March 3: Purim (Judaism, 2026); Lantern Festival in China (2026); Hinamatsuri in Japan
- 1776 – American 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.
- 1875 – The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal by James Creighton and students of McGill University.
- 1933 – The first Nazi concentration camp was opened in Nohra to reduce overcrowding in prisons from the arrest of German Communists.
- 1945 – A Polish Home Army unit massacred at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
- 1986 – The American heavy metal band Metallica (pictured) released their third studio album, Master of Puppets, considered one of the greatest in the genre's history.
- Matthias de l'Obel (d. 1616)
- Michele Singer Reiner (b. 1955)
- Rebecca Lancefield (d. 1981)
- Maija Isola (d. 2001)
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