March 3

ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ MARCH 3

 

 

1920 - James Doohan, actor, (Star Trek) is born. 

1921 - Diana Barrymore, NYC, actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife) born
1921 - Junior Parker, Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train) born

1923 - Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)

1923 - Doc Watson, guitarist and singer, born
1928 - Dave Dudley, singer (Six Days on the Road)
1928 - Don Gibson, singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me)
1931 - "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem
 1931 - Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)
 1933 - Mount Rushmore dedicated
 1933 - NYC premiere of "King Kong"
 1934 - John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol

 1934 - Disney releases the Mickey Mouse short Playful Pluto.

 1937 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)

 1940 - Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
 1943 - F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet," premieres in NYC
 1943 - US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea

 1944 - 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony

 1950 - Ed Marinaro, actor (Hill Street Blues) born
 1950 - Re Styles, rock vocalist (Tubes) born
 1950 - Tim Kazurinsky, Johnstown Pa, comedian (SNL, Police Academy 2, 3, 4) born
 1955 - Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance

 1959 - 1st US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched

 1959 - Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
 1959 - SF Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park
 1961 - The first Supremes single, "I Want a Guy" was released.
 1962 - British Antarctic Territory forms
 1965 - Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1

 1966 - Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)

 1966 - James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in NYC
 1966 - Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52

 1966 - William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89

 1968 - "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC

 1969 - Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
 1973 - "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 31 performances
 1973 - White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000

 1974 - Frank Wilcox, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 66
 1974 - "Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater NYC for 9 performances

 1974 - Jared Rushton, actor (Big, Honey I Shrank the Kids) born
 1974 - David Faustino, Los Angeles CA, actor (I Had 3 Wives, Bud-Married With Children) born
 1974 - Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4
 1974 - George Foreman KOs Ken Norton

 1975 - "Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 104 performances

 1975 - Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana
 1978 - Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland (later recovered)

 1978 - The first Van Halen nationwide tour began in Chicago, IL.

 1985 - "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres
 1985 - "My One & Only" closes at St James Theater NYC after 767 performances

 1986 - The pilot episode of "Matlock" aired on NBC.
 1987 - Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74

 1992 - Robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82

 1992 - Sandy Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54
 1992 - Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at 72
 1994 - Kurt Cobain of Nirvana lapsed into a coma in Italy after taking a combination of Valium and champagne.

1995 - The Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye attraction officially opens in Disneyland's Adventureland.