Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/March/March 3


 * 1819: birth of Gustave de Molinari, economist (pictured)
 * 1875: Jacques Bouhy, baritone, stars as Escamillo in the first performance of Carmen by Georges Bizet
 * 1972: birth of Yasmine, singer and TV presenter
 * 1976: birth of Joos Valgaeren, soccer player, former player of Celtic F.C. and of the Belgium national football team
 * 1990: death of Gérard Blitz, sporter and businessman, winner of the bronze medal in waterpolo at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, founder of holiday company Club Med
 * 1983: death of Hergé, comics author of The Adventures of Tintin
 * 2004: Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agreed to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that formed InBev, the world's largest brewer