History of Today in India – 03 March

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📜 Important Events on 03 March in World History

03 Mar 2013: A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area. Read more
03 Mar 2005: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion. Read more
03 Mar 2005: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling. Read more
03 Mar 2005: Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur. Read more
03 Mar 1991: An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. Read more
03 Mar 1991: United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs killing everyone on board. Read more
03 Mar 1986: The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom. Read more
03 Mar 1985: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless. Read more
03 Mar 1980: The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Read more
03 Mar 1974: Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard. Read more
03 Mar 1972: Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures. Read more
03 Mar 1969: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. Read more
03 Mar 1958: Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time. Read more
03 Mar 1953: A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people. Read more
03 Mar 1945: World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people. Read more
03 Mar 1944: The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards. Read more
03 Mar 1944: A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. Read more
03 Mar 1943: World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station. Read more
03 Mar 1942: World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people. Read more
03 Mar 1940: Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden. Read more
03 Mar 1939: In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India. Read more
03 Mar 1938: Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. Read more
03 Mar 1924: The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk. Read more
03 Mar 1924: The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy. Read more
03 Mar 1923: US magazine Time publishes its first issue. Read more
03 Mar 1918: Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi. Read more
03 Mar 1913: Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C. Read more
03 Mar 1891: Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world. Read more
03 Mar 1878: The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano. Read more
03 Mar 1875: The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette. Read more
03 Mar 1875: Bizet's opera Carmen is first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Read more
03 Mar 1873: Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail. Read more
03 Mar 1861: Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs. Read more
03 Mar 1859: The two-day Great Slave Auction, one of the largest such auctions in United States history, concludes. Read more
03 Mar 1857: Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. Read more
03 Mar 1849: The Territory of Minnesota is created. Read more
03 Mar 1845: Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. Read more

🎂 Important Births on 03 March in World History

03 Mar 2001: Jvke, American singer-songwriter Jacob Dodge Lawson, known professionally as JVKE, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and social media personality. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, he started creating TikTok videos for his songs, one of which, "Upside Down", went viral in 2021. His debut album, This Is What ____ Feels Like , peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200, while the song "Golden Hour" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lawson was named the MTV Push Artist for October 2022, and he performed "Golden Hour" live on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, as well as making several performances in Europe for MTV. Read more
03 Mar 2000: Jevon Holland, Canadian-American football player Jevon Holland is a Canadian-American professional football safety for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft. Read more
03 Mar 1999: Corey Kispert, American basketball player Corey James Kispert is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, where he was a consensus first-team All-American as a senior. Read more
03 Mar 1998: Jayson Tatum, American basketball player Jayson Christopher Tatum Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a McDonald's All-American in high school in Missouri and played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Tatum was selected by the Boston Celtics with the third overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft and was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in the 2018 season. Tatum won the inaugural NBA Eastern Conference finals MVP in 2022, and won his first title in the 2024 NBA Finals. Read more
03 Mar 1997: Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the pop girl group Fifth Harmony, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. While in the group, Cabello established herself as a solo artist with collaborative singles "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "Bad Things", the latter making number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. She left Fifth Harmony in late 2016. Read more
03 Mar 1997: David Neres, Brazilian footballer David Neres Campos is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Napoli. Read more
03 Mar 1996: Cameron Johnson, American basketball player Cameron Jordan Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the eleventh overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, Johnson was traded to the Phoenix Suns on draft night. During his sophomore season, he reached the 2021 NBA Finals with the Suns. He spent three full seasons in Phoenix before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets in February 2023. After nearly three full seasons with Brooklyn, Johnson was traded to the Nuggets in 2025. Read more
03 Mar 1996: Andile Phehlukwayo, South African cricketer Andile Lucky Phehlukwayo is a South African professional cricketer. He is a left handed lower order batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He made his international debut for South Africa in September 2016. Read more
03 Mar 1995: Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer Bryan Cristante is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team. Read more
03 Mar 1995: Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress Nicomaine "Maine" Dei Capili Mendoza-Atayde is a Filipino television host and actress. She is best known for her viral Dubsmash videos and her role as Yaya Dub in the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga! segment "Kalyeserye", previously aired on GMA Network and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. Her rise to fame is often described as phenomenal and unconventional due to the unscripted forming of AlDub love team in Eat Bulaga! on July 16, 2015, where she was paired with Alden Richards. AlDub is a portmanteau of Richards' first name and Mendoza's character in "Kalyeserye". Read more
03 Mar 1994: Dilson Herrera, Colombian baseball player Dilson José Herrera García is a Colombian former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and Baltimore Orioles. Read more
03 Mar 1994: Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress Umika Kawashima is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She is a former member of the Japanese girl group 9nine. Her solo single "Maji de Koi Suru 5 Byō Mae/Ichigo Iro no Kimochi", on the Watashi no Yasashikunai Senpai soundtrack, reached #46 on the Oricon chart. As an actress, she played in numerous Japanese TV series and movies. Read more
03 Mar 1993: Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player Gabriela Vianna Cé is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 221, achieved on 9 September 2019 and a best doubles ranking of No. 109, reached on 18 April 2016. She has won one WTA Challenger title and multiple trophies on ITF Women's Tour. Read more
03 Mar 1993: Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker Josef Dostál is a Czech sprint canoeist. Read more
03 Mar 1993: Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer Antonio Rüdiger is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Germany national team. He is known for his aggressive playing style, speed, tackling ability and strong aerial presence. Read more
03 Mar 1993: Michael Thomas, American football player Michael William Thomas Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ohio State and was selected by the Saints in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft. Thomas holds the record for the most receptions by a player in a single season with 149 in 2019. He led the league in receptions in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons, while also leading the league in yardage in the 2019 season. Thomas was also the NFL Offensive Player of the Year that year. His last four seasons were plagued by injuries. Read more
03 Mar 1992: Brett Yang, member of violin duo TwoSet Violin TwoSet Violin is a musical comedy duo consisting of Australian-Taiwanese violinists and YouTubers Brett Yang and Eddy Chen. They began by posting classical covers of pop music on their YouTube channel before shifting their focus to musical comedy videos, which gained them greater viewership. In addition to their online content, Yang and Chen have also performed in live concerts and tours. Read more
03 Mar 1991: Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress Park Cho-rong, better known mononymously as Chorong, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the leader of the South Korean girl group Apink. Read more
03 Mar 1991: Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress Anri Sakaguchi is a Japanese variety entertainer. Read more
03 Mar 1990: Vlado Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player Vladimir "Vlado" Janković is a Serbian–Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Peristeri of the Greek Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. Standing at 2.02 m, he mainly plays at the small forward position. He is the son of the late Serbian professional basketball player Boban Janković. Read more
03 Mar 1989: Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer Erwin Gerardus Theodorus Franc Mulder is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
03 Mar 1988: Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player Teodora Mirčić is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Over her career, she won three singles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and also played for the Serbia Fed Cup team. Read more
03 Mar 1988: Michael Morrison, English footballer Michael Brian Morrison is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for and captains EFL League Two club Cambridge United. Read more
03 Mar 1988: Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer Jan-Arie van der Heijden is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Read more
03 Mar 1988: Max Waller, English cricketer Maximilian Thomas Charles Waller is an English professional cricketer who played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket for the Somerset County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg break bowler. Read more
03 Mar 1987: Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer Shraddha Kapoor is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. One of India's highest-paid actresses, Kapoor has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2016. Read more
03 Mar 1987: Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer Jesús Andrés Padilla Cisneros is an American former soccer player who played as a striker. Read more
03 Mar 1987: Andrei Zubarev, Russian ice hockey player Andrey Sergeevich Zubarev is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played in 4 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2010–11 season. Read more
03 Mar 1986: Jed Collins, American football player Jedidiah Gabriel Collins is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2008. After playing college football at Washington State. He was also a member of the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, and Dallas Cowboys. Read more
03 Mar 1986: Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter Stacie Joy Orrico is an American singer and songwriter. After signing to ForeFront Records, Orrico recorded her first album, Genuine (2000). Her second studio album Stacie Orrico (2003), released by ForeFront and Virgin, debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold with over 500,000 sales in the United States. The first single "Stuck" reached No. 52 on Billboard Hot 100, and achieved greater success worldwide. Her second single "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. Read more
03 Mar 1986: Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer Mehmet Topal is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. A defensive midfielder, he was nicknamed Örümcek for his ability to use his long legs to win loose balls or cut passes. Read more
03 Mar 1985: Toby Turner, American Internet personality Tobias Joseph Turner, also known by his stage name Tobuscus, is an American Internet personality, actor, and musician. He is best known for his YouTube videos including vlogs, Let's Plays and music. As of August 2025, Turner has a total of nearly 14 million subscribers and over 3.937 billion video views over his three YouTube channels. Turner's career has seen him work together with multiple YouTube personalities on different projects. Read more
03 Mar 1984: Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player Valerio Bernabò is a retired Italian rugby union player. He has also been selected for the Italian national team with 33 caps, making his debut in 2004 against the USA. He also captained the Italian under-21 team. His usual position was at lock. Read more
03 Mar 1984: Santonio Holmes, American football player Santonio Holmes Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and current wide receivers coach for Central State University. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft after playing college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. In 2009, Holmes was named the most valuable player (MVP) of Super Bowl XLIII as the Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals, catching the game-winning touchdown. In 2010, Holmes was traded to the New York Jets in exchange for the Jets' fifth round pick. Holmes also played a season for the Chicago Bears. Read more
03 Mar 1984: Ivar, American wrestler Todd James Smith is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Ivar. He is in a tag team with Erik called The War Raiders, where they are two-time World Tag Team Champions and a former one-time NXT Tag Team Champions. He is also a trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Read more
03 Mar 1984: Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player Alexander Valeryevich Semin is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He last played with HC Vityaz of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) the top league in Russia. He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals, Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens. Read more
03 Mar 1983: Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer Ashley Hansen is a former Australian Rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) Read more
03 Mar 1983: Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer Sarah Poewe is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer who has competed internationally for both South Africa and Germany. Read more
03 Mar 1982: Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer Jessica Claire Timberlake is an American actress. Biel began her career as a vocalist appearing in musical productions until she was cast as Mary Camden in the family drama series 7th Heaven (1996–2007). Read more
03 Mar 1982: Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist and writer Tolu Ogunlesi is a Nigerian journalist, poet, photographer, fiction writer, and blogger. Ogunlesi was appointed to the role of special assistant on digital/new media by President Muhammadu Buhari on 18 February 2016. Read more
03 Mar 1982: Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player Colton Douglas Orr is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Having played nearly 500 games in the NHL, Orr was known as an enforcer for his physical style of play and for regularly fighting. Read more
03 Mar 1982: Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Brent Tate is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre or winger in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia international and Queensland State of Origin representative, he played his club football in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos, the New Zealand Warriors and the North Queensland Cowboys. Despite a career that was set back by a series of severe injuries, Tate kept coming back and was a member of the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2013 State of Origin series-winning Queensland sides, as well as the 2008 and 2013 World Cup Australian sides, winning the 2013 edition with them. Read more
03 Mar 1981: Lil' Flip, American rapper, songwriter, and producer Wesley Eric Weston Jr., better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is an American rapper. Raised in Houston, Texas, he began his musical career as a freestyle and battle rapper before signing with the local record label Suckafree Records in 1999. Three years later, he secured a joint venture with Columbia Records, achieving mainstream recognition for his 2004 singles "Game Over" and "Sunshine", which peaked at numbers 15 and two on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Read more
03 Mar 1981: Julius Malema, South African politician Julius Sello Malema is a South African politician. He is the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a communist and black nationalist political party since 2013. Before the foundation of EFF, he served as a president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) from 2008 until his expulsion from the party in 2012. Read more
03 Mar 1981: Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer Emmanuel Addoquaye Pappoe is a former Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a defender. Read more
03 Mar 1980: Katherine Waterston, English-American actress Katherine Boyer Waterston is an English-born American actress. She made her feature film debut in Michael Clayton (2007). She had supporting roles in films including Robot & Frank, Being Flynn and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013), before her breakthrough performance in Inherent Vice (2014). She portrayed Chrisann Brennan in Steve Jobs (2015), and went on to star as Tina Goldstein in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and its sequels. Her other film roles were in Alien: Covenant (2017), Logan Lucky (2017), The Current War (2017), Mid90s (2018) and The World to Come (2020). Read more
03 Mar 1979: Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer Albert Jorquera Fortià is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
03 Mar 1977: Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish singer, songwriter and media personality. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer of Irish pop group Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999 and he has recorded eleven albums. He gained worldwide attention when his single "When You Say Nothing At All" was featured in the film Notting Hill and reached number one in several countries. Read more
03 Mar 1977: Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr. is an American baker, reality television personality, and businessman. He has taken his small, family-owned bake shop, Carlo's Bakery, and turned it into a baking and restaurant empire. Valastro is best known as the star of the reality television series Cake Boss, which ran on the TLC cable channel from April 2009 until April 2020. He has also starred in Next Great Baker (2010), Kitchen Boss (2011), Buddy's Bakery Rescue (2013), Bake You Rich (2013), Bakery Boss (2013), Buddy vs. Duff (2019), Buddy vs. Christmas (2020) Buddy Valastro's Cake Dynasty (2023–present) and Legends of the Fork (2023–present) Read more
03 Mar 1976: Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba, Zambian politician Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba is a Zambian politician and a member of the Patriotic Front. She is currently the member of parliament for Kalulushi constituency. She served as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, Minister of Fisheries and Livestock and Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare during the presidency of Edgar Lungu. Read more
03 Mar 1976: Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Read more
03 Mar 1976: Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress (died 2017) Isabella Villarama Granada was a Filipino actress and singer. Read more
03 Mar 1976: Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Keit Pentus-Rosimannus is an Estonian politician who served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas between 26 January 2021 and 19 October 2022. She is also the vice-chairwoman of the biggest parliament party Reform Party and former chairwoman of its parliamentary faction. Read more
03 Mar 1975: Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter Patric Chiha is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor of Hungarian and Lebanese origin. After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, Domain (2009), premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. In 2014, he directed his second feature film, Boys Like Us. His documentaries Brothers of the Night (2016), and If It Were Love (2020) were both selected for the Berlin Film Festival. His third feature film, The Beast in the Jungle, was released in 2023. Read more
03 Mar 1974: David Faustino, American actor David Anthony Faustino is an American actor who played Bud Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married… with Children. He has also voiced animated characters for Nickelodeon, including Mako on The Legend of Korra and Helia on Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club. Read more
03 Mar 1973: Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician who serves as the deputy prime minister of Luxembourg and as the minister for Foreign Affairs since 2023. He served as the prime minister of Luxembourg from 2013 to 2023. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2013 and mayor of Luxembourg City from 2011 to 2013. Read more
03 Mar 1972: Darren Anderton, English footballer and sportscaster Darren Robert Anderton is an English former professional footballer and pundit. Read more
03 Mar 1972: Martin Procházka, Czech ice hockey player Martin Procházka is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Procházka was drafted 135th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and played 32 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Maple Leafs and Atlanta Thrashers. In his NHL career, he scored two goals and five assists for seven points, collecting eight penalty minutes. He tallied an assist on the first goal in Atlanta Thrashers history, a 4–1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on October 2, 1999, his only point as a Thrasher. He has also had spells in Sweden's Elitserien for AIK Hockey and the Russian Super League (RSL) for Avangard Omsk and Khimik Voskresensk. He won a gold medal with the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics. Read more
03 Mar 1971: Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author Charlton Brooker is an English screenwriter, producer, presenter, author, cartoonist, and social critic. He first became known for creating and presenting satirical television shows that featured criticism of modern society and the media, such as Screenwipe, Gameswipe, Newswipe, and Weekly Wipe. Read more
03 Mar 1971: Tyler Florence, American chef and author Tyler Florence is an American chef and television host of several Food Network shows. Read more
03 Mar 1970: Julie Bowen, American actress Julie Bowen is an American actress. She is best known as Claire Dunphy in ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020), for which she received widespread critical acclaim, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards. Read more
03 Mar 1970: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach Syed Inzamam-ul-Haq SI, also known as Inzi, is a former Pakistan cricketer and captain of Pakistan national cricket team. He is regarded as one of the greatest players Pakistan has produced and one of the best middle-order batsmen of all time. He was the former chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team before resigning in 2023. He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Read more
03 Mar 1968: Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist Brian Edward Cox is an English physicist and musician. He is a professor of particle physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage and the Wonders of… series and for popular science books, including Why Does E=mc2? (2009) and The Quantum Universe (2011). Read more
03 Mar 1968: Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player Brian Joseph Leetch is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 18 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins. He has been called one of the top defensemen in NHL history. Read more
03 Mar 1966: Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor Anthony Terrell Smith, best known by his stage name Tone Lōc, is an American rapper and actor. He is known for his raspy voice, his hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina", for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award, and for being featured in "We're All in the Same Gang", a collaborative single by the West Coast Rap All-Stars. Read more
03 Mar 1966: Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer Timo Tapio Tolkki is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius. With his tenure lasting for more than twenty years, he was the longest standing member of the band before his departure in 2008. After leaving Stratovarius he formed two supergroups named Revolution Renaissance and Symfonia, both of which have since disbanded. In a 2011 article by Guitar World magazine, Tolkki was included in the all-time top 50 list of the world's fastest guitarists. Read more
03 Mar 1965: Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager Dragan Stojković, also known by the nickname Piksi, is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of the Serbia national team. Stojković was a long-time captain of the Yugoslavia national team and Red Star Belgrade, and is considered one of the greatest Yugoslav and Serbian footballers ever. Read more
03 Mar 1964: Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist Raúl Alcalá Gallegos is a Mexican former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008 and 2010. As an amateur, Alcalá competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing in eleventh place and 17th with his team in the 100 km team time trial. In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France and to date has been the most successful Mexican cyclist. In the 1987 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification. In both 1989 and 1990, he won a stage in the Tour de France and finished in 8th place. A capable General Classification rider Alcalá finished in the top 10 during five different Grand Tours. In 2008, Alcalá returned to professional racing by competing in the Vuelta Chihuahua. In 2010, he won the national time trial championship at the age of 46. In early 2011, he stated his intention to race at the 2011 Pan American Games, but eventually did not compete. Read more
03 Mar 1964: Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985 Laura Elena Harring is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1985 and later began acting in television and film. She is best known for her lead role as Rita in the 2001 movie Mulholland Drive. Her other films include The Forbidden Dance (1990), John Q (2002), Willard (2003), The Punisher (2004), The King (2005), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), Ghost Son (2007), The Caller (2008), Drool (2009), Sex Ed (2014), and Inside (2016). She also played Carla Greco in General Hospital (1990–1991), Paula Stevens on Sunset Beach (1997), and Rebecca "Becca" Doyle in The Shield (2006). Read more
03 Mar 1964: Glenn Kulka, Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler Glenn Kulka is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, hockey, and football player who competed in Canadian independent promotions during the late 1990s and had a brief stint in the World Wrestling Federation in 1997. Read more
03 Mar 1963: Khaltmaagiin Battulga, Mongolian politician and wrestler, 5th President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga, also referred to as Battulga Khaltmaa, is a Mongolian politician and sambo wrestler who served as the fifth president of Mongolia from 2017 to 2021. He served as Member of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2016 and Minister of Roads, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development from 2008 to 2012. Read more
03 Mar 1963: Martín Fiz, Spanish runner Martín Fiz Martín is a Spanish former long-distance runner. Read more
03 Mar 1962: Glen E. Friedman, American photographer Glen Ellis Friedman is an American photographer and artist. He became known for his activities within rebellious skateboarding and music cultures. Photographing artists Fugazi, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, Misfits, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, Run-DMC, KRS-One, and Public Enemy, as well as classic skateboarding originators Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Alan Gelfand, Duane Peters, and Stacy Peralta, among others. Read more
03 Mar 1962: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American heptathlete and long jumper Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, née Joyner, is an American former track and field athlete who competed in both the heptathlon and long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four different Olympic Games. Joyner-Kersee was also a four-time gold medalist at the world championships. Since 1988, she has held the world record for heptathlon. Read more
03 Mar 1962: Herschel Walker, American football player, mixed martial artist, and activist Herschel Junior Walker is an American former professional football player, political candidate, and diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to the Bahamas since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he ran unsuccessfully as the party's nominee in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Georgia. During his football career, he played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons as a running back. Read more
03 Mar 1961: Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer Mary Page Keller is an American actress known for roles on television. She began her career on the daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope (1982–83) and Another World (1983–1985) and later starred in a number of television sitcoms. She starred as Laura Kelly in the Fox comedy series Duet (1987–1989) and in the show's spin-off, Open House (1989–90). Keller later had lead roles in the short-lived sitcoms Baby Talk (1991–92), Camp Wilder (1992–93), and Joe's Life (1993). Read more
03 Mar 1961: John Matteson, American biographer John Matteson is an American professor of English and legal writing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his first book, Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father. Read more
03 Mar 1961: Perry McCarthy, English race car driver Perry Edward McCarthy is a British racing driver, who drove for the Andrea Moda team in Formula One in 1992, though never making it into a race, before moving into sportscars, including driving in the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times between 1996 and 2003. Read more
03 Mar 1961: Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread, is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event. Whitbread went on to win the European title that year, and took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. She is also a two-time Olympic medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She won the same medals, respectively, in the Commonwealth Games of 1982 and 1986. Read more
03 Mar 1960: Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach Neal Heaton is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Yankees from 1982 to 1993. Read more
03 Mar 1959: Ira Glass, American radio host and producer Ira Jeffrey Glass is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television series This American Life and has participated in NPR programs, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. His work in radio and television has won him awards, such as the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio and the George Polk Award in Radio Reporting. Read more
03 Mar 1959: Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach Duško Vujošević is a Montenegrin former basketball coach. He is currently active as coach consultant of the Montenegrin ABA League club Studentski centar since 2022. Read more
03 Mar 1958: Johnny Moore, American basketball player and coach John Brian Moore is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily with the San Antonio Spurs. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns under head coaches Leon Black and Abe Lemons from 1975 to 1979. He spent his entire NBA career playing point guard for the Spurs, save for one game for the New Jersey Nets. A rare illness caused Moore to have his career put on hold in early 1986. Read more
03 Mar 1958: Miranda Richardson, English actress Miranda Jane Richardson is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. Read more
03 Mar 1957: Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author Stephen Budiansky is an American writer, historian and biographer, best known for his books on animal behaviour and his criticism of animal rights. He is also the author of a number of scholarly publications about the history of cryptography, military and intelligence history, and music. Read more
03 Mar 1957: Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion, known by the pseudonym Thom Hoffman, is a Dutch actor and photographer. Read more
03 Mar 1956: Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager Zbigniew Kazimierz Boniek is a Polish former footballer and was most recently a UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time, and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004. Read more
03 Mar 1956: John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer (died 2020) John Fulton Reid was a New Zealand cricketer. He was born in Auckland. Read more
03 Mar 1955: Michele Singer Reiner, American film producer (died 2025) Michele Singer Reiner was an American photographer, political activist, and film producer. Reiner was the second wife of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner. She was originally a photographer, taking the cover picture of The Art of the Deal (1987). While working on When Harry Met Sally… (1989), Reiner met her future husband and inspired him to revise the film's ending. Read more
03 Mar 1955: John Ribot, Australian rugby league player and administrator John Ribot, also known by the nickname of "Reebs", is an Australian sports administrator and former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative winger, Ribot was the 1980 NSWRFL season's equal top try-scorer. Also a member of the 1982 "Invincibles" Kangaroo touring squad, he played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League for Fortitude Valley, Wests and Redcliffe, and in the New South Wales Rugby League for Sydney clubs Newtown, Wests and Manly-Warringah. Read more
03 Mar 1955: Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director Darnell Williams is a British television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jesse Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children from 1981 to 1988, and from 2008 to 2011, a role which has earned him two Daytime Emmy Awards. Read more
03 Mar 1954: Keith Fergus, American golfer Keith Carlton Fergus is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour. Read more
03 Mar 1954: Robert Gossett, American actor Robert Gossett is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Commander Russell Taylor on the TNT crime drama The Closer and on its successor series Major Crimes. Read more
03 Mar 1954: John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist John Lilley is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for being a member of rock band the Hooters. Read more
03 Mar 1954: Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer Édouard Lock is a Canadian dance choreographer and the founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps. Read more
03 Mar 1953: Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English musician. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the influential Underwater Moonlight with them in June 1980, Hitchcock launched a prolific solo career. Read more
03 Mar 1953: Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach Arthur Antunes Coimbra, better known as Zico, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. Often called the "White Pelé", he was a creative playmaker with excellent technical skills, vision and an eye for goal. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he is also considered to be one of the best free kick specialists in history, able to bend the ball in all directions. By one estimate, Zico is the player that scored the most goals from direct free kicks, with 101 goals including friendlies, among which 62 verified in official games. Read more
03 Mar 1952: Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (died 2008) Rodolfo Valentino Padilla Fernandez, better known as Rudy Fernandez or Daboy, was a Filipino actor and producer. He came to prominence as an action star in Philippine cinema during the 1970s up to the 1990s. Read more
03 Mar 1951: Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (died 2013) Lindsay Cooper was an English bassoon and oboe player and composer. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians. She collaborated with a number of musicians, including Chris Cutler and Sally Potter, and co-founded the Feminist Improvising Group. She wrote scores for film and TV and a song cycle Oh Moscow which was performed live around the world in 1987. She also recorded a number of solo albums, including Rags (1980), The Gold Diggers (1983), and Music For Other Occasions (1986). Read more
03 Mar 1951: Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Andy Murray is the former head coach for the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team of the NCAA Division I National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC). He is a former head coach of the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League. Read more
03 Mar 1951: Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician Heizō Takenaka is a Japanese economist, and key figure in Junichiro Koizumi's administration (2001-2006), played a significant role in Japan's structural reforms, including labor market deregulation. As Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and later Financial Services, he advocated for policies aimed at increasing economic flexibility, such as amending the Worker Dispatching Act. These changes, enacted in 2003 and 2004, expanded the use of temporary (dispatched) workers by relaxing restrictions. Takenaka's reforms indirectly facilitated the replacement of regular government employees with temporary staff in public sectors, such as education, administrative services, and local government offices. Takenaka's affiliation with Pasona Group, Japan's largest temporary staffing agency, has sparked allegations of embezzlement from government and private sectors, stemming from claims that he replaced permanent employees with Pasona's temporary workers. He joined Pasona as a special advisor in February 2007 and became chairman in August 2009, serving until 2022. Takenaka benefited from the expanded dispatch market post-deregulation, securing government and private contracts in areas like administrative support, COVID-19 measures, and the Tokyo Olympics—leading to personal profits. Takenaka serves on the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum. Read more
03 Mar 1950: Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and screenwriter Timothy James Kazurinsky is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter best known as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live and for his role as Carl Sweetchuck in the Police Academy films. Read more
03 Mar 1950: Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician Kamal Ahmed Majumder is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-15 since its inception in 2009 until 2024. He served as a State Minister of Industries during 2019–2024 at the fourth Hasina ministry. Read more
03 Mar 1949: Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, and biographer. He has written bestselling historical non-fiction biographies. Read more
03 Mar 1949: Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut. She flew on five Space Shuttle missions between 1985 and 1998, including two dockings with the Mir space station. Read more
03 Mar 1949: Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (died 2011) Jesse Harrison Jefferson was an American professional baseball pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles (1973-1975), Chicago White Sox (1975-1976), Toronto Blue Jays (1977-1980), Pittsburgh Pirates (1980) and California Angels (1981) of Major League Baseball (MLB). Jefferson batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Read more
03 Mar 1948: Snowy White, English guitarist Terence Charles "Snowy" White is an English guitarist, known for having played with Thin Lizzy and with Pink Floyd, and later for Roger Waters' band. He is also known for his 1983 single "Bird of Paradise", which became a UK Singles Chart Top 10 hit single. Read more
03 Mar 1948: Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (died 2022) Stephen Earl Wilhite was an American computer scientist who worked at CompuServe and was the engineering lead on the team that created the GIF image file format in 1987. GIF went on to become the de facto standard for 8-bit color images on the Internet until PNG (1996) became a widely supported alternative. The format later became the subject of a patent assertion by Unisys on its use of the LZW compression algorithm. Known as the inventor or creator of the GIF, Wilhite received a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. Read more
03 Mar 1947: Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic (died 2021) Clifton Mark Snider was an American poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar, and educator. Read more
03 Mar 1947: Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer Jennifer Jean Warnes is an American singer and songwriter who has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong", and in 1987 for the Bill Medley duet "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". Warnes also collaborated closely with Leonard Cohen. Read more
03 Mar 1947: Willie Wise, American basketball player Willie M. Wise is an American former professional basketball player. After a successful ABA tenure, which eventually resulted in him making the ABA All-Time Team, Wise's NBA career was ended prematurely by a knee injury. Read more
03 Mar 1945: George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter George Miller is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing every film in the Mad Max franchise starting in 1979, including two entries which are considered two of the greatest action films of all time according to Metacritic. He has earned numerous accolades including an Academy Award from six nominations in five different categories. Read more
03 Mar 1945: Hattie Winston, American actress Hattie Winston is an American film, television and Broadway actress. She is known for her roles as Margaret Wyborn on Becker, Lucy Carmichael in Rugrats, The Rugrats Movie, and the spin off series All Grown Up! and as a cast member of the PBS children's series The Electric Company. Read more
03 Mar 1941: Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Michael John Prendergast, known professionally by the stage name Mike Pender, is an English musician. He was an original founding member of Merseybeat group the Searchers. He is best known as the lead vocalist on many hit singles by the Searchers, including the song "Needles and Pins" and "What Have They Done to the Rain?". Read more
03 Mar 1940: Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist (died 2021)
Germán Castro Caycedo was a Colombian journalist and writer. Castro Caycedo's topics revolve around the Colombian reality, under the parameters of the cultural identity and its social and economic phenomena. Read more
03 Mar 1940: Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (died 1986) Perry Edwin Ellis was an American fashion designer who founded his eponymous sportswear house in the mid-1970s. Ellis's influence on the fashion industry has been called "a huge turning point" because he introduced new patterns and proportions to a market which was dominated by more traditional men's clothing. Read more
03 Mar 1940: Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monégasque police officer and politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (died 2010) Jean-Paul Proust was a French and Monegasque civil servant. He served as the Minister of State of Monaco. Read more
03 Mar 1939: Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (died 2003) Larry Burkett was an American radio personality whose work focused on financial counseling from a Christian point of view. Read more
03 Mar 1939: M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (died 1999) Motganhalli Laxminarsu Jaisimha was an Indian test cricketer. Read more
03 Mar 1935: Mal Anderson, Australian tennis player Malcolm James Anderson is an Australian former tennis player who was active from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He won the singles title at the 1957 U.S. National Championships and achieved his highest amateur ranking of No. 2 in 1957. He became a professional after the 1958 season and won the Wembley World Professional Tennis Championships in the 1959 season. In the Open Era, he was runner-up at the 1972 Australian Open. Read more
03 Mar 1935: Michael Walzer, American philosopher and academic Michael Laban Walzer is an American political theorist and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, he is editor emeritus of the left-wing magazine Dissent, which he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at Brandeis University, an advisory editor of the Jewish journal Fathom, and sits on the editorial board of the Jewish Review of Books. Read more
03 Mar 1935: Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (died 2015) Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev was a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who served as the first democratically elected and non-Communist president of Bulgaria, from 1990 to 1997. Zhelev was one of the most prominent figures of the 1989 Bulgarian Revolution, which ended the 35 year rule of President Todor Zhivkov. A member of the Union of Democratic Forces, he was elected as president by the 7th Grand National Assembly. Two years later, he won Bulgaria's first direct presidential elections. He lost his party's nomination for his 1996 reelection campaign after losing a tough primary race to Petar Stoyanov. Read more
03 Mar 1934: Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2023) Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and was a member of Parliament (MP) representing London and Westminster from 1977 to 2001. Read more
03 Mar 1934: Jimmy Garrison, American bassist and educator (died 1976) James Emory Garrison was an American jazz double bassist. He is best remembered for his association with John Coltrane from 1961 to 1967. Read more
03 Mar 1933: Lee Radziwill, American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (died 2019) Princess Caroline Lee Radziwill, previously known as Lee Canfield and Lee Ross, was an American socialite, public relations executive, and interior designer. She was the younger sister of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy. Read more
03 Mar 1932: Roy Fisher, Australian rugby league player Roy Fisher is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for Parramatta and North Sydney as a prop. Read more
03 Mar 1930: Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania (died 2025) Ion Iliescu was a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the first and the third President of Romania since the country's transition to democracy. He occupied the office from 1990 until 1996 and again from 2000 until 2004. Iliescu was also a senator for the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which he founded and where he became the honorary president for the rest of his life. Read more
03 Mar 1927: Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2016) Pierre Aubert was a Swiss politician, lawyer and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1978–1987) from the canton of Neuchâtel. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS). Read more
03 Mar 1926: James Merrill, American poet and playwright (died 1995) James Ingram Merrill was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977 for Divine Comedies. His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyric poetry of his early career, and the epic narrative of occult communication with spirits and angels, titled The Changing Light at Sandover, which dominated his later career. Although most of his published work was poetry, he also wrote essays, fiction, and plays. Read more
03 Mar 1924: Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 2025) Tomiichi Murayama was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He was the country's first socialist premier since Tetsu Katayama in 1948, and is best remembered for the Murayama Statement on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, in which he officially apologized for Japan's past colonial wars and aggression. Read more
03 Mar 1923: Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (died 2009) Tamara Nikolaevna Lisitsian was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, who received the Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1985. Read more
03 Mar 1923: Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (died 2005) Barney Martin was an American actor, best known for playing Morty Seinfeld, father of Jerry, on the sitcom Seinfeld (1991–1998). He also played supporting roles in Mel Brooks's The Producers (1967), and the Dudley Moore comedy Arthur (1981). He originated the role of Amos Hart in the 1976 Broadway production of Chicago. Read more
03 Mar 1923: Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012) Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His fingerpicking and flatpicking skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded. Blind from a young age, he performed publicly both in a dance band and solo, as well as for over 15 years with his son, guitarist Merle Watson, until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm. Read more
03 Mar 1922: Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002) Nándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a key member of the Hungary national team known as the Golden Team. Other members of the team included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis and József Bozsik. In 1953, playing as a deep-lying centre-forward, a position which has retroactively been compared to the modern false 9 role, he scored a hat-trick for Hungary when they beat England 6–3 at Wembley Stadium. Playing from deep, Hidegkuti was able to distribute the ball to the other attackers and cause considerable confusion to defences. This was an innovation at the time and revolutionised the way the game was played. Read more
03 Mar 1921: Diana Barrymore, American actress (died 1960) Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe was an American film and stage actress. Read more
03 Mar 1920: Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (died 1994) Julius Nicholas Boros was an American professional golfer noted for his effortless-looking swing and strong record on difficult golf courses, particularly at the U.S. Open. Read more
03 Mar 1920: James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier (died 2005) James Montgomery Doohan was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise has become one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise, and inspired many fans to pursue careers in engineering and other technical fields. He also made contributions behind the scenes, such as the initial development of the Klingon and Vulcan languages. Read more
03 Mar 1920: Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator (died 2011) Ronald William Fordham Searle was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series. Read more
03 Mar 1918: Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid" together with Spanish biochemist and physician Severo Ochoa of New York University. He was also awarded the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1951, an L.H.D. degree from Yeshiva University in 1962, and the National Medal of Science in 1979. In 1991, Kornberg received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement and the Gairdner Foundation Award in 1995. Read more
03 Mar 1917: Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (died 1952) Sameera Moussa or Samira Musa Ali was an Egyptian atomic scientist and physicist, she is the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Moussa held a doctorate in atomic radiation. Read more
03 Mar 1916: Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2006) Paul Richard Halmos was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and probabilist who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He was also recognized as a great mathematical expositor. He has been described as one of The Martians. Read more
03 Mar 1914: Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (died 1973) Asger Oluf Jorn was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International. Read more
03 Mar 1913: Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (died 1972) Margaret Allison Bonds was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher. One of the first Black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her popular arrangements of African-American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes. She was the first African American woman to perform with the all-White and all-male Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the first African American women to have her music broadcast on European radio, the first African American woman to have her music performed widely in Africa, only the second African American woman in classical music to be elected to full membership in ASCAP, and the first woman, Black or white, to win three awards from ASCAP. Read more
03 Mar 1913: Harold J. Stone, American actor (died 2005) Harold J. Stone was an American stage, radio, film, and television character actor. Read more
03 Mar 1911: Jean Harlow, American actress (died 1937) Jean Harlow was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", Harlow was popular for her "Laughing Vamp" screen persona. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars, whose image has endured in the public eye. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow number 22 on its greatest female screen legends list. Read more
03 Mar 1911: Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1982) Hugues Lapointe was a Canadian lawyer, Member of Parliament and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1966 to 1978. Read more
03 Mar 1906: Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (died 1991) Nils Artur Lundkvist was a Swedish writer, poet and literary critic. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1968. Read more
03 Mar 1903: Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (died 1967) Vasily Ivanovich Kozlov was a Soviet Belarusian partisan, politician, and recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1942). Read more
03 Mar 1902: Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress (died 1987) Ruby Jean Dandridge was an American actress from the early 1900s through to the late 1950s. Dandridge is best known for her role on the radio show Amos 'n Andy, in which she played Sadie Blake and Harriet Crawford, and on radio's Judy Canova Show, in which she played Geranium. She is recognized for her role in the 1959 movie A Hole in the Head as Sally. In the 1999 film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby is portrayed by Loretta Devine. Read more
03 Mar 1901: Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (died 2011) Claude Stanley Choules was a British-born military serviceman from Pershore, Worcestershire, who at the time of his death was the oldest combat veteran of the First World War. He served with the Royal Navy from 1915 until 1926. After having emigrated to Australia he served with the Royal Australian Navy, from 1926 until 1956, as a chief petty officer and was a naturalised Australian citizen. He was the last surviving military witness to the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow in 1919 and the last surviving veteran to have served in both world wars. At the time of his death, he was the third-oldest verified military veteran in the world and the oldest known living man in Australia. He was the seventh-oldest living man in the world. Choules became the oldest man born in the United Kingdom following the death of Stanley Lucas on 21 June 2010. Choules died at the age of 110 years and 63 days. He had been the oldest British-born man; following his death, that honour went to the Reverend Reginald Dean. In December 2011, the landing ship HMAS Choules was named after him, only the second Royal Australian Navy vessel named after a sailor. Read more
03 Mar 1900: Edna Best, British stage and film actress (died 1974) Edna Clara Best was a British actress. Read more
03 Mar 1898: Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962) Emil Artin was an Austrian mathematician of Armenian descent. Read more
03 Mar 1895: Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch was an influential Norwegian economist and econometrician known for being one of the major contributors to establishing economics as a quantitative and statistically informed science in the early 20th century. He coined the term econometrics in 1926 for utilising statistical methods to describe economic systems, as well as the terms microeconomics and macroeconomics in 1933, for describing individual and aggregate economic systems, respectively. He was the first to develop a statistically informed model of business cycles in 1933. Later work on the model, together with Jan Tinbergen, won the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969. Read more
03 Mar 1895: Matthew Ridgway, American general (died 1993) Matthew Bunker Ridgway was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). Although he saw no combat service in World War I, he was intensively involved in World War II, where he was the first Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division, leading it in action in Sicily, Italy and Normandy, before taking command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps in August 1944. He held the latter post until the end of the war in mid-1945, commanding the corps in the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Varsity and the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Read more
03 Mar 1893: Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (died 1998) Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada". Read more
03 Mar 1891: Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop (died 1949) Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou, born Dimitrios Papandreou, was the archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1941 until his death in 1949. He was also the regent of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King George II to Greece in 1946. His rule was between the liberation of Greece from the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II and the Greek Civil War. Read more
03 Mar 1887: Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot (died 1915) Lincoln Beachey was a pioneer American aviator and barnstormer. He became famous and wealthy from flying exhibitions, staging aerial stunts, helping invent aerobatics, and setting aviation records. Read more
03 Mar 1883: Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist (died 1971) Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt, FBA was an English educational psychologist and geneticist who also made contributions to statistics. He is known for his studies on the heritability of IQ. Read more
03 Mar 1883: Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (died 1977) Charles Alfred Paul Marais de Beauchamp, 5th Baron Soye, was a French zoologist. Read more
03 Mar 1882: Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (died 1974) Luise Wilhelmine Elisabeth Abegg was a German educator and resistance fighter against Nazism. She provided shelter to around 80 Jews during the Holocaust and was consequently recognised as Righteous Among the Nations. Read more
03 Mar 1882: Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman and convicted con man (died 1949) Charles Ponzi was an Italian charlatan and con artist who operated in the United States and Canada. His aliases included Charles Ponci, Carlo, Benny Broncko and Charles P. Bianchi. Read more
03 Mar 1880: Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (died 1962) Florence Auer was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades. Read more
03 Mar 1880: Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1946) Yōsuke Matsuoka was a Japanese diplomat and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February 1933, ending Japan's participation in the organization. He was also one of the architects of the Tripartite Pact and the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of war. Read more
03 Mar 1873: William Green, American union leader and politician (died 1952) William B. Green was an American trade union leader. Green is best remembered as the president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1924 to 1952. He was a strong supporter for labor-management co-operation and was on the frontline for wage and benefit protections and industrial unionism legislation. Read more
03 Mar 1872: Frida Felser, German opera singer and actress (died 1941) Frida Felser was a German soprano opera singer and actress. Read more
03 Mar 1871: Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (died 1957) Maurice-François Garin was an Italian-French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating. He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on 21 December 1901. Read more
03 Mar 1869: Henry Wood, English conductor (died 1944) Sir Henry Joseph Wood was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introducing hundreds of new works to British audiences. After his death, the concerts were officially renamed in his honour as the "Henry Wood Promenade Concerts", although they continued to be generally referred to as "the Proms". Read more
03 Mar 1868: Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (died 1951) Émile-Auguste Chartier, commonly known as Alain, was a French philosopher, journalist, essayist, pacifist, and teacher of philosophy. Read more
03 Mar 1866: Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (died 1914) Fred A. Busse was the mayor of Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, from 1907 to 1911. Read more
03 Mar 1860: John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (died 1925) John Montgomery Ward, also known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman, third baseman, manager, executive, union organizer, owner and author. Ward, of English descent, was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and grew up in Renovo, Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new baseball league, the Players' League. Read more
03 Mar 1847: Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (died 1922) Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Read more
03 Mar 1845: Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (died 1918) Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor was a mathematician who played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics. Cantor established the importance of one-to-one correspondence between the members of two sets, defined infinite and well-ordered sets, and proved that the real numbers are more numerous than the natural numbers. Cantor's method of proof of this theorem implies the existence of an infinity of infinities. He defined the cardinal and ordinal numbers and their arithmetic. Cantor's work is of great philosophical interest, a fact he was well aware of. Read more
03 Mar 1841: John Murray, Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (died 1914) Sir John Murray was a pioneering Canadian-born British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist. He is considered to be the father of modern oceanography. Read more
03 Mar 1839: Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (died 1904) Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. He established the city of Jamshedpur. Read more
03 Mar 1831: George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (died 1897) George Mortimer Pullman was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it. This ultimately led to the Pullman Strike due to the high rent prices charged for company housing and low wages paid by the Pullman Company. His Pullman Company also hired black men to staff the Pullman cars, known as Pullman porters, who provided elite service and were compensated only in tips. Read more
03 Mar 1825: Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1879) Shiranui Kōemon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kikuchi, Higo Province. He was the sport's 11th yokozuna. He gives his name to one of the two styles for the yokozuna's in-ring ceremony, although the question of whether he himself practiced this style is highly debated. Read more
03 Mar 1819: Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (died 1912) Gustave de Molinari was a Belgian political economist and French Liberal School theorist associated with French laissez-faire economists such as Frédéric Bastiat and Hippolyte Castille. Read more
03 Mar 1816: William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (died 1858) William James Blacklock was an English landscape painter, painting scenery in Cumbria, the Lake District and the Scottish Borders. Read more
03 Mar 1805: Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (died 1861) Jonas Furrer was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to 1849, and again in 1852, 1855 and 1858. He was one of the leading figures in the foundation of Switzerland as a federal state. He was a member of the Radical Party. Read more
03 Mar 1803: Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (died 1889) Thomas Field Gibson FGS was a Unitarian silk manufacturer and philanthropist. He supported several novel initiatives to enhance British manufacturing quality and international trade while improving life for working people during the Industrial Revolution – particularly in Spitalfields where his business was centred. He also made important contributions to geology. Read more
03 Mar 1800: Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (died 1862) Heinrich Georg Bronn was a German geologist and paleontologist. He was the first to translate Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species into German in 1860, although not without introducing his own interpretations, as also a chapter critiquing the work. Read more

🕊️ Important Deaths on 03 March in World History

03 Mar 2023: Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (born 1935) Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, social non-conformism, and existentialism. Ōe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today". Read more
03 Mar 2023: Tom Sizemore, American actor (born 1961) Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. was an American actor. Born in Detroit, he started his career with supporting appearances in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Lock Up (1989), and Blue Steel (1990). The appearances led to more prominent roles in films like Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Striking Distance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), and The Relic (1997). Read more
03 Mar 2020: Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (born 1928) Charles Jordan Urstadt was an American real estate executive and investor. He was an important figure for the development of Battery Park City in Manhattan and for the elimination of rent control in New York. Read more
03 Mar 2019: Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (born 1930) Peter John Hurford OBE was a British organist and composer. Read more
03 Mar 2018: Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (born 1929) Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile. Read more
03 Mar 2018: Mal Bryce, Australian politician (born 1943) Malcolm John Bryce was an Australian politician, who served as a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1988, representing the electoral district of Ascot. He was the deputy leader of the Labor Party from 1977 to 1980 and from 1981 to 1988, and served as deputy premier under Brian Burke from 1983 to 1988. Read more
03 Mar 2018: Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (born 1969) Vanessa Goodwin was an Australian politician. She was the Liberal Party member for the seat of Pembroke in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from the Pembroke by-election on 1 August 2009 until her resignation due to brain cancer on 2 October 2017. Read more
03 Mar 2018: David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (born 1942) David Allen Ogden Stiers was an American actor and conductor. He appeared in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated the role of Feldman in The Magic Show, in 1974. Read more
03 Mar 2017: René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943) René Garcia Préval was a Haitian politician and agronomist who twice was President of Haiti, from early 1996 to early 2001, and again from mid-2006 to mid-2011. He was also Prime Minister from early to late 1991 under the presidency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Read more
03 Mar 2016: Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (born 1968) Eiji Ezaki was a Japanese professional wrestler, stage actor, musician, and professional wrestling promoter, better known under the ring name Hayabusa . He was best known for his time with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he primarily wrestled throughout his career and was the ace of the company between 1995 and 2001. Read more
03 Mar 2016: Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (born 1973) Bertha Isabel Cáceres Flores was a Honduran (Lenca) environmental activist, indigenous leader, co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). She won the Goldman Environmental Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for environmental activism, in 2015 for "a grassroots campaign that successfully pressured the world's largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam" at the Río Gualcarque. Read more
03 Mar 2016: Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (born 1962) Martin David Crowe was a New Zealand cricketer, Test and ODI captain as well as a commentator. He played for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1982 and 1995, and is regarded as one of the country's greatest batsmen. Read more
03 Mar 2016: Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1914) Thanat Khoman was a Thai diplomat and politician. He was foreign minister from 1959 to 1971, leader of the Democrat Party from 1979 to 1982, and deputy prime minister from 1980 to 1983. He died at the age of 101 on 3 March 2016, a couple of months shy of his 102nd birthday. Read more
03 Mar 2016: Sarah Tait, Australian Olympic rower (born 1983) Sarah Anne Tait was an Australian rower – a national and world champion, three-time Olympian and Olympic-medal winner. She was the first mother to represent Australia in rowing at Olympic level, having returned to international competition following the birth of her daughter. Read more
03 Mar 2015: Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1925) Ernst Braun was a British-Austrian scholar in technology policy and technology assessment. Read more
03 Mar 2015: M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (born 1934) Medford Stanton Evans, better known as M. Stanton Evans, was an American writer, commentator and leader in the conservative movement. He was the author of eight books, including Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies (2007). Read more
03 Mar 2014: Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (born 1930) Robert Reynolds Ashley was an American composer, who was best known for his television operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques. His works often involve intertwining narratives and take a surreal multidisciplinary approach to sound, theatrics and writing, and have been continuously performed by various interpreters during and after his life, including Automatic Writing (1979) and Perfect Lives (1983). Read more
03 Mar 2014: Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon, author, and educator (born 1930) Sherwin Bernard Nuland was an American surgeon and writer who taught bioethics, history of medicine, and medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, and occasionally bioethics and history of medicine at Yale College. His 1994 book How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was a
New York Times Best Seller and won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, as well as being a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Read more
03 Mar 2014: William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930) William Reid Pogue was an American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot, and reached the rank of colonel. He was also a teacher, public speaker and author. Read more
03 Mar 2013: Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1940) Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida was a Uruguayan professional footballer and manager. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American football with 17 major titles. Read more
03 Mar 2013: Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (born 1940) Robert Edward Rogers was an American musician and tenor singer, best known as a founding member of Motown vocal group the Miracles from 1956 until his death. He was inducted, in 2012, as a member of the Miracles to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to singing, he also contributed to writing some of the Miracles' songs. Rogers is the grandfather of R&B singer Brandi Williams from the R&B girl group Blaque and is a cousin of fellow Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. Read more
03 Mar 2013: James Strong, Qantas CEO from 1993 to 2001 (born 1944) James Alexander Strong was an Australian businessman and philanthropist. Read more
03 Mar 2012: Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (born 1929) Ralph Angus McQuarrie was an American concept artist who worked in film and television. His career included work on the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica television series, the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and the film Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award. Read more
03 Mar 2012: Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1947) Ronald Douglas Montrose was an American musician and guitarist who founded and led the rock bands Montrose and Gamma. He also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock, Beaver & Krause, Boz Scaggs, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, The Beau Brummels, Dan Hartman, Tony Williams, The Neville Brothers, Marc Bonilla and Sammy Hagar. Read more
03 Mar 2012: Alex Webster, American football player and coach (born 1931) Alexander "Red" Webster was an American professional football player who was a fullback and halfback in the Big Four for the Montreal Alouettes and in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He was also the head coach of the Giants from 1969 to 1973. Read more
03 Mar 2011: May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (born 1923) May Ebbitt Cutler was a Canadian writer, journalist, playwright, and publisher. She founded Tundra Books in her home in 1967, becoming Canada's first female publisher of children's books. She served a four-year term as the first female mayor of Westmount, Quebec from 1987 to 1991. As a writer of "literary works" she used the pseudonym Ebbitt Cutler. Read more
03 Mar 2010: Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (born 1956) Keith Alexander was a footballer and manager. Born in Nottingham, England, he was the manager of League Two side Macclesfield Town at the time of his death, in a career that included international appearances for Saint Lucia. Alexander played for a large number of lower league football teams. His main success, however, came from football management – managing in both non-league and the Football League. He took League One side Lincoln City to four consecutive play-offs, taking them to two finals at the Millennium Stadium. Read more
03 Mar 2010: Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913) Michael Mackintosh Foot was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on Tribune and the Evening Standard. He co-wrote the 1940 polemic against appeasement of Adolf Hitler, Guilty Men, under a pseudonym. Read more
03 Mar 2009: Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1935) Gilbert "Gib" Parent was a Canadian member of Parliament. He is best known in his role as speaker of the House of Commons between 1994 and 2001. Read more
03 Mar 2008: Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (born 1921) Giuseppe Di Stefano was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Called "Pippo" by both fans and friends, he was known as the "Golden Voice" or "The Most Beautiful Voice", as the true successor of Beniamino Gigli.
Luciano Pavarotti said he modeled himself after Di Stefano. In an interview Pavarotti said "Di Stefano is my idol. There is a solar voice…It was the most incredible, open voice you could hear. The musicality of Di Stefano is as natural and beautiful as the voice is phenomenal". Di Stefano was also the tenor who most inspired José Carreras. He died on 3 March 2008 as a result of injuries from an attack by unknown assailants. Read more
03 Mar 2008: Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (born 1923) Norman Smith was an English musician, record producer and engineer. In the 1960s, he notably engineered all of the Beatles' EMI studio recordings up to the end of 1965 and produced three Pink Floyd albums including their first, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). He later had a successful recording career as Hurricane Smith, achieving a transatlantic hit single with "Oh Babe, What Would You Say" in 1972. Read more
03 Mar 2007: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (born 1920) Osvaldo Cavandoli, also known by his pen name Cava, was an Italian cartoonist. His most famous work is his series of short animated cartoons, La Linea. Read more
03 Mar 2006: Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1923) Ivor Cutler was a Scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential eponymous late-night radio programme, and later for Andy Kershaw's programme. He appeared in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film in 1967, and on Neil Innes's television programmes. Cutler also wrote books for children and adults, and was a teacher at A. S. Neill's Summerhill School and for 30 years in inner-city schools in London. Read more
03 Mar 2006: Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1918) Else Marie Fisher-Bergman was a Swedish choreographer, dancer, theatre director, and writer. Read more
03 Mar 2006: William Herskovic, Hungarian-American humanitarian (born 1914) William Herskovic was a Holocaust survivor and humanitarian. His escape from Auschwitz in 1942 and early eyewitness testimony inspired Belgium's opposition to Nazi Germany during World War II, and alerted the Resistance to the atrocities that were taking place in the concentration camps. Because of Herskovic's escape and testimony, hundreds of lives were saved. Read more
03 Mar 2005: Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1928) Max Martin Fisher was an American businessman and philanthropist, and presidential advisor. Fisher founded Aurora Gasoline, an oil company that owned Speedway gas stations. After selling the company, he was chairman of United Brands, now Chiquita, and several other companies and invested in large-scale real estate projects. Read more
03 Mar 2003: Horst Buchholz, German actor (born 1933) Horst Werner Buchholz was a German actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". He is perhaps best known in English-speaking countries for his roles as Chico in The Magnificent Seven (1960), as a communist in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961), and as Dr. Lessing in Life Is Beautiful (1997). Read more
03 Mar 2003: Luis Marden, American linguist, photographer, and explorer (born 1913) Luis Marden was an American photographer, explorer, writer, filmmaker, diver, navigator, and linguist who worked for National Geographic Magazine. He worked as a photographer and reporter before serving as chief of the National Geographic foreign editorial staff. He was a pioneer in the use of color photography, both on land and underwater, and also made many discoveries in the world of science. Read more
03 Mar 2003: Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904) Goffredo Petrassi was an Italian composer of modern classical music, conductor, and teacher. He is considered one of the most influential Italian composers of the twentieth century. Read more
03 Mar 2002: G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1951) Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi was an Indian lawyer and politician. Read more
03 Mar 2001: Louis Edmonds, American actor (born 1923) Louis Stirling Edmonds was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in Dark Shadows and All My Children. Read more
03 Mar 2001: Maija Isola, Finnish textile designer (born 1927) Maija Sofia Isola was a Finnish designer of printed textiles, and the creator of over 500 patterns, including Unikko ("Poppy"). The bold, colourful prints she created as the head designer of Marimekko made the Finnish company famous in the 1960s. She also had a successful career as a visual artist.Undisputedly the most famous textile designer… at Marimekko Read more
03 Mar 2001: Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (born 1923) Eugene Bondurant Sledge was a United States Marine, university professor, and author. His 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa chronicled his combat experiences during World War II and was used as source material for the Ken Burns PBS documentary The War (2007), as well as the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), in which he is portrayed by Joseph Mazzello. Read more
03 Mar 2000: Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904) Antonio "Toni" Ortelli was an Italian alpinist, conductor and composer from the Veneto. Read more
03 Mar 1999: Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904) Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He is well known for using these techniques that determine the structures of diatomic and polyatomic molecules, including free radicals which are difficult to investigate in any other way, and for the chemical analysis of astronomical objects. Herzberg served as Chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada from 1973 to 1980. Read more
03 Mar 1999: Lee Philips, American actor and director (born 1927) Lee Philips was an American actor, film director, and television director. Read more
03 Mar 1998: Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (born 1915) Fred W. Friendly was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels. Read more
03 Mar 1996: Marguerite Duras, French author and director (born 1914) Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Read more
03 Mar 1996: John Krol, American cardinal (born 1910) John Joseph Krol was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1961 to 1988, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland (1953–1961), and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967 by Pope Paul VI. Read more
03 Mar 1995: Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1907) Howard William Hunter was an American lawyer and the 14th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 to 1995. His nine-month presidential tenure is the shortest in the church's history. Hunter was the first president of the LDS Church born in the 20th century and the last to die in it. He was sustained as an LDS apostle at the age of 51, and served as a general authority for over 35 years. Read more
03 Mar 1994: John Edward Williams, American author and academic (born 1922) John Edward Williams was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), which won a U.S. National Book Award. Read more
03 Mar 1993: Mel Bradford, American author and critic (born 1934) Melvin Eustace Bradford was an American conservative author, political commentator and professor of literature at the University of Dallas. Read more
03 Mar 1993: Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (born 1910) Carlos Joseph Marcello was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 to 1990. Read more
03 Mar 1993: Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1903) Carlos García Montoya was a flamenco guitarist. Read more
03 Mar 1993: Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist (born 1906) Albert Bruce Sabin was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease. In 1969–1972, he served as the president of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Read more
03 Mar 1991: Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (born 1895) Arthur Murray was an American ballroom dancer and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name. Read more
03 Mar 1991: William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (born 1909) William George Penney, Baron Penney, was an English mathematician and professor of mathematical physics at the Imperial College London and later the rector of Imperial College London. He had a leading role in the development of High Explosive Research, Britain's clandestine nuclear programme that started in 1942 during the Second World War which produced the first British atomic bomb in 1952. Read more
03 Mar 1990: Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (born 1898) Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly was an American astronomer. She is known for her extensive spectroscopic studies of the Sun and chemical elements. Her tables of data are known for their reliability and are still used regularly. Read more
03 Mar 1988: Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (born 1918) Henryk Bolesław Szeryng was a Polish-Mexican violinist. Read more
03 Mar 1988: Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (born 1889) Sewall Green Wright ForMemRS
HonFRSE was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary theory and also for his work on path analysis. He was a founder of population genetics alongside Ronald Fisher and J. B. S. Haldane, which was a major step in the development of the modern synthesis combining genetics with evolution. He discovered the inbreeding coefficient and methods of computing it in pedigree animals. He extended this work to populations, computing the amount of inbreeding between members of populations as a result of random genetic drift, and along with Fisher he pioneered methods for computing the distribution of gene frequencies among populations as a result of the interaction of natural selection, mutation, migration and genetic drift. Wright also made major contributions to mammalian and biochemical genetics. Read more
03 Mar 1987: Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1911) Danny Kaye was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Read more
03 Mar 1983: Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1907) Georges Prosper Remi, known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums that are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930–1940) and The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936–1957). His works were executed in his distinctive ligne claire drawing style. Read more
03 Mar 1982: Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (born 1896) Raghupati Sahay, also known by his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri, was an Indian writer, critic, and, according to one commentator, one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India. He established himself among peers including Muhammad Iqbal, Yagana Changezi, Jigar Moradabadi and Josh Malihabadi. Read more
03 Mar 1982: Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (born 1936) Georges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holocaust. Many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play. Read more
03 Mar 1981: Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (born 1895) Rebecca Craighill Lancefield was an American microbiologist. She joined the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York in 1918, and was associated with that institute throughout her long and outstanding career. Her bibliography comprises more than 50 publications published over 60 years. Read more
03 Mar 1966: Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (born 1895) Joseph Albert Fields was an American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer. Read more
03 Mar 1966: William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (born 1887) William Clement Frawley was an American vaudevillian and actor best known for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the sitcom I Love Lucy. Frawley also played "Bub" O'Casey during the first five seasons of the sitcom My Three Sons and the political advisor to the Hon. Henry X. Harper in the film Miracle on 34th Street. Read more
03 Mar 1966: Alice Pearce, American actress (born 1917) Alice Pearce was an American actress. She was brought to Hollywood by Gene Kelly to reprise her Broadway performance in the film version of On the Town (1949). Pearce played comedic supporting roles in several films before being cast as nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz in the television sitcom Bewitched in 1964. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series posthumously after the second season of the series. She died from ovarian cancer in 1966. Read more
03 Mar 1961: Azizul Haq, Bengali Islamic scholar (born 1903) Azizul Haque was an Islamic scholar and social reformer from present-day Bangladesh. He was the founder of Al-Jamiah al-Islamiyyah Patiya and served as its first chancellor. Read more
03 Mar 1961: Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (born 1887) Paul Wittgenstein was an Austrian-American concert pianist notable for commissioning new piano concerti for the left hand alone, after his right arm was amputated during World War I. He devised novel techniques, including pedal and hand-movement combinations, that allowed him to play chords previously thought impossible for a five-fingered pianist. Read more
03 Mar 1959: Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (born 1906) Louis Francis Cristillo, better known as Lou Costello, was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known for his double act with Bud Abbott and their routine "Who's on First?". Read more
03 Mar 1949: Katherine Sleeper Walden, American environmental activist (born 1862) Katherine Sleeper Walden was an American environmental conservationist and community activist in Wonalancet, New Hampshire. Before moving to New Hampshire in 1890, Katherine was an active community member and among the first female journalists in Massachusetts. Read more
03 Mar 1943: George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (born 1877) George Joseph Thompson was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both its days as a minor county and its earliest years in the County Championship. Read more
03 Mar 1932: Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (born 1864) Eugen Francis Charles d'Albert was a Scottish-born pianist and composer who immigrated to Germany. Read more
03 Mar 1929: Katharine Wright, American educator (born 1874) Katharine Wright Haskell was an American teacher, suffragist, and the younger sister of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. She pursued a professional career as a high school teacher in Dayton, Ohio and also managed her brothers' bicycle shop during their trips to Kitty Hawk. She acted as their right-hand woman and aide when the brothers demonstrated their airplanes in Europe, assisting with their correspondence, business affairs, and interactions with royals and captains of industry; she became an international celebrity along with them. A significant figure in the early-twentieth-century women's movement, she worked on behalf of woman's suffrage in Ohio and served as the third female trustee of Oberlin College. Read more
03 Mar 1927: Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1878) Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev was a Russian writer and playwright, and a major proponent of the literary style known as naturalism. He was the great-grandson of Tadeusz Kościuszko and father of Boris Artzybasheff, who emigrated to the United States and became famous as an illustrator. Following the Russian Revolution, in 1923 Artsybashev emigrated to Poland, where he died in 1927. Read more
03 Mar 1927: J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (born 1884) John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was a Welsh engineer and motor-racing driver who at one time held the land speed record. He was the first driver to be killed in pursuit of the land speed record. Read more
03 Mar 1905: Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (born 1830) Antonio Annetto Caruana, also known as A. A. Caruana, was a Maltese archaeologist and author. Read more
03 Mar 1901: George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (born 1826) George Francis Gilman was an American businessman. A native of Waterville, Maine, he moved to New York City when he joined his father's leather tanning business. By age 30, he had his own leather business in New York. After his father died, Gilman decided to enter the more respectable tea and coffee business and started what would ultimately become The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P. Read more
03 Mar 1894: Ned Williamson, American baseball player (born 1857) Edward Nagle Williamson was an American professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for three teams: the Indianapolis Blues of the National League (NL) for one season, the Chicago White Stockings (NL) for 11 seasons, and the Chicago Pirates of the Players' League for one season. Read more
03 Mar 1850: Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (born 1806) Oliver H. P. Cowdery was an American religious leader who, with Joseph Smith, was an important participant in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement in the 1820s and 1830s. Read more

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