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About April 3rd

Sun Sign
♈ Aries
Fire · Mars
bold, ambitious, courageous, independent
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Birthstone
Diamond
Colorless
Eternal love, strength, invincibility
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Birth Flower
Daisy
Sweet Pea
Purity, innocence, loyal love
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Celtic Tree
Alder
Fearn
confident, self-reliant, charming, persuasive
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221 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

11 Myocardial Infarction
5 Heart Failure
5 Cancer
5 Disease
4 Gunshot Wound

Top death years

8 2022
8 2021
7 1998
7 2016
6 2020

Deaths by gender

176 Male
45 Female

Top death places

9 London
6 Berlin
4 Madrid
4 Budapest
4 New York City

Top 5 notable deaths.

Jesse James

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber.

Born September 5th, 1847 in Kearney.

Died April 3rd, 1882 at 34 years old in St. Joseph (gunshot wound).

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897).

Born May 7th, 1833 in Hamburg. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 1897 at 63 years old in Vienna (liver cancer). [ref]

Terence McKenna

American ethnobotanist and mystic (1946–2000).

Born November 16th, 1946 in Paonia.

Died April 3rd, 2000 at 53 years old in San Rafael (brain cancer).

Graham Greene

British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991).

Born October 2nd, 1904 in Berkhamsted. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 1991 at 86 years old in Corseaux, Vevey (leukemia). [ref]

Rob Pilatus

German singer, dancer, model (1964–1998).

Born June 8th, 1965 in Munich. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 1998 at 32 years old in Friedrichsdorf.

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Top birth years

13 1987
12 1990
12 1973
12 1991
11 1989

Birthdays by gender

451 Male
153 Female

Top birth places

7 Brooklyn
6 London
6 Mexico City
6 Chicago
6 Moscow

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe