Famous people born on March 3 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is March 3, you share it with Alexander Graham Bell, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jessica Biel — and you were born under Pisces, the sign of the imaginative, empathetic, and a little bit magic.
Birthday basics for March 3
Pisces ♓
Zodiac sign
Aquamarine
Birthstone
Daffodil
Birth flower
62nd
Day of the year
March 3 is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years), with 303 days still to come.
Famous people born on March 3
Alexander Graham Bell — Scottish-American inventor of the telephone (born 1847).
Jackie Joyner-Kersee — American track and field legend and three-time Olympic gold medalist (born 1962).
Jessica Biel — Actress known for 7th Heaven and The Sinner (born 1982).
Also sharing the day:
George Pullman (b. 1831) — American industrialist who created the Pullman railroad sleeping car.
Jean Harlow (b. 1911) — American actress and original "Blonde Bombshell" of 1930s Hollywood.
Camila Cabello (b. 1997) — Cuban-American pop singer known for the hit "Havana."
March 3 in history
1845 — Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1923 — Time magazine published its very first issue.
1969 — NASA launched Apollo 9, the first crewed flight test of the lunar module.
1875 — The first organized indoor ice hockey game was played in Montreal, Canada.
1891 — Shoshone National Forest was established as the first national forest in the United States.
1913 — Thousands of women marched in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C., the day before Wilson's inauguration.
March 3 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is March 3?
Anyone born on March 3 is a Pisces — imaginative, empathetic, and a little bit magic.
What is the birthstone for March 3?
The birthstone for a March 3 birthday is Aquamarine, and the birth flower is the Daffodil.
Who is the most famous person born on March 3?
Alexander Graham Bell is among the best known — Scottish-American inventor of the telephone (born 1847).
What happened on March 3?
In 1845, Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
What day of the year is March 3?
March 3 is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years), with 303 days still to come.
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