Born:
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, heptathele won Olympic gold 1988, 1992
More Notable Birthdays on March 3:
1958 - Miranda Richardson, born in Southport England, actress in Damage, Crying Game
1926 - James Merrill, U.S. poet and author, Scripts for the Pageant
1911 - Jean Harlow, aka Harlean Carpentier, born in Kansas, 30s' sex goddess, in Dinner at 8
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, born in Scotland, inventor of the telephone
1756 - William Godwin, philosopher and political writer, Caleb Williams
