What are the important events that happened on March 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 3: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 3 is the 62^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 303 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 18, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,016,000 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontadigon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 351 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,455 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 3 Historical Events

• 1776 –
  American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• 1845 –
  Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
• 1865 –
  Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
• 1875 –
  The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
• 1918 –
  Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia’s involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
• 1924 –
  The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• 1924 –
  The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
• 1938 –
  Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• 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.
• 1997 –
  The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.

Who were born on March 3?

• 1583 –
  Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
• 1927 –
  Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• 1950 –
  Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian
• 1954 –
  Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer (La La La Human Steps)
• 1957 –
  Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
• 1965 –
  Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer
• 1978 –
  Ashwin Madia, U.S. politician
• 1979 –
  Manuel Benthin, German footballer
• 1979 –
  Patrick Renna, American actor
• 1984 –
  Hayley Marie Norman. American actress

Who died on March 3?

• 1111 –
  Bohemund I, Prince of Antioch
• 1239 –
  Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)
• 1850 –
  Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1983 –
  Arthur Koestler, Austrian writer (b. 1905)
• 1991 –
  Arthur Murray, American dancer and dance instructor (b. 1895)
• 1993 –
  Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist (b. 1903)
• 1996 –
  Marguerite Duras, French writer (b. 1914)
• 2005 –
  Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2006 –
  Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
• 2008 –
  Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (b. 1921)