March 3
March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). There are 303 days remaining.
Events:
- 1849 - Minnesota became the 32nd state of the United States
- 1878 - A peace treaty is signed between the Russian and Ottoman empires, restoring Bulgaria as an independent state
- 1931 - The United States adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem
- 1999 - The State of Arizona executes Walter LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery that led to a death. Walter's brother Karl had been executed a week earlier; Germany had initiated legal action in the International Court of Justice to attempt to save Walter. See the LaGrand case
- 2002 - Sao Tome and Principe: elections for the legislature
Births:
- 1845 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (+ 1918)
- 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (+ 1922)
- 1853 - Vincent Van Gogh, painter (+ 1890)
- 1893 - Beatrice Wood, artist/ceramist (+ 1998)
- 1911 - Jean Harlow, actress (+ 1937)
- 1918 - Fritz Thiedemann, equestrian (+ 2000)
- 1920 - Roland Searle, illustrator
- 1930 - Heiner Geißler, politician
- 1941 - Jutta Hoffmann, actress
Deaths:
- 1703 - Robert Hooke, scientist
- 1961 - Paul Wittgenstein, pianist
- 1983 - Herge, Belgian comics creator
- 1999 - Walter LaGrand, German national, executed by the State of Arizona
Holidays and observances:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
March 2 - March 4 - February 3 - April 3 - more historical anniversaries