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March 3rd, 2005 (March 03 2005) | Event | Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion. | |
March 3rd, 2005 (March 03 2005) | Event | Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refuelinga journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes. | |
March 3rd, 2005 (March 03 2005) | Death | Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (born in 1928) | |
March 3rd, 1995 (March 03 1995) | Death | Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born in 1907) | Jesus Christ Quotes |
March 3rd, 1985 (March 03 1985) | Event | Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures. | |
March 3rd, 1985 (March 03 1985) | Event | Censorship: Women Against Pornography award their "Pig Award" to Huggies Diapers, claiming that the television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn." | |
March 3rd, 1985 (March 03 1985) | Birth | Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer | |
March 3rd, 1955 (March 03 1955) | Birth | Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality | |
March 3rd, 1945 (March 03 1945) | Event | World War II: Previously neutral Finland declares war on the Axis powers. | |
March 3rd, 1945 (March 03 1945) | Birth | George Miller, Australian film director | |
March 3rd, 1915 (March 03 1915) | Event | NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded. | |
March 3rd, 1905 (March 03 1905) | Event | Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma). | |
March 3rd, 1895 (March 03 1895) | Birth | Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1973) | |
March 3rd, 1895 (March 03 1895) | Birth | Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (died in 1993) | |
March 3rd, 1885 (March 03 1885) | Event | The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York. | |
March 3rd, 1875 (March 03 1875) | Event | Georges Bizet s opera Carmen premieres at the Opera Comique of Paris. | |
March 3rd, 1875 (March 03 1875) | Event | The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette. | |
March 3rd, 1865 (March 03 1865) | Event | The U.S. Congress authorizes the formation of the Freedmen s Bureau. | |
March 3rd, 1865 (March 03 1865) | Event | Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group. | |
March 3rd, 1845 (March 03 1845) | Event | Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. | |
March 3rd, 1845 (March 03 1845) | Event | For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto. | |
March 3rd, 1845 (March 03 1845) | Birth | Georg Cantor, German mathematician (died in 1918) | |
March 3rd, 1805 (March 03 1805) | Birth | Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (died in 1861) | |
March 3rd, 1765 (March 03 1765) | Death | William Stukeley, English archaeologist (born in 1687) | William Stukeley Quotes |
March 3rd, 1585 (March 03 1585) | Event | The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza. | |
March 3rd, 1575 (March 03 1575) | Event | Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi. | |
March 3rd, 1455 (March 03 1455) | Birth | King John II of Portugal (died in 1495) | |