March 3
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Art and culture
- 1873 - Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
- 1923 - TIME magazine is published for the first time.
- 1985 - Censorship: Women Against Pornography award their "Pig Award" to Huggies Diapers, claiming that the television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn."
- 1991 - An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
Births
- 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (d. 1922)
- 1863 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947)
- 1893 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
- 1911 - Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
- 1920 - Ronald Searle, British illustrator
Deaths
- 1982 - Georges Perec, French writer (b. 1936)
- 1983 - Hergé, Belgian comics creator (b. 1907)
- 1983 - Arthur Koestler, Austrian writer (b. 1905)
- 1987 - Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and comedian (b. 1913)
- 1996 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (b. 1914)
- 1996 - John Cardinal Krol, American Catholic clergyman (b. 1910)
- 1998 - Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)
- 1999 - Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 2000 - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904)
- 2001 - Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Harlan Howard, American musician (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
- 2003 - Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (b. 1904)
- 2003 - Peter Smithson, English architect (b. 1923)
- 2004 - Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
- 2005 - Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
- 2005 - Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (b. 1928)
- 2006 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
- 2006 - William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914)
Notes
Asger Jorn Marguerite Duras Carmen Hergé Georges Perec William Godwin Jackie Mittoo Roger Caillois Sade / Surreal Pierre Molinier Danny Kaye Jan Toorop Arthur Koestler Ronald Searle Arthur Machen Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps Richard Plant Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada Jean Harlow Ron Murphy Beatrice Wood
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