What Day of the Week

March 3, 2021 was the 62^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 303 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• 1861

  Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• 1905

  Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
• 1939

  In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
• 1940

  Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.
• 1944

  The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
• 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.
• 1980

  The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
• 1985

  A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
• 2005

  Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.

• 1831

  George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1897)
• 1903

  Vasily Kozlov, Soviet politician (d. 1967)
• 1914

  Asger Jorn, Danish painter (d. 1973)
• 1926

  Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (d. 2003)
• 1949

  Gloria Hendry, American actress
• 1956

  Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
• 1968

  Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
• 1972

  Darren Anderton, English footballer
• 1980

  Mason Unck, American football player
• 1981

  Lil' Flip, American rapper

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