March 3

is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian_Calendar (63rd in leap_years). There are 303 days remaining.

Events

1431 - Eugenius IV becomes Pope.

1791 - The United_States_Mint is created by the United_States_Congress.

1820 - The United_States_Congress passes the Missouri_Compromise.

1845 - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S._state.

1845 - For the first time the United_States_Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.

1849 - Minnesota_Territory organized as a political_division_of_the_United_States.

1849 - The United_States_Department_of_the_Interior is established.

1849 - The United_States_Congress passes the Gold_Coinage_Act allowing the minting of gold coins.

1857 - France and the United_Kingdom declare war on China.

1863 - Idaho_Territory organized as a political_division_of_the_United_States.

1865 - The United_States_Congress authorizes formation of the Freedmen's_Bureau.

enacts the Comstock_Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.

1877 - Rutherford_B._Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President_of_the_United_States (he was publicly inaugurated on March_5).

1878 - Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman_Empire.

1879 - The United_States_Geological_Survey is created.

1885 - A subsidiary of the American_Bell_Telephone_Company, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), is incorporated in New_York.

1904 - Kaiser Wilhelm_II_of_Germany becomes the first person to make a sound_recording of a political document, using Thomas_Edison's cylinder.

1905 - Tsar Nicholas_II_of_Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).

1915 - NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded.

1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World_War_I.

1931 - The United_States adopts "The_Star-Spangled_Banner" as the national anthem.

1933 - Mount_Rushmore_National_Memorial is dedicated.

1938 - Glenn_Cunningham breaks the world record for the indoor mile run by completing the distance in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds.

1939 - In Mumbai, Mohandas_Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.

1943 - 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal_Green tube_station in London.

declares war on the Axis_powers.

1949 - The Tucker_automobile Corporation folds.

1953 - A Canadian Pacific Comet Jet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan killing 11

1955 - Elvis_Presley appears on television for the first time, on the program ''Louisiana Hayride''.

1959 - The San_Francisco_Giants officially name their new stadium Candlestick_Park.

1961 - Hassan II becomes King of Morocco.

launches Apollo_9 to test the lunar_module.

1969 - In a Los_Angeles,_California court, Sirhan_Sirhan admits that he killed presidential candidate Robert_F._Kennedy.

1972 - The space probe Pioneer_X is launched by NASA.

1974 - A Turkish DC-10 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris killing all 346 aboard.

1976 - Fleetwood_Mac records ''Rumours'', which will be a blockbuster album in 1977.

1978 - Charles_Chaplin's remains are stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland but are recovered 11 weeks later near Lake_Geneva.

award their "Pig Award" to Huggies_Diapers for claiming that their television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn."

1991 - An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney_King by Los Angeles police officers.

1995 - In Somalia, the United_Nations peacekeeping mission ends.

national involved in an armed robbery that led to a death. Walter's brother Karl had been executed a week earlier; Germany had initiated legal action in the International_Court_of_Justice to attempt to save Walter.

1999 - Bertrand_Piccard and Brian Jones begin their attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot_air_balloon without stopping. Their journey ended in success on March_20.

2001 - A U.S._Air_Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in central Georgia killing 21.

2002 - Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favour of their country becoming a member of the United_Nations.

Births

1455 - King John_II_of_Portugal, (d. 1495)

1606 - Edmund_Waller, English poet (d. 1687)

1805 - Jonas_Furrer, Swiss politician and first President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation, (d. 1861)

1831 - George_Pullman, inventor, industrialist, (d. 1897)

1845 - Georg_Cantor, German mathematician, (d. 1918)

1847 - Alexander_Graham_Bell, Scottish inventor, (d. 1922)

1873 - William_Green, labor_union leader, President of the American_Federation_of_Labor, (d. 1952)

1895 - Matthew_Ridgway, Supreme_Allied_Commander of NATO, United_States_Army Chief_of_Staff, (d. 1993)

1893 - Beatrice_Wood, artist, ceramicist, (d. 1998)

1911 - Jean_Harlow, actress, (d. 1937)

1918 - Fritz_Thiedemann, equestrian, (d. 2000)

1920 - Roland_Searle, illustrator

1920 - James_Doohan, actor

1926 - James_Merrill, Pulitzer_Prize winning poet, (d. 1995)

1928 - France Križanič, Slovene mathematician, (d. 2002)

1930 - Heiner_Geißler, German politician

1941 - Jutta_Hoffmann, actress

1949 - Jüri_Allik, Estonian psychologist

1953 - Robyn_Hitchcock, musician

1958 - Miranda_Richardson, actress

1959 - Ira_Glass, radio host

1962 - Jackie_Joyner-Kersey, athlete

1966 - Tone_Loc, musician

1974 - David_Faustino, actor (''Married_With_Children'')

Deaths

1111 - Bohemund I, prince of Antioch

1703 - Robert_Hooke, scientist, (b. 1635)

1706 - Johann_Pachelbel, composer, (b. 1653)

1707 - Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (b. 1618)

1792 - Robert_Adam, architect, (b. 1728)

1937 - Amelia_Earhart, aviatrix, apparently disappeared over the Pacific_Ocean

1959 - Lou_Costello, actor, comedian, (b. 1906)

1961 - Paul_Wittgenstein, pianist, (b. 1887)

1965 - King Farouk_of_Egypt, (b. 1920)

1966 - Maxfield_Parrish, artist, (b. 1870)

1982 - Georges_Perec, novelist and essayist (b. 1936)

1983 - Hergé, Belgian comics creator, (b. 1907)

1987 - Danny_Kaye, actor, singer, comedian, (b. 1913)

1988 - Sewall_Wright, biologist, (b. 1889)

1991 - Arthur_Murray, dancer, dance instructor, (b. 1895)

1999 - Walter_LaGrand, German national, executed by the State of Arizona

2003 - Horst_Buchholz, German actor, (b. 1933)

2003 - Peter_Smithson, architect, (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances

Hinamatsuri - Japanese celebration day for girls. ---- March_2 - March_4 - February_3 - April_3 -- listing of all days

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