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March 3rd, 2005 (March 03 2005)EventMayerthorpe 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)EventSteve 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)DeathMax M. Fisher, American philanthropist (born in 1928)
March 3rd, 1995 (March 03 1995)DeathHoward 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)EventArthur 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)EventCensorship: 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)BirthSam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
March 3rd, 1955 (March 03 1955)BirthAndy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
March 3rd, 1945 (March 03 1945)EventWorld War II: Previously neutral Finland declares war on the Axis powers.
March 3rd, 1945 (March 03 1945)BirthGeorge Miller, Australian film director
March 3rd, 1915 (March 03 1915)EventNACA, the predecessor of NASA founded.
March 3rd, 1905 (March 03 1905)EventTsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).
March 3rd, 1895 (March 03 1895)BirthRagnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1973)
March 3rd, 1895 (March 03 1895)BirthMatthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (died in 1993)
March 3rd, 1885 (March 03 1885)EventThe American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
March 3rd, 1875 (March 03 1875)EventGeorges Bizet s opera Carmen premieres at the Opera Comique of Paris.
March 3rd, 1875 (March 03 1875)EventThe 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)EventThe U.S. Congress authorizes the formation of the Freedmen s Bureau.
March 3rd, 1865 (March 03 1865)EventOpening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
March 3rd, 1845 (March 03 1845)EventFlorida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
March 3rd, 1845 (March 03 1845)EventFor the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
March 3rd, 1845 (March 03 1845)BirthGeorg Cantor, German mathematician (died in 1918)
March 3rd, 1805 (March 03 1805)BirthJonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (died in 1861)
March 3rd, 1765 (March 03 1765)DeathWilliam Stukeley, English archaeologist (born in 1687)William Stukeley Quotes
March 3rd, 1585 (March 03 1585)EventThe Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
March 3rd, 1575 (March 03 1575)EventIndian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
March 3rd, 1455 (March 03 1455)BirthKing John II of Portugal (died in 1495)

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