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March 3: Day of the Week
March 3, 2024 was the 63rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 303 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 3 Historical Event(s)
1585
The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1861
Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
1904
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison’s phonograph cylinder.
1915
NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
1923
TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1940
Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.
1951
Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records “Rocket 88”, often cited as “the first rock and roll record”, at Sam Phillips’ recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
1958
Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
1972
Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
1980
The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
Who were born on March 3?
1890
Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
1914
Asger Jorn, Danish painter (d. 1973)
1926
Lys Assia, Swiss singer
1940
Jean-Paul Proust, French-born Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
1946
John Virgo, English snooker player
1954
Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos Brazilian football referee (d. 1995)
1960
Neal Heaton, American baseball player coach
1971
Tyler Florence, chef, television personality and cookbook author
1983
Chris Roberson, American football player
1983
Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
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