March 3rd, 1979

Born on March 3rd, 1979

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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, 1979

45

Andrew Triggs Hodge

British rower

*March 3rd, 1979, Aylesbury

45

Klaus Rogge

German rower

*March 3rd, 1979, Buchen

45

Jorge Julio

Baseball player

*March 3rd, 1979, Caracas

45

Albert Jorquera

Spanish footballer

*March 3rd, 1979, Bescanó

45

Radoslav Rogina

Road bicycle racer

*March 3rd, 1979, Varaždin

45

Yuki Hsu

Taiwan actor and singer

*March 3rd, 1979, Taiwan

45

Kirk Myers

American physical training instructor

*March 3rd, 1979, Blue Springs

45

Fentrice Driskell

American politician from Florida

*March 3rd, 1979, Polk County

45

Scott MacLeod

Scottish rugby union player

*March 3rd, 1979, Hawick

45

Mehmet Parsak

Turkish politician

*March 3rd, 1979, Afyonkarahisar

45

Benjamin Plüss

Swiss ice hockey player

*March 3rd, 1979, Murgenthal

45

Anton Weste

German author

*March 3rd, 1979, Munich

45

Haruki Mizuno

Japanese pornographic actress

*March 3rd, 1979, Tokyo

45

Leonora Jakupi

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*March 3rd, 1979, Kosovo

45

Krithi Karanth

Conservation zoologist

*March 3rd, 1979, Mangaluru

45

Yuria

Japanese singer

*March 3rd, 1979, Osaka Prefecture

45

Jon Bailey

Voice over artist

*March 3rd, 1979, Memphis

45

2Shotz

Nigerian former rapper, photographer and filmmaker

*March 3rd, 1979, Surulere

45

Mariano Mina

Ecuadorian footballer

*March 3rd, 1979, Esmeraldas

45

Margarito González

Mexican footballer

*March 3rd, 1979, Cruz Grande

45

Manuel Benthin

German footballer

*March 3rd, 1979, East Berlin

45

Kinaryosih

Indonesian actress and model (born 1979)

*March 3rd, 1979, Jakarta

45

Eugénio Fernando Bila

Mozambican footballer

*March 3rd, 1979, Maputo

45

Therese Lundin

Swedish association football player

*March 3rd, 1979, Karlskrona

45

Alex Zane

English comedian

*March 3rd, 1979, Leeds

45

Adlen Griche

Algerian footballer

*March 3rd, 1979, Constantine

45

Aki Tonoike

Japanese speed skater

*March 3rd, 1979, Tatsuno

45

Mahamat Hissein

Chadian footballer

*March 3rd, 1979, N'Djamena

45

Ryo Kushino

Japanese association football player

*March 3rd, 1979, Kumamoto

45

Fadhila Louati

Tunisian wrestler

*March 3rd, 1979, Tunis

45

Roman Nasirov

Ukrainian politician (born 1979)

*March 3rd, 1979, Kyiv

45

Ghenadie Tulbea

Olympic wrestler

*March 3rd, 1979, Talmaza

45

Patrick Renna

American actor

*March 3rd, 1979, Boston

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Who's birthday is on March 3rd?

42

Jessica Biel

American actress

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

48

Geoffrey Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 3rd, 1976, Lower Hutt

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

33

Deyanira Angulo

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1991, Naucalpan de Juárez Municipality

32

Naoko Fukuman

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1992, Osaka

27

Camila Cabello

Cuban-Mexican-American singer, actress and songwriter

*March 3rd, 1997, Cojímar

31

Arthur Irawan

Indonesian association football player

*March 3rd, 1993, Surabaya

30

Shesar Hiren Rhustavito

Badminton player

*March 3rd, 1994, Sukoharjo

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

44

Fabien Tilliet

French rower

*March 3rd, 1980, Annecy

47

Ronan Keating

Irish singer and songwriter

*March 3rd, 1977, Dublin

34

Emmanuel Rivière

French association football player

*March 3rd, 1990, Le Lamentin

44

Katherine Waterston

British-born American actress

*March 3rd, 1980, Westminster

41

Cyril Lemoine

Road bicycle racer

*March 3rd, 1983, Tours

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

37

Shraddha Kapoor

Indian film actress and singer

*March 3rd, 1987, Mumbai

59

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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

*March 3rd, 1965, Asmara

46

Sebastian Janikowski

Polish American football placekicker

*March 3rd, 1978, Wałbrzych

50

Ada Colau

Spanish activist and politician

*March 3rd, 1974, Barcelona

31

Dion Smith

New Zealand bicycle racer

*March 3rd, 1993, Taupaki

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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