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This day in history: 3 March

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328 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 3 March.
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2013: A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Anselm, Duke of Friuli

Christian feast day: Arthelais

Christian feast day: Cunigunde of Luxembourg

Christian feast day: John and Charles Wesley (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast day: Katharine Drexel

Christian feast day: March 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Marinus and Asterius of Caesarea

Christian feast day: Winwaloe

Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan)

Liberation and Freedom Day (Charlottesville, Virginia, USA)

Liberation Day (Bulgaria)

Martyrs' Day (Malawi)

Events

2013A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.

2005James 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 Re

2005Margaret 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,

2005Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.

1991An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

1991United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs killing everyone on board.

1986The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.

1985A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.

1980The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.

1974Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.

1972Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.

1969Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.

1958Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.

1953A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people.

1945World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.

1944A 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.

1944The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.

1943World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.

1942World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.

1940Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.

1939In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.

1938Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

1924The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.

1924The 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.

1923US magazine Time publishes its first issue.

1918Russia 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.

1913Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.

1891Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.

1878The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.

1873Censorship 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.

1861Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.

1859The two-day Great Slave Auction, one of the largest such auctions in United States history, concludes.

1857Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.

1849The Territory of Minnesota is created.

1845Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.

1799The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.

1795The Fédon Rebellion breaks out in Grenada, the rebels seizing Grenville and later Gouyave.

1779American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.

1776American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.

1585The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.

Born on this day

2001Jvke, American singer-songwriter

2000Jevon Holland, Canadian-American football player

1999Corey Kispert, American basketball player

1998Jayson Tatum, American basketball player

1997Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress

1997David Neres, Brazilian footballer

1996Andile Phehlukwayo, South African cricketer

1996Cameron Johnson, American basketball player

1995Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer

1995Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress

1994Dilson Herrera, Colombian baseball player

1994Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress

1993Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer

1993Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player

1993Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker

1993Michael Thomas, American football player

1991Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress

1991Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

1990Vlado Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player

1989Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer

1988Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer

1988Max Waller, English cricketer

1988Michael Morrison, English footballer

1988Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player

1987Andrei Zubarev, Russian ice hockey player

1987Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer

1987Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer

1986Jed Collins, American football player

1986Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer

1986Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter

1985Toby Turner, American Internet personality

1984Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player

1984Ivar, American wrestler

1984Santonio Holmes, American football player

1984Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player

1983Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer

1983Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer

1982Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

1982Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player

1982Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer

Died on this day

2023Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (born 1935)

2023Tom Sizemore, American actor (born 1961)

2020Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (born 1928)

2019Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (born 1930)

2018David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (born 1942)

2018Mal Bryce, Australian politician (born 1943)

2018Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (born 1929)

2018Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (born 1969)

2017René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943)

2016Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (born 1973)

2016Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (born 1968)

2016Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (born 1962)

2016Sarah Tait, Australian Olympic rower (born 1983)

2016Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1914)

2015Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1925)

2015M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (born 1934)

2013James Strong, Qantas CEO from 1993 to 2001 (born 1944)

2013Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1940)

2012Alex Webster, American football player and coach (born 1931)

2012Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (born 1929)

2012Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1947)

2011May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (born 1923)

2010Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (born 1956)

2010Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913)

2009Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1935)

2008Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (born 1921)

2008Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (born 1923)

2007Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (born 1920)

2006Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1918)

2006Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1923)

Quote of the day

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Lao Tzu

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