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Birthday March 03, 1756 William Godwin, political writer (Caleb Williams) |
Birthday March 03, 1831 George M. Pullman, invented sleeping car |
Birthday March 03, 1845 Georg Cantor, discovered transfinite numbers (or 1918) |
Birthday March 03, 1847 Alexander Graham Bell, telephone inventor |
Birthday March 03, 1859 Shalom Alekhem, Russian author |
Birthday March 03, 1890 Norman Bethune, Canadian Dr, Spain, China |
Birthday March 03, 1895 Gen Matthew Ridgeway, milt leader |
Birthday March 03, 1911 Jean Harlow, 30s' Sex Goddess |
Birthday March 03, 1912 Joe Stydahar, Chicago Bears tackle |
Birthday March 03, 1926 James Merrill is born |
Birthday March 03, 1933 Princess Lee Radziwell, NYC |
Birthday March 03, 1934 Gia Scala, Italy |
Birthday March 03, 1942 Vladimir V. Kovalyonok, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 29, T-4) |
Birthday March 03, 1962 Herschel Walker, NJ Generals, Dal Cowboys running back |
History March 03, 1703 Robert Hooke - scientific genius - dies in London |
History March 03, 1776 Silas Deane embarks on secret mission to France |
History March 03, 1791 US Mint established |
History March 03, 1812 Congress passes 1st foreign aid bill |
History March 03, 1817 Alabama territory organized |
History March 03, 1820 Congress passes the Missouri Compromise |
History March 03, 1820 Missouri compromise passes |
History March 03, 1845 Florida becomes 27th state |
History March 03, 1845 Congress overrides presidential veto for first time |
History March 03, 1849 Gold Coinage Act passed |
History March 03, 1849 Minn Territory organized |
History March 03, 1851 Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3› piece) |
History March 03, 1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom |
History March 03, 1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences |
History March 03, 1863 Congress passes Civil War conscription act |
History March 03, 1865 Freedman's Bureau created |
History March 03, 1873 Congress bans sending obscene materials through the mail |
History March 03, 1875 First indoor game of ice hockey |
History March 03, 1875 George Bizet's Carmen premieres in Paris |
History March 03, 1875 Congress authorizes 20› coin lasts only 3 years |
History March 03, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated in a private ceremony |
History March 03, 1878 Bulgaria liberated from Turkey |
History March 03, 1879 United States Geological Survey created |
History March 03, 1885 A T & T incorporated |
History March 03, 1915 Birth of a Nation opens in New York |
History March 03, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk concluded |
History March 03, 1918 Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - withdraws from WW I |
History March 03, 1918 Russia makes a separate peace |
History March 03, 1923 Time mag's 1st issue |
History March 03, 1931 The Star-Spangled Banner becomes official |
History March 03, 1931 Star Spangled Banner officially became US national anthem |
History March 03, 1943 US wins Battle of Bismark Sea over Japan |
History March 03, 1945 US & Philippine forces recapturedsCorregidor |
History March 03, 1945 Finland declares war on Germany |
History March 03, 1952 Supreme Court rules on communist teachers |
History March 03, 1956 Morocco gains independence from France (National Day) |
History March 03, 1965 U.S. jets bomb Ho Chi Minh Trail |
History March 03, 1969 Apollo 9 launched |
History March 03, 1971 U.S. 5th Special Forces Group withdraws |
History March 03, 1972 Pioneer 10 launched thru asteroid belt & Jupiter |
History March 03, 1974 Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4 Making Islander record when scoring a hat trick - 5-1-0 |
History March 03, 1974 Faulty door dooms plane |
History March 03, 1977 Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal |
History March 03, 1981 Isle's Mike Bossy 9th & final hat trick of season - 4 goals |
History March 03, 1984 Isles score 11 goals-Lafontaine's 1st hat trick-Maple Leafs |
History March 03, 1985 Moonlighting premiers |
History March 03, 1991 Police brutality caught on video |
History March 03, 2009 Super-luxurious Maybach Zeppelin goes on sale |