On This Day: 3 March

3 March in Indian history

• 1939In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.India

3 March in world history

• 1985A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
• 1972The British rock band Jethro Tull released Thick as a Brick, a parody concept album allegedly adapted from an eight-year-old boy's epic poem.
• 1945A Polish Home Army unit massacred at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
• 1945World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
• 1944The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
• 1933The first Nazi concentration camp was opened in Nohra to reduce overcrowding in prisons from the arrest of German Communists.
• 1924The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• 1918Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
• 1913Thousands of women marched in Washington, D.C., "in a spirit of protest" against the exclusion of women from American society.
• 1891Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming was established as the first national forest in the United States.
• 1878The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• 1875The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal by James Creighton and students of McGill University.
• 1873Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
• 1845Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
• 1820The U.S. Congress passed the Missouri Compromise, which balanced the admission of Missouri as a slave state with that of Maine as a free state.
• 1795The Fédon Rebellion breaks out in Grenada, the rebels seizing Grenville and later Gouyave.
• 1776American Revolutionary War: Samuel Nicholas and the Continental Marines successfully landed on New Providence in the Bahamas and began a raid of Nassau, capturing the port the next day.

Born on 3 March

• 1987Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designerIndia
• 1964Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
• 1951Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
• 1939M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (died 1999)India
• 1895Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
• 1839Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (died 1904)India

Died on 3 March

• 1999Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
• 1988Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (born 1889)
• 1982Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (born 1896)India
• 1700Chhatrapati Rajaram, 3rd Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire (born 1670)India

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 3 March in history?

1985: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless. 1972: The British rock band Jethro Tull released Thick as a Brick, a parody concept album allegedly adapted from an eight-year-old boy's epic poem. 1945: A Polish Home Army unit massacred at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland. 1945: World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.

What happened on 3 March in Indian history?

1939: In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.

Which famous people were born on 3 March?

Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer (1987); Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist (1964); Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician (1951); M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (died 1999) (1939).

Which day is observed on 3 March?

World Wildlife Day; Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan); Liberation and Freedom Day (Charlottesville, Virginia, USA); Liberation Day (Bulgaria); Martyrs' Day (Malawi).