March 3rd in History
March 3rd in History
- 1873: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, one of the most drastic attempt at censorship in that country.
- 1885: AT&T, one of the first telephone companies, is incorporated.
- 1905: Tsar Nicholas II creates the Russian Duma, the country's first elected assembly.
- 1931: The US adopt the 'Star Spangled Banner' as their national anthem
- 1992: Bosnia declares independence from Yugoslavia.
March 3rd birthdays
- 1605: Edmund Waller, British poet
- 1831: George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages
- 1847: Alexander Graham Bell, American inventor of the telephone
- 1895: Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist and one of the founders of modern economic theory.
- 1911: Jean Harlow, American film star
- 1958: Miranda Richardson, English actress