Historical Events - April 3.

1922: Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 

1973: Martin Cooper, a researcher at Motorola, made the world’s first mobile call.

1975: Bobby Fischer refused to play in a chess match against Anatoy Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.

2000: INS Aditya, an all-India fuel tanker, entered the Navy’s fleet.

2010: Apple released the first version of the iPad, a tablet computer.

2016: The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, revealed the confidential information of about 2, 14,488 companies.

2018: YouTube headquarters shooting.

Famous Birthdays– April 3.

1903: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, an Indian social reformer and freedom activist. 

1903: Maniben Patel, an Indian independence movement activist, and Politician.

1914: Sam Manekshaw, the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War.

1934: Jane Goodall, an English primatologist and anthropologist.

1952: H. C. Verma, an Indian experimental physicist, and a professor.

1955: Hariharan, an Indian playback, bhajan, and ghazal singer.

1962: Jaya Prada, an Indian film actress, and politician.

1973: Prabhu Deva, an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer, and actor.

Death Anniversaries– April 3.

1325: Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sunni Muslim scholar and Sufi saint.

1680: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, an Indian warrior-king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan.

1998: Mary Cartwright, a British mathematician.

1998: Harkisan Mehta, a Gujarati author, and journalist from India.

2017: Kishori Amonkar, a leading Indian classical vocalist.