March 3rd
Holidays and Festivals
Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
Flag Day (Kyrgyzstan) * CLICK HERE
Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan)
National Anthem Day (USA) * see below
Mothers' Day (Georgia) * CLICK HERE
Wild Festival (China)
Martyrs Day (Malawi)
World Book Day (UK and Ireland)
Admission Day (Florida)
International Sister Cities Day
Peach Blossom Day
Unique Names Day
If Pets Had Thumbs Day a.k.a. What if Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day
Birthday of Alexander Graham Bell (inventor)
Christian Feast Day of Cunigunde of Luxembourg
* National Anthem Day (United States) celebrates song and history of The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States of America. It was written by Francis Scott Key. The song officially became our national anthem on March 3, 1931.
Fête de la Fumeterre Translation: Common fumitory Day (French Republican) The 13th day of the Month of Ventôse in the French Republican CalendarToast of The Day
"God then made man.
The Italian for their beauty.
The French for fine food.
The Swedes for intelligence.
The Jew for religion.
And on and on until he looked at what
he had created and said,
'This is all very fine but no one is having fun.
I guess I'll have to make me an Irishman.'"
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
Alabama Slammer (2)
1 Part Vodka
1 Part Sloe Gin
1 Part Southen Comfort
Fill With Orange Juice
- In Honor of the Alabama Territory by Act (3/3/1817)
Wine of The Day
Mount Pleasant 2009 Vignoles
Augusta, Missouri
$25
Beer of The Day
Ragtop Red
Brewer - Rock Bottom Brewery, La Jolla, California, USA
Style - Irish-Style Red Ale
Joke of The Day
A man walks into the front door of a bar. He is obviously drunk. he staggers up to the bar, seats himself on a stool, and with a belch, asks the bartender for a drink.
The bartender politely informs the man that it appears that he has already had plenty to drink--he could not be served additional liquor at this bar but could get a cab called for him.
The drunk is briefly surprised then softly scoffs, grumbles, climbs down off the bar stool, and staggers out the front door.
A few minutes later, the same drunk stumbles in the side door of the bar. He wobbles up to the bar and hollers for a drink. The bartender comes over, and still politely--but more firmly refuses service to the man due to his inebriation. Again, the bartender offers to call a cab for him.
The drunk looks at the bartender for a moment angrily, curses, and shows himself out the side door, all the while grumbling and shaking his head.
A few minutes later, the same drunk bursts in through the back door of the bar. He plops himself up on a bar stool, gathers his wits, and belligerently orders a drink.
The bartender comes over and emphatically reminds the man that he is clearly drunk, will be served no drinks, and either a cab or the police will be called immediately.
The surprised drunk looks at the bartender and in hopeless anguish, cries "Man! How many bars do you work at?"
Quote of the Day
"There are 3 kinds of people, those who can count and those who can't."
- Anonymous
Whiskey of The Day
$60
March Observances
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month
Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
Berries and Cherries Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Child Life Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month (Different sponsor than National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
Credit Education Month
Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month
Employee Spirit Month
Exotic Winter Fruit, Leeks and Green Onions Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
National Expect Success Month
Holy Humor Month
Honor Society Awareness Month
Humorists Are Artists Month
International Expect Success Month
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
International Women's Month
Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month
March for Babies (March and April)
Music In Our Schools Month
National Athletic Training Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month
National Color Therapy Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (Different sponsor than Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
National Craft Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Irish-American Heritage Month
National Kidney Month
National Kite Month (3/31-4/30)
National March Into Literacy Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month
National On-Hold Month
National Optimism Month
National Peanut Month
National Social Work Month
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month
Optimism Month
Play-the-Recorder Month
Poetry Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Red Cross Month
Save Your Vision Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Small Press Month
Social Workers Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Steroid Abuse Prevention Month
Supply Management Month
Umbrella Month, Natl
Vulvar Health Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Youth Art Month
Observances this Week
National Cheerleading Week, First Week in March
National Ghostwriters Week, First Week in March
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week, First Week in March
Universal Human Beings Week, First Week in March
Severe Weather Preparedness Week, First Full Week in March
Celebrate Your Name Week, First Full Week in March
National Consumer Protection Week, First Full Week in March
National Procrastination Week, First Full Week in March
National Schools Social Work Week, First Full Week in March
National Sleep Awareness Week, First Full Week in March
National Words Matter Week, First Full Week in March
Professional Pet Sitters Week, First Full Week in March
Save Your Vision Week, First Full Week in March
Telecommunicator Appreciation Week, First Full Week in March
Read an E-Book Week, First Full Week in March
Return The Borrowed Books Week, First Full Week in March
Women in Construction Week, First Full Week in March
Festival of Owls Week, First Friday to Sunday in April (festivalofowls.com)
American Council on Education, First Friday to Tuesday in March (acenet.edu)
Iditarod Race, Starts on the First Saturday in March, Ends Two Sundays Later
Historical Events on March 3rd
78 Origin of Saka Era (India)
468 St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
493 Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
1284 The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
1409 Austrian civil war ends
1431 Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV
1575 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
1585 The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
1634 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)
1638 Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
1776 The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1776 US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas
1791 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
1791 Congress establishes US Mint
1794 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D
1794 Richard Allen founded AME Church
1801 1st US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia
1803 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins
1803 Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
1805 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
1812 US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
1813 Office of surgeon general of the US army forms
1815 US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute
1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi
1820 The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery in Missouri.
1835 Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana
1837 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
1837 US president Andrew Jackson & Congress recognizes Republic of Texas
1838 Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada
1842 1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)
1842 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony
1843 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
1845 1st time, US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
1845 Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
1845 Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1845 For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
1847 Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps
1849 Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin
1849 Home Dept (Interior Dept), forms
1849 Territory of Minnesota organizes
1849 The U.S. Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.
1849 The United States Department of the Interior is established by Congress.
1851 Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3 cent piece)
1853 Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress
1853 US Assay Office in NYC authorized
1855 Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use
1855 Congress authorizes registered mail
1857 France and the United Kingdom declare war on China, The Second Opium War.
1861 Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, abolishes serfdom / freeing serfs.
1862 General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid, MO. Battle of New Madrid captured by Union forces
1863 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted
1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
1863 Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada
1863 Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia
1863 Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired
1863 Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress
1863 Idaho Territory forms
1865 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established, Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks
1865 Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
1869 University of South Carolina opens to all races
1871 Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent
1871 Congress establishes the civil service system
1873 The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
1873 Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
1873 US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively
1875 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)
1875 Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years
1875 Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra Comique in Paris.
1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
1877 Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5).
1878 Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano, shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
1879 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
1879 The United States Geological Survey is created.
1879 US Geological Survey director authorized in Dept of the Interior
1882 NY Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
1883 Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy
1885 1st US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission
1885 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed government)
1885 The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
1885 US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail
1887 American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa
1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
1891 Congress creates Office of Supt of Immigration (Treasury Dept)
1891 Congress creates US Courts of Appeal
1891 Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created
1891 The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Association Football is conceived, but does not come into effect until the next season.
1892 1st cattle tuberculosis test in US made, Villa Nova, Penn
1893 Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized
1893 Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Dept of Agriculture
1894 1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis"
1894 4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns
1899 Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar
1899 George Dewey becomes 1st in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy
1900 US Steel Corporation organizes
1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce
1903 North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses
1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
1905 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
1905 US Forest Service forms
1906 Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France
1909 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers, 8-3
1910 J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he could devote full time to being a philanthropist.
1911 1st US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri
1913 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC
1915 NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
1915 Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created
1917 Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
1917 Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar
1918 Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
1918 Richard Goering's "Seeschlacht," premieres in Berlin
1918 Germany, Austria & Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1919 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC
1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike
1920 Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
1921 Toronto's Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin
1922 Italian fascists occupy Fiume & Rijeka
1922 WWJ-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions
1923 TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1923 US Senate rejects membership in Intl Court of Justice, The Hague
1924 German & Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed
1924 Sean O'Casey's "Juno & the Paycock," premieres in Dublin
1924 The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
1924 The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
1926 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)
1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem
1931 Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)
1931 The United States officially adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
1933 German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested
1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated
1933 NYC premiere of "King Kong"
1934 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
1935 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms
1936 Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v South Africa
1937 Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
1938 American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)
1938 Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1939 In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
1940 Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
1940 Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.
1941 Neth NSB-leader Mussert visits Goering in Berlin
1942 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
1942 Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia killing more than 100 people, World War II.
1943 F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet," premieres in NYC
1943 US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea
1943 In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station, World War II.
1944 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony
1944 The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
1945 Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter
1945 RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511
1945 Roermond/Venlo Neth, freed
1945 US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
1945 US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
1945 American and Filipino troops take Manila in the Philippines, World War II.
1946 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1946 US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1950 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
1951 Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts
1952 Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution
1953 A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan killing 11.
1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
1953 Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed
1955 Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance
1956 Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2)
1956 Indonesian government of Harahap resigns
1956 Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY
1956 Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)
1957 Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then"
1957 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Markham & Jones (GRB)
1957 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul (CAN)
1957 Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colo Springs won by David Jenkins (USA)
1957 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1957 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss (US)
1958 KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
1958 Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
1959 1st US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched
1959 Brit government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis
1959 SF Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park
1960 9th largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")
1961 King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco
1962 British Antarctic Territory forms
1963 Senegal adopts constitution
1965 Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1
1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
1966 James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in NYC
1966 Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee
1966 Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms
1966 Twister hits Jackson Miss; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die
1966 WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, VA (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 Grenada gains partial independence from Britain
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
1968 "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC
1968 Greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague
1968 Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts
1969 NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module for 151 Earth orbits (10 days).
1971 Beginning of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and India's official entry to the Bangladesh Liberation War in support of Mukti Bahini.
1971 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles
1971 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa
1972 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
1972 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia
1973 "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 31 performances
1973 White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000
1974 "Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater NYC for 9 performances
1974 Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4
1974 George Foreman KOs Ken Norton
1974 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die)
1975 "Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 104 performances
1975 Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana
1976 5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
1976 Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia
1977 Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS)
1977 Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal
1977 Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms
1977 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR)
1977 Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA)
1978 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia)
1978 Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland
1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
1981 Isle's Mike Bossy 9th & final hat trick of season-4 goals
1981 NY Islanders & Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie
1982 Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ)
1984 NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)
1984 Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)
1985 "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres
1985 "My One & Only" closes at St James Theater NYC after 767 performances
1985 Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
1985 Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
1985 National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike
1985 Willie Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million
1987 Ray Dandridge, 3rd baseman in Negro Leagues, eleected to Hall of Fame
1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 yrs probation for Iran-Contra
1990 Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA
1991 "Big Love" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 41 performances
1991 25 die as United Boeing 737 crashes in Colorado Springs
1991 An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
1991 Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* v WI at Kingston
1991 In two concurring referendums: 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, in Estonia 83%.
1991 Iraqi generals & Gen Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire
1991 LA Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video
1991 Latvia & Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR
1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec)
1991 Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tomé e Principal
1991 Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18
1991 United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
1992 Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)
1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
1992 Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by NY Islanders
1992 Pres Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to
1992 The nation of Bosnia was established.
1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)
1994 "Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 510 performances
1994 "Philoktetes Variations," with Ron Vawter, premieres in Brussels
1994 IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry
1995 Camilla Parker Bowles & her husband Andrew divorce
1996 26th Easter Seal Telethon
1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville NC on WRCQ 103.5 FM
1997 The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
1998 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
2002 Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
2004 Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world's largest brewer.
2005 Mayerthorpe Incident, James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refueling a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.
2009 The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terrorists while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for a Test match against Pakistan.
2009 The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.
2012 Lorry crash in east Guinea kills 50 and injures 27
2012 Two trains crash in Szczekociny, Poland, with 16 people dead and up to 50 injured
2013 45 people are killed by a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan
2013 A 2 year old US girl becomes the first child born with HIV to be cured
2015 "Under the Dome" a documentary on pollution in China by Chai Jing has been viewed over 150 million times in 3 days on Tencent
2016 Eleventh Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by Fox, held in Detroit, Michigan
Born on March 3rd
1455 King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
1500 Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"
1520 Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
1583 Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
1589 Gisbertus Voetius (Gijsbert Voet), Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
1606 Edmund Waller, British poet (Penshust) (d. 1687)
1652 Thomas Otway, British dramatist (Venice Preserved) (d. 1685)
1678 Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
1705 Michael Schevenstuhl, composer
1747 Kasamir Pulaski, US general (Revolutionary War)
1756 William Godwin, English journalist, political philosopher and novelist (Caleb Williams) (d. 1836)
1778 Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)
1793 Ch Sealsfield, writer
1793 William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
1800 Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
1805 Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
1809 Sophia Hawthorne, writer
1811 Vissarion Belinsky, Sveaborg Finland, Russian author (Literary Review)
1814 Charles Kensington Salaman, composer
1816 William James Blacklock, British landscape painter (d. 1858)
1820 Eduard Douwes Dekker, [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar)
1823 Guyla Andressy Sr, premier of Hungary (1867-71)
1831 George M Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (railway sleeping car) (d. 1897)
1838 George William Hill, US astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit)
1839 Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
1841 John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean)
1845 Georg Cantor, German mathematician (discover transfinite numbers) (d. 1918)
1846 Desiderio FA Pietri, Italian baker/marathon runner Dorando's father
1847 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian inventor (telephone) (d. 1922)
1848 Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (d. 1880)
1849 Jacques Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer
1851 Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
1857 Alfred Bruneau, composer
1860 John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
1863 Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947)
1865 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer
1866 Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
1867 Gustav Strube, composer
1868 Alain (Emile-Auguste Chartier), French philosopher/writer
1868 Émile Chartier, French philosopher, journalist and pacifist (d. 1951)
1869 Henry Joseph Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms) (d. 1944)
1871 Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
1872 Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897
1873 William Green, American labor union leader, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52) (d. 1952)
1877 Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor
1880 Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic
1880 Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
1880 Sir Robert Chapman, British soldier and politician (d. 1963)
1880 Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (d. 1946)
1882 Charles Ponzi, Italian fraud convict (d. 1949)
1882 Floris H L Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp
1883 Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
1886 James Friskin, composer
1886 Reginald Owen Morris, composer
1886 Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
1887 Lincoln J. Beachey, American aviator (d. 1915)
1889 Fritz Behrend, composer
1890 Edmund Lowe, American silent and early talkie film actor (d. 1971)
1890 Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
1891 Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (d. 1982)
1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council
1892 Edmund Lowe, actor (Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper)
1892 Rui Coelho, composer
1893 Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
1893 Bill Nestell, CA, actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier)
1894 Ethel Grandin, silent film actress (d. 1988)
1895 Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer (d. 1980)
1895 Juanita Hansen, Iowa, actress (Fast Company, Broadway Love)
1895 Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
1895 Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (1st winner of the Nobel prize in economics-1969) (d. 1973)
1895 Robert Gordon, Ks, actor (Loveless)
1897 Jose Moreno Gans, composer
1899 Alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)
1899 Juri Olescha, writer
1900 Edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo)
1901 Claude Choules, One of two surviving British veterans of World War I
1902 Ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)
1903 Gilbert Adrian (Greenberg), Naugatuck CT, costume designer
1903 Rabbe A Enckell, Fins author/poet (Lutad about Brunnen)
1906 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)
1906 Donald Novis, Hastings England, actor (Monte Carlo)
1906 Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat
1907 Aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer
1907 Canada Lee, NYC, actor (Lost Boundaries)
1907 Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter
1908 Riccardo Nielsen, composer
1909 Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician
1909 Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator
1910 Kittens Reichert, American silent screen child actor (d. 1990)
1911 Francesco Siciliani, opera composer
1911 Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005)
1911 Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician and Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
1911 Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpentier), American actress, 30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8) (d. 1937)
1912 Joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)
1913 Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger
1913 Roger Caillois, French writer (Les Jeux et les Hommes)
1914 Martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game)
1915 George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur
1917 Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women)
1917 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
1918 Arnold Newman, photographer (Faces USA)
1918 Arthur Kornberg, US biochemist (Nobel 1959)
1918 Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1918 Frank Wigglesworth, composer
1918 Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000)
1920 James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (Montgomery Scott-Star Trek) (d. 2005)
1920 Julius Boros, American golfer (PGA Champ 1968, US Open 1952, 63) (d. 1994)
1920 Ronald Searle, British illustrator
1921 Diana Barrymore, American stage & film actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife) (d. 1960)
1921 Junior Parker, Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train)
1922 Kazimierz Serocki, composer
1922 Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
1923 Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
1923 Doc Watson, American musician
1924 Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter (d. 1995)
1924 Lilian Velez, Filipno actress (d. 1948)
1924 Tomiichi Murayama, former Prime Minister of Japan
1925 Enzo Stuarti, Italy, singer (Yesterday)
1925 Richard Vernon, England, actor (Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night)
1926 James Ingram Merrill, American poet (Scripts for the Pageant) (d. 1995)
1926 Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (d. 2003)
1926 Lys Assia, Swiss singer
1927 Charles O Whitley (Rep-D-NC, 1977)
1927 Frank Singleton, librarian
1927 John McLaughlin, commentator (McLaughlin Report)
1927 Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1927 (Herman) Junior Parker, rocker (Driving Wheel, In the Dark)
1928 Dave Dudley, singer (Six Days on the Road)
1928 Don Gibson, singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me)
1928 Gudrun Pausewang, German writer
1929 Nicos Mamangakis, composer
1930 Heiner Geißler, German politician
1930 Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
1931 Henk Knol, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
1931 Piet (van) Bambergen, Dutch cabaretier (Mounties, Sherlock Jones)
1932 Mara Corday, Santa Monica CA, playmate (Oct, 1958)
1933 Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
1933 Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive (Jackie O's sister)
1933 Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer (Murmullos, Los Tres Aces)
1933 Margaret Fink, Australian film producer
1934 Gia Scala, Italy, actress (Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water)
1935 Zhelyu Zhelev, Veselinovo, Shumen Province, Bulgarian President (1990-97)
1936 Jim Clark, Formula 1 racer (1963 champ)
1937 Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
1938 Douglas Leedy, composer
1938 Lew De Witt, singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall)
1938 Willie Chambers, guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
1939 Hans Pieter Verhagen, poet (Hoepla/Holland's Hole)
1939 M L Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties)
1940 Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
1940 Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
1940 Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986)
1942 Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
1942 Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovolyonok, USR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 29/31, T-4)
1943 Roger Swaybill, actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point)
1944 Janice Garfat, rocker (Dr Hook)
1944 Lee Holdridge, Haitian-American composer
1945 Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
1945 George Miller, Australian film director
1945 Hattie Winston, Greenville Miss, actress (Nurse, Electric Company)
1946 James C Adamson, Warsaw NY, Lt Col USA/astronaut (STS 28, STS 43)
1946 John Virgo, English snooker player
1947 Clifton Snider, American poet and writer
1947 Dave Mount, rocker
1947 Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
1947 Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
1948 Byron MacGregor, newscaster
1948 Reed Hundt, FCC chairman
1948 Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
1949 Bonnie J Dunbar, Sunnyside Wash, PhD/astro (STS 61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89)
1949 Gloria Hendry, American actress
1949 James S Voss, Cordova Alabama, Major USA/astronaut (STS 44, 53, 69)
1949 Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player
1949 Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist
1950 Ed Marinaro, actor (Hill Street Blues)
1950 Re Styles, rock vocalist (Tubes)
1950 Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian (SNL, Police Academy 2, 3, 4)
1951 Heizo Takenaka, Japanese economist and retired politician
1951 Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
1951 Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut
1952 Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (d. 1998)
1952 Robyn Hitchcock, rocker (Moss Elixir)
1952 Rudy "Daboy" Fernandez, Filipino actor (d. 2008)
1953 Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin, Russia, cosmonaut
1953 Dave Amato, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling)
1953 Robyn Hitchcock, British musician
1953 Zico, Brazilian footballer
1954 Chris Hughes, London, English record producer and rock drummer (Adam & The Ants)
1954 Keith Carlton Fergus, Temple TX, PGA golfer (1995 Honda Classic-8th)
1954 Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer (La La La Human Steps)
1955 Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
1956 Jim Barton, Lincoln Neb, soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996)
1956 John F Reid, cricketer (New Zealand batsman of 70's/80's)
1956 Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
1957 Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
1958 Bob Bradley, Montclair NJ, soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96)
1958 Marc Silvestri, American comic book artist and publisher (Top Cow Productions)
1958 Miranda Richardson, British actress (Damage, Crying Game)
1959 Duško Vujoševic, Montenegrin basketball coach
1959 Ira Glass, American radio host
1959 Romeo Zondervan, Dutch soccer player (NAC)
1960 Colin Wells, English cricketer
1960 Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach
1961 Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1961 John Matteson, American biographer
1961 Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian
1961 Mary Page Keller, American actress (Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk)
1961 Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
1962 Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
1962 Herschel Walker, American football player, WFL/NFL running back (NJ Generals, Dallas Cowboys)
1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete, heptathele (Olympic-gold-88, 92)
1963 Elizabeth Chavez, Santa Monica Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-91)
1963 Jacqueline Sheen, Dallas Texas, playmate (July, 1990)
1963 Kelly Miller, Detroit, NHL left wing (Washington Capitals)
1963 Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and TV presenter
1964 Arturo Huerta, Mexico, Canadian walker (Olympics-96)
1964 Atif Rauf, cricketer (Pakistani Test batsman v New Zealand 1994)
1964 Duncan Phillips, Australian drummer (Newsboys)
1964 Laura Harring, Mexican-born American actress, Miss USA (1985)/(Gen Hospital)
1964 Lisa Ann Poggi, Grand Rapids Mich, actress (Jolie-Loving)
1964 Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1965 A J Sager, Columbus Ohio, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1965 Dragan Stojkovic, Serbian footballer
1966 Claus Boekweg, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen, FC Zwolle)
1966 Dmitri Volkov, Russian swimmer (world record)
1966 Ellen Minzner, Lawrence Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
1966 Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
1966 Gary Parker, WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores)
1966 Hope Marie Carlton, Riverhead NY, playmate (July, 1985)
1966 Noelle Daghe, Decatur IL, LPGA golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One-21st)
1966 Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
1966 Tone-Loc (Anthony Terrell Smith), American rapper and actor (Let's Do It)
1966 Wendy Fletcher, Boston Mass, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1993)
1967 Calvin Williams, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
1967 Elizabeth Cheshire, Burbank California, actress (Jill-Sunshine)
1968 Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Team USA, NY Rangers)
1968 Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, Warsaw NY, alpine skier (Oly-gold/silver-92)
1968 Scott Radinsky, American musician (Pulley, Ten Foot Pole), pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1969 Ronald Humphrey, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 Simon Whitlock, Australian Darts Player
1970 Donovan Bergstrom, US 3K steeplechase runner
1970 Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
1970 Julie Bowen, American actress
1970 Kristine Radford, Sydney Australia, tennis star (1996 ITF/Lyneham)
1970 Rick Mirer, NFL QB (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 Scott Keswick, Nevada, gymnast (Coca-Cola-1st-94, Olympics-96)
1970 Shawn Marie Brogan, Miss USA-Iowa (1997)
1971 Charlie Brooker, English comedian, writer and broadcaster
1971 Terryl Ulmer, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1971 Tyler Florence, chef, Food Network personality and cookbook author
1972 Christian Oliver, actor (Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell)
1972 Darren Anderton, English footballer
1972 Martin Prochazka, Slany CZ, NHL forward (Toronto, Czech Oly-Gold-98)
1973 Cory Raymer, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
1973 James Dexter, tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 Jim Mills, tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1973 Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
1973 Romans Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
1973 Tisha Venturini, Modesto California, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
1973 Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model, playmate (Oct, 1994)
1973 Winslow Oliver, running back (Carolina Panthers)
1974 David Faustino, American actor (I Had 3 Wives, Bud-Married With Children)
1974 Jared Rushton, actor (Big, Honey I Shrank the Kids)
1974 Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian TV Presenter and Actress
1975 Albert Fields, Gary Indiana, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
1975 Danica McKellar, actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years) [or Jan 3]
1976 Fraser Gehrig, Australian Rules footballer
1977 Bas Zuiderent, cricketer (Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup)
1977 Ronan Keating, Bayside Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
1977 Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 Carol Aquino, Miss Guatemala Universe (1997)
1978 Douglas Osmond, Provo Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
1978 Matt Diaz, American baseball player
1978 Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
1979 Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
1979 Alex Zane, English comedian
1979 Patrick Renna, American actor
1980 Mason Unck, American football player
1981 Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
1981 Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1981 Julius Malema, South African politician
1981 Kim Yoo-Jin (Eugene), South Korean singer and actress
1981 Lil' Flip, American rapper
1981 Paul Lloyd, Jr., South African professional wrestler
1981 Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress
1982 Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 Jessica Biel, American actress (Mary Camden in 7th Heaven)
1983 Ashley Hansen, Australian Rules footballer
1983 Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
1984 Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1984 Santonio Holmes, American football player
1985 Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
1986 Stacie Orrico, American singer
1989 Erica Morningstar, Canadian Swimmer, and record holder.
1990 Vladimir Jankovic, Greek-Serbian basketball player
Died on March 3rd
561 Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61)
1111 Bohemund I, Prince of Antioch
1191 Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria
1239 Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)
1459 Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)
1554 Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League) (b. 1503)
1580 Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies
1635 Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies
1703 Robert Hooke, English scientist (b. 1635)
1706 Johann Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1653)
1707 Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707) (b. 1618)
1717 Pierre Allix, French Protestant pastor (b. 1641)
1744 Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist (b. 1674)
1765 William Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687)
1766 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73
1768 Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (b. 1686)
1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex) (b. 1728)
1800 Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer
1822 Franz Adam Veichtner, composer
1824 Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer
1848 Heinrich Olivier, German painter
1850 Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
1858 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic
1864 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel
1889 Edward Sydney Smith, composer
1894 Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
1899 William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)
1902 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866)
1920 Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840)
1921 Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum)
1926 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer
1927 J.G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh motor-racing driver (b. 1884)
1927 Mikhail Artsybashev, Russian writer (b. 1878)
1928 Jan (Jean) T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides)
1932 Eugen d'Albert, German composer (b. 1864)
1932 Eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer
1934 Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer
1935 Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907)
1938 Arthur Koestler, writer
1941 Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert
1941 Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
1942 Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia)
1943 George Thompson, English cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10) (b. 1877)
1945 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940)
1945 Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid
1948 Antonin Artaud, writer
1953 James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875)
1956 Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II)
1959 Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (Abbott & Costello) (b. 1906)
1960 Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off)
1961 Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887)
1965 Carlo Gatti, composer
1966 Alice Pearce, American actress (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched) (b. 1917)
1966 Joseph Fields, American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer (b. 1895)
1966 William Frawley, American actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy) (b. 1887)
1967 Georges Lonque, composer
1974 Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan)
1974 Frank Wilcox, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies)
1976 Alfred Sendrey, composer
1977 Percy Marmont, British actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon) (b. 1883)
1982 Georges Perec, French writer (b. 1936)
1983 Arthur Koestler, Austrian writer (Dialogue With Death) (b. 1905)
1983 Hergé, Belgian comics creator (b. 1907)
1985 Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64)
1987 Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and comedian (Danny Kaye Show) (b. 1913)
1988 Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes)
1988 Sewall Wright, American biologist (evolution model) (b. 1889)
1990 Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool)
1990 Gérard Blitz, Belgian waterpoloist and entrepreneur (b. 1912)
1991 Arthur Murray, American dancer and dance instructor (b. 1895)
1991 Clara Eggink (Ebbele), Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem)
1992 Robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out)
1992 Sandy Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase)
1992 Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play)
1993 Albert Sabin, Polish-born medical researcher (oral polio vaccine) (b. 1906)
1993 Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)
1993 Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist (b. 1903)
1993 Cyril Collard, French composer/dir/actor (A Nos Amours)
1994 Anita Morris, actress (Nine)
1994 Bob Crisp, cricketer (9 Tests for South Africa, 20 wickets at 37 35)
1994 Karel Kryl, folk singer
1995 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar
1995 Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1994-95) (b. 1907)
1995 Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival
1995 Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France)
1995 Shiv Verma, soldier
1996 David Bowman, trade unionist
1996 John Cardinal Krol, American Catholic clergyman (b. 1910)
1996 Leo Malet, writer
1996 Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist
1996 Lyle Talbot (Henderson), actor (Plan 9 From Outer Space)
1996 Marguerite Duras, French writer (b. 1914)
1996 Meyer Schapiro, art historian
1997 Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days)
1998 Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)
1999 Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
2000 Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904)
2001 Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
2002 Harlan Howard, American musician (b. 1927)
2003 Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (b. 1904)
2003 Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
2003 Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
2003 Peter Smithson, English architect (b. 1923)
2004 Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
2005 Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
2006 Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
2006 William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914)
2007 Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist, creator of La Linea. (b. 1920)
2008 Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor. (b. 1921)
2010 Keith Alexander, British football manager (b. 1956)
2010 Michael Foot, British politician (b. 1913)
2011 May Cutler, Canadian politician and publisher (b. 1923)
2012 Alex Webster, American football coach
2012 Dave Charnley, British lightweight boxer
2012 Leonardo Cimino, American actor
2012 Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer
2012 Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist
2013 Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1940)
2013 Bobby Rogers, American vocalist
2014 William R. Pogue, American astronaut
2016 Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and batsman