March 03

Wednesday 03, 1999:

Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones begin their successful attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping.

Friday 03, 1995:

In Somalia, the United Nations peacekeeping mission ends.

Friday 03, 1972:

The space probe Pioneer X is launched by NASA.

Saturday 03, 1923:

TIME magazine is published for the first time.

Saturday 03, 1877:

Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5).

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