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)
Notes
- 1873 - Asger Jorn (March 3, 1914 - May 1, 1973) was a prolific Danish avant-garde artist and essayist and a founding member of the Situationist International.
- 1873 - Carmen the Opéra Comique of Paris on March 3, 1875.
- 1873 - William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism,
- 1873 - Jackie Mittoo (3 March 1948 — 16 December 1990) was a Jamaican keyboardist, songwriter and musical director.The Skatalites
- 1873 - Roger Caillois (March 3, 1913 – December 21, 1978), was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, and philosophy by focusing on subjects as diverse as gems and the sacred. He was also instrumental in introducing Latin American literature to the French public
- 1873 - Pierre Molinier April 13, 1900 - March 3, 1976) was a surrealist painter, photographer and "maker of objects". He was born in Agen (France) and lived his life in Bordeaux (France). He began his career by painting landscapes, but his work turned towards a fetishistic eroticism early on.
- 1873 - Jan Toorop (December 20, 1858, Purworedjo, Java —March 3, 1928, The Hague) was a Dutch painter whose works straddle the space between the Symbolist painters and Art Nouveau.
- 1873 - Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
- 1873 - Richard Plant
- 1873 - Ron Murphy
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