What happened on March 3 ?

561 - Pope Pelagius I

1111 - Bohemund I, Prince of Antioch

1239 - Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)

1459 - Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)

1554 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)

1703 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (b. 1635)

1706 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1653)

1707 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1618)

1717 - Pierre Allix, French protestant pastor (b. 1641)

1744 - Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist

1765 - William Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687)

1768 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (b. 1686)

1792 - Robert Adam, Scottish architect (b. 1728)

1850 - Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)

1927 - Mikhail Artsybashev, Russian writer (b. 1878)

1927 - J.G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh motor-racing driver (b. 1884)

1932 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (b. 1864)

1937 - Amelia Earhart, American pilot (disappeared) (b. 1897)

1943 - George Thompson, English cricketer (b. 1877)

1959 - Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)

1961 - Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887)

1966 - William Frawley, American actor (b. 1887)

1966 - Maxfield Parrish, American artist (b. 1870)

1966 - Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)

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)

1988 - Sewall Wright, American biologist (b. 1889)

1990 - Gérard Blitz, Belgian waterpoloist and entrepreneur (b. 1912)

1991 - Arthur Murray, American dancer and dance instructor (b. 1895)

1993 - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)

1993 - Albert Sabin, Polish-born medical researcher (b. 1906)

1995 - Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1907)

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 - Peter Smithson, English architect (b. 1923)

2003 - Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (b. 1904)

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.