March 3rd, 1951

Born on March 3rd, 1951

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What 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.

March 3rd, 1986

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

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

Born on March 3rd, 1951

73

Jean-Louis Destans

French politician

*March 3rd, 1951, Libourne

73

Jan Palchikoff

American rower

*March 3rd, 1951, Culver City

73

Pierre Efratas

Belgian novelist and story-teller

*March 3rd, 1951, Uccle - Ukkel

73

Bodil Bredsdorff

Danish author

*March 3rd, 1951, Hillerød

73

Max du Preez

South African writer

*March 3rd, 1951, Kroonstad

73

Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead

British media and art executive (born 1951)

*March 3rd, 1951, Birkenhead

73

Ona Zee

American pornographic actress

*March 3rd, 1951, Los Angeles

73

Andy Murray

Canadian ice hockey coach

*March 3rd, 1951, Gladstone

73

Heizō Takenaka

Japanese economist

*March 3rd, 1951, Wakayama

73

Benny Barnes

Player of American football

*March 3rd, 1951, Lufkin

73

Mario Pasik

Argentine actor

*March 3rd, 1951, Buenos Aires

73

Trevor Anderson

Irish football player

*March 3rd, 1951, Belfast

62

Lindsay Cooper

English musician (1951–2013)

*March 3rd, 1951, Hornsey †September 18th, 2013, London

73

Benjamin Cruz

American politician

*March 3rd, 1951, Guam

73

Valeriy Pshenychnyy

Chairman and Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

*March 3rd, 1951, Tavriiske

73

Rick Cunningham

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

*March 3rd, 1951, Toronto

73

Gary Hrivnak

American football defensive end

*March 3rd, 1951, Johnstown

73

Joan Humble

British politician (born 1951)

*March 3rd, 1951, Skipton

73

M. Rajendran

Indian essayist

*March 3rd, 1951, Annavasal, Tiruvarur

73

Andy Lynch

Scottish footballer (born 1951)

*March 3rd, 1951, Glasgow

73

Hartmuth Behrens

German fencer

*March 3rd, 1951, Rüterberg

73

Malama Solomon

American politician

*March 3rd, 1951, Territory of Hawaii

73

Stephen Jay Berg

Fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo

*March 3rd, 1951, Miles City

73

Allan Hornyak

American former basketball player

*March 3rd, 1951, Bellaire

73

Håkan Samuelsson

Swedish businessman

*March 3rd, 1951, Sweden

73

Günter Ollenschläger

German physician and medical editor

*March 3rd, 1951, Beuel

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72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

71

Zico

Brazilian association football player and manager

*March 3rd, 1953, Rio de Janeiro

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

75

Régis Ovion

French bicyclist

*March 3rd, 1949, Vigneux-sur-Seine

33

Deyanira Angulo

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1991, Naucalpan de Juárez Municipality

42

Jessica Biel

American actress

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

71

Dagmar Freitag

German politician

*March 3rd, 1953, Letmathe

48

Geoffrey Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 3rd, 1976, Lower Hutt

85

Ariane Mnouchkine

French theater and film director, theater director and author

*March 3rd, 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt

27

Camila Cabello

Cuban-Mexican-American singer, actress and songwriter

*March 3rd, 1997, Cojímar

32

Naoko Fukuman

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1992, Osaka

85

Edith Peinemann

German classical violinist, music pedagogue and university teacher

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

66

Jean-Christophe Attias

French academic

*March 3rd, 1958, Bayeux

66

Jan Simonsen

Norwegian politician (1953-2019)

*March 3rd, 1953, Stavanger Municipality †August 12th, 2019

94

Ion Iliescu

Russian politician; second president of Romania

*March 3rd, 1930, Oltenița

31

Arthur Irawan

Indonesian association football player

*March 3rd, 1993, Surabaya

30

Shesar Hiren Rhustavito

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1994, Sukoharjo

66

Miranda Richardson

English actress

*March 3rd, 1958, Southport

38

Diana Barrymore

American actress (1921-1960)

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

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Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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