Born on March 3
March 3 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 3, you share a birthday with Alexander Graham Bell, Georg Cantor and Jessica Biel. March 3 babies are Pisces, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 3 is the 63rd day of the year in leap years (62nd in other years).
Famous people born on March 3
- 1847Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone
- 1845Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher
- 1982Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
- 1997Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer
- 1953Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
- 1756William Godwin, English journalist and author
- 1895Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1911Jean Harlow, American actress
- 1930Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania
What happened on March 3
- 1284The Statute of Rhuddlan was enacted, introducing English common law to the Principality of Wales.
- 1845Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
- 1849The Territory of Minnesota is created.
- 1861Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
- 1875Bizet's Carmen premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with mezzo-soprano Célestine Galli-Marié in the title role.
- 1875The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal by James Creighton and students of McGill University.
- 1891Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming was established as the first national forest in the United States.
- 1903Herbert Fordham presented the Guilden Morden boar, possibly the crest to an Anglo-Saxon helmet, to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.
- 1923US magazine Time publishes its first issue.
- 1938Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- 1972The 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.
- 1986The American heavy metal band Metallica released their third studio album, Master of Puppets, considered one of the greatest in the genre's history.
Also observed on March 3
- Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan)
- Liberation and Freedom Day (Charlottesville, Virginia, USA)
- Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
- Mother's Day (Georgia)
- Sportsmen's Day (Egypt)
- World Hearing Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 3?
People born on March 3 are Pisces. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 3?
Alexander Graham Bell (1847), Georg Cantor (1845), Jessica Biel (1982), Camila Cabello (1997), Shraddha Kapoor (1987), Zico (1953) were all born on March 3.
What happened on March 3 in history?
Among other things: in 1938, Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia; in 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; in 1986, The American heavy metal band Metallica released their third studio album, Master of Puppets, considered one of the greatest in the genre's history.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 3?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 3 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 3”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.