January 03

Saturday 03, 2004:

Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 aboard.

Monday 03, 2000:

The last "Peanuts" comic strip is created by Charles Schulz.

Sunday 03, 1999:

The Mars Polar Lander launched.

Friday 03, 1997:

NBC's Today show host Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time.

Monday 03, 1994:

An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkhutsk, Russia killing 125 including 1 on the ground

Sunday 03, 1993:

In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

Thursday 03, 1991:

Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal.

Wednesday 03, 1990:

Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.

Saturday 03, 1987:

Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Wednesday 03, 1973:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $12 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner.

Monday 03, 1966:

The first Acid Test at the Fillmore, San Francisco, California.

Wednesday 03, 1962:

Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.

Tuesday 03, 1961:

The SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho leaks radiation, killing three workers at the installation. The radiation is contained.

Saturday 03, 1959:

Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.

Friday 03, 1958:

The West Indies Federation is formed.

Thursday 03, 1957:

Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.

Wednesday 03, 1951:

Dragnet airs on television for the first time (NBC).

Friday 03, 1947:

Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.

Monday 03, 1938:

The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Sunday 03, 1926:

General Theodorus Pángulos names himself dictator of Greece.

Saturday 03, 1925:

Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.

Monday 03, 1921:

Turkey makes peace with Armenia.

Saturday 03, 1920:

Curse of the Bambino: The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for a sum of $125,000 and a loan of more than $300,000.

Tuesday 03, 1899:

The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York Times.

Tuesday 03, 1888:

The 91 cm refracting telescope at Lick Observatory is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.

Monday 03, 1870:

The Brooklyn Bridge begins construction.

Friday 03, 1868:

The Japanese Meiji dynasty is restored and the Shogunate is abolished.

Thursday 03, 1861:

American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States

Saturday 03, 1852:

First Chinese arrive in Hawaii.

Friday 03, 1840:

One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Port Phillip Herald is founded by George Cavanaugh.

Friday 03, 1834:

The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City

Thursday 03, 1833:

Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

Friday 03, 1823:

Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico

Tuesday 03, 1815:

Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.

Friday 03, 1777:

Battle of Princeton. American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis.

Friday 03, 1749:

Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.

Monday 03, 1521:

Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Lutherin the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.

Friday 03, 1496:

Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine

Monday 03, 1431:

Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.

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