March 3

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year (63rd day in a leap year ) in the Gregorian calendar . The following are still 303 days until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1815 - In Groningen, the student association " Mutua Fides opened. " This is the oldest student society of the Netherlands, the society belonging to the Groninger Student Corps' Vindicat atque Polit .
 * 1881 - The Dutch King William III announced a new Criminal Code on
 * 1938 - In Saudi Arabia is oil found in the soil.
 * 1974 - Turkish Airlines Flight 981, equipped with a Douglas DC-10 crashes near Paris , all 346 passengers killed.
 * 1980 - In Amsterdam is with tanks broke the barricade of squatters in the Vondelstraat.
 * 2012 - In a collision between two trains in southern Poland, near Szczekociny , north of Krakow , are sixteen dead and 58 wounded.


 * Media
 * 1875 - In Paris is Bizet's opera Carmen premiere. The public is shocked and jeers Bizet out.
 * 1904 - Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, the first person who makes a political recording using Thomas Edison's cylinder.
 * 1955 - Elvis Presley appears first on the (American) television .
 * 1957 - Corry Chunks wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Just like then. "
 * 1990 - Carole Gist (20) is the first black Miss USA .
 * 1991 - An amateur video explains the beating firmly Rodney King by police -officieren of Los Angeles .
 * 2012 - First Dutch Apple Store opens at the Leidseplein in Amsterdam.


 * War
 * 1857 - France and the United Kingdom declare war on China ( Second Opium War ).
 * 1878 - Bulgaria regains its independence from the Ottoman Empire .
 * 1918 - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed, ending the Eastern Front of the First World War .
 * 1943 - 173 people are killed in the crush to get into a security bunker in the Bethnal Green underground station in London .
 * 1945 - The British bomb erroneously Hague residential Bezuidenhout (see Bombing of the Bezuidenhout ).


 * Politics
 * 473 - Gundobad ( magister militum ) hereby Glycerius emperor of the Western Roman Empire . He is only a figurehead and governs jointly with Gundobad.
 * 1845 - Florida is admitted as the 27th state of the US .
 * 1931 - The United States adopt " The Star-Spangled Banner "as the national anthem .
 * 1939 - In Bombay starts Mahatma Gandhi fasting in protest against the autocratic government of India .
 * 1961 - Hassan II became King of Morocco .
 * 1978 - Prime Minister Ian Smith signed an agreement with three moderate nationalist movements on the transition to black majority rule in Rhodesia by the end of 1978.
 * 2010 - Local elections in the Netherlands .


 * Religion
 * 1431 - Eugene IV being pope .
 * 1533 - Pope Clement VII creates one new cardinal .
 * 1577 - Pope Gregory XIII creates one new cardinal, later governor of the Southern Netherlands Archduke Albert of Austria .
 * 1599 - Pope Clement VIII created thirteen new cardinals, among them being the 1930 holy declared Italian Jesuit Robert Bellarmine .
 * 1878 - Coronation of Pope Leo XIII in Rome .
 * 1925 - Appointment of Angelo Roncalli to apostolic visitator in Bulgaria .
 * 2001 - Resignation of the Australian Cardinal Edward Cassidy as president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and appointment of the German Cardinal Walter Kasper as his successor.


 * Sport
 * 1980 - John McEnroe solves Bjorn Borg after 34 weeks off as number one in the world of tennis professionals, but the American must relinquish that position again after three weeks on the Swede.
 * 2007 - Ireen Wüst wins in Calgary the ISU Speed ​​Skating World Cup from 2006 to 2007 in the 1500 meters ladies . Sven Kramer won the 5000 m and set a new world record .
 * 2010 - Record International Ahmed Hassan playing in London against England his 173rd and final international match for the Egypt national football team .


 * Science and Technology
 * 1910 - In New York, the Rockefeller Foundation, established to promote science.
 * 1915 - Creation of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of NASA .
 * 1935 - Willem Kloos receives an honorary doctorate at the University of Amsterdam .
 * 1972 - Launch of Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft along Jupiter fly and the first solar system will leave.
 * 2012 - Opposition of the planet Mars .

Born [ edit ]
Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847

Thom Hoffman in The Lemmings in 1980 born in 1957

Laura Harring born in 1964

Hans Teeuwen born in 1967

Simon Whitlock, The Wizard born in 1969

Dzifa Kusenuh born in 1995
 * 1455 - King John II of Portugal, (deceased in 1495 )
 * 1455 - Ascanio Sforza, Italian Cardinal (deceased in 1505 )
 * 1500 - Reginald Pole, English cardinal and humanist scholar (deceased in 1558 )
 * 1589 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (deceased in 1676 )
 * 1600 - Robert Roberthin, German poet (deceased in 1648 )
 * 1606 - Edmund Waller, English poet (deceased in 1687 )
 * 1628 - Cornelis Speelman, Dutch Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (deceased in 1684 )
 * 1631 - Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter (deceased in 1672 )
 * 1709 - Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, German chemist (deceased in 1782 )
 * 1803 - Pieter Louis the Lom Mountain, Dutch politician and mayor (deceased in 1873 )
 * 1805 - Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician, first president of the Swiss Confederation (deceased in 1861 )
 * 1815 - Nicholas Kamperdijk, Dutch architect (deceased in 1887 )
 * 1819 - Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (deceased in 1912 )
 * 1831 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (deceased in 1897 )
 * 1840 - Tjeerd van der Zee, Dutch mayor (deceased in 1916 )
 * 1845 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (deceased in 1918 )
 * 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (deceased in 1922 )
 * 1854 - Juliusz Zarębski, Polish-Ukrainian composer and pianist (deceased in 1885 )
 * 1858 - Cornelis Johannes Kieviet, Dutch children's author (deceased in 1931 )
 * 1866 - Marie Adolphinestraat, canonized Roman Catholic sister (deceased in 1900 )
 * 1868 - Emile Alain, French philosopher, journalist and teacher (deceased in 1951 )
 * 1869 - Henry Wood, British composer and conductor (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1871 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (deceased in 1957 )
 * 1874 - Karl Scharfenberg, German railway engineer (deceased in 1938 )
 * 1874 - Reinier de Vries, Dutch artist (deceased in 1953 )
 * 1880 - Piet Soudyn, Dutch athlete (deceased in 1946 )
 * 1882 - Ion Mihalache, Romanian politician (deceased in 1963 )
 * 1893 - Charles Lotsy, Dutch sports director (deceased in 1959 )
 * 1893 - Beatrice Wood, American artist (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1894 - Paz Marquez-Benitez, Filipino writer (deceased in 1983 )
 * 1901 - Claude Choules, British war veteran of the First World War (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1904 - French Muriloff, Dutch radio producer (deceased in 1999 )
 * 1905 - Marie Glory, French actress (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1908 - Constant Joacim, Belgian footballer (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1911 - Jean Harlow, American actress (deceased in 1937 )
 * 1914 - Agatha Doorgeest, Dutch athlete (deceased in 1991 )
 * 1914 - Asger Jorn, Danish painter (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1916 - Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician and statistician (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1918 - Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1918 - Arnold Newman, American photographer (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1918 - French Poptie, Dutch jazz violinist (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1920 - James Doohan, Canadian actor (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1922 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1922 - René Mertens, Belgian cyclist (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1922 - Rudi Strittich, Austrian footballer (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1923 - Doc Watson, American guitarist and singer (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1925 - Joe Sentieri, Italian singer and actor (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1926 - Lys Assia, Swiss singer
 * 1928 - Joe Conley, American actor (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1928 - Pierre Michelot, French jazz bassist (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1931 - Piet Bambergen, Dutch comedian and actor (deceased in 1996 )
 * 1934 - Paul Gorcum, Dutch actor and director
 * 1934 - Tom Pauka, Dutch radio maker
 * 1935 - Michael Walzer, American political scientist and philosopher
 * 1935 - Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian politician (deceased in 2015 )
 * 1936 - Ibrahim Hussein, Malaysian artist (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1937 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor and child star (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1938 - Jan van Amerongen, Dutch composer
 * 1941 - Salvador Sadurní, Spanish footballer
 * 1941 - John Thomas, American athlete (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1942 - Dorus van der Linden, Dutch set designer
 * 1943 - Marc Dex, Flemish singer
 * 1944 - Rita Hovink, Dutch singer (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1946 - Charles Asati, Kenyan athlete
 * 1946 - Kick van der Vall, Dutch footballer
 * 1946 - John Virgo, English snooker player
 * 1947 - John Chataway, Canadian politician (deceased in 2004 )
 * 1947 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (deceased in 2001 )
 * 1947 - Oscar Tabárez, Uruguayan footballer and football coach
 * 1947 - Jennifer Warnes, American singer
 * 1948 - Max Allan Collins, American writer
 * 1948 - Snowy White, British guitarist
 * 1949 - Elijah Harper, Canadian politician
 * 1949 - James S. Voss, American astronaut
 * 1950 - Laura Ziskin, American film producer
 * 1951 - Johnny Jackson, American drummer (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1953 - Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1953 - Zico, Brazilian footballer and football coach
 * 1956 - Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
 * 1956 - Gunter Pauli, Belgian entrepreneur and writer
 * 1957 - Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
 * 1958 - Miranda Richardson, British actress
 * 1958 - Theo Verbruggen, Dutch journalist
 * 1960 - Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Lithuanian politician
 * 1960 - Tosca Niterink, Dutch actress
 * 1961 - Didier Falise, Belgian athlete
 * 1961 - Anita Hegerland, Norwegian singer
 * 1961 - Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Soviet Russian fast walker
 * 1961 - Perry McCarthy, British racing driver
 * 1961 - Fatima Whitbread, British athlete
 * 1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
 * 1963 - Martín Fiz, Spanish athlete
 * 1964 - Laura Harring, Mexican-American actress
 * 1966 - Sonny Kertoidjojo, Surinamese politician
 * 1966 - Tone-Loc, American musician
 * 1967 - Claudio Arbiza, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1967 - Naser Oric, Bosnian soldier
 * 1967 - Hans Teeuwen, Dutch comedian, singer, actor and director
 * 1968 - Caroline Alexander, British mountain biker and cyclist
 * 1968 - Aitor Garmendia, Spanish cyclist
 * 1969 - Hans De Clercq, Belgian cyclist
 * 1969 - Fred Schonewille, Dutch politician
 * 1969 - Simon Whitlock, Australian darter
 * 1970 - Simon Biwott, Kenyan athlete
 * 1970 - Julie Bowen, American actress
 * 1970 - Gabriel Cedrés, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1970 - Chris Peers, Belgian cyclist
 * 1971 - Lothar Leder, German triathlete
 * 1971 - Charlie Brooker, English critic and television producer
 * 1972 - Darren Anderton, English footballer
 * 1972 - Peter O'Leary, New Zealand football referee
 * 1972 - Christian Oliver, German-American actor
 * 1972 - Marko Tuomela, Finnish footballer
 * 1972 - Yasmine, Flemish singer (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1973 - Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
 * 1974 - David Faustino, American actor and singer
 * 1974 - Tomáš Kraus, Czech freestyle skier
 * 1974 - Dani Sánchez, Spanish billiard
 * 1975 - David Blanco, Spanish cyclist
 * 1976 - Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician
 * 1976 - Joos Valgaeren, Belgian footballer
 * 1977 - Ronan Keating, British singer
 * 1977 - César Martín, Spanish footballer
 * 1977 - Bert Vermeir, Belgian jumping and dressage rider
 * 1979 - Radoslav Rogina, Croatian cyclist
 * 1980 - Danilo Grujic, Serbian football referee
 * 1981 - Lil 'Flip, American rapper
 * 1981 - Sugar Jackson, Belgian boxer
 * 1982 - Jessica Biel, American actress
 * 1983 - Kelly Key, Brazilian singer
 * 1983 - Cyril Lemoine, French cyclist
 * 1983 - Sarah Poewe, South African-German swimmer
 * 1984 - Javier Arizmendi, Spanish footballer
 * 1985 - Quiarol Arzú, Honduran footballer
 * 1985 - Steven Cozza, American cyclist
 * 1985 - David Davies, British swimmer
 * 1985 - Nicolas Hartmann, French cyclist
 * 1985 - Maren Haugli, Norwegian skater
 * 1986 - Stacie Orrico, American singer
 * 1986 - Edwin Soi, Kenyan athlete
 * 1986 - Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
 * 1986 - Margaret Zwanenburg, Dutch swimmer
 * 1988 - Rens van Eijden, Dutch footballer
 * 1988 - Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
 * 1988 - Rafael Muñoz, Spanish swimmer
 * 1988 - Ezinne Okparaebo, Norwegian athlete
 * 1989 - Erwin Mulder, Dutch football goalkeeper
 * 1992 - Maya Harrisson, Brazilian alpineskiester
 * 1992 - Tarik Moukrime, Belgian athlete
 * 1995 - Dzifa Kusenuh, Dutch actress

Deceased [ edit ]
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony Deceased in 1503

Pierre Cuypers Deceased in 1921

Rik De Saedeleer Deceased in 2013
 * 1503 - John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (50), Elector of Saxony and Duke of Saxony
 * 1578 - Sebastiano Venier (82), Doge of Venice
 * 1644 - Guru Hargobind (48), sixth guru of Sikhism
 * 1703 - Robert Hooke (67), British astronomer
 * 1706 - Johann Pachelbel (52), German Baroque organist and composer
 * 1707 - Aurangzeb (88), ruler of the Mughal Empire
 * 1711 - Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (61), German nobleman
 * 1768 - Nicola Porpora (81), Italian composer
 * 1780 - Joseph Highmore (87), English painter
 * 1792 - Robert Adam (63), Scottish architect
 * 1842 - Henry Copijn (80), Dutch landscape architect
 * 1851 - James Richardson (45), British explorer
 * 1855 - Copley Fielding (67), English painter
 * 1901 - Joseph Callaerts (70), Belgian composer
 * 1903 - František Ladislav Rieger (84), Czech writer and nationalist politician
 * 1916 - George Huntington (65), American physician
 * 1921 - Pierre Cuypers (93), Dutch architect
 * 1928 - Jan Toorop (69), Dutch painter
 * 1929 - Octave Van Rysselberghe (73), Flemish Belgian architect
 * 1930 - Willem Sprenger (74), Dutch architect
 * 1932 - Eugen d'Albert (67), Scottish-German pianist and composer
 * 1941 - Ernst Cahn (51) Dutch resistance fighter
 * 1942 - Ernst Bernheim (92), German medievalist
 * 1942 - Joseph De Bruycker (50), Belgian architect and politician
 * 1945 - JH Speenhoff (75), Dutch cabaret
 * 1955 - George Buff (80), Dutch athlete
 * 1956 - Ernst Loof (48), German racing driver
 * 1963 - Henry Boot (86), Dutch painter
 * 1965 - King Farouk of Egypt (45)
 * 1966 - Alfonso Castaldo (75), Italian Cardinal Archbishop of Naples
 * 1983 - Hergé (75), Belgian cartoonist
 * 1983 - Cees Schelfhout (64), Dutch politician
 * 1987 - Danny Kaye (69), American actor, singer and comedian
 * 1988 - Lois Wilson (93), U.S. actress
 * 1988 - Sewall Wright (98), American geneticist and evolutionary biologist
 * 1990 - Gérard Blitz (78), Belgian founder of Club Med
 * 1990 - French Goedhart (86), Dutch politician, resistance fighter and journalist
 * 1991 - Clara Eggink (84), Dutch poet and prose writer
 * 1992 - Lella Lombardi (50), Italian racing driver
 * 1993 - Albert Sabin (86), American physician
 * 1994 - Maurice Van Haegendoren (90) Belgian politician
 * 2001 - Gabriel Lisette (81), Chadian politician
 * 2001 - Ruhi Sarıalp (76), Turkish athlete
 * 2003 - Horst Buchholz (69), German actor
 * 2005 - Rinus Michels (77), Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 2007 - Osvaldo Cavandoli (87), Italian cartoonist
 * 2007 - Joseph Schils (75), Belgian cyclist
 * 2008 - Annemarie Renger (89), German politician
 * 2008 - Norman Smith (85), British music producer and singer
 * 2008 - Giuseppe di Stefano (86), Italian operatic tenor
 * 2008 - Suzie (61), Dutch-Swedish singer and circus artist
 * 2009 - Luis Mena Arroyo (88), Mexican archbishop
 * 2009 - Sydney Chaplin (82), American actor
 * 2009 - Sebastian Faisst (20), German handball player
 * 2009 - Flemming Flindt (72), Danish ballet dancer
 * 2009 - Viktor Gjika (71) Albanian film director
 * 2009 - Kazimierz Hoffman (80), Polish poet
 * 2009 - Johanna König (87), German actress
 * 2009 - Åke Lindman (81), Finnish actor and director
 * 2009 - Jan Vladislav (86), Czech dissident writer
 * 2011 - Irena Kwiatkowska (98), Polish actress
 * 2013 - Luis Cubilla (72), Uruguayan footballer
 * 2013 - Rik De Saedeleer (89), Belgian football commentator and sports journalist
 * 2013 - Müslüm Gürses (59), Turkish singer and actor
 * 2013 - Bobby Rogers (73), American soul singer and songwriter
 * 2013 - Tony Ronald (71), Dutch singer
 * 2014 - Christine Buchegger (71), Austrian actress
 * 2014 - Mat Hensbergen (75), Dutch filmmaker, cinematographer and actor
 * 2014 - Valere Mekeirel (88), Belgian cyclist

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * Hinamatsuri - Holidays of Japan for girls
 * National Holiday of Bulgaria
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Holy Kunhuty (Luxembourg) († 1040 )
 * Holy Gheerwijn († 1075 )
 * Saints Marijn and Asteer († c. 262 )
 * Holy Nicasia
 * St. Catherine Drexel († 1955 )
 * Blessed Fredricus Hallum († 1175 ) - Remembrance (in Diocese of Groningen )
 * Saint Alexandra Alexandria († c. 311 )

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1947 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -6.6 ° C
 * 1933 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.7 ° C
 * 1947 - Lowest minimum temperature -10.5 ° C
 * 1930 - Highest maximum temperature 15.1 ° C
 * 1954 - Highest hourly average wind speed 13.4 m / s
 * 1976 - Longest sunshine duration 9.8 hours
 * 1998 - Longest precipitation duration 15 hours
 * 1982 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 17.1 mm
 * 1955 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 61%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2]
 * 1890 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -6.9 ° C
 * 1846 and 1952 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.5 ° C
 * 1890 - Lowest minimum temperature -10.7 ° C
 * 1930 - Highest maximum temperature 18.2 ° C
 * 2000 - Top etmaalsom of precipitation 22 mm