March 03

Thursday 03, 2005:

The freighter M/V Karen Danielsen, crashes into part of the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark, 800 m from Funen. All traffic across the bridge stops, effectively separating Denmark in two.

Sunday 03, 2002:

Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favour of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.

Saturday 03, 2001:

A bomb explodes outside BBC Television Centre in London. The attack was attributed to dissident Irish Republican terrorists.

Wednesday 03, 1999:

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

Monday 03, 1997:

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.

Friday 03, 1995:

In Somalia, the United Nations peacekeeping mission ends.

Sunday 03, 1991:

An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

Saturday 03, 1990:

1990 - Tom Fuller is born

Sunday 03, 1985:

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."

Friday 03, 1978:

Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland but are recovered 11 weeks later near Lake Geneva.

Wednesday 03, 1976:

Fleetwood Mac records Rumours, which will be a blockbuster album in 1977.

Sunday 03, 1974:

Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials reach an agreement for eventual reconciliation into one communion, marking the first agreement between the two churches since the Reformation.

Friday 03, 1972:

The space probe Pioneer X is launched by NASA.

Wednesday 03, 1971:

Beginning of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and India's official entry to the Bangladesh Liberation War in support of Mukti Bahini

Monday 03, 1969:

In a Los Angeles, California court, Sirhan Sirhan admits that he killed presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.

Friday 03, 1961:

Hassan II becomes King of Morocco.

Tuesday 03, 1959:

The San Francisco Giants officially name their new stadium Candlestick Park.

Monday 03, 1958:

Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.

Sunday 03, 1957:

In Frankfurt. Germany, Corry Brokken wins the second Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands singing "Net als toen" (Like it used to be).

Thursday 03, 1955:

Elvis Presley appears on television for the first time.

Tuesday 03, 1953:

A Canadian Pacific Comet Jet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan killing 11.

Thursday 03, 1949:

The Tucker Automobile Corporation folds.

Saturday 03, 1945:

World War II: Hundreds of people die in The Hague after the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombs a civilian area in the city.

Wednesday 03, 1943:

World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.

Sunday 03, 1940:

Five people are killed in a arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.

Friday 03, 1939:

In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.

Thursday 03, 1938:

Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

Friday 03, 1933:

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is dedicated.

Tuesday 03, 1931:

The United States officially adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its national anthem.

Saturday 03, 1923:

TIME magazine is published for the first time.

Sunday 03, 1918:

Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Wednesday 03, 1915:

NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded.

Thursday 03, 1910:

Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he could devote full time to being a philanthropist.

Friday 03, 1905:

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).

Thursday 03, 1904:

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.

Tuesday 03, 1891:

The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Soccer is concieved, but does not come into effect until the next season

Tuesday 03, 1885:

The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as a subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)

Monday 03, 1879:

The United States Geological Survey is created.

Sunday 03, 1878:

Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire.

Saturday 03, 1877:

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

Monday 03, 1873:

Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.

Friday 03, 1865:

The U.S. Congress authorizes formation of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Tuesday 03, 1863:

Idaho Territory organized as a political division of the United States.

Tuesday 03, 1857:

France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.

Saturday 03, 1849:

The U.S. Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.

Monday 03, 1845:

For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.

Friday 03, 1820:

The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.

Thursday 03, 1791:

The United States Mint is created by the U.S. Congress.

Thursday 03, 1639:

The early settlement of Taunton, Massachusetts was incorporated as a town.

Thursday 03, 1431:

Eugenius IV becomes Pope.

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