On This Day in History - March 3 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - March 3 |
1585 March 3
1585-03-03
The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1845 March 3
1845-03-03
Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1847 March 3
1847-03-03
Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps
1857 March 3
1857-03-03
Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
1879 March 3
1879-03-03
1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
1885 March 3
1885-03-03
The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
1915 March 3
1915-03-03
NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
1918 March 3
1918-03-03
Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russias involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
1923 March 3
1923-03-03
TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1924 March 3
1924-03-03
The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
1938 March 3
1938-03-03
Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1939 March 3
1939-03-03
In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
1943 March 3
1943-03-03
World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
1945 March 3
1945-03-03
World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
1953 March 3
1953-03-03
A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
1956 March 3
1956-03-03
Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 meter freestyle(1 :4.2)
1959 March 3
1959-03-03
1st US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched
1969 March 3
1969-03-03
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
1978 March 3
1978-03-03
Origin of Saka Era (India)
1985 March 3
1985-03-03
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Valparaso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
1997 March 3
1997-03-03
The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
2004 March 3
2004-03-03
Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world's largest brewer.
2005 March 3
2005-03-03
Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
2009 March 3
2009-03-03
The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Kln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.
2012 March 3
2012-03-03
US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination.
