April 3

Nizamuddin Auliya, the Delhi teacher of the Chishti Sufi order whose shrine still draws visitors of many faiths, died on this day in 1325.

Egypt moved twenty-two royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in a televised procession through Cairo.

Engineer Martin Cooper placed the first public call from a handheld mobile telephone, dialing from a Manhattan sidewalk on a prototype device that weighed more than a kilogram.