What Happened on March 3
Historical Events
- 1575 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi
- 1857 Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China
- 1861 Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs and granting them the full rights of free citizens [O.S. Feb 19]
- 1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
- 1917 1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [OS=Feb 18]
- 1921 Toronto's Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin
- 1939 Mahatma Gandhi begins a fast in Mumbai (Bombay) to protest against autocratic rule in India
- 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea: Australian and American air forces devastate Japanese navy convoy
- 1991 Los Angeles police officers severely beat motorist Rodney King, the beating is famously captured on amateur video and later leads to riots when the police officers are acquitted
- More Historical Events
Mar 3 in Film & TV
- 1985 "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis premieres on ABC TV in the US
Mar 3 in Music
- 1875 Georges Bizet's last and greatest opera "Carmen" premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France
Mar 3 in Sport
- 1956 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars breaks 20-year old world record for 100m freestyle (1:04.2)
Did You Know?
US Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail
On March 3, 1873
Alexander Graham Bell
Jean Harlow
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Ronan Keating
Jessica Biel
Camila CabelloWould You Believe?
A 2 year old US girl becomes the first child born with HIV to be cured
On March 3, 2013
Famous Weddings
- 1956 Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke (26) weds first wife Hazel Masterson (26) at Perth Trinity Church in Australia
- 1967 American singer Liza Minnelli (20) weds Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen (23); divorce 1974
- 1984 Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway (23) weds swimmer Janet Buchan in Menlo Park, California
Famous Divorces
- 1995 Camilla Parker Bowles (46) and her husband retired Army Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles(55) divorce, after 21 years of marriage
- 2008 Actor Michael Biehn (52) divorces film producer Gina Marsh after 20 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Robert Hooke
James J. Jeffries
Lou Costello
Hergé
Albert Sabin
Roger BannisterArticles, Photos and Quiz
Emancipation of the Serfs
Peasants Reading the Emancipation Manifesto, an 1873 painting by Grigory Myasoyedov
March 3, 1861
Carmen – the Show that Shocked Paris
Carmen, the opera about a sensuous woman who seduces a soldier, had its premiere on this day and dismissed as a flop. Today, it is performed all over the world.
March 3, 1875
Woman Suffrage Procession
Inez Milholland at the head of the Woman Suffrage Procession through Washington, DC
March 3, 1913
Weekly Quiz for March 2 - 8
Which musical film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer was released this week in 1965? Which country was the Spanish Flu 1st recorded in 1918?
