On this day in history
March 3
BuddhistScience
Observed on March 3, 2026
- PurimJewish
Purim, recalling the deliverance of the Jews of Persia told in the Book of Esther.
- 1984 CEBuddhist · died
Lama Thubten Yeshe, the Tibetan teacher who co-founded Kopan Monastery and the worldwide Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, died on this day in 1984.
- 1847 CEScience · born
Alexander Graham Bell, whose work on transmitting speech by wire led to the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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