3 March
Notable Births
Jvke
b. 2001
American singer-songwriter and producer (born 2001)
Jevon Holland
b. 2000
Canadian gridiron football player (born 2000)
Corey Kispert
b. 1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Jayson Tatum
b. 1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Camila Cabello
b. 1997
American singer (born 1997)
David Neres
b. 1997
Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
Cameron Johnson
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Bryan Cristante
b. 1995
Italian footballer (born 1995)
Maine Mendoza
b. 1995
Filipino host and actress (born 1995)
Dilson Herrera
b. 1994
Colombian baseball player (born 1994)
Gabriela Cé
b. 1993
Brazilian tennis player
Josef Dostál (canoeist)
b. 1993
Czech canoeist (born 1993)
Antonio Rüdiger
b. 1993
German footballer (born 1993)
Michael Thomas (wide receiver, born 1993)
b. 1993
American football player (born 1993)
Park Cho-rong
b. 1991
South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)
Vlado Janković
b. 1990
Serbian-Greek basketball player
Erwin Mulder
b. 1989
Dutch footballer (born 1989)
Teodora Mirčić
b. 1988
Serbian tennis player (born 1988)
Michael Morrison (footballer)
b. 1988
English footballer
Jan-Arie van der Heijden
b. 1988
Dutch footballer
Notable Deaths
Kenzaburō Ōe
d. 2023
Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
Tom Sizemore
d. 2023
American actor (1961–2023)
Charles J. Urstadt
d. 2020
American real estate executive (1928–2020)
Roger Bannister
d. 2018
English athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile (1929–2018)
Vanessa Goodwin
d. 2018
Australian politician
David Ogden Stiers
d. 2018
American actor and conductor (1942–2018)
René Préval
d. 2017
President of Haiti (1996–2001, 2006–2011)
Hayabusa (wrestler)
d. 2016
Japanese professional wrestler and promoter, stage actor and musician (1968–2016)
Berta Cáceres
d. 2016
Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader (1971–2016)
Martin Crowe
d. 2016
New Zealand cricketer (1962–2016)
Thanat Khoman
d. 2016
Thai diplomat and politician (1914-2016)
Ernest Braun
d. 2015
British-Austrian scholar (1925–2015)
Robert Ashley
d. 2014
American composer (1930–2014)
Sherwin B. Nuland
d. 2014
American surgeon and writer (1930–2014)
William Pogue
d. 2014
American astronaut (1930–2014)
Luis Cubilla
d. 2013
Uruguayan footballer and coach (1940–2013)
Bobby Rogers
d. 2013
American singer (1940–2013)
Ralph McQuarrie
d. 2012
American concept artist and illustrator (1929–2012)
Ronnie Montrose
d. 2012
American guitarist (1947–2012)
Alex Webster (gridiron football)
d. 2012
American football player and coach (1931–2012)
On This Day in History
All 44 ›2013
A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.
March 2013 Karachi bombing
2005
James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
Mayerthorpe tragedy
2005
Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
Steve Fossett
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.
Margaret Wilson
1991
An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
Amateur film
1991
United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs killing everyone on board.
United Airlines Flight 585
1986
The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
Australia Act 1986
1985
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
1985 Algarrobo earthquake
1980
The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
1974
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
Turkish Airlines Flight 981
1972
Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
Mohawk Airlines Flight 405
1969
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
Apollo program
1958
Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
Nuri al-Said
1953
A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people.
De Havilland Comet
1945
World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
Royal Air Force
1944
The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
Order of Nakhimov
1944
A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Freighthopping
1943
World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
Bethnal Green tube station
1942
World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
World War II
1940
Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
Left Party (Sweden)