March 3rd, 1942

Born on March 3rd, 1942

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What happened on March 3rd, 1942?

March 3rd, 1942

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

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What else happened on March 3rd?

March 3rd, 1820

The U.S. Congress passed the Missouri Compromise, which balanced the admission of Missouri as a slave state with that of Maine as a free state.

March 3rd, 1776

American Revolutionary War: Samuel Nicholas and the Continental Marines successfully landed on New Providence in the Bahamas and began a raid of Nassau, capturing the port the next day.

March 3rd, 1284

The Statute of Rhuddlan was enacted, introducing English common law to the Principality of Wales.

March 3rd, 2012

Two passenger trains collided near Szczekociny, Poland, resulting in 16 deaths and 58 injuries.

March 3rd, 1991

Motorist Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers during an arrest, causing public outrage that increased tensions between the African-American community and the police department over police brutality and social inequality.

March 3rd, 1972

The British rock band Jethro Tull released Thick as a Brick, a parody concept album allegedly adapted from an eight-year-old boy's epic poem.

March 3rd, 1945

A Polish Home Army unit massacred at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.

March 3rd, 1924

The Ottoman Caliphate, the world's last widely recognized caliphate, was abolished.

March 3rd, 1913

Thousands of women marched in Washington, D.C. (program cover pictured) "in a spirit of protest" against the exclusion of women from American society.

March 3rd, 1891

Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming was established as the first national forest in the United States.

March 3rd, 1875

The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal by James Creighton and students of McGill University.

March 3rd, 2017

The Nintendo Switch releases worldwide.

March 3rd, 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.

March 3rd, 1991

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 3rd

Born on March 3rd, 1942

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

82

Kari Nissen Brodtkorb

Norwegian architect and professor

*March 3rd, 1942, Oslo

82

Vladimir Kovalyonok

Soviet cosmonaut

*March 3rd, 1942, Bielaje

82

Sid Williams

American football player

*March 3rd, 1942, Shreveport

82

Gretchen Dutschke-Klotz

American author and former activist

*March 3rd, 1942, Chicago

82

André Brochu

Canadian poet and writer

*March 3rd, 1942, Saint-Eustache

82

Rod Hackney

British architect

*March 3rd, 1942, Liverpool

82

Tokio Sato

Japanese cross-country skier

*March 3rd, 1942, Hokkaido

82

Björn Gedda

Actor

*March 3rd, 1942, Solna Municipality

82

Emily Huws

Welsh children's writer

*March 3rd, 1942, Caernarfon

82

John Momis

Papua New Guinea politician

*March 3rd, 1942, Salamaua

82

Rauno Lehtiö

Finnish ice hockey player

*March 3rd, 1942, Tampere

81

Bob Garibaldi

American baseball player

*March 3rd, 1942, Stockton †March 13th, 2023, Stockton

74

Richard Stephen Seminack

Ukrainian Catholic bishop in the United States.

*March 3rd, 1942, Philadelphia †August 16th, 2016, Chicago

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 3rd?

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

85

Ariane Mnouchkine

French theater and film director, theater director and author

*March 3rd, 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt

84

Gilbert Barbier

French politician

*March 3rd, 1940, Amancey

85

Edith Peinemann

German classical violinist, music pedagogue and university teacher

*March 3rd, 1937, Mainz †February 24th, 2023

33

Deyanira Angulo

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1991, Naucalpan de Juárez Municipality

80

Lee Holdridge

Haitian-born, American composer and orchestrator

*March 3rd, 1944, Port-au-Prince

94

Ion Iliescu

Russian politician; second president of Romania

*March 3rd, 1930, Oltenița

42

Jessica Biel

American actress

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

72

Hugh Foley

American rower

*March 3rd, 1944, Seattle †November 9th, 2016

84

Jacques Berthou

French politician

*March 3rd, 1940, Lyon

84

Tomas Milian

Cuban-born American and Italian actor (1933-2017)

*March 3rd, 1933, Havana †March 22nd, 2017, Miami

79

Gee van Enst

Dutch rower

*March 3rd, 1945, Hummelo en Keppel

48

Geoffrey Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 3rd, 1976, Lower Hutt

27

Camila Cabello

Cuban-Mexican-American singer, actress and songwriter

*March 3rd, 1997, Cojímar

76

Miriam Makeba

South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008)

*March 3rd, 1932, Johannesburg †November 9th, 2008, Castel Volturno

38

Diana Barrymore

American actress (1921-1960)

*March 3rd, 1921, New York City †January 25th, 1960, New York City

71

Zico

Brazilian association football player and manager

*March 3rd, 1953, Rio de Janeiro

32

Naoko Fukuman

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1992, Osaka

73

Jean-Louis Destans

French politician

*March 3rd, 1951, Libourne

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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