March 3rd, 1956

Born on March 3rd, 1956

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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, 1956

68

Zbigniew Boniek

Polish association football player and manager

*March 3rd, 1956, Bydgoszcz

68

Gunter Pauli

Businessman, pedagogue, pioneer

*March 3rd, 1956, Antwerp

68

Ross Paustian

American politician

*March 3rd, 1956, Davenport

68

Vicky Cayetano

Hawaii business owner; First Lady of Hawaii, wife of Ben Cayetano

*March 3rd, 1956, Manila

68

Alexander Voloshin

Russian businessman and politician

*March 3rd, 1956, Moscow

68

Daya Master

Sri Lankan Tamil militant

*March 3rd, 1956, Kilinochchi

68

Cachorro López

Argentine musician, songwriter, record producer

*March 3rd, 1956, Buenos Aires

64

John Fulton Reid

New Zealand cricketer (1956-2020)

*March 3rd, 1956, Auckland †December 29th, 2020

68

Júlio César da Silva Gurjol

Brazilian association football player

*March 3rd, 1956, Rio de Janeiro

68

Hartmut Strampe

German football referee

*March 3rd, 1956, Handorf

68

José María García-Aranda

Spanish football referee

*March 3rd, 1956, Madrid

68

Tommy Doyle

Irish Gaelic football player

*March 3rd, 1956, County Kerry

68

Gary Vogel

American soccer player

*March 3rd, 1956, Buffalo

68

Dennis Sherrill

American baseball player

*March 3rd, 1956, Miami

68

Francesco Paolantoni

Italian actor

*March 3rd, 1956, Naples

68

Walter Malmquist

Olympic Nordic combined skier and ski jumper

*March 3rd, 1956, Fort Liberty

68

Carlos Leitão

Canadian politician

*March 3rd, 1956, Peniche

68

Tom Hayhoe

English businessman

*March 3rd, 1956, Droxford

68

Dmitriy Dmitriyev

Soviet-Russian male long-distance runner

*March 3rd, 1956, Saint Petersburg

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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

66

Jean-Christophe Attias

French academic

*March 3rd, 1958, Bayeux

71

Zico

Brazilian association football player and manager

*March 3rd, 1953, Rio de Janeiro

66

Miranda Richardson

English actress

*March 3rd, 1958, Southport

33

Deyanira Angulo

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1991, Naucalpan de Juárez Municipality

42

Jessica Biel

American actress

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

48

Geoffrey Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 3rd, 1976, Lower Hutt

62

Atli Eðvaldsson

Icelandic association football player (1957-2019)

*March 3rd, 1957, Reykjavík †September 2nd, 2019, Reykjavík

73

Jean-Louis Destans

French politician

*March 3rd, 1951, Libourne

27

Camila Cabello

Cuban-Mexican-American singer, actress and songwriter

*March 3rd, 1997, Cojímar

32

Naoko Fukuman

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1992, Osaka

66

Charles Hedrich

French sportsman

*March 3rd, 1958, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

71

Dagmar Freitag

German politician

*March 3rd, 1953, Letmathe

58

Mikhail Mishustin

Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia

*March 3rd, 1966, Lobnya

59

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Ethiopian microbiologist, malaria researcher, and politician, Director-General of the World Health Organization

*March 3rd, 1965, Asmara

31

Arthur Irawan

Indonesian association football player

*March 3rd, 1993, Surabaya

30

Shesar Hiren Rhustavito

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1994, Sukoharjo

85

Ariane Mnouchkine

French theater and film director, theater director and author

*March 3rd, 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Born on March 3rd, 1956
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Leap year

Yes: 1956 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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