April 3

Events

 * 1876 - Thomas Edison executed patent applications (on acoustic telegraphy)
 * 1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.
 * 1986 - IBM unveils their first laptop computer.

Births

 * 1889 - Grigoraş Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (d. 1949)
 * 1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (d. 1968)
 * 1918 - Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer, conductor and administrator (d. 2000)
 * 1920 - Stan Freeman, American composer and lyricist (d. 2001)
 * 1928 - Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003)
 * 1936 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961)
 * 1936 - Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist
 * 1938 - Jeff Barry, American songwriter and record producer
 * 1939 - François de Roubaix, French film score composer (d. 1975)
 * 1941 - Jan Berry, American musician (d. 2004)
 * 1941 - Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984)
 * 1942 - Wayne Newton, American singer
 * 1942 - Billy Joe Royal, American singer
 * 1943 - Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
 * 1943 - Richard Manuel, Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 1986)
 * 1944 - Tony Orlando, American musician
 * 1949 - Richard Thompson, English musician and songwriter
 * 1951 - Mel Schacher, American musician
 * 1951 - Mick Mars, American musician, Mötley Crüe
 * 1953 - Craig Taubman, Jewish singer
 * 1954 - Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
 * 1956 - Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
 * 1960 - Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician
 * 1960 - Marie Denise Pelletier, Quebec singer
 * 1962 - Mike Ness, American musician
 * 1963 - Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer
 * 1965 - Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d. 2000)
 * 1966 - Mina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
 * 1968 - Sebastian Bach, Canadian musician
 * 1976 - Drew Shirley, American musician
 * 1981 - Aaron Bertram, American musician
 * 1982 - Fler, German rapper
 * 1985 - Leona Lewis, English singer
 * 1987 - Julie Sokolow, American musician