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What happend on 3. March in History
In our data base we found 335 events happened on 3. March:
• 473: Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1111: Bohemund I, Prince of Antioch [category: Deaths]
• 1239: Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) [category: Deaths]
• 1284: The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England. [category: Events]
• 1455: King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) [category: Births]
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• 1459: Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397) [category: Deaths]
• 1520: Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) [category: Births]
• 1554: John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503) [category: Deaths]
• 1575: Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi. [category: Events]
• 1583: Edward Herbert, English noble and diplomat (d. 1648) [category: Births]
• 1585: The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza. [category: Events]
• 1589: Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676) [category: Births]
• 1606: Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687) [category: Births]
• 1606: Nyaungyan Min, King of Burma (b. 1557) [category: Deaths]
• 1631: Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter (d. 1672) [category: Births]
• 1652: Thomas Otway, British dramatist (d. 1685) [category: Births]
• 1678: Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian heroine (d. 1747) [category: Births]
• 1703: Robert Hooke, English scientist (b. 1635) [category: Deaths]
• 1706: Johann Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1653) [category: Deaths]
• 1707: Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1618) [category: Deaths]
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• 1717: Pierre Allix, French Protestant pastor (b. 1641) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist (b. 1674) [category: Deaths]
• 1756: William Godwin, English writer (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1765: William Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau. [category: Events]
• 1778: Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1779: American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1792: Robert Adam, Scottish architect (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1799: The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison. [category: Events]
• 1800: Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1805: Jonas Furrer, 1st President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1816: William James Blacklock, British painter (d. 1858) [category: Births]
• 1820: The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise. [category: Events]
• 1825: Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1831: George Pullman, American inventor (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1839: Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1841: John Murray, Scottish oceanographer (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1845: Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1845: Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1847: Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American inventor (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1848: Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1850: Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. [category: Events]
• 1860: John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1861: Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs. [category: Events]
• 1863: Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1865: Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group. [category: Events]
• 1866: Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1868: Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1869: Henry Joseph Wood, English conductor (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1871: Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1873: William Green, American labor union leader (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1875: Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra Comique in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1875: The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette. [category: Events]
• 1878: Leopold Jessner, German producer and director (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1879: George Wilkinson, British water polo player (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1879: József Klekl, Slovene writer (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1880: Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1880: Sir Robert Chapman, British soldier and politician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1880: Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1882: Charles Ponzi, Italian criminal (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1883: Cyril Burt, English educational psychologist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1885: The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York. [category: Events]
• 1886: Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1887: Lincoln J. Beachey, American aviator (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1890: Edmund Lowe, American actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1890: Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1891: Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens, former Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1891: Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1893: Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1894: Ethel Grandin, silent film actress (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1894: Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Matthew Ridgway, American general (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1895: Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1898: Emil Artin, German mathematician (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1899: William P. Sprague, American politician (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Claude Choules, English WWI veteran (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1901: George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Vasily Kozlov, Soviet politician (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1905: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma. [category: Events]
• 1906: Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer, poet and literary critic (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1910: Kittens Reichert, American child actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1910: Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy. [category: Events]
• 1911: Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1911: Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1913: Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1913: Margaret Bonds, American composer and pianist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1914: Asger Jorn, Danish painter (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1915: NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1917: Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1918: Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1918: Nan Huai-Chin, Chinese scholar (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1920: James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Julius Boros, American golfer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ronald Searle, English illustrator (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1920: Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1922: Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1923: Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1923: Doc Watson, American musician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: TIME magazine is published for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1924: Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1924: Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1924: Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan [category: Births]
• 1924: The 1400-year-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. [category: Events]
• 1924: The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy. [category: Events]
• 1926: James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1926: Lys Assia, Swiss singer [category: Births]
• 1927: Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council [category: Births]
• 1927: J.G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Mikhail Artsybashev, Russian writer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Daphne Slater, English actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1928: Pierre Michelot, French bassist (Play Bach Trio) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1929: Katharine Wright, American teacher (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Heiner Geißler, German politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Ion Iliescu, 2nd President of Romania [category: Births]
• 1930: K. S. Rajah, Singaporean judicial official (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem. [category: Events]
• 1932: Eugen d'Albert, German composer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive [category: Births]
• 1933: Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Margaret Fink, Australian film producer [category: Births]
• 1937: Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1938: Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. [category: Events]
• 1939: Larry Burkett, American author and radio personality (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1939: In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India. [category: Events]
• 1940: Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist [category: Births]
• 1940: Jean-Paul Proust, French-born Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1940: Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and clergyman [category: Births]
• 1940: Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1940: Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1942: Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people. [category: Events]
• 1943: George Thompson, English cricketer (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1944: Lee Holdridge, Haitian-American composer [category: Births]
• 1944: The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards. [category: Events]
• 1945: George Miller, Australian director [category: Births]
• 1945: Hattie Winston, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit massacres at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila in the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people. [category: Events]
• 1946: John Virgo, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1946: Pauline Whittier, American golfer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Clifton Snider, American poet and writer [category: Births]
• 1947: Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1947: Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1948: Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd) [category: Births]
• 1949: Gloria Hendry, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1949: Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist [category: Births]
• 1950: Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1951: Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel) [category: Births]
• 1951: Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, English businessman [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1952: Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1953: Robyn Hitchcock, British musician (The Soft Boys) [category: Births]
• 1953: Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra), Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11. [category: Events]
• 1954: John Lilley, American musician (The Hooters) [category: Births]
• 1954: Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos, Brazilian football referee (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1954: Édouard Lock, Canadian choreographer [category: Births]
• 1954: George E. Wiley, American racing cyclist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality [category: Births]
• 1955: Darnell Williams, English actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1956: Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1957: Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer [category: Births]
• 1957: William Pascal Kikoti, Tanzanian bishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1958: Miranda Richardson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time. [category: Events]
• 1959: Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1959: Ira Glass, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1959: Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Colin Wells, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1960: Neal Heaton, American baseball player coach [category: Births]
• 1961: Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower [category: Births]
• 1961: John Matteson, American biographer [category: Births]
• 1961: Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian [category: Births]
• 1961: Mary Page Keller, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Perry McCarthy, English racing driver [category: Births]
• 1961: Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist [category: Births]
• 1962: Herschel Walker, American football player [category: Births]
• 1962: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1963: Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and TV presenter [category: Births]
• 1964: Laura Harring, Mexican-born American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist [category: Births]
• 1965: Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius) [category: Births]
• 1966: Tone Lōc (Anthony Terrell Smith), American rapper and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Joseph Fields, American playwright, director and producer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: William Frawley, American actor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Go Mi-Young, South Korean mountaineer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1968: Brian Cox, English physicist and TV presenter [category: Births]
• 1968: Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Scott Radinsky, American pitching coach and musician (Pulley, Ten Foot Pole) [category: Births]
• 1969: Simon Whitlock, Australian darts player [category: Births]
• 1969: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. [category: Events]
• 1970: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Julie Bowen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Charlie Brooker, English comedian, writer and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1971: Tyler Florence, American chef and author [category: Births]
• 1972: Darren Anderton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures. [category: Events]
• 1973: Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1973: Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model [category: Births]
• 1974: David Faustino, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian TV presenter and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard. [category: Events]
• 1975: Aleksandr Abdulkhalikov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Aleksei Abdulkhalikov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Barret Swatek, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Ronan Keating, Irish singer (Boyzone) [category: Births]
• 1977: Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Percy Marmont, British/American actor (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Ashwin Madia, American politician [category: Births]
• 1978: Ilias Anastasakos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Matt Diaz, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Seomoon Tak, Korean singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Alex Zane, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1979: Manuel Benthin, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Patrick Renna, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Mason Unck, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. [category: Events]
• 1981: Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Eugene, South Korean singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Julius Malema, South African politician [category: Births]
• 1981: Justin Gabriel, South African wrestler [category: Births]
• 1981: Lil' Flip, American rapper (Screwed Up Click) [category: Births]
• 1981: Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress (Fin.K.L) [category: Births]
• 1982: Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Derreck Robinson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Jessica Biel, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Martin Hauswald, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Georges Perec, French writer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Ashley Hansen, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Chris Roberson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon, Canadian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1983: Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer [category: Births]
• 1983: Arthur Koestler, Austrian writer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Hergé, Belgian comics creator (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Hayley Marie Norman. American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Santonio Holmes, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1986: Jed Collins, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Stacie Orrico, American singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and comedian (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Bella Heathcote, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos, Greek-Canadian ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Michael Morrison, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Riccardo Bocchino, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1988: Henryk Szeryng, Polish violinist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Sewall Wright, American biologist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer /goalkeeper [category: Births]
• 1990: Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Gérard Blitz, Belgian waterpoloist and entrepreneur (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Arthur Murray, American dancer and dance instructor (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: William Penney, English mathematician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. [category: Events]
• 1991: In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia. [category: Events]
• 1991: United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25. [category: Events]
• 1992: Jordy Lucas, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Nicole Gibbs, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1993: Albert Sabin, Polish-born medical researcher (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Mel Bradford, American literary critic (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Umika Kawashima, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1995: Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: John Krol, American cardinal (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Marguerite Duras, French writer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1998: Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Eugene Sledge, American author (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Harlan Howard, American musician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 2003: Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Peter Smithson, English architect (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2005: Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Mayerthorpe Incident: 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. [category: Events]
• 2005: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling. [category: Events]
• 2006: Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: William Herskovic, Hungarian philanthropist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Norman Smith, English singer and record producer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gilbert Parent, Canadian politician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses. [category: Events]
• 2010: Keith Alexander, British football manager (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Michael Foot, British politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: May Cutler, Canadian politician and publisher (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator and conceptual designer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist (Montrose and Gamma) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cunigunde of Luxembourg [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Katharine Drexel [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martyrs' Day (Malawi) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mother's Day (Georgia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sportsmen's day (Egypt) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teacher's Day, celebrated until March 9 (Lebanon) [category: Holidays and observances]