About March 3

March 3, 2025 is the 62nd 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.

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Pisces is the sun 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.

What Happened On March 3

  • 1284 –
    The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
  • 1585 –
    The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
  • 1861 –
    Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
  • 1865 –
    Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
  • 1878 –
    The Russo-Turkish War ends as Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1905 –
    Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
  • 1923 –
    TIME magazine is published for the first time.
  • 1924 –
    The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
  • 1931 –
    The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
  • 1938 –
    Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
  • 1939 –
    In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
  • 1944 –
    The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit massacres at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
  • 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.
  • 1953 –
    A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
  • 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.
  • 1974 –
    Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
  • 1991 –
    United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
  • 2002 –
    Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.

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