Tukuk-OS📅 March 3
12 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 3? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2012 — Two passenger trains collided near Szczekociny, Poland, resulting in 16 deaths and 58 injuries.
- 1986 — The American heavy metal band Metallica (pictured) released their third studio album, Master of Puppets, considered one of the greatest in the genre's history.
- 1972 — The British rock band Jethro Tull released Thick as a Brick, a parody concept album allegedly adapted from an eight-year-old boy's epic poem.
- 1945 — A Polish Home Army unit massacred at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
- 1933 — The first Nazi concentration camp was opened in Nohra to reduce overcrowding in prisons from the arrest of German Communists.
- 1913 — Thousands of women marched in Washington, D.C., "in a spirit of protest" against the exclusion of women from American society.
Woman Suffrage ProcessionWashington, D.C.First-wave feminism
- 1891 — Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming was established as the first national forest in the United States.
Shoshone National ForestWyomingNational forest (United States)
- 1875 — Bizet's Carmen premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with mezzo-soprano Célestine Galli-Marié in the title role (pictured).
- 1875 — The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal by James Creighton and students of McGill University.
- 1820 — The U.S. Congress passed the Missouri Compromise, which balanced the admission of Missouri as a slave state with that of Maine as a free state.
- 1776 — American Revolutionary War: Samuel Nicholas and the Continental Marines successfully landed on New Providence in the Bahamas and began a raid of Nassau, capturing the port the next day.
American Revolutionary WarSamuel NicholasContinental Marines
- 1284 — The Statute of Rhuddlan was enacted, introducing English common law to the Principality of Wales.
Births
- 2001 — Jvke, American singer-songwriter
- 2000 — Jevon Holland, Canadian-American football player
- 1999 — Corey Kispert, American basketball player
- 1998 — Jayson Tatum, American basketball player
- 1997 — Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1997 — David Neres, Brazilian footballer
- 1997 — Momoka Muraoka, Japanese para alpine skier
- 1996 — Cameron Johnson, American basketball player
- 1996 — Andile Phehlukwayo, South African cricketer
- 1995 — Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer
- 1995 — Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress
- 1994 — Dilson Herrera, Colombian baseball player
Deaths
- 2023 — Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (born 1935)
- 2023 — Tom Sizemore, American actor (born 1961)
- 2020 — Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (born 1928)
- 2019 — Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (born 1930)
- 2018 — Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (born 1929)
- 2018 — Mal Bryce, Australian politician (born 1943)
- 2018 — Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (born 1969)
- 2018 — David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (born 1942)
- 2017 — René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943)
- 2016 — Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (born 1968)
- 2016 — Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (born 1973)
- 2016 — Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (born 1962)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Anselm, Duke of Friuli
- Christian feast day: Arthelais
- Christian feast day: Cunigunde of Luxembourg
- Christian feast day: Katharine Drexel
- Christian feast day: John and Charles Wesley (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Marinus and Asterius of Caesarea
- Christian feast day: Winwaloe
- Christian feast day: March 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan)
- Liberation and Freedom Day (Charlottesville, Virginia, USA)
- Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
- Martyrs' Day (Malawi)
- Mother's Day (Georgia)
- Sportsmen's Day (Egypt)
- World Hearing Day
- World Wildlife Day
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