On this day, March 3rd….



1904
England cricket all-rounder Bernard Bosanquet takes 6 for 51 as tourists dismiss Australia for 171 in the 4th Test in Sydney to regain the Ashes.
1966
The BBC announced that it would begin broadcasting television programmes in colour in 1967.
2018
English middle-distance athlete who was the 1st to run a 4 minute mile dies of Parkinson's disease at 88.
Who do you share a birthday with?....





1847
Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish-born British-American inventor of the telephone (d. 1922)
1947
Dave Mount
English rocker (Mud), born in Carshalton, Surrey (d. 2006)
1953
Zico
Brazilian footballer often referred to as 'the white Pele'
1977
Ronan Keating
Irish singer, (Boyzone)
1982
Jessica Biel
American actress