Famous Weddings
- 1760 Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg
- 1948 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson
Famous Divorces
- 1993 Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi
Divorce of Interest
1998 Singer Mariah Carey and mugic mogul Tommy Mottola divorce after 2 years of marriage
Mariah Carey
March in History
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, 1875Arise, Sir Charlie Chaplin
He waited a lifetime for it, but on this day silent screen star Charlie Chaplin was finally honoured by the country where he was born.
March 4, 1975Mass Murderer Stalin Goes to His Grave
Countless millions of Russians were killed by the hand of Joseph Stalin, one of the most feared and brutal dictators of all time. He himself died on this day.
March 5, 1953Birdseye – the Father of Frozen Food
Indigenous Canadians showed Clarence Birdseye how they preserved fish they had caught. Intrigued, he saw the possibilities and the frozen food industry was born.
March 6, 1930
