March 3

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 303 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
• 1575 – Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
• 1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• 1799 – The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
• 1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
• 1836 – Texans celebrate the first Texas Independence Day with the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially broke Texas from Mexico, and creating the Republic of Texas.
• 1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
• 1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
• 1861 – Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• 1865 – Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
• 1873 – Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
• 1875 – Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• 1875 – The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
• 1878 – The Russo-Turkish War ends as Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• 1904 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
• 1905 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
• 1910 – Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
• 1913 – Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
• 1915 – NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
• 1918 – Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
• 1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time.
• 1924 – The thirteen-century-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• 1924 – The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
• 1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• 1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• 1938 – The Mallard the fastest steam driven train on the planet, was built by LNER Doncaster Works England
• 1939 – In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
• 1940 – Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.
• 1942 – World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
• 1943 – World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
• 1944 – The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
• 1945 – World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila in the Philippines.
• 1945 – World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit massacres at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
• 1945 – World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
• 1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1953 – A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
• 1958 – Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 8th time.
• 1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
• 1972 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
• 1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• 1980 – The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
• 1985 – Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
• 1985 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
• 1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
• 1991 – In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia.
• 1991 – United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
• 1997 – The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
• 2002 – Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
• 2004 – Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world's largest brewer.
• 2005 – Mayerthorpe tragedy: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
• 2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
• 2009 – The Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapses.

Births

• 1455 – King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
• 1520 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian reformer (d. 1575)
• 1583 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (d. 1648)
• 1589 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
• 1606 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (d. 1687)
• 1631 – Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter (d. 1672)
• 1652 – Thomas Otway, English playwright (d. 1685)
• 1678 – Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (d. 1747)
• 1756 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (d. 1836)
• 1778 – Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1841)
• 1793 – William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
• 1800 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
• 1805 – Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (d. 1861)
• 1816 – William James Blacklock, English painter (d. 1858)
• 1819 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (d. 1912)
• 1825 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1879)
• 1831 – George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (d. 1897)
• 1839 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (d. 1904)
• 1841 – John Murray, Scottish oceanographer (d. 1914)
• 1845 – Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
• 1847 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer, invented the Telephone (d. 1922)
• 1848 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)
• 1860 – John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
• 1863 – Arthur Machen, Welsh actor and author (d. 1947)
• 1866 – Fred A. Busse, American politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
• 1868 – Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (d. 1951)
• 1869 – Henry Wood, English conductor (d. 1944)
• 1870 – Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (d. 1943)
• 1871 – Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
• 1873 – William Green, American union leader (d. 1952)
• 1878 – Leopold Jessner, German director and producer (d. 1945)
• 1879 – József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian journalist and priest (d. 1936)
• 1879 – George Wilkinson, English water polo player (d. 1946)
• 1880 – Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (d. 1963)
• 1880 – Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Japan (d. 1946)
• 1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman (d. 1949)
• 1883 – Cyril Burt, English psychologist (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
• 1887 – Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot (d. 1915)
• 1890 – Edmund Lowe, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1891 – Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens (d. 1949)
• 1891 – Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (d. 1982)
• 1893 – Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (d. 1998)
• 1894 – Ethel Grandin, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1895 – Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• 1895 – Matthew Ridgway, American general (d. 1993)
• 1896 – Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian (d. 1973)
• 1898 – Emil Artin, Austrian-American mathematician (d. 1962)
• 1901 – Claude Choules, English soldier (d. 2011)
• 1903 – Vasily Kozlov, Soviet politician (d. 1967)
• 1906 – Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (d. 1991)
• 1908 – George Harriman, English Rugby international and Chairman and Managing Director of the British Motor Corporation (d. 1973)
• 1910 – Kittens Reichert, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
• 1911 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
• 1913 – Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
• 1913 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter (d. 1973)
• 1917 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
• 1918 – Nan Huai-Chin, Chinese scholar (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Fritz Thiedemann, German horse rider (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Julius Boros, American golfer (d. 1994)
• 1920 – James Doohan, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Ronald Searle, English illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 1960)
• 1922 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan
• 1924 – Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (d. 1948)
• 1924 – Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio host (d. 1995)
• 1926 – Lys Assia, Swiss singer
• 1926 – James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician
• 1927 – Nicolas Freeling, English author (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Joe Conley, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Pierre Michelot, French bassist (Play Bach Trio) (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Daphne Slater, English actress (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Heiner Geißler, German politician
• 1930 – Ion Iliescu, Romanian politician, 2nd President of Romania
• 1930 – K. S. Rajah, Singaporean politician (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Margaret Fink, Australian film producer
• 1933 – Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer and actor
• 1933 – Lee Radziwill, American actress and author
• 1934 – Jimmy Garrison, American bassist (d. 1976)
• 1935 – Michael Walzer, American philosopher
• 1937 – Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1938 – Patricia MacLachlan, AMerican children's author
• 1939 – Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist
• 1940 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (d. 1986)
• 1940 – Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monacan politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Owen Spencer-Thomas, English journalist and clergyman
• 1942 – Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Searchers and Mike Pender's Searchers)
• 1944 – Lee Holdridge, Haitian-American composer and conductor
• 1945 – George Miller, Australian director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1945 – Hattie Winston, American actress
• 1946 – John Virgo, English snooker player
• 1947 – Clifton Snider, American poet and author
• 1947 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (d. 2001)
• 1947 – Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1948 – Snowy White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, and The Bleeding Heart Band)
• 1949 – Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist
• 1949 – Ron Chernow, American author
• 1949 – Gloria Hendry, American actress
• 1949 – Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1950 – Tim Kazurinsky, American actor
• 1951 – Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon player and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel, and Feminist Improvising Group) (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, English businessman
• 1951 – Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1951 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
• 1952 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (d. 2008)
• 1953 – Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1953 – Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians)
• 1954 – John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hooters)
• 1954 – Édouard Lock, Canadian choreographer
• 1955 – Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Andy Breckman, American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
• 1955 – Darnell Williams, English-American actor
• 1956 – Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
• 1956 – Julia Glass, American novelist
• 1957 – Stephen Budiansky, American author
• 1957 – Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
• 1957 – William Pascal Kikoti, Tanzanian bishop (d. 2012)
• 1957 – Nicholas Shakespeare, English author
• 1958 – Miranda Richardson, English actress
• 1959 – Ira Glass, American radio host
• 1959 – Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball coach
• 1960 – Benedict Carey, journalist for the New York Times
• 1960 – Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Colin Wells, English cricketer
• 1961 – Mary Page Keller, American actress
• 1961 – John Matteson, American author and educator
• 1961 – Perry McCarthy, English race car driver
• 1961 – Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian and author
• 1961 – Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
• 1962 – Glen E. Friedman, American photographer
• 1962 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American long jumper
• 1962 – Herschel Walker, American football player
• 1963 – Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and television host
• 1964 – Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
• 1964 – Laura Harring, Mexican-American actress
• 1964 – Glenn Kulka, Canadian wrestler
• 1965 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer
• 1966 – Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
• 1966 – Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1966 – Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Stratovarius, Revolution Renaissance, and Symfonia)
• 1966 – Heidi Swedberg, American actress and musician
• 1967 – Go Mi-Young, South Korean mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1968 – Brian Cox, English physicist
• 1968 – Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
• 1968 – Scott Radinsky, American baseball player, coach, and singer (Pulley and Ten Foot Pole)
• 1969 – Simon Whitlock, Australian darts player
• 1970 – Julie Bowen, American actress
• 1970 – Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
• 1971 – Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1971 – Tyler Florence, American chef and author
• 1972 – Darren Anderton, English footballer
• 1973 – Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
• 1973 – Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
• 1973 – Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian-American porn actress and model
• 1974 – Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian television host
• 1974 – David Faustino, American actor
• 1975 – Aleksandr Abdulkhalikov, Russian footballer
• 1975 – Aleksei Abdulkhalikov, Russian footballer
• 1976 – Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
• 1976 – Kristjan Kais, Estonian beach volleyball player
• 1976 – Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician
• 1977 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone)
• 1977 – Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Barret Swatek, American actress
• 1977 – Buddy Valastro, American chef
• 1978 – Ilias Anastasakos, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Matt Diaz, American baseball player
• 1978 – Ashwin Madia, American lawyer and politician
• 1978 – Seo Moon-tak, South Korean singer
• 1979 – Manuel Benthin, German footballer
• 1979 – Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Patrick Renna, American actor
• 1979 – Alex Zane, English radio and television host
• 1980 – Mason Unck, American football player
• 1981 – David Bailey, American basketball player
• 1981 – Eugene, South Korean singer and actress (S.E.S.)
• 1981 – Lil' Flip, American rapper and actor (Screwed Up Click)
• 1981 – Justin Gabriel, South African wrestler and model
• 1981 – Julius Malema, South African politician
• 1981 – Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
• 1981 – Sung Yu-ri, South Korean singer and actress (Fin.K.L)
• 1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress and singer
• 1982 – Martin Hauswald, German footballer
• 1982 – Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Derreck Robinson, American football player
• 1983 – Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
• 1983 – Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
• 1983 – Chris Roberson, American football player
• 1984 – Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
• 1984 – Santonio Holmes, American football player
• 1984 – Hayley Marie Norman. American actress
• 1984 – Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Sam Morrow, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Jed Collins, American football player
• 1986 – Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
• 1987 – Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Riccardo Bocchino, Italian rugby player
• 1988 – Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos, Canadian-Greek ice dancer
• 1988 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress
• 1988 – Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player
• 1988 – Michael Morrison, English footballer
• 1988 – Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer
• 1990 – Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
• 1991 – Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer (A Pink)
• 1992 – Jordy Lucas, Australian actress
• 1993 – Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
• 1993 – Nicole Gibbs, American tennis player
• 1994 – Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress (9nine)

Deaths

• 1111 – Bohemond I of Antioch (b. 1058)
• 1239 – Vladimir IV Rurikovich, Russian prince (b. 1187)
• 1459 – Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)
• 1554 – John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)
• 1606 – Nyaungyan Min, Burmese king (b. 1557)
• 1703 – Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (b. 1635)
• 1706 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1707 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (b. 1618)
• 1717 – Pierre Allix, French pastor (b. 1641)
• 1744 – Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist (b. 1674)
• 1765 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687)
• 1768 – Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (b. 1686)
• 1792 – Robert Adam, Scottish architect, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
• 1850 – Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1894 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1899 – William P. Sprague, American banker and politician (b. 1827)
• 1901 – George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1920 – Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840)
• 1927 – Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1927 – J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh engineer, motor racing driver who held the land speed record (b. 1884)
• 1929 – Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 – Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 – George Thompson, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1946 – Pauline Whittier, American golfer (b. 1876)
• 1953 – James J. Jeffries, American boxer (b. 1875)
• 1954 – George E. Wiley, American cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1959 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian pianist (b. 1887)
• 1966 – Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 – William Frawley, American actor (b. 1887)
• 1966 – Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1977 – Percy Marmont, English actor (b. 1883)
• 1982 – Georges Perec, French author (b. 1936)
• 1983 – Hergé, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1987 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist (b. 1918)
• 1988 – Sewall Wright, American biologist (b. 1889)
• 1990 – Gérard Blitz, Belgian water polo player (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Arthur Murray, American dancer (b. 1895)
• 1991 – William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltarian-English mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1993 – Mel Bradford, American author and critic (b. 1934)
• 1993 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist (b. 1903)
• 1993 – Albert Sabin, Polish-American medical researcher (b. 1906)
• 1994 – John Edward Williams, American author (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1907)
• 1996 – Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914)
• 1996 – John Krol, American cardinal (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Fred W. Friendly, American broadcaster (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 2000 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 2001 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2001 – Eugene Sledge, American author (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Harlan Howard, American songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Luis Marden, American photographer (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 2003 – Peter Smithson, English architect (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
• 2005 – Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
• 2006 – William Herskovic, Hungarian-American holocaust survivor and humanitarian (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Norman Smith, English record producer (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Gilbert Parent, Canadian politician, 33rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2010 – Michael Foot, English politician (b. 1913)
• 2011 – May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (b. 1912)
• 2012 – Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator and designer (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Montrose and Gamma) (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Rik De Saedeleer, Belgian footballer and journalist (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Johann Eekhoff, German economist (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Col Firmin, Australian politician (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez, Mexican journalist (b. 1975)
• 2013 – Plamen Goranov, Bulgarian activist (b. 1976)
• 2013 – Müslüm Gürses, Turkish actor and singer (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Johnny Hanks, New Zealand boxer (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Gerald D. Klee, American psychiatrist and educator (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Manfred Kremser, Austrian ethnologist (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (The Miracles) (b. 1940)
• 2013 – José Sancho, Spanish actor (b. 1944)
• 2013 – James Strong, Australian businessman (b. 1944)
• 2013 – George Wearring, Canadian basketball player (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Cunigunde of Luxembourg
  • Katharine Drexel
  • March 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan)
• Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
• Martyrs' Day (Malawi)
• Mother's Day (Georgia)
• Sportsmen's day (Egypt)
• Teacher's Day, celebrated until March 9 (Lebanon)

External links

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• BBC: On This Day
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