What are the important events that happened on March 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 3 is the 62nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 303 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 18, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,740,960,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontadigon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 351 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,455 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 3 Historical Events
- 1575 –Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
- 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.
- 1885 –The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- 1905 –Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
- 1923 –TIME magazine is published for the first time.
- 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.
- 1953 –A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
- 1974 –Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on March 3?
- 1869 –Henry Joseph Wood, English conductor (d. 1944)
- 1882 –Charles Ponzi, Italian fraud convict (d. 1949)
- 1898 –Emil Artin, German mathematician (d. 1962)
- 1949 –Gloria Hendry, American actress
- 1951 –Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
- 1969 –Simon Whitlock, Australian darts player
- 1983 –Ashley Hansen, Australian Rules footballer
- 1983 –Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
- 1985 –Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
- 1992 –Jordy Lucas, Australian actress
Who died on March 3?
- 1111 –Bohemund I, Prince of Antioch
- 1239 –Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)
- 1554 –John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)
- 1765 –William Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687)
- 1792 –Robert Adam, Scottish architect (b. 1728)
- 1899 –William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)
- 1932 –Eugen d'Albert, German composer (b. 1864)
- 1977 –Percy Marmont, British/American actor (b. 1883)
- 1993 –Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)
- 2004 –Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
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