1922 – Joseph Stalin is elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party.
1919 – The Austrian National Assembly decides to abolish the nobility.
1916 – The largest meteorite ever observed in Germany hits Hesse. The 63-kilo meteorite from Treysa was not found until a year later.
Celebrity Birthdays on April 3rd
Who was born on April 3rd?
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1985 – Leona Lewis (37), British singer (“Bleeding Love”)
1972 – Jennie Garth (50), American actress and producer (TV series “Beverly Hills, 90210”)
1967 – Jacek Huchwajda (55), German fencer, German saber champion 1992 and 1995, third team at the World Championships 1991 and 1993
1930 – Helmut Kohl, German politician, Federal Chancellor 1982-1998, CDU Chairman 1973-1998, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate 1969-1976, died 2017
1929 – Gerhard Behrendt, German director, author, puppet and set designer, inventor of the puppet character of the sandman, first on German television in the GDR (DFF) in 1959, died in 2006
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Prominent death anniversaries on April 3rd
Who died on April 3rd?
2002 – Heinz Drache, German actor (“Das Halstuch”, “Der Hexer”), born 1923
1897 – Johannes Brahms, German composer, pianist and conductor (“Hungarian Dances”, “A German Requiem”), born 1833
RND/with dpa material
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