March 3rd, 1945

Born on March 3rd, 1945

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What happened on March 3rd, 1945?

March 3rd, 1945

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force

March 3rd, 1945

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Army

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, 1974

Shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 has its cargo door blown out, which resulted in a total loss of aircraft systems, which ultimately killed all 346 people on board.

March 3rd, 1933

The first Nazi concentration camp was opened in Nohra to reduce overcrowding in prisons from the arrest of German Communists.

March 3rd, 1986

The American heavy metal band Metallica (pictured) released their third studio album, Master of Puppets, considered one of the greatest in the genre's history.

March 3rd, 2012

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

March 3rd, 1991

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, 1924

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

March 3rd, 1913

Thousands of women marched in Washington, D.C., "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.

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

Born on March 3rd, 1945

81

Gee van Enst

Dutch rower

*March 3rd, 1945, Hummelo en Keppel

81

George Miller

Australian filmmaker (born 1945)

*March 3rd, 1945, Chinchilla

81

Mike Shannon

French singer and composer

*March 3rd, 1945, Toulouse

81

Larry Pine

American actor

*March 3rd, 1945, Tucson

81

Tony Jarvis

British swimmer, Olympic swimmer, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist

*March 3rd, 1945, Bournemouth

81

Nicolas Bratza

British judge

*March 3rd, 1945, Greater London

81

Moon Hee-sang

South Korean politician

*March 3rd, 1945, Uijeongbu

78

Bruno Filippini

Italian singer

*March 3rd, 1945, Rome †October 5th, 2023, Rome

78

Ingrid Schmidt

East German swimmer

*March 3rd, 1945, Rudolstadt †August 6th, 2023, Zimmern ob Rottweil

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Born in 1945

80

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

81

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

80

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

81

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

81

Helen Mirren

English actress (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

80

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

81

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

81

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

80

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

80

Ingrid Matthäus-Maier

German politician

*September 9th, 1945, Werlte

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter (1945–2017)

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

80

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

81

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

71

Bernd Fritz

German author (1945–2017)

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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